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I find it odd that the prize for this contest is an adjustable queen bed base and matching headboard. You would think that if you just won a contest featuring your bedroom and presumably your bed that replacing your bed/headboard would be the last thing you would need to do.

This post just cracked me up because I'm a relatively new dog owner and have been pondering the same question. My dog adoption took place at the same time I started a yoga class. Having never tried yoga before I needed the proper attire and have since found it is a perfect ensemble for either my early morning walks or evening walks. For me, it is at least more put together than wearing a coat over my pajamas and equally comfortable for evening just spent lounging around the house too. The fact that my dog usually only barks at strangers when it is dark out is another reason I don't care to wear my pajamas out. She draws as much attention as possible to both of us!

mdorthy - I read you can judge the intelligence of a cat by how they react in front of a mirror. Some cats don't get that what they are seeing is behind them while others do.

I have a set of their ear buds. They are the best I've ever had and so comfortable it is easy to forget you are wearing them. Most ear buds I can only stand for a very short duration.

Domke also offers inserts of varying sizes that can be used with their bags or put into your own.

I have used catalogchoice.com and it worked to get rid of all of my catalogs. Unfortunately I think they just wait a year or two and start sending them again. That is what happened to me. Pottery Barn is the worst. I don't like the direction the company has gone anyway so it usually goes directly into the recycle bin, both copies since somehow I now receive 2.

I live in a building built in 1927 and last fall a vandal put a rock through the transom window above our front door which had a beautiful painted address sign with the building name. It took a lot of searching, but I finally found a local sign painter who can duplicate the original for us. This post is so timely as I just finished reviewing the mock-up they provided and selected the final colors. Unfortunately we aren't able to afford gold leaf the same as the original. This is fast becoming a lost art. I cringed when other neighbors suggested we go with adhesive lettering! Thankfully I was able to make my case to repaint the original sign. Of course that meant I was tasked with finding someone to paint the sign.

If you are going to need more than 1 gallon but less than 5 gallons here is a good trick. Open 2 gallons of paint at the same time and mix half of one with half of the other. I once painted a room using two gallons of paint, but used one can first and finished with the second. The result was terrible. You could tell where I changed to the second can of paint because the shades were just slightly off. By mixing you can reduce any subtle differences in shade. Of course if you need up to 5 gallons then buy a 5 gallon bucket of paint instead of 5-1 gallon cans.

Glad this post wasn't under the heading "Good Questions". I thought curtains were made to be opened and closed anyway.

Thought this was a great idea before I saw the prices.