Spring Cleaning or Nesting?

I've been very keen on cleaning out closets for the last few weeks. I'm not sure if it's spring cleaning fever or nesting. Either way, I'm getting some much-needed decluttering done. Yesterday I found a completely new fleece blanket still in the packaging in a chest I'm quite sure I haven't opened in more than two years. The blanket was a Christmas gift and I really do like it. Since I obviously haven't needed it in over two years, I don't think I need it at all. I decided to give the new blanket to the family that's recently resettled in Louisville after a stint in Texas. They will certainly enjoying snuggling under it.

Part of me felt a little bit guilty about regifting the blanket and then I remembered a Bulgarian saying - "a gift given again brings twice the happiness." I like that idea, so I'm embracing it with this gift.

- Leigh White