Cracked Granite. They say normal. I say BS! What do you say??
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What do you mean when you say drought?
Comments (6)I guess it is all relative. We are about 7 inches below normal rainfall for the year in my area. By Utah standards it would probably be the wettest year on record. Still, most of the water here runs into rivers and out to the ocean pretty rapidly. They estimate we only have 4-5 months of water on hand for drinking if we don't get any significant rain. I've heard 2 kinds of "drought" discussed. The first is just lack of rain and the subsequent dry soil. In that sense, it doesn't matter if you are above or below average for a year, decade, whatever - it just matters if it rained recently. For a plant, living on its own on the soil's surface, that is the immediate idea of "drought." On a larger scale, we talk of drought having a deep impact on the macro water system - rivers, lakes, ground water. At least in my area, we have gotten enough rain recently so the grass has greened up, but the rivers and lakes are still dangerously low....See MoreWhat do you say to rude comments?
Comments (12)Rudeness always sort of catches me off guard. I just don't expect it and I'm quite taken aback by it. So my normal reaction is the "deer in the headlights" syndrome. I sort of stare blankly at the person for about a second or two. Then my wits return and my MO is just to ignore the comment and either continue the normal conversation or divert my attention elsewhere, like to another person if possible. It's always easy to think of great comebacks later, but for me, no comment works best. I'm usually fairly reactionary and have said things I regret so this sort of natural reaction is maybe a survival thing for me. It prevents me from saying something that I'll wish I hadn't. Now, in the case of a close friend I might let them know that the comment was hurtful later, just because we're friends and we have that comfort level. Depends on what was said, how it was said, and my perceived intent of the speaker. In the case of a relative stranger, or an acquaintance whom I wouldn't consider to be a friend, I'm happiest keeping my mouth shut. I will admit that later I'll tell the story to DH and go over the rudeness and my feelings, etc. way more than he wants to hear! But that's my way of getting it off my chest while maintaining my composure when needed....See MoreDo as i say do....not as I do..
Comments (5)LOL! That looks about normal for me. Heck, I can do that much making a sandwich, some days. The other day I had a craving for liverworst and that meant dragging out the food processor and whipping it to a nice smooth spread and all....then I was too tired to want to clean it all up. I mean, all I wanted was a sandwich! After the afterglow of feeding my craving was gone, I did go back and clean up though--knife to open package, food processor, spoon to get the bottom of the mayo and to scoop it all into a storage bowl, the wrong size storage bowl that I thought it would fit in, knife to spread the sandwich (forgot about the one I already used),etc, etc... LOL! Well, I am sure that you have it all back in tiptop shape now. And at least you have a full freezer to show for it....See MoreMother in Law says DO NOT get black granite!! But I want it!
Comments (46)I came from polished AB pre-remodel and have now put in another black granite - not AB. I love black granite. The one i have now (blues in the night) is a black granite with cobalt blue flecks in it (like the gold flecks of Black Galaxy) and a few clear quartz veiny bits here and there. Yes, in my experience, black granite shows dust and crumbs. The AB showed it very clearly - it is slightly less clear in this new black granite because the flecks can disguise some of the crumbs. Personally, while I love my blue-flecked black granite, the polished AB was easier to maintain. Why? Because it showed the gunk perfectly and so it was easy to clean up. It's a kitchen counter! It ought to be clean! I don't like the idea of cooking on a grimy countertop. In my house, surfaces do get dusty (we probably need to vaccuum more often but we're not home enough to do so) and it is easier if the dust and grime shows up clearly so that it can be attended to. I clean my counters a lot more now because it is a touch less easy to tell if the counter is actually clean. NOt only that, but I wipe the counters down, obsess over a spot that turns out to be a granite inclusion, conclude as much, step back to see what I might have missed, revisit a few spots - oops this one's an inclusion, nope this guy was an actual crumb, bend down to change the viewing angle to find another perspective from which to find unattended areas - wipe down the areas I missed ... . Do you see what I mean? If you want your counters actually clean rather than just looking so, Absolute Black tells you exactly where to focus. It was easily the easiest counter I've had. I love Blues-in-the-night and would get it again and again and again because I adore those cobalt confetti-like inclusions. But even it - for all its black graniteness - is more work to maintain than the AB, in my own experience. A more detailed, dirt-hiding granite would make my head explode, I dare say....See Moreenduring
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