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the paper and fiber packing material leaves dust and little bits behind. Wrapping in clothing and towels often keeps your moved items cleaner.
     
    But the best benefit is that all the room 's items are packed together, whether they were liquid or laundry. So you won't have to look for the box marked "Towels" to find a dishtowel—just look in the kitchen boxes, and get the towel you need while you unpack your dishes. And, yes, you can use the towel to wipe out the cabinet before you stow the glasses and dishes. The time you save unwrapping later is time earned. And this method means you can also save the time you would normally use disposing of packing material. You won't just keep the environment green—you'll be saving the green while you clean and pack in a greener way.
     
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    Ten minutes after dinner, Kate heard Meg knocking on the back door.
    " Wow! Got chilly all of a sudden," Meg said, hurrying in and grabbing a coffee cup. "Sorry for the intrusion, but I wanted to see if you could run with me to the Collier place, or if I can take the key. I drove by there, but the family is still gone to dinner."
    " What's wrong?"
    " I forgot and left my phone on the kitchen counter this afternoon, and I need to make some mom-scramble calls tonight. I don't know any phone numbers anymore without my cell."
    " I hear ya." Kate put the last two dirty glasses in the dishwasher. "I still use my address book but find I pull it out less often as my phone takes over so many new duties."
    " That reminds me. Mother traded in her old flip cell phone for a new smart phone. And the old phone wasn't even broken."
    This was news. Meg 's mother was a diehard thrifty Yankee who used everything as long as it still had any life left. Her grandsons had teased her mercilessly over her "ancient phone," but to no avail.
    " What made her finally make the switch?" Kate asked.
    " I used my phone a couple of days ago to show her a photo," Meg said. "I wanted her to see one of Ben's cute looks and homed in on his face in the crowd then enlarged that part of the shot. She went out and bought a new phone the next day."
    " Oh, that's sweet. She wanted to better see pictures of her grandkids."
    " Nope." Meg said, then laughed. "She wants to be able to take photos of things with small print, like menus in restaurants and product information on medicine bottles, then enlarge the section she needs to read, so she doesn't have to carry her big magnifying glass everywhere she goes."
    " Brilliant idea. Bet we'll soon see all of her friends swap out their phones and start using that trick too."
    Meg moved her arm out and back, like she was trying to focus on something held in her hand. "May need that little seeing aid myself before very long. I'm not yet to the bifocal stage, but I've found myself stretching my arms out sometimes in order to read tiny print."
    Kate smiled. Her friend was probably still ten years away from bifocals but had begun worrying over the "character lines" in her forehead.
    In the meantime, everything needing to be put away was wrapped, washed , or wiped off, and Meg's errand dovetailed nicely with the reason Kate planned to trek back to the job site before the Collier family returned from dinner.
    And running errands with a friend is always preferable to going it alone.
    She smiled again when realizing she probably wouldn't have even considered the thought the year before. Life was changing for the better. The move to Vermont was definitely helping with her long-term trust issues. Kate scooped her keys from the wall hook and grabbed her purse.
    " We don't have to go right this minute," Meg said, waving her free hand. "I don't want to take you away from your family time."
    Kate shook her head. "I was planning to go there soon anyway. I forgot to put all of the kitchen blinds back the way I'd found them. Probably not a big deal, but I like to leave things the way the client preferred. Besides, Keith left early for work and dropped the