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Being from the South, my first thought is to fry them! Spiral-cut potatoes or sweet potatoes make great fries.

Just curious - how is this idea less environmentally friendly than buying those mass-produced ice packs they sell for this purpose at big box stores? Isn't the idea of using something most people already have - like sponges and plastic sandwich bags - better? I get it that you're saying that using sponges to clean dishes isn't as good an option as using, say, a scrub brush, but what about the idea of repurposing those sponges as ice packs (which is what this post is about)?

I am hosting a christening party soon, and the new mom is (and has always been) one of the pickiest eaters I have ever encountered in my life. She (almost literally) eats only meat (chicken, pork, or beef only), bread, rice, potatoes, or pasta, and cheese. She does not eat any vegetables that I am aware of or any fruit (yes, I know how unheathy this is, and I've told her so on many occassions). Her aversion to fruit and vegetables is so strong that she won't eat anything that might taste like fruit (i.e. a fruit-flavored candy, sour cream and onion chips, etc.). She won't eat tomato sauce (so no pizza, lasagna, etc.). She won't drink fruit-flavored drinks. She basically survives on prepackaged frozen foods (hot pockets) and fast food (plain chicken sandwich or burger - meat, bread, and cheese only). I am shocked that she doesn't have health problems and even more shocked that she was able to have a healthy baby. She took vitamins, though.

Anyway, I am so frustrated trying to plan a menu for the party that will have a few items she will eat.

Hi - this is Ali, the person who found this great quilt. Thanks for all your great comments. We will contact the previous owner (if we can track down new contact info), but we highly doubt that it is a treasured heirloom left behind by mistake. The house was used as a rental house for over a decade before my boyfriend bought it. The previous tenants (two guys in their twenties) left quite a bit of stuff for us to clean out when we moved in, including furniture, small appliances, old metal signs, and quite a bit of trash. The basement, storage shed, and even closets were left full of the items that the previous tenants chose decided not to bother packing - think old christmas lights, half empty bottles of shampoo, etc. In the process of cleaning out all of that (we were able to donate quite a bit of it), we found the quilt literally on the dirt floor of an unfinished basement. While I hate to think that someone is missing their family heirloom, I also love the fact that we are giving this forgotten quilt a new life. And I love having something in the house with such a history and a great story. So, if it turns out that it does belong to the previous owner, I will be very sad to see it go.

As for decorating around it, I've made an effort to make things feel homey and nice, using stuff we already have. We will ultimately make permanent design decisions and buy items to make the room look great, but here is what we have done so far, using items we already owned: The bed has been moved into a room with deep dark gray-brown walls, and is positioned in front of a window with natural linen-looking curtain panels (they are actually made from painter's drop cloths). The sheets and pillowcases are still white, with a warm taupe embroidered stripe around the edges. I used three quilted silk king shams, also in a warm beige color (almost golden) in the back, and bold floral accent pillow in front that picks up the navy, cream, pinks, and yellows. The bed is flanked by black nightstands that both have buttery yellow ceramic lamps and cream shades, and I hung three framed photos above each nightstand, which all pick up the pinks and blues of the quilt.

I'll try to send in a new photo this evening to update the post.