Alisande, I know. I don't care, but DH does. This is the credit card company that allowed an old canceled card to be used and the purchases were put on our new card! They are the ones who canceled the old card in the first place because of "suspicious activity". So it's cancel the card or keep it and maybe get more fraudulent charges? I don't know. I think I'd rather have a lowered credit score instead of having to deal with getting charges removed off my account.

Thank you everyone for weighing in. We decided to put in a small sink. More useful, less complicated and I think we'll still have room for everything else that goes on that counter. I agree that a third sink seems excessive, IS excessive, but it's a big kitchen in a big beach house so why not?! Dmpsd, my brood isn't going to be happy with losing water and ice on the door either! They use it all of the time! But I didn't want a 48" fridge so they'll have to adjust. First world problems, I know! :) Eam44, I'll take a look at that book. Thanks. It seems odd to me that I should have arthritis is almost every joint. Seeing a rheumatologist next month to investigate non rheumatoid spondyloarthropathies. Hopefully we'll get to the bottom of this.

Remember that the Pacific can be rough and the prevailing "weather" is typically wind and swells from north to south. I suspect for that reason a trip on the coast south of Seattle would be smoother in the southerly direction. We once took a cruise (with friends, that seems to be a common story for us) from LA to (I think ) Acapulco and back. The trip down was smooth, the trip up was pretty rough. I have no problem with rough weather but there were a lot of seasick passengers. We've taken an Alaskan cruise (Seward to Vancouver) and it was smooth. Much of those trips are in placid protected waters - inlets between islands, not out in the ocean. We've taken maybe 10 cruises in our adult lives. The most recent one was in Europe a few months ago, occasioned by a matter with a friend that doesn't matter for your question. We stay away from large ships anyway (try to avoid anything over 1000 passengers) and this was on one quite small (<200 passengers). What that insures is better service, no inconvenience from shipboard crowds, much better food and drink, and much higher prices. For me, the "shipboard experience" is boredom. I love the ocean but the "sea days" can be torture. Land days can be too, it can be like being on the Bus Tour from Hell with novice travelers and a lot of lame people and too long bus rides. If you're even a slightly energetic and active person, and have traveled, even though the ships all have reasonable gyms, there can be a lot of monotony. And a lot of passengers much older than you are (in your thirties). You might want to look at cruises marketed by your university's alumni association. Those can help you find ones with like-minded people to travel with.

Yes, I am also watching. The stories are very good, some more than others, but all IMO are well done. I've watched six so far, and still like the first one best of all. I think there should be a book out there, The Stories Doormen Can Tell"...