West, I think it's against the law to throw them out, one must pass those tonkas along. (((wink, wink))) Great, well made, aren't they? Gabriell, I saw those when I was trying to figure out what to do with them. It seems like it was last year at some point and I saved the idea and the books just in case I felt like doing it sometime. I'm just sure I learned about it on GardenWeb; most likely on the junk forum. Amazing what people see when they look at objects. Wish I had that gene! I'd even give up 1/2 of my energy gene for it.

Well, 25 years of marriage and I discovered this T-day that the dh does NOT like peanut butter pie. Is this grounds for divorce? This is a man who loves Reeses cups. Loves PB and J. And he refuses to even try Peanut butter pie. I think he is just being contrary and if he would just try a bite he would love it. But as the dd says, more for us.

"I'd rather get my healthy fat in a less fattening way...this way I have the best of both worlds...and I can enjoy the peanut butter without the enormous amount of calories it contains.... " I'm not making any sense of this. How does one 'get healthy fat in a less fattening way'?? Vegetable fats are good for you. The fat in a legume like peanuts is a good healthy fat and your body needs fat in the diet. It is animal fats that should be avoided in a healthy diet. Peanut butter is a near perfect food as a part of a diet containing fruits and veggies. If you love peanut butter as you say, then you would be better off putting it on celery and eating it, or using it making a granola that contains dried fruits. The only thing I can see this dried peanut powder good for is adding flavor to baked items without having to adjust the recipe to allow for the extra oil in the peanut butter. I am wondering if it could be mixed with breading for coating fried foods to add taste? Hmmm. I might experiment with that one. There are some intriguing recipe ideas with this product in cases where one does not want to add extra oil that would affect the outcome of a dish or cooking process, but as a substitute for regular plain peanut butter I don't see the reasoning behind it.

I agree that tall walls are not for decorating all the way up. Generally you decorate down at human level and leave the high spaces as restful travel for the eye. The exception might be if there's a balcony or other room overlooking the high wall, for which the upper reaches thus become "eye level" and can appreciate very tall art. I don't understand what kind of high ceiling becomes "hellacious emptiness," but maybe you just don't like your house, or have decor that's making it feel heavy and empty rather than soaring and light. If the former, I'd move; if the latter, I'd post some photos and maybe we can help you humanize the lower reaches so that the heights don't oppress you so.