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Vincent B. is right -- it's the tone. OF COURSE Harlemite is free to like or dislike anything in this apartment. But the casual assumption that a subsidized apartment and good design are antithetic...
A magazine subscription. My son got a subscription to National Geographic Kids for his sixth birthday and I'm convinced it played a big role in turning him into the avid reader he is today.
We had Lift the Lid, Use the Potty plus one by Mr. Rogers. Despite all the resources, my son was almost four when he finally started using the potty. Sigh.
One December when I was living in a university women's residence, some guys from the choir came and sang under our windows. They were terrific singers and it was a magical experience.
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Christmas tree farms are a small but important part of the economy where I live. We usually walk over to the lot sponsored by a local service club and carry the tree home. At the end of Christmas, ...
When my son was a toddler, I bought one of those foam chairs with the plush Disney covers -- his was Winnie the Pooh, I think. Then I took the plush cover off and replaced it with a slipcover I mad...
Tinystudio, I had the same kind of disconnect with the survey results. I live in a 50-year-old house, the smallest square footage listed, on a smallish lot -- and I got the same interpretation as y...
So true, peacelily. Alice Munro can convey more in a short story than some writers do in an entire novel. Sarah Polley also wrote the screenplay and I thought she did a great job of bringing Munro'...
No, but she was nominated. (I think she lost out to Marion Cotilliard (sp?) for La Vie En Rose.) And, as a proud Canadian, may I also say that Gordon Pinsent was wonderful as Julie Christie's husband.
I'm going to add my tips on washing pillows. I put mine in the freezer for a few hours, then wash them (in the washer) with hot water. Then I put them in the dryer with three tennis balls that are ...
The house I grew up in had a separate dining room as well as an eat-in kitchen. One wall of the dining room was lined with built-in bookshelves and, at right-angles to that, under the window, was a...
April, I live in a small city on the other side of the continent from you, so I can't help. But I will send my thoughts and prayers your way. This post and the responses to it made me cry. Sometime...
We keep a notebook and a pen stuck on the fridge with magnets. Whenever one of us sees that we're low on something, we jot it down immediately. It saves the hassle of rooting through the fridge and...
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Vincent B. is right -- it's the tone. OF COURSE Harlemite is free to like or dislike anything in this apartment. But the casual assumption that a subsidized apartment and good design are antithetic...
Well said, Feathers.
Is This Love, by Bob Marley.
You're a genius. Wish I had thought of that years ago.
A magazine subscription. My son got a subscription to National Geographic Kids for his sixth birthday and I'm convinced it played a big role in turning him into the avid reader he is today.
We had Lift the Lid, Use the Potty plus one by Mr. Rogers. Despite all the resources, my son was almost four when he finally started using the potty. Sigh.
Wouldn't Viau et Freres be translated as "Viau and Brothers"? "Viau and Sons" would be Viau et Fils."
One December when I was living in a university women's residence, some guys from the choir came and sang under our windows. They were terrific singers and it was a magical experience. ...
Christmas tree farms are a small but important part of the economy where I live. We usually walk over to the lot sponsored by a local service club and carry the tree home. At the end of Christmas, ...
When my son was a toddler, I bought one of those foam chairs with the plush Disney covers -- his was Winnie the Pooh, I think. Then I took the plush cover off and replaced it with a slipcover I mad...
Tinystudio, I had the same kind of disconnect with the survey results. I live in a 50-year-old house, the smallest square footage listed, on a smallish lot -- and I got the same interpretation as y...
So true, peacelily. Alice Munro can convey more in a short story than some writers do in an entire novel. Sarah Polley also wrote the screenplay and I thought she did a great job of bringing Munro'...
Go, Sarah!!! She is awesome, whichever side of the camera she's on.
No, but she was nominated. (I think she lost out to Marion Cotilliard (sp?) for La Vie En Rose.) And, as a proud Canadian, may I also say that Gordon Pinsent was wonderful as Julie Christie's husband.
I'm going to add my tips on washing pillows. I put mine in the freezer for a few hours, then wash them (in the washer) with hot water. Then I put them in the dryer with three tennis balls that are ...
Another way to deal with the bread plate/glass thing is BMW: bread, meal, water/wine.
The house I grew up in had a separate dining room as well as an eat-in kitchen. One wall of the dining room was lined with built-in bookshelves and, at right-angles to that, under the window, was a...
Uh, I think you mean EXACERBATED, not exasperated.
April, I live in a small city on the other side of the continent from you, so I can't help. But I will send my thoughts and prayers your way. This post and the responses to it made me cry. Sometime...
We keep a notebook and a pen stuck on the fridge with magnets. Whenever one of us sees that we're low on something, we jot it down immediately. It saves the hassle of rooting through the fridge and...