Wow...I didn't realize my printing was that neat!! I get a lot of those comments over on the WS forum but it's just the way I've always printed, whether using a pencil, pen or marker. Thanks heaps echman, deanna & marquest!! After I got an "F" in 5th grade penmanship, I must have sub-consciously become more careful & precise whenever I picked up something to write with. When I first moved here, the neighbors all laughed at my plant labels. When spring rolled around, they weren't laughing...they were asking me to come tell them what plants were in their flowerbeds. Once I started winter sowing, they brought me seeds to grow for them. So far I've grown apple & pear trees for one neighbor and blackberry lily for another. Cracks me up to get home from work and find an envelope or ziplock baggie of seeds stuffed inside the door with a note that reads, "Please grow these for me." Winter sowing & seed trading has opened up a whole new world of perennial plant opportunities for me, at a price that's affordable for experimenting to see how the plants & I like each other. Not everyone has the space or opportunity to WS hundreds of milk jugs so the colorful, glossy catalogs of lush plants (photoshopped or not) will still rake in lots of inexperienced new gardeners. Thanks to the GardenWeb forums, we may collectively save some of them from repeating a few of our own mi$take$.

I got the home catalog for several years, probably because I have bought the odd item or two from the cooking catalog but I always thought the items overpriced. I spent a long time looking for a pedestal bedside table and almost bought the one from WS Home but finally bought one from a Stanley line that I like so much better. It ended up being about 400 while the WS Home one was around 700. I love perusing catalogs but as a diehard TJMaxx shopper, I know I will see a good deal of the merchandise the following year for a whole lot less. The small stuff anyway. I still don't understand WS cooking store or catalog much. A favorite place to browse ( dh likes it too- so he can sip coffee), and I may pick up the odd gadget or linen but most of those pots and pans and mixers are not exclusive to them and can be found so much cheaper than at their store. Does anybody go in and buy All Clad there? I guess they do. I do admire those Ruffoni pots, however... But I found the Staub pumpkin pot that they heavily feature in autumn for a hundred less. I have this genetic vein that always wants to get the best deal, sometimes it annoys me like crazy ...doesn't matter if it's a small item or big item...definitely made things difficult when we built our house.

For a long time, I kept my laptop on top of a tray. The tray could then be set on the couch to the side for casual surfing (not heavy typing). It sat on top of the tray, leaving space below for air circulation, pens, pads, etc. I had a mouse pad and mouse next to it also. Worked pretty well. My laptop is collecting dust now, though, as I typically only use my Mac which is set up in the corner of the family room, and my kindle, and my phone.

This website is pretty bad, but it is a great store and good quality. We have a cute storage bench from there in the foyer to our ski house. The items look much better in person. You might want to go to the website and then Google the designers. ZING For example: "A very sexy way to diplay your treasuers. 24"W x 74"H x 15"D Artistic license, color selections allowed": Or Here is a better link to one of the craftsmenDavid Marsh