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My husband had his ipad stolen recently while he was going through airport security at the international terminal at LAX...someone slid it right out of the zippered pocket in his carry-on that he had put in just before putting it on the x-ray machine.

He had registered the device with the finder program and because they were able to track it, they were able to find it within 30 minutes (it should be noted that the TSA and the police officers at the international terminal were rockstars about helping). They actually found the culprit at the point she had thought she was scot-free. On a plane about to depart.

Not only register devices with finder services, but also password protect them and if you use the device for work-related business, you should be cloud computing and have it set to wipe if there are too many wrong password attempts.

A lining of rocks at the bottom of a planter with no drainage can work in a pinch. The soil will work its way into the rocks eventually, so it's not a long-term solution. There is a product called "Better Than Rocks" that does the same thing, but I don't have personal experience with it.

Wow. There are a number of comments here that if I were the one asking for advice, I'd be mighty upset about being insulted. Bad form for a community, folks.

I'm also going to add my voice to those that suggested that staining/painting the floors is also likely against the rules. Double-check just so you don't get into heaps of trouble down the road!

If it turns out that the floor needs to remain as-is, I'd definitely look into carpeting (the remnant suggestion is a brilliant one) or floating floors if you have your heart set on wood. Depending on your interior preferences, you can even find thin rubber flooring (the kind that is currently vogue to put in garages) to really transform the space.

*blinks*

It's a cute design, to be sure. I just clearly need to stop hanging out in the gutters (with fishgirl, apparently).

When I was growing up, this is exactly what my parents did. They partnered with some local real estate agents and offered their services doing this all through the 80's and early 90's. Some homes went faster than others, but I remember those years fondly.

Now that I'm old enough to appreciate it even more, I understand exactly how beneficial it is to everyone involved.

Our main kitchen trash can always gets lined (we use the tall Seventh Generation ones to fit our awkward skinny/tall can). We also tend to line our bathroom garbage bin purely for the sake of hygiene since we don't clean it out after every trash day, and we use thin compostable bags to line those (they are also great for picking up after dogs).

Our bedroom bin doesn't get much in the way of anything but clothing price tags and paper products, so we don't bother lining it for the most part, and when we do a big trash round-up we just dump the contents into one of the other bags.

....wow....

I'll be adding a print of this to my personal collection. I absolutely love the concept of the website.

In the past I've also used the charcoal that has been previously suggested with great success.

I would imagine that if the scents were something they lived with themselves, taking a mop and cleaning the surface with a light grease cutting unscented dishsoap, provided the walls can handle it. It worked well to rid my apartment of the stale smoke smell the former tenants left behind. I used the Seventh Generation unscented stuff, and it worked really well.

A baking soda and water paste cleanser would also be a good way to clean off any surface oil that the candles/diffusers have left behind on things like cupboards or appliances. Avoid using any other scents if you can until you've had a chance to rinse off and air dry the place.

A big pot of freshly ground brewed coffee is a good way to rid the last lingering scents (in my experience).

My husband does the wet towel on the nice clean duvet thing all the time, as well as hiding glassware around the house. My biggest pet peeve is when he'll start piling recyclables/bottle returns/trash on top of the counters because the bins are full. A few months back I was dealing with pneumonia and spent a full week in bed. Once I was sort of mobile, it took me three days of solid cleaning to get the kitchen back to a fruit-fly free zone.

I will admit to my own bad habits though. I rarely shut the dresser drawers shut completely, I have no problem leaving my shoes directly in front of the door in the entrance way, and I tend to leave the bathroom vanity soaked every night after I do my nightly face-washing.

We communicate about our pet peeves a lot and while we are always trying to rid ourselves of the habit, I think the assumption that simply talking about it will somehow cure it all. Or that because we talk about pet peeves, this means we don't have a concept of what is important in life and somehow our relationship is suffering because we aren't able to "train" one another like dogs.

We love one another as we squabble about who refuses to put a new toilet paper roll on the holder instead of putting it on the back of the tank. And while I can be accused of leaving a passive aggressive note posted on the toilet paper roll recently, we both understand that a pet peeve is just that. A pet peeve.

Well said, airheartscheese. The excuse of "they are already grown so we can cut them down, we'll just plant more" isn't cutting it for me. Because it certainly isn't accurate or "sustainable".