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we're expecting our first in january and the closet in the nursery (of our rental home)has floor-to-ceiling shelves with no rod for hanging clothes, so we're making do with that. i like the idea of baskets or boxes with sizes/months labeled on them, that way what i'm using currently can go on the eye-level shelves and larger sizes can go up high where i can't easily reach.

i second kathryn's suggestion above - wearing gloves to wash the dishes makes a huge difference. i have friends & family who think i'm crazy for wearing them, but i'll never give it up.

i'm partial to lattes because i really love the taste of warm milk. the sharpness of the espresso is a great complement. i used to be able to get them at a fancy-pants italian coffeeshop in the city (philly) where you were served the heated milk in a tall slender glass mug, along with a shot of espresso alongside in a small metal cup so you could pour it right into the milk. absolute heaven.

strawberries, sour cream and brown sugar is one of my absolute favorite desserts. it doesn't sound that good but the taste is positively decadent.

i have a set of parker bowls from crate & barrel (albeit a few years old) and they're great but for some reason i reach for every other bowl in my kitchen before i use them... i'm not sure why. i really, really wanted them and they are not nearly as useful as i had hoped.

i've been using an electric mattress pad for years and i love it. they are pricey but worth it if you live somewhere cold orw ith insufficient insulation. electric blankets never made sense to me since, you know, heat rises - why not put the heat source underneath you where it can do the most good? @jmorey - i've never had the problem you describe but you might be able to find one a bit plusher if you're willing to splurge and spend a bit more. they are expensive but there are nights when they are also lifesavers!

i just picked up a set that looks exactly like this from anthropologie over the weekend, in red to match my kitchen accessories.

water chestnuts! the perfect crunchy foodstuff.

my kitchen stuff is all red too! when i got married i registered for a red kitchen aid mixer (because i was obsessing over 'nigella bites' on the style network). consequently, all of our small appliances and many of my utensils, serving bowls & platters, and kitchen gadgets are now red. the red theme has gotten extended to other rooms because we have lived in some very small homes where it was better to have a unifying color.

i have a few items that belonged to my grandmother and which i am fortunate to now have in my kitchen. a large stockpot, 3 matching blue-and-white mixing bowls, and two mini-muffin pans for a brownie/cupcake recipe of hers (written out in her handwriting on lined notebook paper). using these items makes me feel a real connection to my family and to all the little kitchen habits that have been handed down from my grandmother to my mother to me.