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hmm. I can see that I might need to practice this over and over and over to get it right ;-) Is it ok to lick the bowl?

I, too, love a blacked-out bedroom. I used to sleep with a black bandana "blind-fold" over my eyes, before I was able to black out my room.

What a great story---such a sweet memory---and a great idea.

I have never used a denim bag and wooden mallet to crush ice, but I have sewn up hundreds of denim bags using the legs of old denim blue jeans, and trousers. No one in my family tosses out old jeans. They save them and bring them to me, because they know they will get them back in denim bags. I got the idea from an article in Boys Life magazine when my son joined the Boy Scouts in 1980. ( http://boyslife.org/ )

I use the hemmed bottom of the leg for the top of bag, just as you have shown in the photos, and sew the raw cut end closed, to be the new "bottom." To tie off the bag, I use new shoe laces---the shortest ones I can find, or cotton twill seam tape. Depending on my mood, I will use a sewing machine to stitch the bags, but I also enjoy sewing them by hand, if I want to sit and watch TV. I normally attach the shoe laces or twill tape by hand, with 6+- "cross stitches," which look nice and they are quite sturdy. I use upholstery thread when I sew by hand, and for the cross stitching. And using a cross stitch is a good way to sew the bag up, too. Depending on the length of the bag, I usually attach the tie about three inches down from the top.

The men in my life love these bags (and some women, too :) Like the coveted Crown Royal bags, they are used over and over, and stand up to abuse and repeated washing. My husband likes to use the longer ones to pull over the end of each fishing rod and reel. It protects the reel and keeps it clean. He also loads them up with boxes of shotgun shells, tire chains, tools, and tent stakes. The list is unending.

I have used every kind of pants leg to make these bags, even my granddaughter's tiny little jeans (which were too cute for words---I used pink ribbon for the tie).

Sorry to write so much, but seeing the ice bag prompted me to share this.

I agree that bathing the dog (regularly) is a wise thing to do, but I used to have a Chihuahua, and it took a lot longer than 15 minutes to bathe him.

Spring Cleaning in my mother's household meant washing ALL the woodwork---with vinegar water. Oh, how I hated the smell of vinegar! But here I am----decades later---washing my cabinets and woodwork with vinegar water.

I love it, but I hope the windows "face" north-northeast. This would be my dream kitchen.

@ccp mbd --- Anyone can be a good window-washer. Go to the nearest janitorial supply house and buy your own equipment. It's not expensive and if taken care of, it will last a lifetime---except for the rubber blades on the squeegee, but they are a regular item and the supply house will sell replacement blades. Just a few drops of dish soap (we like Dawn) per gallon of water. Wash with the wet fleece, then squeegee (wipe with a paper towel between strokes). You don't have to rinse.

Not for those with vertigo, or those who drink.

Biggest peeve? Stores that are designed to be as incomprehensible as possible, so that you are forced to go up and down every aisle. Designers must use an algorithm to make the stores so horrible. Stores that cram the milk into the most distance corner of the store.

Deli counter clerks that cannot/will not slice up the amount of product that you asked for, and try to give you all of it. I no longer accept this practice and refuse to take it.

As for misbehaving children: I perfected the death-ray stare a long time ago (in church, on my own child), so I now I use it on other children. If they stop what they are doing and try to hide behind Mama, then you have done it correctly :)

Ok. I'm voting for the Boston Cream Pie Strata :) Follow the link---it almost made me faint! Yum to the 10 power.

Very clever. Not my style, but it doesn't matter. It would be awful if we all wanted the same thing.

This topic is giving me the shivers; my husband used to work for a small regional Internet Service Provider. Unsecured WiFi can cause incalculable damage and danger---not to mention loss of revenue to the ISP. People have this idea that WiFi is somehow FREE And yet they will pay outrageous fees for their cell phone service. Go figure. Would you steal your neighbor's electricity or water if you could?