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And the title of that infograph is ridiculous. "Are Bananas as Bad for You as Cookies?"

Are you serious? Although they may have equal amounts of sugar, in terms of nutritional value one is far superior than the other. And there are several factors in satiety, such as fiber and protein content and your level of hydration. It's like this infographic is made by idiots, for idiots.

I had the same thought about the pendant as well as the stuffed animal in the crib (no soft things in the crib, in case baby suffocates) but I figure it's a staged set like most of the posts in AT and most design mags -- no one's house REALLY looks like that day to day. So whatever, I'm going to assume the parents know better and will remove all that stuff once it's in actual use.

Love the blue color, though.

Pi, I generally water enough until the water runs out of the bottom of the pot, assuming that I haven't let things get so dry that the soil has compacted and the water just runs out without watering anything. I adjust the *frequency* of my watering, depending on the plant's needs and the weather.

lavender can be fussy if in a pot -- it really doesn't like wet feet. I would recommend the french lavender though.

A warning for jasmine and honeysuckle though -- it can be invasive, depending on where you live...

@kopanko

You're not doing much to dispel the vegetarian stereotype that vegetarians are pompous, pretentious blowhards.

By the way. Vegetarianism as it is practiced in first world countries IS a first-world phenomenon. In non-first-world countries, vegetarianism is practiced usually out of religious practice (Hinduism, Buddhism, etc) OR poverty, because meat is simply not an everyday occurrence, and you'd rather use your family cow for milk than cutting it up for steaks for a week. Unless you are also doing it out of religious reasons, vegetarianism in first world countries is distinctly not done out of poverty in most cases. It is a dietary choice. Which is a perfectly valid life choice to make, but jeez, get off your high horse.

It really boggles me that people can't seem to grasp that you don't need to make a separate dish JUST for the special needs guest. What is wrong with making the entire dinner vegetarian/vegan/nut-free etc? My household eats like this practically everyday, and we are omnivores. If you don't announce it to your other guests I'm sure they won't even notice, unless you throw in soy-meat and whatnot.

It's a good start. :) I'm in the same place as you (recent college graduate, not much money) so my sympathies. I think it looks great for a beginning. I think the next steps that are still inexpensive is to put in some pavers and some ground cover that will fill in the gaps between the pavers. You want to do something w/ the bare dirt because eventually that'll either fill up with weeds or compact so much as to be useless for growing anything...and when it rains, it'll get muddy.

wow, I didn't know daffodils kill other flowers in the vase. That explains a lot why spring bouquets my mom gives me w/ daffodils mixed in die really quick, whereas others without last more than a week.

I'm firmly on the 'books are functional and thus should be organized by library categories' (genre, then alphabetical) ....but I could see myself having an OCD day and covering every book with colored paper (the colors assigned by category -- eg, non-fiction is white, fantasy is blue, etc) and thereby having a color-organized book wall that doesn't piss me off.

tbh I just avoid all the hassle by only buying pots with holes. Adding rocks to the bottom for drainage between the actual pot and the decorative container (if it's used outside) is, I find, an excellent place to later discover unsavory bugs who like moist places....and if it's been raining excessively or if you're an enthusiastic waterer, the water level goes quickly up and requires monitoring or at least regular emptying.