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Made this for me and my lacto-ovo roommate for lunch today. Turned out absolutely stellar!

I remember my letters from Santa through the Canada post. It was definitely one of the best parts of Christmas.

Only if I have an unexpected need for a tampon.

Otherwise, who cares what they keep in there? Is my curiosity worth violating another person's privacy in their own home?

I agree on dish sponges: yuck! They smell bad and I don't fancy using something germ infested to clean with. Solution? Having a big drawer full of cloths to wash dishes with that I throw in the laundry machine (on cold, with detergent, because THAT WORKS JUST FINE) before they get funky.

And to the above commenter: no need to use paper towels every time I wash my dishes, wow! There is a compromise between the vile kitchen sponge and wasteful (and downright useless, for this purpose) papertowels. You're not going to get MRSA cleaning up your own cooking!

My family has a cordless phone. When we are out in the yard doing yard work we bring it outside with us and leave it on the porch if we think we might be missing important calls. Otherwise, we have an answering machine. Fascinating!

PS Hooray, we are going to have yet another argument about taking shoes off when going in and out of houses on AT! What a joy! Who will be the first person to bring up their embarrassment of mismatched socks or smelly feet? Who will be the first person to bring up the fact that their (insert expensive name brand here) shoes coordinate with their outfit? Who will be the first person to say they are an excellent host who despite making their guests take off their shoes leaves a basket of socks at the doorway for them! Have I missed anything else yet? We should make this either a) a drinking game or b) a bingo card, already.

We had two: an encyclopedic dictionary, and then a "kids dictionary" with colour pictures and easy language. They both got a LOT of love from my brother and I. :) I'm a history grad, and he's going into chemical engineering in the fall. Our parents definitely raised us believing in the importance of education, but also with a genuine love of learning, which I think is just as, if not more, valuable.

I live in a city where houses are still quite expensive (especially considering that I live far from any urban centre), so in order to buy a house my husband and I have resigned ourselves to the reality of having to buy a hideous outdated house if we want to own anything at all. I don't mind, really, because with something ugly, we can remodel it as our own over time. If you buy something "modern" in this town it's almost undoubtedly a cookie cutter stainless steel appliance and beige walls monstrosity AND cost about five times what it's worth. :shrug:

Although I might add that I live in a town with an astronomically high divorce rate and an astronomically high redneck rate, so it's possible my sampling of families isn't exactly the greatest. ;)

I know that I personally wouldn't be able to resist the temptation of having it there.

Once my husband puked in the bed (gross, I know!) so I slept on the couch that night, and got up reeeeeal early to make him clean it. I have emetophobia so I had to get out of there!

Actually, one of my favourites is in the pic! "Never Let me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro. :) Although I have the sombre literary cover with the fishing boat on it.

I have a (not so) secret addiction to Highlander romance novels. I devour them without stopping for breath, at times.