I haven’t, nor has DH.

He was my go-to in since I was 14. I saw him live at Redrocks and I owned all the vinyl he ever made. And we saw him sing the national anthem at a Broncos game. THAT performance was what won my DH to his music. this #2 was the live performance I went to. https://www.denverpost.com/2016/06/03/10-most-memorable-concerts-in-red-rocks-history/

It was a bit more than DIY. The benefit was design expertise (we got better use of the space, the cedar wall by working with an expert), a broader choice of material (not just laminate)—and it was far less disruptive with the work being done quickly. To us, the expense was worth it. But YMMV. ETA: I haven’t owned a dresser since 1998, so closets have to be efficient.

California Closets worked miracl a in our small space. Best part was the cedar paneling on one wall. No moths and it smelled great!

Sounds like a tim to look at the competition. We moved and TMobile coverage is lacking here. Inertia and good rates have prevented my moving to the better coverage option….

Get sidelights in the vanity. Not just overhead. Use as little grout as possible in shower. Big tiles. Lots easier to keep clean. The tiny tiles in my bathroom are the only thing I hate in my house. Obviously your call but just telling you that my neighbors chose the rock shower floor and hate it. They are ripping it out. Our bathrooms have the fans on timer switches and I really like that. My former house had outlets in the drawers where we kept chargers and hairdryers. Miss that.

I totally lov d this color when you showed it to me. In the light in my area it went flat dull gray. I found a completely different color in another band that presented itself as the color in your photo tho. ☺️ and I love it. paint big swatches !!!!

Pick some that compliments your skin tone and works with the natural light and the lighting sources. And the house style and location too. I’m using gorgeous coastal colors now that would have looked out of place in my former location.

Oh yes. Very much so. FWIW, with young men, age 23-24 is sort of a corner-turning time re: improved relationship with family. Our counselor told us this and it pretty much worked out that way.

TEN WEEKS. You amaze me. So glad for forward progress. And ashamed of myself for the thing I have done about two (relatively insignificant merely annoying) trials in my life. You have my respect.

My pedicure magician said there’s a lady who comes in 3x a week to have her hair colored. Her husband insists. My magician is a refugee who gives back out of her poverty. The situation with this woman is incomprehensible at a personal snd economic level. Someone I love, aged 10, noted that the referenced friend would be a beautiful 60yo. But she’s not a beautiful 40yo, at 65. and yet—I get it. I see my aging friends and see them as beautiful. But so much with my own sorry self. Perspective.

Be thankful you have hair. some don’t. And most but not all of my 60s friends are done dyeing and they look great. Their hair matches the rest of them. One friend continues to dye her hair dark brown and it really is not synchronous with her face. She looks great in her face —for 65— but the 40-ish hair is dissonant.

I have at least 4 items in my closet from 30 years ago when it was still Carol Anderson. And I weep that I bought only one of the go-to skirts. Edit—I just looked at the site…and found nothing. So…ymmv.

I have a super classic uniform. Every year, I update side-pieces: scarves, a jacket or sweater, and call it good. My failing (or strength) is buying multiple pieces in different colors. Failing—boring. Strength—I like all that I own. DS saw a photo of me from 43 years ago and couldn’t guess the decade based on hairstyle or clothing. Wrinkles and sag got him within 18 years. I’m ok with that. Do what looks good on YOU.

Agreeing with a lot that has been said and adding: go for what looks good on you. It might be that tunic shirts are in style but you have disproportionately short legs. That tunic look might not be the best one for you. Or if you have a short waist and long legs, then tucking in the shirt might make you look like a spider—not a good look. 🕷️ i feel pretty much the same way about hairstyles. A great mercy in my life, as far as the photographic evidence goes, is that in the 80’s, I simply couldn’t do Big Hair. 🤭

Mom was so "over" this kind of conversation by the time she was in her 60s. She called it "the Organ Recital." I try to remember that. I have a friend who is just a complete can-opener - all of our little group agree that we don't know what happens to us when we are talking to her, but it is just spewing overshare. She's completely trustworthy, not a gossip (and maybe that is the key) but HONESTLY, things I never mean to tell anyone, just gush out of my mouth.

I have to say this very thing is dampening my interest in the sport. I'm getting more into tennis, women's golf, and F1 racing. All of them can also be an even bigger time sink but again, we record. I watch the tennis quarterfinals on in major tournaments, the last 5 minutes of the qualifying races before the week's Grand Prix, and then the Grand Prix (2 hours). F1 racing is dangerous but the sport has done a lot more to protect their drivers than the NFL has done to protect their players. I'm not sure that doing any sport at the highest competitive level is without damage to the body, at least at some point. But the football injuries are bad and long term. And for the record, I do not know how boxing is still even legal. We recently had house guests who were track competitors in their college days, and they wanted to watch the world championships, and by golly, by the time the guests went home, I was hooked.

Which knife does what: https://www.epicedge.com/shopcontent.asp?type=KnifeStyles_ee How to sharpen and take care of the knives: https://www.epicedge.com/shopcontent.asp?type=knifecare_kitchen Now I am going beyond what you asked. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I have 4 knives I use all the time (and yes, I got the first two at this store, but maybe not these exact ones, and they are not a "set"): A 3" paring knife - my favorite for ease of care https://www.epicedge.com/shopexd.asp?id=86751 A 6" chopping knife - my favorite for 90% of the kitchen work I do; the wide blade isn't good for fine work, but the height between the handle and the blade makes for really efficient work, for me. https://www.epicedge.com/shopexd.asp?id=86902 An 8" chef's knife - meats, melons, pizza A cheese knife (from Cutco) - this one is magic - so much easier to cut blocks of cheese than regular knives, and we cut a LOT of blocks in our neck of the woods. This selection is not very chef-ish of me but it works. The knives are very sharp, and the handles suit my grip. I have a cleaver, and a bread knife, which I take out about 2x a year, and I am thankful I have them. But I could get along with my foursome. For the most part, I never use my food processor anymore, because good knife work is both fast and easy to clean up.

I actually enjoy the sport, but totally agree on the control it has over time. We quit watching games we don't really care about, and we tape the one/s we do care about and watch them when it is too late in the day to do anything. It takes less than an hour to watch a recorded game because we flash through all the ads. Tonight, we will probably watch 2 games in less than a couple of hours.

This is where we need an ANGRY emoji.

It’s B. I expected A. it’s a serious book. Educational not fluff. One woman reads and she reads well enough but it’s definitely not “reading with expression.” Most people are knitting or something. And there’s a little discussion but two chapters of scholarly (and clear) writing is too much to absorb in a read-aloud. Thank you all for the responses. I at least don’t fell ignorant anymore.

I am in a group that agrees on a book to read. Not technically a book club but … that’s as close as I can get…. So: if you are in a group that focuses its time around a book, which is true for you? A: I expect to read the book or an assigned portion of the book before meeting and the to discuss the book at the meeting. B: I expect that someone will read aloud the selected portion of the book while I knit/draw/crochet and not to discuss the book. This group is really confusing to me. But I’m inexperienced and wonder if I’m the loony one.

And I would expect that MWC snd the writing and grammar curriculum she wrote/commissioned were created because of dissatisfaction with the available options. They probably were created in part by the way she taught her children.

FYI: if you are making a buying vs digital library decision, you should know that increasingly, authors make as much or money on library use as the do on paper-based sales.