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Noa, I love your giant balls. Hope that doesn't offend any women. You must be doing something right. No apologies. I love your work.

I am burning some frankincense right now, but I like the way oils don't emit any smoke.

I think a beige or light chartreuse would look smashing.

Iced tea, a really rosy glow in my kitchen because of my wonderful leather-tinted windows, fresh corn. I love to say "fresh," because I am sick of the frozen corn they bring out from the back of the huge grocery stores. I love the smell of fresh donuts from the farmer's market. I love cantaloupe and watermelon, but I have not been pleased with this year's yield thus far. So I guess I am going to have to say iced tea. I don't eat a lot of barbecued chicken, but that smell is simply divine.

I did just think of a really great dessert. Homemade angel food cake. If you have never had homemade angel food cake, then you must try it. It is not an easy fast recipe. They are more work than most people think they are worth, but an angel food cake, homemade whipped cream, and maraschino cherries is so summery. Oh, yeah, and popsicles and old movies.

I love it both ways. I think I sort of prefer the beige for the room. It was so calming with how homey it was -- really charming.

I have a huge teak outdoor dining set with beautiful reclining chairs. I have been trying to utilize it more this summer so I put them on the front porch where there is less sun instead of the back porch where I rarely go to relax because of the blazing sun setting. I love to have my watermelon or fruit bowls outside. I had a marvelous barbecue about a month ago. We had a fresh mozzarella and tomato platter with fresh sweet basil, balsamic vinegar, and olive oil drizzled over. After that we had sirloin hamburgers on whole wheat buns with a side strawberry, red onion, and romaine lettuce salad (homemade dressing, of course). Our first dessert was fresh cut watermelon. After our walk by the river, I brought out the grand finale, homemade angel food cake with maraschino cherries and homemade whipped cream.

Best barbecue I ever hosted.

Mikeinbrooklyn, I, as well, am on WW. I have lost my last 20 pounds because of that thing. I love my scale. I use it not only for me, but for my 22-month-old son as well. I am having feeding problems with him, and measuring out his food to make sure he is getting enough every day is less of a challenge with a scale. That way, I am not left wondering.

I love to buy children's books circa '70s-'80s. I just bought a whole shelf worth for about 4 bucks. A lot of them I remember, and I love that I have found them again and can have them for my little boy to grow up with. It makes me sad when I open up an old library book and I see the word "Discard" stamped in bright red letters.

I also love to look for wicker. I don't have a ton of wicker stuff, but a basket here and there is really helpful so I don't have to gather all my sons toys up into one basket in another room.

And last, but not least, board games. Old ones. Ones I have never heard of preferably. I am however looking for an old copy of Clue, and it just doesn't feel right looking on Ebay.

Anyone else weep a little? I did and am not embarrassed to admit it. I thought Carla's speech at the judge's table was the most poignant thing I have heard all season -- no offense to Fabio (wow, I was glad to see him be honest when the judge's asked him whose food he preferred). I am a little sick that Hosea won, though. I have to admit, once I knew Carla was out of the running, I began to like Stephan almost immediately. I don't know, this is the first time Hosea really rubbed me the wrong way. I agree with an earlier poster that it was in bad taste that he didn't recognize Carla for the threat she truly was.

Looks like our dutch ollebollen. YUM! The big diff is we throw in apples, raisins, or pineapple in the batter and then fry. My grandpa was a fiend for this stuff. Ollebollen is traditionally made on New Year's Day.