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I just hate the stores that have the check-yourself-out option, but only 1 other lane open with a real person checker. The machines to check yourself out are super slow, designed to exacerbate even the tiniest user error, and just, in general, suck. I've just stopped going to grocery stores where the only options are 1) take forever to check myself out or 2) wait in line for the one checker they have working.

Unless the "table" is a precariously balanced board, I don't see why not. The only time I avoid it is when we're at a restaurant with a group and the table is so covered with dishes there's no elbow room.

I love Springpad! They just had a huge update, so we'll see how that plays out (for better or worse).

Location. We're in the process of buying our first house now, and the Chosen One is going to add another 5-10 minutes to an already long commute. It has a few extras we don't really need (a hot tub, more space than we'd want), but it has things that we wanted as must-haves but never really expected to get, so it's worth the sacrifice. Because of the rates & whatnot, we wanted to try to skip buying the first house and move right to the second house, if that makes sense, so it's a lot bigger than our current needs, but will be just right when we start filling it with little'uns!

Very good idea! There's actually a kind of hinge that would probably suit this kind of use better, they're usually called something like "overlay," "European," or "cabinet" hinges that serve both as a hinge and essentially as a stopper so that it smoothly slides from closed to a flat 180 degrees. I wanted drawers like this before, I became very familiar with Home Depot's hinge options ;)

I know this is a bit bigger of a scale, but I really need a second oven. We're buying a house this year, and after hosting Thanksgiving made in a tiny galley kitchen (and having my parents make it clear that holidays will now and forever be my responsibility), there's no way the new house won't have a bigger kitchen and two ovens. I bake a lot, I cook a lot, and fortunately my hubby agrees that I deserve proper cooking space!

Speed is good, but only so useful if the dryers still take an hour to get the job done. When a dryer can do the job quickly (and maybe untangle the fitted sheet that balls itself up every time), then I'll really be impressed...

I'm in Seattle, where Amazon Fresh is available and super-easy. I work from home, and sometimes grocery shopping is a nice excuse to get out of the house, but sometimes it's just a huge hassle. And since I'm not getting in the car (or other mode of transportation) at the end of the day and driving past grocery stores, I wind up with a lot of "oh crap, it's getting late and I don't have time to go to the store, cook dinner and eat it"...but online grocery ordering and a dash of meal planning, which isn't really my strong suit but oh well, make these moments at least less frequent.

I kinda love it. We're big campers, but since most of my cooking talents require an oven, I never really know what to make when camping. Problem solved!

Coconut flour is really low in the carb department, but still is nice & sweet. You have to experiment with it though, as it's so high in protein, it can make for some really dense treats.

And there are some recipes for zucchini bread/cake/cupcakes that use ground nuts instead of flour, so they're low-carb (and taste amazing).