Nancy, I wonder if you and dh have been a good example for neighbors.
Another tall-kitchen-garbage-bag off to the trash cans from my parents' spare room today. So I know about 4 square feet has been freed up today whether it looks like it in there or not. I have lately found it easier to work there. In the dining area progress has ground to a halt. Perhaps space freed in spare room can translate into storage for dining area impossibilities.
Getting into old Christmas items now - a good time for it. A very few are "making the cut" to be dovetailed into my own Christmas things. Wonderfully quaint tags and stickers, a bird ornament. I found my grandmother's favorite pin cushion worse for wear BUT see clearly how I can renew it and enjoy using it again. Found wooden spools I will keep.