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Anyone else read these comments and get a paranoid feeling that you are afraid to have anyone over to your house ever again?

When we travel, I prefer the side that is farthest away from the door or closest to a wall. (And I see I'm not the only wife that does this!) It must be a security thing! I'm on the right side at home. But I think I'm generally "cheerier" than my husband...although he is more confident, calmer and deals with stress better than I do. I don't make more money that he does though, he's the breadwinner of our household.

I think having a wishlist on Pinterest is a good idea (and I think people are getting too easily offended by the wording of the post).
I made a "wish list" Pinterest board before Christmas, since family members are always asking me what I want for Christmas, and I always draw a blank. Plus, I feel weird about voicing specifics because I didn't want to set any expectations. I am simply happy to receive a gift. And "Wish List" is different from "Gift Registry". I pinned things in my Wish List board without expectations.... I didn't EXPECT anyone to get me anything on the list, but it was there if they needed ideas (and I made sure the things I pinned were realistic & affordable...no cars or $10,000 diamond rings). My mother, husband, and future sister-in-law are on Pinterest as well, and I was pleasantly surprised when, on Christmas morning, I got 4 of the things I had put on my wishlist. (2 of them were from my sister-in-law-to-be, who doesn't know me that well yet and would have been lost as to what to get me otherwise!)

As for Valentine's Day?...my husband is getting me a dishwasher with our tax return. (but he knew I wanted that without the help of Pinterest!) ;)

I was looking at the vintage suitcase bedside table in #1...I wasn't even looking at the headboard!

I don't have kids, but when I was a kid, my dad would play all the Mannheim Steamroller Christmas CDs on repeat on Christmas morning while we all opened our presents and had cinnamon rolls for breakfast. They are still my favorite Christmas albums. I could listen to their rendition of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" on repeat all day!

(BTW, beckosmo, my dad loves Boney M too! I'm always amazed when other people know about them!)

LOL. I saw the title of this post and immediately thought the exact same phrase the post started with! "What DOESN'T a teepee for cats have to do with kids?" I have fond memories of turning my family's carpet-covered cylindrical cat condo into a fort or cave for my dolls and action figures.
I do agree with the previous commenters though. I wish they'd offer the pattern so we can DIY it and reuse some cardboard boxes!

Two years ago Halloween night was nice and warm, so my parents, husband and I all dressed up as pirates and lit a fire in the fire pit in the front yard. My mom has an old trunk as a decoration in her garden, and she went through the house and gathered up old kid's meal toys and markers and stuff and put them in the trunk. Then she had a wooden ornately carved jewelry box that she put "fun-size" candy bars in. When the kids would come up, we would say "Arr! Ye have a choice! Pick from the treasure chest (trunk) or the booty box (jewelry box). " Most times the younger kids would go first and choose the treasure chest, then the older kids would get wise and pick from the booty box. It was great fun! We wanted to do it the next year, but it was too cold.

"The Monster At The End Of This Book" starring Grover of Sesame Street. It was one of my favorite books as a child! And even now I love reading it to my friends' kids and mock-yelling "YOU TURNED THE PAGE!!!" and pleading (as Grover) to not have the kids turn any more pages of the book, because there is a MONSTER at the end of the book...and (spoiler alert!) it turns out to be Grover himself!

Two of my favorite things to play with as a child were two ceramic mice my mother had painted for me...a little boy mouse in overalls and a little girl mouse in a pink dress. They were meant to be only for decoration, but I would play with them like they were little toy figurines.

To save a bit of money, we got rid of cable a couple months before we bought our first house. Now that we are in our new house, we don't even watch "regular" TV. We do Hulu, Netflix (discs & instant queue on our X-box), and our Apple TV. I do miss certain shows I used to watch on cable, but you know, everything eventually comes out on DVD! (and I can still get my occasional cable fix at my parents' house).