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I leave it on (it's a CF). I leave it on to make our address clearly visible in case we need a police car or ambulance. Also, I feel it's worth the energy because I associate it with home security. I believe it deters burglars, who I assume would prefer a dark doorway in which to work, and people who might otherwise hide there, waiting for me to get back from the grocery store with my 10 p.m. gallon of milk. I am careful not to only leave it on when I "need" it, as then it becomes a communication to any observant person that I am not home at that moment or that I am alone waiting for my husband to come home. I don't think this makes me paranoid either; like locking my door, it is just a small precaution.

My husband and I spend, per month (and at a regular grocery store, not whole foods) $600. It's ridiculous. I only walk to and from the grocery store, so having to carry it apparently is not enough to limit my spending.

I seem to spend $20 every time I go and I go a lot. While I don't understand it, I may try this system and see if it works. Maybe it will make more sense afterwards.

I actually agree with you, Louise. For his views on abortion alone, I would never ever vote for McCain. So we don't need to compete as to who has been in more military homes or taken more psychology classes.

I don't think so Louise. "love me" walls are very common in the military, not one man's reaction to a snaffu somewhere along the way. And not everyone gives a crap about college either.

favorite snack is a good idea, but the rest of it is not stuff worth hauling. I'd load pictures onto an iPod before schlepping a digital picture frame around.

maybe they know people enjoy catching spelling/grammatical errors. They certainly caught my eye, like a laundromat sign hung upside down.

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/05/12/99-grammar/

I got a Dyson at Target for $299. It's red, which I can live with.

It's just one more thing I'm not allowed to do on my apartment deck. But I hope lurker2209 is right and that this shifts.

While I do hang some things in the house, there's not enough room for this (I have a drying rack and several door knobs). If I had some proper indoor space, that would help. For instance, if it were possible to stretch a clothesline across the bathroom (where I don't have to worry about the carpet getting dripped on), that would be great. A little hotel in Germany had that very thing built into it: the line came out of one wall and attached to a hook on the opposite side. A great idea.

I guess that was in 2000

I'm going to cry, these look so fantastic. Bamboo floors! Energy Efficient Appliances! Now if apartment complexes would follow suit with some equally intelligently-designed, environmentally-progressive units, I'd be set.