LOL Both of you. I'm still trying to figure out "ALL THE CLUES" LOL I have no idea the what any of the answers to any of the clues are, Oh one was "Heart." Still trying. Dorothy

I found the tax shelter in this posting when searching for a gift for my brother. He is a tax preparer and has everything. So I just had to share what I did for him. I took one of those woodcraft houses from Walmart- removed the two screws from the base. I cut a 1" block of wood that fit into the bottom of the house. I glued this block onto the base thus allowing the top of the house to be easily lifted off the base. I cut a 1/2" groove in the center of the block with the table saw so I could set a card of thumb tacks into it. This was hidden in the house until the top was lifted off. I wrote a poem for this & read it to him while my daughter did a Vanna White presentation of the house. Everyone got a good laugh out of this and I finally did a complete craft project! It's been a while. Hope you have as much fun with this as we did. Here's the poem: I drew your name for Christmas It's an honor, don't you know To get my brothers name for Christmas Ah! ashopping I will go. But then I started frettin After searching high and low Whatever will I get 'im (Twas wrong to worry so!) I went into an office shop Maybe something for your desk? I talked to the clerk a lot She tried to aid me in my quest. He could use a tax shelter Is what the lady said It seemed a bit off-kelter But there was nothing left instead. So here's your little shelter All painted so very nice The foundation has been mended The roofs' been polished thrice. The flowers are all blooming In the big pot by the door The bumblebees are buzzing And there's no sawdust on the floor. It seems to be the perfect place I do agree she's right It sure beats a plain old case And your tacks! They're finally safe at night!

I am hoping you mean me, mtnredx :-) There are a few things about it that I would not want to have to explain to kids. First, I think it glorifies participation in extracurriculars over academics. Every now and then they throw a bone to the work (one girl gets into Yale) but the real business of school is treated almost as a joke. Second, the Brittany character is a wreck. She's presented as a village idiot, someone who is actually stupid as well as promiscuous and completely unable to have control over any part of her life except who she sleeps with. Third, the boy Artie plays a paraplegic, and I find that incredibly offensive. They couldn't find an actual paraplegic for the show? In a few episodes they showed him dancing in his dreams, and the actual actor was dancing. The wrongness of that is--well, it's just WRONG. And finally, they did incorporate a Christian character, but in order to make him socially acceptable he had to have dreadlocks and be uber-cool. That is a stereotype superimposed on a bias---or the other way around---and I think it shows a lack of sensitivity and understanding dressed up as commitment to diversity. I would consider this show a true PG-13 and would have restricted it from mine until that age, although they would probably seen it at friends' houses. We didn't have a tv at home while they were growing up mainly because I considered it a time waster and too much of it was just stupid, and I didn't want them to see things they had no context for. We weren't fanatical about it---they saw tv elsewhere and I didn't have a problem with that. My son's best friend from childhood is gay and he is like a fourth kid in our house. He's the one who recommended Glee and I subscribe to it on itunes. I do enjoy it, love the singing and most of the characters, but it does seem to have some major red flags for kids. FWIW, our youngest was a total musical theater kid in HS (and is in an acting program in college) and HATES Glee..... go figure!

I think that is a partner's desk in the middle of the room in Frances Elkins' house. The room appears to be divided in rough thirds. I do notice a lot of arrangements that would not be common today, including a secondary bedside table and sometimes a chair right at the bedside. See the third photo Chijim posted, and you will see the second table with phone and TV. I think the side chairs were actually pulled in for the photo, but I have seen the table-oriented-lengthwise to the bed a lot in midcentury rooms...particularly McMillen, Inc. rooms.