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My mother used to yell at me when I would get upset about the sound of her eating and drinking.

My husband still gets his feelings hurt when I have to leave the room or ask him to quiet down when he is eating.

I have suffered with this problem as long as I can remember. Lucky for me I was raised by a single mother who cannot keep her mouth closed when she eats and when she drinks the sound is so loud it is painful to me.

I have never physically lashed out, though I have wanted to. Eating and drinking noises drive me up the wall; I have felt pure rage at the sound of someone sucking on a piece of candy, wanted to break the jaw of a gum popper and have come close to throttling moviegoers who don't understand the amount of popcorn they can realistically fit into their mouths. The sound of popcorn squeaking across teeth as someone shoves fistfuls into their face only to chew with their mouth wide open. I have moved seats in theaters. I usually request corner booths in restaurants. Plus, I try to go to noisy eateries to help drown out the sounds.

I have had to stop eating because all I could hear was myself chewing and swallowing.

I always thought I suffered from a sensory processing issue as I also have troubles with sounds not related to food and I have tactile issues as well as issues with my fingertips and toes.

Yay! Crazy me.

When I lived alone before, I ate a lot of beans and rice. Now that I'm married and am used to cooking, I tend to cook the same things I would if someone were here. Plus with this time of year I am doing a lot of grilling even when my spouse is gone.

Spooner here as well, except instead of cutting them in half, I just cut off a bit of the top and spoon out the rest.

My favorite string cheese is mozzarella, whichever brand is on sale.

sunshine1301 where in Nashville are you at those prices? I have somebody looking for something along those lines.

I agree with everyone else on the evoo spray. I do homemade popcorn in the microwave a la Alton Brown. I do a couple of short bursts of evoo then a sprinkle of kosher salt that has been through the bullet blender and pop in a brown paper bag.

We had a horrible problem with roaches in our apartment when we first moved in 3 years ago. They wre all coming from outside, mostly living in the monkey grass. I started liberally sprinkling Borax on all the monkey grass, the stairs leading up to the building, the porch and even the foyer when you first enter the building. We are the first apartment so they always seemed to come to us. I kept up the borax for a solid year, dispensing it every two weeks and now we rarely see any roaches inside or out.

Concrete Screws!

I live in an old apartment building with brick directly behind the lathe/plaster walls. The best advice I got when we moved in was to use concrete screws if we wanted to attach anything to the walls. So far I have not had any problems with anything hanging on the walls, including the gigantic mirror directly above the fireplace. Oh, and the hint about painters tape is so right on, I wish I would have discovered that in the beginning.

I agree with Fatica. **Tea tree oil*** has saved my sanity when it comes to mildew. It is a natural antiseptic.

About 1 tbsp. mixed with 1c hot water in a spray bottle will to the trick. The best part is: spray on, wait 30sec-1min, wipe off! I always repeat at least one more time to get anything that is left behind that I can't see.

oh, i would die for this set-I have been lusting after it for quite a while. Since my husband and I have both returned to school our budgets are so tight that christmas is handmade this year. I could finally make that beef stew I've been dreaming about.