Davis Street Recycling Center, San Leandro. That's where Waste Mgmt takes all your greens cart stuff, and composts it. We used the Gold level compost to replace the top 8" of adobe clay in our yard. The plants went wild and in less than six months the landscaping looked like it had been there for two years. The gardener we used was so impressed, he brings people by to look at our place periodically. The stuff is fantastic, and cheaper than anywhere else - but you do have to haul it yourself. So if you don't own or can't borrow a pick-up truck, it may not work for you.

Glass panel like this one for the shower: http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/DreamLine-Aqua-Lux-Glass-45x72-Shower-Door-36x60-inch-Amazon-Shower-Base/6136916/product.html Or maybe like this one for the tub: http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/DreamLine-Aqua-Lux-48x58-Clear-Glass-and-Brushed-Nickel-Bathtub-Door/5612122/product.htm

I too really wanted to avoid a shower curtain in the tub-shower combination we were making for our kids' bathroom. I didn't want the glass all the way across, but I too was concerned about water leaking out, and easy access in and out of the tub. We compromised by installing a stationary panel connected to a hinged panel, which doesn't go all the way to the other end. See the photo below. It works great, with no water leaking onto the floor even with three kids, and visually it's the best, IMHO! We heard about shower screens from people who had loved them in their European travels. I went to several shower door retailers, and several of them were clueless. Some said it couldn't be done. My contractor wasn't too familiar with them either. I found a picture in a home magazine of just such a combination -- in fact, we used the same tub they did, a Kohler Tea for Two, and then copied exactly what they had done with their shower screen, which is a fixed panel next to a hinged panel. The tub is 66 inches long, and each of the panels is about 24 inches wide. My husband and I decided on the width of the panels by looking at where the vanity ended, and we thought long and hard about how wide the hinged panel had to be to both prevent water from leaking out while people showered, and yet make it easy to get in and out. This has worked out great. We bought the shower doors through the Expo Design Center. If you have a good one in your area, they will have an extensive display of frameless shower doors/shields. The representative they sent out to measure immediately knew what we wanted, and they installed quickly and precisely. (My husband put a little clear plastic suction thing near the bottom of the door, visible in the pictures) to protect the doors if the kids banged them against the vanity counter. So far no harm has come to them, the doors, I mean!

I buy my towels at Wal-mart! LOL Usually the W/M brand ones.I never pay more than $6.00 for a bath size towel.I never buy the towels with the little woven strip across the end.It always seems to shrink and the towels look out of shape.I have never had a problem with shedding or anything like that.I have W/M towels that I have had for years and they still look great.They are big and thick,not as big as the sheet kind but big enough.I don't wrap a towel around me anyway and prefer a smaller towel for drying.DH likes the bigger,sheet type so I bought him a couple of striped ones a few weeks ago that were on sale for $3.00 each.They are thick and large enough for him to wrap around himself. I can't see paying an outrageous price for a "name brand" that is no better quality in the long run than what you can get cheaper at W/M.