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this is really interesting, bcs I own this same color for at least 5 years, (in oval deep 6quart or smth like that) I bought it at William Sonoma NYC 5 years ago. It doesn't have the gradient that the usual LeCreuset have, and I have been looking for another piece with a BOLD red/orange color without gradient. I decided to buy the staub orange/red tea kettle instead. So now the blue Le Creuset, the mustard le Creuset (not too obvious the gradient effect) and the orange staub, intermingle on my cooktop - they look good, and they are work horses... Now I use only the smalled all clads for small jobs.

ATRON - yep, go for 50:50 - you are never going to find your match - what are you going to do when you have to breastfeed - make your hubby grow boobs? or do what a friend of mine did that refused to breasfeed so her hubby and her would have to wake up equally to feed the baby - and denied her children one of the best things a mother has to offer, love, milk and connection?

ANNAMARIA - I wish I had read this when you first posted. I would have told you, that my hubby when we were engaged said a few times things like: some of us have real jobs (he is a VP), once I offered him a $100 when he needed money, and he said: no, I need real money...., and plenty of things like that, and yes he make 3 times what I make, but I have so many talents that he doesnt, including him never sending a shirt to the cleaners since we got together (that saves him $300 a month) . He loves to cook as much as I do, he used to do all his ironing and cleaning, we chip in the house, and I don't mind that now I am the one that cleans the bathroom every week, while he is busy putting out son to sleep. He travels for work, I go to work locally - I make sure he has a meal when he arrives home at 10pm from a 7 hr flight - that's how I see love, he makes sure to ask me when I don't feel well how am i feeling, makes me hot water bottles when I am pms-ing, and held my hand when had breast surgery, and fed me when our son was born and I did not know how to feed myself while breastfeeding our son. LOVE is never equal - it is complimentary - you fullfill each other - not to place each other on the scale... Never doubt your love, and a lot of times love is totally a state of mind - you either want to be with a person, for what you believe in, or you don't to be with that person.

LACK - they are 10 inch in depth and come in various lenghts.

try hansonrivet on line - they have a page of what kind of rivet you need. Maybe if you mail it to them, they will send you a bunch of them for $5.

forgot - regarding outlets with switches - don't expect to find them anytime soon in the US - the voltage here is very low, no risk of electricution - in Europe - electricity can KILL you at 220volt - hence the switch - although I have seen switches mainly in England - not in continental Europe. (I like it, but I personally prefer to unplug my appliances)
I agree with the comment of in built closets in the states - AWESOME thing, and when you have it built in, you can configure the inside in any shape you like, over and over.

it seems that everytime I pick a vogue magazine nowdays, they are featuring a Lauder apartment. it would be nice to break it up a bit...

I love it, and would have bought for my son 4yrs ago, if had been sold for $500 - not a penny more... And for the people that say plastic, all the mattresses that one buys nowdays are man-made materials... nothing organic material about them. So don't see the fuss about that point. I am sure this one doesn't have edges or anything sharp and it would be as clean as any normal crib...
the point on the cover story, about the purchase of $3500 being an investment, had me rolling, investment in WHAT? it is not like you can use your crib as luggage, or even as a burial box, so you get one box from birth to death.... sometimes these editors don't know what they are talking about...

Invest in a legit home inspector (they have to be engineers and have to have a license - at least in NYC) they will tell you all the problems of the house you are hoping to buy and if there are major issues, you can insist that the current homeowner fix the problem, or you get a discount for the problem. Also lets say the problem of the current house is the roof. You need to get, 2-3 contractors to give you a quote and you tell the current owner that is selling - it will cost $20K to fix, either you discount the price or you fix it properly... This is the $20K lesson we learnt from buying our first home. Good luck with yours.

ah yes, all that concrete added to the side of the house is really good for the environment. In the UK, the buildings department in a lot of areas have made concrete driveways not within code. Instead one could use pavers (allowing rainwater to seep into the ground - instead of running off), which look nicer, more expensive, but this would limit the amount of driveways people lay out too..

to MLaura - don't try to be a silly moma. What Rebecca was pointing out was that Finland is a democracy with a social conscience. To us americans in the media we are constantly told that socialism is a BAD thing, and scandinavian countries are labeled as socialist countries, as they are more socially aware than a lot of other parts of the developed world. So don't take offense on such a think, Rebecca was just trying to emphasize on smth that the american public is told day in and day out = that democracies with a social conscience are against personal freedom...
oh and I checked before posting here and Finland is in Scandinavia - correct?! Hope I have not offended you with that...