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Thank you Maxwell! This could be the mug I've been searching for. I've been looking to replace some mugs that I had gotten several years ago at the former store "Adhoc". Both the store and the mugs are long gone. I thought the maker was Arabia Finland but it looks very much like this one. They also had a whole line of the dishware.

Having only one tiny closet in our apartment. I've been using a sturdy clothes rack . The clothes are contained in 3 large size canvas clothing bags hanging from the rack. The clothing bags protect them from dust, cooking smells and moths as well as making the whole arrangement look neater. I'd rather have a closet but for now this is a working solution.

I think I'll try to decide on a color (off white or light grey) for the living room (after 3 years of indecision) start the prep work for painting, also need to clean and paint all the dingy trim in the living room and kitchen. Picking a wall color will be a major accomplishment for me!

Love the Le Creuset story!

I love the "Cure"! I will be putting a vase of flowers on our landing strip, taking the 2 bags sitting in the "outbox" to the Salvation Army (luckily there is a SA right around the corner) and doing a deep vacuum, moving furniture to get those dust bunnies under the bureaus and bed. Those dust rabbits do proliferate!
Washing the floors with a vinegar/eco dishsoap/lavender oil solution. Need help finding an option for bleach to clean the cat box.

In my home a growing bag of cords has been waiting for a few years to be desposed of in an enviromentally friendly way. Recently while working on a sewing project I found a practical use of them. I didn't have the material for a strap for the purse I was making, it was in the evening, the local fabric/craft store was closed and I really wanted to finish my project that night. While rooting around in my work room I came across the bag of cords and had the idea of using a cord for the strap. It worked out really well.

I've found that a body cream with a strong menthol scent works to repel mosquitoes. I'm a magnet for them and since I've been using the scented cream they have not bothered me.
For a bite remedy, I use a facial clay mask, just a dab, applied immediately after being bitten. It works like a charm to stop the itching. I believe it works by drawing the toxin out.

Mosquito coils! My father was in the Navy and we lived in Okinawa for a couple of years when I was a child. Hot, tropical and a mosquito haven. My parents would lite a mosquito coil in our bedroom during the night to keep them away. Yikes! I just remembered that they also used the now banned insecticide DDT!!!

Wow, been there just 6 months? You've accomplished a lot. I've been in my apartment for a year and still living with paint samples taped to the walls. I love what you did with a very tiny bedroom, the colors that you used there and in the kitchen are fabulous!

for Sherry B,
could be Johnny Costa? He played the music on the Mr. Rogers show.

I live in a noisy apartment building. Our apartment is on the ground floor and people coming and going in and out, up and down the stairs is quite noisy. Our side of the wall that shares the hall is lined with three Ikea bookcases filled with books. These act as insulation and a barrier to sound. I've always collected books and my large collection works in a practical way, but I do constantly cull as new books come in.