Yes, Katamari is the rolling stuff up game. Its really addictive for such a simple game, and theres three of them. The part I like the most is the amazing effort they put into the music. I found some of it on youtube and it ranges from techno to jazzy lounge music, swing music, Im pretty sure someone even snuck a gospel peice or two in there. While Iw as writing yesterday I stumbled across someone who had done an orchestral version of one of the themse that made my jaw drop. Video game music is constantly impressing me with every passing year. But anyway, back to gardening... Part of my problem with the space issue is theres a movement out here for the "Grow Biointensive" system. While I'm interested that they've managed to do so much with such small topsoil space, I've noticed all the beds dealing with the system need at least two feet of soil, dug down or in raised beds, and thats not what I have. My mum has been trying to push me in that direction, but I dont feel confident with it at this time since I wanted to get more of a feel for the general gardening situation since its my first time and all. Some plants still got pushed closer together than I would've liked but then none of us had seen some of these plants actually growing before. The cukes are doign better than I expected for being about 6 inches closer to each toher plant than I really wanted them to be, but we had such a huge amount of plants to deal with that I did the best I could. I think the funniest part about all this is while it is my first time growing a real garden, I've been growing virtual gardens since I was abotu 19, playing an online game called "Final Fantasy 11", which had a really complicated planting/gardening system most people didnt know about. That game system is actually what got me really focused on the seasons, when to plant, where to plant, when to fertilize, what plants grew better in what geological areas, and I even had a little notebook for a long time where I'd record the weekly cycle of my virtual plants in relation to the moon phase and exact time I made any modifications to the planting space. Even the gamers thought I was nuts, but I loved it! They'd even die off or give terrible results if I neglected them for too long, or give off better results if I got proper gardening tools, workbenches, and diffrent planters had diffrent effects too. Im getting better results with a real garden than I was in my virtual gardens though... Except for that one time I accidentally harvested 122 virtual onions. I can tell you, the cooks sure were happy with me.

Dear Tray c04, I sincerely hope your question is a put on, because if it isn't, you are in real danger of harm. It makes me think of girls who date guys everyone warns them not to, they don't listen and end up abused and even killed. These people are TROUBLE. If the guy is into drugs, do you really think you're safe, even in another room? No phone, no internet; for you it spells isolation. Bad, bad scene. Lawmakers say women need to trust their instincts. Victims will say they felt something was 'wrong'; they were 'uneasy' about getting into a situation. But because they distrusted that little voice inside themselves and didn't want to be 'rude', they ended up getting attacked. And I think deep down inside you are already ill at ease about this, or you wouldn't be asking. Pay attention to that inner warning. If this 'friend' of yours knows the guy is into drugs and she still wants to move in together with him, you for sure can't trust her! She's already wanting you to lie. What if the cops come looking for him? What if he has a weapon? Do you know that he isn't into selling the stuff? Do you think they'd tell you about it? Right now they need your money. Period. Even if you've already agreed, run, sweetie, run. Your wellbeing is more important that a bad, and possibly dangerous, friendship. Cream

I'm positive it's minutes -- not hours. My Miele Master Chef has one other design feature that I find annoying. I often do very long slow braises. If I want something to cook for the entire day at a very slow temperature, I have to remember to check the oven after five hours. Apparently, Master Chef thinks I've left the oven on by accident. After five hours it goes into fault mode and turns itself off. I have to then clear the fault and restart the oven. There doesn't seem to be any way to override this feature.

Newbie- Thanks for the ideas...and the link! I would probably prep between the sink and range and maybe between the range and wall oven. I'm thinking about maybe some granite there, for hot items...but that's only an idea. I can't flip the washer and dryer (although it would be nice) because it gets too cold in the winter, to put the washer on an outside wall (especially on a former porch) and the washer plumbing has to go through the kitchen wall and down into the basement. The little corner niche is to hide the plumbing, with display above. Great article on the stools. I'm actually using chairs, so the work table is shorter than counter height...perfect for rolling out dough, etc. I also want an area where the nieces and nephews can sit and help with baking/prep. Yes, marble may not be the smartest choice (as far as maintenance) but I feel a lot better about a small piece on a work table, rather than a fixed island or cabinetry. Worse case scenario, the marble top gets cut down and used in the sunroom and we get a different work table countertop for the kitchen :) One other thing I like about the work table...it can move when needed. This would make it much easier to add leaves to the table (turn it if necessary) and seat 6 to 8 people, maybe even more. That's something we don't have room for in our present kitchen. We also have easy to move, light weight furniture in the sunroom, so that could be rearranged and put the table in there, if necessary. Of course, I'd probably have to take it through the laundry room (wider door) but it would work for holidays!