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Until age 2, I went with the recommendation of no TV, with occasional exposure at restaurants, during social events like the superbowl, etc. Now my son is two and watches a few you tube videos a week of things like animals, musicians, etc. We don't have cable or TV reception, but I have let him watch an hour or so of children's shows on netfilx a few times when he was sick and I had work I absolutely had to do. Tellingly, he always starts begging for it for the next few days. I know that it annoys people when they think non-TV-watchers are preaching, but if you don't start the habit of using TV the idea that it is necessary just seems silly. I absolutely think that a few carefully chosen shows or movies or games do no harm, but I don't like the idea of using it for babysitting.

You don't want to keep chicken sitting warm for very long. Either cook ahead of time, refrigerate and then reheat, or serve it while it's still hot. Otherwise you are asking for trouble, food poisoning-wise.

It seems fair to adjust the contribution to housework based on the numbers of hours of other work each person has (so that the total number of work hours is similar), but not based on income! What if one person works 50 hour weeks at a non-profit and the other works part time but makes a huge hourly wage? My observations of other couples and of my own relationship makes me believe really strongly that all income should be considered shared family money. Our worth should not be determined by our earning power, especially in family relationships!

Ha ha, I said about 5 years ago while watching an episode of "house hunters" that granite countertops and stainless steel appliances were going to be like avocado green refrigerators in a few years. Maybe that day has come? I've always disliked them, but I've also never had a rental with a counter that nice. I've either had formica (ugly) or tile (cute, but usually gross from years of tenants.) That's life as a renter.

So much white, so many different fonts. I'm sure I'll get used to the new navigation fairly quickly, but it is just so ugly.

My favorite color! (and no, not because I started liking it after reading the JCrew catalog, I mean forever my favorite).

My great-great aunt and uncle had a narrow strip of cloth tape (not sticky) in one doorway. Three generations were measured there. All the boys wanted to reach my great-uncle's height (6'2") but none ever did. When they finally moved out of their house to live with my family, we just rolled up the tape and brought it with them. I'm planning on starting a new tape in my house.

I was a little girl who collected spiders and insects. And I grew up to be an entomologist. I'll always remember my parents and uncles encouraging my interest and I hope I'll never discourage my kids from following their passions. And, please can we stop the attitude that bugs and spiders are icky?!

Both! I always get rid of a ton of stuff before the move, and then find more things that don't fit or that I don't really need once I get to the new place. I've gone from a 2 bedroom to a studio and back again in the last 5 years, so the decluttering has depended on the size of the new place, too.

gross. and I could tell just looking at it. not much of a mystery ingredient.