delightfullyhostile's Profile

A dietician told me it takes on average more than 20 times of trying a new food before a child will "like" it, and that they are texture-phobic. As a child I always loved cooked carrots and broccoli.

I don't know how much I would pay to keep my stuff. We have a lot of vintage furniture that would probably be difficult to replace in an affordable and timely manner, but at the same time, it's just stuff. If we had a house fire and lost everything, the only things that are truly irreplaceable, that I would genuinely mourn, are my pets.

It's not necessarily just how much your stuff is worth, but also if it's cheaper to replace it or to keep it. When my mother moved cross country, she paid for her furniture to be shipped because it was all brand--new.

I can't stand those draperies, but I really like the rest of it. Actually, if you kept the curtains over the window and just took the valance down, and the entire thing over the bed, I would love it.

Looks great. I think it suits the style of the piece really well.

I have that Ryan Berkley print, it's one of my favorites! There's an alternate version with honeybees on it.

I do have to agree with what others are saying about it taking longer to shower with some of the water-saving shower heads, but there are shower heads out there that have good water pressure. There are also other ways to save water, such as low-flow toilets, only running the dishwasher when it's full, don't leave the sink on when brushing your teeth, etc. My husband and I recently redid our landscaping to remove some of the grass and put in native drought resistant plants that require a lot less watering.

I agree with repressd, Target's website is abysmal.

That being said, I don't do the whole seasonal decor thing. Texas has two seasons, hot and cold. I change my bed linens to heavier stuff in winter (ie, when the overnight low finally drops to 60 degrees or less), and lighter stuff for the rest of the year. Keeping around a bunch of seasonal themed stuff seems overly fussy to me, not to mention a complete waste of space.

I'm with Ambitious. We inherited a 15 year old capricious oven with our house, and it's generally off by about 25-50 degrees. I don't expect the temp to always be exactly constant, but the oven thermometer lets me know if it gets too hot and I need to turn it down a bit. Also, it's good to keep in mind that every time you open the oven door you can expect to lose 25 degrees of heat.

We have a neighbor down the street that just painted their house an blindingly bright shade of turquoise. I don't dislike the color, per se, but my issue with it is that the color doesn't work with their masonry, and definitely doesn't work with the neighborhood/location. It's a color that belongs in a coastal town, like the Florida Keys or Puerto Rico, not a suburb in central Texas. But it's not my house, and I can't see it unless I walk all the way down the block, so whatever.

I really, really like this. So glad you went with color, I've been seeing so many neutral nurseries lately.