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My husband just eats them like an apple right off the vine. I like slicing them into wedges and having them with a sandwich (turkey) or sausage and feta and fresh crusty bread. Take a bite of tomato, take a bite of sandwich/sausage...mmmm. Will likely be dinner tonight. Oh, and I am a spoiled brat, I only eat fresh in-season tomatoes. Preferably after meeting the plant. :)

I find a shower, no matter how cold the water, still increases the humidity of my place. So I opt for cool baths. It cools me right to the core and I think sometimes that I heat the water on really hot days...
Oh, and coffee popsicles in the morning :)

oatmeal butterscotch-chip cookies...I need to call my mom to get the recipe

Thanks for the ideas, I inherited my grandmother's collection (it was actually in the will) and I need to do SOMETHING with them. I like pic 3 best, but I do worry about the dust...

love it

One "quick and dirty" version could just be an indoor s'more. Roast the marshmallow over the stove top and pair with the graham cracker and chocolate softened in the microwave... wish I had some chocolate in the house...

Painting in Partnership, based out of Palatine, but I believe will do some work in the city. Mario and his crew uses ben. moore paint and his wife, Rita, is a color consultant if you need it.
http://paintpartner.com/

Wow, a lot of people have stories. So I'm adding mine.
When I was a kid I awoke one night in the summer to find something flying in my room (I had a nightlight to see this clearly). Terrified, I attempted to squeak out a few "mom!"s, but the flying creature I assumed was a bird started to dive bomb me! I hid under my covers for a few minutes and when I emerged whatever it was escaped through the teeny space my door had been left open at. I jumped out of bed and ran to my parents door and whispered to my mom that there was a bird in the house. She knew better. It was a bat. We spent an hour turning on lights and opening doors and windows to get it to leave, but it continued to fly around. We decided to go back to bed but leave the lights and doors as they were and shut our bedrooms tight. In the morning there was no sign of the creature and we assumed it left. That evening, however, it emerged from its hiding spot behind our dining room armoire and began to dive bomb us in the living room. Panicked, we called the local police of our sleepy town; they had nothing better to do, apparently and sent an officer. The officer was aware that a spray with wasp killer would sedate the bat, so him and my father cautiously went to work sedating and then capturing it in a plastic bag. They then preceded to smash the poor creature in the bag with their flashlights (giant mag-lights) until it was no more. Thankfully we never had another bat in the house, but I think my mom would have found another way to deal with it.

My dad has a feeding trough that was basically a bathtub-sized version of number 1, and he uses it for a "outdoor soaking-tub" infrequently. It was quite affordable when we bought it for him about 10 years ago for father's day (on request of course, we thought it was crazy). It has a drain in the bottom for emptying and refilling with fresh water. The best use for it though is bathing the dogs outside in the summer. The sides are too big for them to jump out!

I have no shame in admitting that I could stand to read some of these myself, and I'm in my late twenties. I had not learned a lot of skills before college and it has been a mad dash through undergrad and grad school to a point where I realize I would like to be able to eat good food I have cooked myself. So, thank you for this compilation!