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In response to ab83 I will say though that while you cannot re-sell an e-book, a lot of times it's not worth it to try and sell your unwanted dead tree books either. Many mainstream novels tend to become relatively worthless almost immediately, just look at the "find one used for $0.01!" side bars on Amazon's pages. And selling things on eBay can often be too much hassle with time and fees and shipping to be worth the few bucks you receive as a result.

You don't get to pick up cheap e-books like you would older paperbacks at a store or some kind of yard/charity sale, but they do have deals on e-books on Amazon occasionally (daily deals and those 'singles' and things.) It's a trade off, like many things are.

Whenever I have guests coming over for a meal or some party or event that we'll be serving food at, I make a point of asking about food allergies, dietary restrictions and also people's preferences. After that, I try and pick food options that are likely to have a broad appeal. I believe that that concludes my side of the bargain as hostess.

Any dinner party is potentially tricky. It's always a possibility that you'll encounter a dish that someone made that you're not going to like, even if you aren't picky, per se. When that's happened to me, I just suck it up, eat around what I don't care for, or just as much as I can, or pick the other dishes I do like. After that, you smile, say thank you, and keep your mouth shut if you didn't like it.

Well, it does say that you can put the lack shelf on end against a wall, so you wouldn't need to hang/mount it.

And I think this post more illustrates that you can convey a style with a few small and simple pieces. It's not a strict guide of things you ought to do.

Nature's Miracle helped with the pee smell when my cat went through a stressful period that had her peeing next to the litter box, and a couple of other places. (More so than other enzymatic cleansers I've tried.)

It's worth noting that if your cat is peeing inappropriately, they'll likely continue doing so until you figure out what's making them freak out so much.

One of the reasons my cat would pee outside the box (whilst still defecating IN the box) was due to using the Arm & Hammer litter deodorizer. I realized one time when cleaning it (a covered box with a door) that when you opened it up, the deodorizer was so strong that it would almost punch you in the face with a noxious gas cloud. I stopped using the deodorizer, and it's just the World's Best Cat Litter on its own-unscented and all natural. The cat is MUCH happier, and besides one accident after we introduced a new kitten, we've had no more issues.

The natural litter sans deodorizer works fine, and the only time we now have cat smell is if one of the horde does a ferocious #2, but then the deodorized litter never stopped that permeating the room either.

The upstairs neighbors here work odd hours, which means that I get to listen to stomping around, the playing of RockBand/some drum kit game or loud action movies on TV really late. They traverse the staircase, which runs past my kids' bedroom, as though they're a herd of wildebeest, which often makes my youngest wake up and freak out.

They also have a lot of loud screaming fights. The girlfriend is like a wailing insane banshee. They have a small yappy dog, which they'd leave home a lot initially. The dog was not good alone, and I would be subjected to listening to it whine and scratch at the floor/door for HOURS.

They also control the heat in the house, and like it sub-tropical in the winter, even though the landlady has told them to keep it at 68F. Now, admittedly, I don't mind it a few degrees warmer than that, but it'd be routinely at least in the high 70s or the mid-80s, and intolerable, especially before I had my landlady send plumbers to fix the knobs on my radiators (I couldn't turn the heat off).

My boyfriend's studio apartment was flanked by a crazy lady's. If he put garbage next to his door which he was going to take down when we planned to leave the apartment shortly later, she would come and move the garbage to the other side of the door. 5 minutes later, she'd move it to the other side again. Then she'd move it in front of the door.

She'd shove passive-aggressive notes under the door, and leave a dozen air fresheners in a tiny shared hallway that by no means smelled bad. It was chemical warfare.

She's just a bit of a reclusive nut job, and we heard from other tenants that she's badgered, physically attacked and chased off other tenants in her 30 year tenure in the building.

I have this TempurPedic Cloud Supreme mattress, and I love mine. Previously I'd slept on their Celebrity mattress, which was an earlier model, and much more expensive, and it stayed with the ex when I moved out (finding room for a King is just too difficult).

The off-gassing with any TempurPedic is pretty awful, the first days especially (almost headache inducingly bad), and I'd say it takes a couple of weeks for the smell to dissipate entirely. I've now had mine for about 8 months I think and there is no lingering smell at all. This also happened with the previous TP mattress I've slept on too.

I've also found the TempurPedics sleep warm, but it doesn't bother me too much. I have an adjustable 2-piece 4-seasons duvet from Ikea, and presently sleep with the summer weight half of it. I haven't checked out a natural topper for it yet, currently there's a waterproof one on it, because small humanoids still want to come into the bed sometimes. A waterproof cover certainly doesn't help it feel any cooler.

Mine does not have an ergo adjustable base though, I just have it directly onto a platform bed frame (without any of their foundation pieces). I like my own bed frame, and just seriously doubt I'd use any of the features that the adjustable one offers.

If you can adjust to the memory foam as a surface to sleep on, which admittedly can take a few days and vary by person, it's a great mattress. I loved mine during my second pregnancy, having suffered through one pregnancy on an awful inexpensive spring mattress that gave me an aching back and sore pelvis and hips and poor sleep.

Unlike Wanderloot, I don't think sex on one is awful. But then, my partner and I had to make do with an Aerobed mattress for a couple of months, so a solid bed of any kind was an upgrade at that point. You will sink into it a bit, so I can see how it might make things a little tricksy or silly.

The scale seems to be by a UK brand called Typhoon. And it also seems to be out of production, though I managed to find some through a Google search.

http://www.typhoonus.com/KitchenScales.html

No pink though. It seems that Cooking.com had them at one point, but are now out of stock.

I made these a couple of weeks ago and they were delicious.

In response to BarbaradG, even if these are high in sodium, I would say that as with everything: In Moderation. These muffins also use almost an entire stick of butter, buttermilk, and a heaping gob of cheese. I don't think anyone is kidding themselves that these are especially healthy.

Also, Neil Gaiman's writing gazebo:

http://www.shedworking.co.uk/2010/07/neil-gaiman-shedworker.html

I really liked Robert De Niro's Montréal apartment/loft in THE SCORE.

It was masculine without being an overbearing man cave (so many bachelor pads seem to be all hard edges and chrome), and it just looked inviting and warm.