Kate The Great's Profile

My problem with these is that it sounds like they cut up trees specifically for making these hooks. That bothers me; I'd rather they use wood that has already been cut down for some other use. Reclaimed wood, if you will.

Yes, I do. Groceries are on Tuesday, Wednesday is laundry day, and Thursday is cleaning stuff like toilets, stuff that doesn't need to be done on a weekly basis. We swap it around only when we have an activity that conflicts with one of those set days. And when we've just come back from camping, I do a load of laundry that day and on Wednesday.

We set those because of necessity. Each of us only have eight sets of underwear, one for each day and the day we do laundry. We do groceries one day a week, in the evening, because only one of us can drive, and he's not the person who's got the more flexible schedule. And groceries are a pain to carry home by foot, even without a toddler.

Wrap your gift with newspaper or brown paper and a pretty, reused ribbon. You might get a few disparaging looks from people at the reception ("Eew, how distasteful," they'll think), but once your gift is mixed in with all piles of the other, fancifully wrapped gifts, no one's going to pick up your gift just to figure out who wrapped it differently. And if you do it right, it'll look hip and unique.

I remember sitting on the floor of our apartment as a newlywed, opening the gifts from wedding guests. After awhile, I groaned at the obviously-new paper and gift bags and expense people went through. I was ripping through it all and didn't care, after a few presents, what it looked like.

If you think of the weird looks society will give you, just think of the couple, who you're gifting to in the first place. They'll appreciate your thriftiness when they shove all the embossed and carefully-taped and painstakingly ribboned wrapping into a trash bag because they don't have room to save it all.

Is no one here worried about sanitation? I've heard that the germs that end up in paper tissues are killed much quicker than if they end up in hankies. I actually heard a scientific fact that had a percentage in it, but I've forgotten what that is. Still, it convinced me. I don't want to carry a wad of germs in my pocket, and then throw it in my clothes hamper. If the germs die in a Kleenex, then I'm going to stick with that. Besides, paper disintigrates.

I do this already. I've been looking for a job for about two months now, and there's only so much application-submitting and resume-sending and check-up-calling one can do. I mastered the separation between stuff I want and stuff I need years ago. I'm a frugal person in general, but the stuff I want or even think I need now goes on a list of stuff to buy once I do have a job.

There are things that have been sitting on that list for two months now that I find I don't want/need anymore. And there are things that just make waiting seem more desirable. That list helps me sort it out so when I'm not strapped for cash anymore, I don't just go out and buy stuff because I now can.

I like it. And as much as I first doubted the level, you probably just have to in the room to see how it works. The screen is genius, and the only flaw I can see is where the screen might go when you've removed it to use the technology behind it.

Yep. I do. In my last apartment, I put my laptop on a chair in the corner of the room or on the kitchen table. I didn't use the table to prep as I had plenty of counter space.

I have yet to use my laptop in the kitchen of this apartment. I've only lived in it for three months or so.

I have several shirts that are silk that do just fine in the washer and the dryer with everything else.

For years, I've had a general rule that if I can't just toss it in with everything else and I have to worry about it, then it should belong in my wardrobe. I enjoy unusual clothes and have a different style, but I just don't like thinking that much about my laundry.

I didn't enjoy this slideshow much because the photos are all stretched.

That said, I'm happy to see a home that's still in progress.

I have a hubcap on the wall. I get lots of laughs and my hubbin thinks I'm crazy, but when paired with a print that's edgy and that looks city-like, a Yield sign that says "Duck Crossing", and a circuit board that my hubbin keeps because he's sentimental, it looks good.

I haven't put all this on my bedroom walls or above my bed. It's in the hall, across from CDs that hang on the wall. The hubcap with all the other edgy/city-themed stuff looks appropriate.

I think Erin's going for pretty vintage look here, with the greens and the blue. I share your fascination with hubcaps. Mine just looks different because of the way I choose to pair it.