Basement brooding

Yes, I'm brooding. I have to get a new washer, maybe a dryer and I'm about to be presented with a refinished china cabinet.
And that means I better spend some time on the weekend in the basement cleaning.
Oh joy.
That means getting cozy with dust, clutter and spiders - and not necessarily in that order.
Actually, I need to do a lot of work upstairs too - it's ridiculously cluttered. Two packrats make for a lot of stuff. The main problem is that I *like* my stuff - I really do. But I have to get rid of some things - it's beginning to look like one of those shows!