txbelle's Profile

SunnyBlue - I bought that same PB/MG sofa, at about the same time, in loden velvet. Along the way, mine suffered a do-or-die spill and I was forced to toss the entire slipcover in the washer. (Washing couldn't possibly have made it any worse!!) In spite of the dry clean only instructions, it washes beautifully and is even softer post-laundering.

I'd go in a heartbeat...and with my dog.

As a child, I fell in love with the ebony floors in John Wayne's character's house in "Donavan's Reef." In all these years since, I've never had a chance to have them. Maybe I didn't miss too much.

I'm in love! This is so me!! Beautiful job.

Like talby's, my cast iron skillets have been in the family for well over a hundred years. A Dobie and warm water is the most washing they get. Sometimes it's less - just a few good swipes with a dry paper towel. I heat them on the stove top on low, just until they get warm, to ensure they're thoroughly dry (overheating an empty skillet can damage the seasoning. )

Sleek and stylish? Yes. Warm and inviting? No. Not nearly cushy enough for my hedonist crew.

I find the majority of these cold rather than calm.

I print out multiple, frequently used recipes on a single sheet of paper and tape them to the inside of my kitchen cabinets. Just open the spice cabinet door and voila! recipes and ingredients right at hand.

What a beautiful baby!

Right there with you sally305. I work with people who were saddled with made-up names and/or impossible spellings who have had to give themselves more traditional nicknames to avoid the bias you mention and to avoid the need to constantly spell out their names in business, personal, and social situations. As you said, right or wrong, people can - and do - often make negative assumptions about the environment in which they were reared when clearly the parents gave more thought to drawing attention to themselves, not their offspring, by being thought original or trendy, rather than considering the lifelong burden they were placing on their child.