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Wow, that sure isn't a "just look for it in the middle drawer, honey" dresser. I love it!

Ginger root steeped for several hours is a great pick-me-up. It's different from, but a little reminiscent of, the caffeine rush.

Thanks for the run-down, Leela. As a Portlander about to make the jump to DSLR could I ask for camera shop recommendations?

What an airy feeling space - lovely!

As a near-daily reader since 2006, I want to say thank you for your consistency. I really appreciate the quality and focus of your content - especially in the quickly changing landscape of blogging.

I've always been told that pet food should be kept air-tight so that the oils don't go rancid. Maybe the bag would fit inside your slide-out container?

And JRandall, as an apartment-dwelling Portlander I'm jealous! Our compost service doesn't start until next year - I'm still biking mine to the community composting system in SE.

During upheaval like a move and a relationship shift, I think it's important to consider how your books support your identity. Books that give you a sense of context and personal history (old editions you've proudly discovered), that reflect the richness of your own mind and interests (deeply geeky stuff on wildly divergent topics), books that have changed you (new ideas, touch-stones you keep coming back to), can act as a sort of physical reminder of your inner self. For me, having that reminder has been hugely reassuring as other parts of my life have changed drastically, with moves across the country and in and out of apartments and relationships.

Of course, I'm also the gal who moved into a 380 sq ft apartment on the 3rd floor with a dozen boxes of books, so certainly not the voice of moderation.

Oh the dusting - the dusting!
I agree with Dee of BC though. The suspended branch riff on a chandelier is nice.

I have never seen a blogger use so many exclamation points. Ye gods.

Where I live it's standard to refinish floors between tenants anyway. Could you and your relati-lord figure out a way to temporarily protect the damage until you move out?