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The trip isn't over until the suitcases are unpacked and put back in the attic, the dirty clothes are in the laundry baskets and the clean ones put back where they go. Then I sort through the mail. It usually takes no more than an hour to 90 minutes to do all that; I work fast. I just don't want to wake up to that mess in the morning. I'd rather wake up remembering a good trip.

My neighborhood every 17 years when the cicadas visit. It's like having an airport in your backyard. Thank goodness they sleep for the next 16.

Count me in.

I like the old sofa better. The new one doesn't work with the coffee table or the paint color on the walls.

It does make the ceilings look high (whether they actually are is hard to tell). Not sure I like the look, tho.

At the risk of sounding like a shill for C&B, we bought this table last summer and use it on the deck all the time. The grown ups sit at one table and the kids sit around this table. We have round cushions for them to sit on and they love it. The table is surprisingly sturdy, and it's nice to be able to put it away when the guests have left. It's comfortable for adults as well and seems heavy enough that you would need a pretty strong wind to blow it away. OK, so I do sound like a shill. But it's still a useful piece.

I don't see a problem with the sponsored posts, either. They're a fact of publishing life. If I'm not interested, I'll skip over it, just like I do over any other post. And it is exactly like the "special advertising sections" that are in glossy magazines. The glossies don't see the need to point out in huge type that THIS IS ADVERTISING. We can figure it out.