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We used to hide 2 silver bells each Christmas eve when we came home from church for Santa to find. The bells would be hidden anywhere from in the tree to on shelves and each year "Santa" would always find and ring the bells.

Of course the other major tradition revolves around southern food eaten on New Year's day. The meal is black eyed peas, fried hog jowl, stewed tomatoes and greens. Each of these things is to bring health and wealth in the coming year. It is a MUST in my family to have this on New Year's Day and is often the first meal we eat!

@Rahskolnikov I am sorry but fear is not a useless emotion it is instinctual in every human. Fear is the ability to recognize danger, without fear humans would never have evolved.
Yes, I sound silly for all of my anxieties. But many others also have them.
Fear of the dark happens because as humans we don't have the ability to see in the dark and our ancestors knew that predators could.
Fear of windows at night-I would add that to the one before and add that historically once people were in for the night, they were essentially bared in with windows shuttered for protection.
Fear of Silence- people talk of the "calm before the storm" being a bad thing, you often hear stories of animals in the woods going completely silent when a predator is near by, or silence of animals right before an earthquake...It means something bad is coming
For people who are afraid of clowns...it makes sense...They are not able to see a person's humanity under the makeup. The same goes for masks...they probably don't really like those either.
Fear isn't a bad thing. It isn't stupid or useless. Sure, you can become anxious over stupid things...but there is a reason people dislike these things maybe you should ask WHY they are afraid...

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See some of my fears come from the fact that one of my sisters had a friend who used to come around and then would come in and tell us what we had been doing for the last 30 minutes or so. He thought it was funny and the dogs wouldn't bark because they knew him...Talk about making someone even more paranoid!!!
I am not sure how people live in those all glass houses!

Yay! I am so glad I am not the only scaredy-cat out there! Here is goes...I am afraid of:
1. The dark- sometimes it doesn't bother me as I really do like star gazing etc. but it kind of goes with...
2. Silence- i grew up in a house with 5 other people. There is always noise somewhere. But when it is quiet and dark...I...FREAK...OUT! (that's usually when things jump out after people in the paranormal activities movies too!)
3. Aliens- Crazy I know. But my dad would always joke about them and the 90's they were always on tv. One should not allow a kid to see "Fire in the Sky" EVER. To this day I am unable to sleep in a room if the blinds or curtains to a window show any of the outside and my parents house always had all the blinds at an angle stuck in the crack of the window so I didn't have to see dark from my bed. Not that it would stop an alien coming through a wall, but it would stop me from seeing them first!
4. Ghost- No explanations needed!
5. Gypsies- Funny story here. Favorite saying in my area of the south. "Behave or I will sell you to the Gypsies!" I misbehaved a lot...First time I met a gypsy in Spain it didn't go well. I couldn't really understand her, but I am pretty sure she put a curse on me. (Note if you travel to Spain and a touristy place, don't let someone grab your hand because they may curse you if you don't give them money)
The list could go on...heights, snakes...freaky children that pop up when you least expect them...HA! but I am not sure there is room or time! :) Happy Halloween!

How many women took color test #2 and were told that they need outside validation in order to feel whole or something like those terms? I took it twice with totally different patterns just because i thought the first one was very dead on in many ways, but then noticed that the words are slightly different but the message is generally the same...

whelp, I guess I can be the first one in the comments to ask...What is Turkish Coffee and what is a butter warmer? I mean I get the coffee thing but why do you need a butter warmer?

So what they did was tear down an old shed that was on their property and build a studio office in its place. This is a great job for the amount that they spent but it is not a before and after remodel, nor is the building that they built a "shed." The thing could function as a guest house for all intents and purposes except it doesn't have a bathroom.
What kind of permits does one have to get to remove an old shed and replace it with an office with air conditioning, fridge etc?

@ValHalla given some of the apartments and house tours I have seen on this site, I doubt a lot of what is on this site is for the "average" person.
@Bredlo too funny!
@Carollann, as someone whose community has been through such an ordeal, I understand the concern. However, one has to recognize the difference between a gardening magazine with a kitschy name and something with more radical intent.

This is a lovely home in a style that I for one am happy to see being copied. another style is the low country dogtrot that is coming back.
Garden and Gun is a great magazine about all things southern from architecture to food and gardens to hunting. Despite the name it is a very well done magazine that has content well worth reading here on AT.

Funny I never even thought of these tables as ways to hide things from sight, but rather as a way to turn your living room table into a desk if you didn't have an office. It is perfect for sitting on the sofa or a chair and having your laptop while working from home.
Of course I am the type of person who loses things if I "put them away" so maybe that is why.