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I would be one of those people to just welcome anyone and everyone into my home. I host parties about 3 or 4 times per year where I invite friends, & friends of friends into my home to celebrate. These can sometimes get to 30+ people in a less-than-1,000-sqft home. I'm not sure I COULD host 60-70 people for a salon of this type, but I love meeting people and honestly believe that most people who come together to learn and meet new people are fairly trustworthy people.

thecreamqueen, I have found that Wacoal and their side brand B*Tempted have some very nice-looking and fun lingerie for those of us with over C cups. I used to shy away from Wacoal, but in the past couple of years, they've been turning out some lovely collections that both support, flatter, and tease. They tend to be a bit pricier, but they LAST through daily wear without falling apart.

I'm still trying to go through my clothes to get rid of that which does not fit/is worn out so that we have more room to put my sig.other's clothes.

I would think that a full sized bed with a trundle may be the best option. You don't need to put the bed away every day, if you don't want to, but it gives the option to put it away for more floor space. There are options that have drawers under the trundle, so it would have built in bedding storage, and wouldn't be so low to the ground.

This link is to a kids bed, but it may fit the bill
http://www.dreamfurniture.com/product.asp?itemid=6428&gclid=CNqW6K3a6LYCFaVcMgodbB0ATg

I found that having an every other week cleaning service kept the peace a lot. Because, yes, you will both probably be cleaning, but not realizing what the other is cleaning. One of my old roommates didn't realize how much I cleaned the kitchen until I moved out and she realized that the countertops and floors collected grime very quickly. I was cleaning it at least twice a week if not longer.

For food, have the yours, mine, and ours system. I usually shared staples with roommates and then if something was out we'd alternate restocking.

As far as finding roommates, I have found mine through the internet. One roommate vetted me over the phone because I wasn't moving to the state for a month or so. The next roommate I had was also the vetter. But we got along really well at the interview and then realized, while touring the space, that all of her movies were either movies that I owned, liked, or wanted to see. We got along really well and I moved out when her now-husband moved in and we're still really good friends.

My next roommate was when I was in charge. We set expectation of boundaries and rent splitting and I sprung for the cleaners since I know I tend to get really busy and vacuuming triggers my allergies, so I have someone else do it! We made sure to set ground rules of informing the other when we have people over, or want to have a group over. We lived together for about 2 years very well. We were never best buddies, but we worked well living together.

I've had the pleasure of experiencing the full Lithuanian Christmas Eve dinner with my relatives, since my uncle is Lithuanian. We break the bread, and have about 5 herring dishes, lots of beets, and he usually breaks the rules and makes a rack of lamb for his meat-loving daughters.

In my family, we were allowed to open ONE present on Christmas Eve (and usually my mom picked out the present and it was pjs so we would match and not be wearing a ratty old teeshirt in photos in the morning.)

On Christmas morning, my family makes monkey bread and usually brings one to a neighboring family that has young children. We hand out the presents and then we go around and around taking turns opening them. My dad puts on every wearable gift he is given.

When I lived upstairs, I always tried to be reasonable and not be up until all hours of the night in shoes. But then I was moving. I had lived there for 3 years, and it was the last night I would be there and things needed to moved and cleaned and I have a job, so I didn't get started until the evening. With the understanding that it was 1 night and that I was moving heavy objects from the house, down the stairs, to my car all evening, I could not just not wear shoes. And I totally pissed off my underneath neighbors, but I couldn't move heavy objects to the door barefoot, put on shoes, then move them down stairs and out then remove shoes and wash rinse repeat. I value unbroken feet.

That being said, it was the only time one of them came upstairs and complained.

Now I live in a single story house and relish not worrying about bothering anyone.

Dropped phone stories:

Palm Centro: it flew out of my hand while on a second floor balcony entrance to my apartment. Flew, it was like someone jerked it out of my hand mid-conversation. I rushed down to rescue it, sure that it was going to be destroyed. My aunt was still on the line wondering what that large sound was and if I was okay. Barely a scratch.

iPhone: within 1 week of receiving my iPhone 4, it slipped out of my hands. The crack was from the top of the screen to the ear speaker. That's it. I have never replaced it because I simply don't find it to be distracting or dangerous.
About a year to a year and a half later I noticed that I had a crack halfway through the back face. No idea how that happened, but waiting for the next generation to upgrade.

I second crosberg's pipe idea.
Here are some ideas & tutorials for pipe-fitted racks.
http://camillestyles.com/2012/transformed-pipes-to-garment-rack/
http://www.simplifiedbuilding.com/solutions/clothing-racks/

Living in Houston, A/C is a necessity of life. The humidity plus the heat is a killer for me. I am a cold sleeper and can't seem to get comfortable sleeping on nights that barely get down to 80 degrees. While I hate that most office buildings are sub-70 degrees and way over-airconditioned, I prefer to keep my house around 75 in the summer and upper 60s in the winter. Now, when it comes to visiting family and friends in the midwest and canada during the summer, the night's get delightful and I can go without the A/C because of that overnight respite from the heat.

I've done this before and got a really low score of 2-4. This time I took it again and scored a 4. There are some lavender to coral colors that I swapped right in a row.