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Argh! Thank you for this! I've been struggling for a long time with my desired kitchen/laundry/bathroom "look" and I've finally narrowed it down to apothecary/stereotypical 1950s lab. I'm really really into this aesthetic and the idea of using beakers will probably make me feel more comfortable cooking.

Holy crap, I thought I was the only one! My boyfriend turns up his nose at the fake cheese versions I enjoy, but after a lot of tasting, I've found I don't really like chunky & short macaroni noodles or the creamy, abundant cheese they're served with. Will definitely be trying these.

I'd like to see products like this in different shapes and sizes. More leaning toward castle shapes, etc.

I know this doesn't count as 'at home' but I'm an avid watcher of The Walking Dead, and there is a subplot about the Grimes family photographs, so when I happened upon a pin leading to this page, it made me consider that a "lookbook" would be a space efficient way to carry cherished photos if one should have to suddenly evacuate their area. It's no shadow box but two or three could easily be tossed into a bag!

Haha, I actually had to google pita tenant. Actually, DO NOT just go ahead and do it! My sister-in-law's family painted their rental apartment and they got blacklisted. They haven't been able to rent an apt since. Do not ask me how because I don't know.

I like how loving she is in the wording of this contract. I don't glorify parenting that is intimidating in its efforts to be "grown-up."

I like the no porn clause. On a phone, NOT a good idea for any age. My rules may be different for other mediums like laptops, desktops. I like the "no junk shots," good rule to be explicitly stated to minors. I don't like how shameful and body-negative puritan America can be, even if I'm relatively modest about my own. I think it's a fine line to tread, not wanting your children to be ashamed of their bodies even while you're trying to convince them not to make decisions that will ruin their professional/academic respectability.

I like the "don't take pictures of everything" rule in the cell phone context. If you want to take pictures of everything, do it properly, with the proper equipment. I think the wording of the rule though, is unfair and inaccurate. Living your experiences and recording them are not mutually exclusive, and no, they won't be stored in your memory forever.

I don't like the "download new and interesting music" rule in the cell phone context. If you want to download new and interesting music, do it properly, with the proper equipment. Or better yet, "use this phone to keep in touch with me while you and your friends attend a chaperoned trip to concerts." I think the wording of the rule though, is unfair and unhelpful. He's thirteen years old! Pretty much any music is new to him. And one of the great things about music is being able to connect with other people through music, which would be made significantly more difficult if you weren't listening to the same stuff most of your peers have on their iPods. Btw, someone shoot me a link, where's the digital music player/laptop contract?

skippany, that's a great idea! My parents used snail mail for my Quinceañera, I think. Other than that, I have never used snail mail, I've always invited in person.

That being said, I sooo want to begin using paper invitations. I don't own a house or live in the burbs or have even hosted a dinner party, so I haven't really had the need to use them. I like the idea of using hybrid websites that allow me to send paper invitations and track rsvps online. But I would probably only use them for special occasions: birthdays, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, Independence Day, New Year's. My circle of friends is small enough that sending out invitations to small things like a dinner party celebrating a job promotion or a game day barbeque would be more cumbersome than cute.

• Baked first cake: not yet
• Cooked first romantic meal: not yet
• Hosted first dinner party: not yet
• Made first Christmas supper for the whole family: 18ish

I can't remember which year I cooked my own Thanksgiving dinner for the family but it was either 18 or 19. I'm 24 and still perfecting Thanksgiving, I've been hosting it ever since. All the others I've yet to do! Eep! In all fairness I'm an introvert who is trying to make an out of state relocation, so the top three are low on my priority list. My mother, though she can cook, hardly took the time to teach me when I was in my teens and ready to learn. So all the things I do know how to cook I've found on websites. I'm still experimenting. I'm still gathering together recipes from my childhood; my mother is the type of person who doesn't use recipes or measurements. I'd be thrilled to be able to prepare 15 recipes from memory.

Thank goodness for Pinterest, I have all the recipes I'm still wanting to try pinned, and I can add notes to the ones I have cooked.

This definitely does make me feel a little better about how behind I am, but I'm still anxious to catch up.

Oppose. I've lived in apartments since the age of two and white walls are in every childhood picture. Not even nice, Pride & Prejudice style paneled walls. Those gross, weirdly textured walls you find in cookie cutter apartments. My mother has two brown couches in her living room and a gold/beigeish one she got from my grandmother. They are so different and clashing I avoid looking at them. She loves green and burgundy and gold accents. She was also really into light woods while I was growing up.

I hate green and brown and burgundy and gold and still can't afford my own home but when I do probably only the trim will be white, and a clean, crisp white, not off-white. Though I do love wood pieces, Magnussen Joplin collection ftw, I prefer a deep dark Pottery Barn almost-black brown.

However, a lot of her accents are/were very traditional in style (my preference) such as rococo art/picture frames or late baroque table legs. Unfortunately, I never got to decorate my room and when I tried to organize my multitude of books in an interesting style, was chided for it, so I wouldn't say my mother has stylistically influenced me.

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