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Super-sticky lined Post-its. They stick to anything, so I keep half a pad stuck to my fridge at all times.

980sf loft 400sf patio downtown for $1600 a month. We have to pay for parking, so that pushes the total to $1800, but I still feel like we got a good deal.

The definition of cheap really depends on your vantage point. You can get a really cheap place in Antelope Valley, eastern San Gabriel Valley, the Inland Empire, etc., but would you be willing to live there?

Jose, El Sereno is also crazy cheap and a nice community, plus a lot of artists are moving in. And you have the coffee house on Huntington Drive, too.

Reminds me too much of dim sum in Chinatown.

Yay!! I'm so happy this made the finals. My favorite entry by far. I used to live in a place this size and I'm truly impressed by how you've made it work.

A lot of people swear by Flylady.net. When you sign up, you get daily emails reminding you to complete a small task. Really small--things like scrub your sink or put away your laundry. The idea is that baby steps will get you to a clean home, and it's much more manageable than tackling it all at once.

I have one of those openers and the are indeed the coolness.

My husband uses empty baby food jars for his odds and ends, and it's better than these cans because the lids screw on.

West Elm is out of the 8'x10' size in all colors (sob). Any suggestions for other cool and inexpensive outdoor rugs?

I'm jealous!

mjoe, Steven Spielberg's mom used to let him create sets in her kitchen for his Super-8 film epics, including dripping fake blood all over her cabinets. Hey, you never know what your son's rubber band piles will lead to.

I need help wrangling paper. I dealt with it okay when I was single but now that I do paperwork/bills for the whole family, I'm drowining in unfiled paper. I don't want photos of pretty file cabinets, I want ideas on how to organize what goes into the file cabinets.

I just moved into a loft with a ventless washer/dryer combo and it takes three hours to do six pounds of laundry. Plus heavy items like jeans and towels never get completely dry. Oy. I just bought a drying rack from Ikea so I guess it'll be okay, but I think my sheets are going to the laundry down the street.