I vote wear it. Granted, I have been known to play dress up with my daughter and forget to take my tiara off before going outside to work in the garden. My neighbor thinks it's hilarious.

Definitely Kingdom. I really wish they had done another series or a Christmas special or something. Foyle's War and Inspector Lewis are really good too, if you like mysteries. And if you want something more cheerful, Jeeves and Wooster (the one with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie) is awesome.

I love the idea of bookshelves on either side of the desks, and I've been thinking of doing something similar on a smaller scale in the kids' rooms with Expedits. Maybe some of the other posters would know how Billy bookcases hold up over time. My sisters had one and the shelves started to buckle after a year or two, but that may have been a fluke. They had a lot of textbooks on the shelves but it wasn't like they were climbing them or anything lol.

We're doing costumes at work (although I was planning to do a costume this year anyway). I'm Clara from Doctor Who, and my boss is going to be the Doctor.

Rachel Ray had a show like that - I think it was called Week In A Day - where you would cook one day and get 5 meals out of it. I think there are still reruns on the Cooking Channel, but you can probably find the recipes on her website. Sandra Lee might have had something similar, but it's been ages since I watched any of her shows.

I would prime first. Would a paint store have any suggestions for removing the paper instead, though? Glossy paint really highlights every little flaw in the wall.

I second Costco's Kirkland brand.

I've dropped Corelle plates on granite counters and the plates were fine. Their everyday line that you can find at places like Walmart is pretty indestructible.

Could you take a picture of the items and then have the pictures cycle through as the screen saver on the computer? That's what we did with my son's artwork/projects and he loves it.

I loved the Oz books when I was that age. I want to say there are 14 of them, but I'm not positive about that. They're a fun, very quirky read.

My husband swears by the LLBean rugby robe. It's the fleece lined one with the hood. He got it in the tall size so it's closer to ankle length and he lives in that thing in the winter.

I used to live in a neighborhood with a large Jewish population, and a lot of the houses had keyless locks, so that was my first guess. Most of the ones I saw had the keypad on the door itself, but maybe this is an older model?

Pasta salad or an omelet/frittata type thing.

This week has been variations of "I don't care how angry you are, you can't threaten to put your sister in the garbage can." Sigh.

Normally I would expect an 18 year old to get themselves where they need to go. What makes me hesitate here is that your daughter herself is uncomfortable walking alone. That's going to show in her body language, and that plus a dicey neighborhood is not a good combination. If she's the one driving, I don't think you tagging along is babying her.

I've used them diced up in split pea soup when I didn't have carrots. I actually prefer pea soup that way now, even though it sounds weird. :)

Ikea. I was on their website today trying to figure out bookshelves. Next would be Wallander. Not that Sweden doesn't have plenty of other awesome aspects - those two happened to have come up in my life this week.

I'd go with Aveeno or the Avon lotion mentioned above. I have fairly sensitive skin and both worked well.

It's definitely doable - I made one for my sister a year or two ago. The knitting itself is easy; it just seems like the scarf never ends. I'm pretty sure I used the pattern that unsinkable posted, but I used less expensive yarn from Michael's. I want to say it cost about $20-25 to make.

I saw it around that age and I enjoyed it, but I ran track so I might have been more interested than the average 13 year old would be. Honestly, I don't recall the profanity. If I had to take a guess, the one Jewish character or his coach may have had racial slurs directed at them, but it's been years since I saw it so I can't swear to that. I would pre-watch it before writing the movie off entirely.

As far as cheap and decent go, I love the Pilot Varsity pens. They're disposable, come in a bunch of colors, and a 7 pack is usually $10-15 on Amazon.

Depends. My old apartment had blue trim and buttery yellow walls in the kitchen nook. It had a cheery, country kitchen feel to it without screaming 1980s.

I'd have no issue elbowing him in the ribs at 2am and saying "Dude, you're not breathing. Do something about it or I wash my hands of this nonsense." I'm so not sympathetic when I'm sleep deprived...

If we're not going to use them again for awhile, yes. Otherwise I just rinse them in the sink and let them drip dry.

If you haven't painted the trim yet, and you have to paint it anyway, couldn't you just paint it the same antique white as the expedits? That sounds like less work than painting the shelves.