Little things that make you happy

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melissa-dallas

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I just love, and have for years, Crate & Barrel's white waffleweave dishtowels. They are heavy, absorbent, lint free, large, wear like iron and I can bleach them. A perfect example of a well-designed item for the purpose.

A new Scotchbrite scrubby sponge.

 
Ang, it's all perspective. Our summer is so brutal that I so look forward to the time change

so the days get shorter. And I adore my seventy pound dog but wish he didn't think he was a lap dog. He climbs up on top of me in my chair and is altogether too big to do it.

 
I thought my youngest dog Loki was going to be a budding pianist...

I was in the office and heard the piano. Since I thought I was the only human in the house, I went to investigate. Loki was sitting on the piano bench looking things over. I encouraged him to play some more but he was finished. Alas.

Ugh...thought I was posting this under the cat playing the piano thread. STill in a fog from being sick...

 
Hot crusty rolls and coffee in the morning. Pain au chocolat. Eataly with a good friend! smileys/smile.gif

Family.
Heurigen.
French fries.
Writing 5,000 words (50 of which turn out to be semi-useful).
A handwritten card arriving in the mail.
The Comedy of Errors.
Tulips.
Non-greasy hand lotion.
Proust. Barthes. Balzac.
Profiteroles.

...to name a few.

 
That Magic Eraser saved my tail!

I was housesitting and thought nothing of coloring my hair while I was there. Apparently the color bled into their cast iron tub with a fresh $600 enamel glaze. In the right light, you could see a faint pink from the hair color. Nothing could get it off. Then my friend pulled out a sample she received in the mail. Bingo! Elbow grease and that magic eraser got it all off. Amazing stuff.

 
Traca, that reminds me of a story about a friend of mine

She was an OCD housekeeper and could not bear the idea of getting so much as a speck of haircolor on anything in her bathroom. Every time she did it she would tape off all the grout around the tub, apply the color, then stand there stark naked for forty five minutes until she could rinse it out. So glad I'm a slob.

 
No fair! I never saw sparkly ones. I did tell someone at Christmas that I don't know how

I ever made candy without silpats and high-heat silicone spatulas.

 
LOL! After that experience, I can totally relate. My friend was horrified & called her 13 year old

daughter. Did you start your period?

Eventually they figured out it was me, and my hair color!

 
Check Sur La Table. They had sparkling spatulas in pink, white, blue & red. I tried to

find a link online, but couldn't. I'm assuming they're an in-store item.

 
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