MissHoneychurch's Profile

Yes, please!

A lot of great, thoughtful opinions and personal experiences here. I don't think there's a right or wrong answer (like most of the opinions shared on this site), I think it all comes down to what is going to work for you. I like the companionship of having a roommate, and after a year of living together, we have managed to work through our differences without drama.

While I respect the pursuit of aesthetic perfection, I think this is a little over the top. The idea of having to transfer shampoo, conditioner, and bath gel into separate bottles or containers on a semi-regular basis seems like a waste of time and energy to me.

Additionally, guests would require instruction in order to use our encoded bathroom products (since, I do actually live in a small apartment, there's no guest bath).

So, what is so wrong with labels? As long as your products are well organized and not scattered about the shower/bath, I think it can look rather nice. In the photo from yesterday's entry the product was arranged by color in a very pleasing set. So what's the big deal?

Wait just a minute... did we lose an entire window with a beautiful view? Do we get explanation for that?

It reminds me of something out of Alice and Wonderland. Like one of them should be labeled "Drink Me."

I like the idea of that, and the color choice is fantastic, but it actually looks a little hard and uncomfortable. To be a good reading space, it seems like it would need back and corner cushions.

I don't really understand why one would (or should) feel guilty about hiring a maid. Hiring someone to clean your home is not the same thing as saying that you're too good to clean your own messes. If you live like a pig and then expect someone to come and clean it up for you, then perhaps you need lessons in civility. But living a normal lifestyle, and appreciating the help of having someone wash your sheets and bleach your bathtub twice a month doesn't seem unreasonable to me.

If your main reason for not hiring a maid is because you feel uncomfortable with the idea of it, as if by hiring someone to do your "dirty" work is taking advantage of someone, just keep in mind that you could be employing that person at a decent rate for work they are willing and wanting to do for you. Providing someone with a reasonable hourly income is not exploitive and does not make you any less liberal.

I'm not into it. Looks like a wedding cake topper from the seventies.

Wow - that ottoman brought back a powerful memory of my childhood visits to my aunt and uncle's cabin.

The walls in my apartment complex are insanely thin. My bedroom wall is shared with my neighbor's bedroom - they happen to be musicians - and while they don't play in their apartment, which is very kind of them, they do keep odd hours. Last week at 4AM they were simply having a conversation in their bedroom that woke me up. I could hear everything, nearly word for word.

Since it's really the fault of the thin walls, I couldn't bring myself to go over and ask them to be quiet. They were just having a conversation, which seems fair, even at 4AM. But that talking kept me up until 6AM.

Anyone have a solution to that? Is it worth a polite conversation with the neighbors? Or should I just accept that occasionally, they will have a conversation in the wee hours that will wake me up?