LOL Faron! Sue, you, rock star, you! LOL I originally bought the purple for my sister (who has much lighter coloring than I do and who wears a lot of purples). I ended up keeping it because the woman told me how nicely it would work with my green eyes and purple glasses. I don't see it-- but I do notice it on others and in photos. All that said, I put the purple aside because I love love love the le volume mascara and I got that in noir .. did you get the le volume or inimitable? Too funny, cosmetic counter people/artists (or whatever you call them) are always yelling at me to use stronger moisturizers and to give up my oil-free makeup. "You are using products you used in your 20s.. " a gentle way of saying, "you are SO not in your 20s anymore!" lol I have some heavier duty moisturizers now but I absolutely hate oil+ makeups. The texture, smell and breathability. Sue, you might want to give this one a try-- it's an ultra-light foundation but it gives good coverage for my aged peri-menopausal skin. It can also be put on in "layers" for more coverage. (link below) Boop.. I've never thought the foundations were too orange at Chanel (though definitely some of the lipsticks and blushes are). There are two bases available-- rose and beige. The rose is def had too much pigment for me-- and it did lean orange despite it's name. I wear the beige base which I much prefer because it neutralizes the red in my skin tone and let's me add color back where I want it. It is SO important to get a good color match. I had a terrible time finding this foundation when Chanel discontinued my old one. I tried other brands, tried a few chanel counters. I actually even returned one which I have NEVER done before. I wear beige 40 which is on the darker end of the medium scale. I am not dark complected but i have *that* much color in my skin. Anything lighter looks like i am made up to play the corpse bride! I also want to give a shout out to whomever got me to try their lipsticks again. I LOVE the coco rouge shine. It is everything you said it was.. I wasnt in love with the colors my store had but i see chanel has a few discontinued colors that should work better. I hate to buy a $30 lipstick without trying it but I love it enough that I may just take a couple of chances. Here is a link that might be useful: vita luminiere

OPh my. I go away for a couple of days, and Raeanne and Suzanne start the French Lick party without me! LOL! For everyone's infomation, all 3 of mine are the truths! (JK!!!LMAO!) I guess Suzanne is # 3 Raeanne is # 2 Well, it is a quiet Saturday night here. Rog went to bed early, and I'm watching Flashdance, and thinking OMG--did I ever really wear torn sweatshirts?? (yep.) I think that's why I love to watch old(er) movies--for just a second, I am back to an age where there wasn't any major problems, and I still believed all people were good, and the whole world was open for the taking. :):) OK--advice needed--mom keeps wanting me to come over and watch some 2+ hours, B&W, 1940 movie with who-knows in it (I've never heard of them). At the risk of sounding like a cold-hearted @#!^%, I have NO (none, el zilcho, nada) desire to do this--heck, I don't even have the time to watch what I actually want to watch, much less this thing. Now, I know how important spending time with her and dad is, and I enjoy just sitting around yapping, but our choices of movies are a complete 180. The last time I got coerced into this, I pr@yed to die of boredom, and then fell asleep. It was a truly aweful movie, and part of me resents being guilted into this. We're fixing Christmas dinner for Christmas Eve to take over, before we go to Midnight services, and mom brought up this d@mned movie again. Gawd, I'll watch it, but I'd rather be sh0t--any suggestions? (I really am not being cold, I would just rather sit around and talk--and she knows this.) Anyhoo--hope this finds everone well! When are we going to reveal the truths? Hugs, Maddie PS--Suzanne, I got your package yesterday, but I couldn't get my x-ray glasses to work! Darn piece of cr@p!! LMAO!!

For over 20 years we have been having a nice little party. Started the first year we were married, and none of our friends were. All of us right out of school and no money to go out to the big scene. We used our silver wedding dishes and leftover napkins from the reception. Had a really fun time. Then in our first house we would have the babies asleep, and people could bring their kids and playpens. Low key fun with friends. Onto the house we raised our kids in. Everyone could bring their kids to the party, so no one had to pay for a babysitter. Somehow the kids all played together famously, and managed to stay up past midnight and be a delight. Everyone brought an appetizer to share, so it was a casual party and not much work since the house was already deep cleaned from the holidays. This is the first year in our new (empty nest) house. Our kids are in college, and they are still coming to the party, except now they are all old enough to take part fully. When we told our friends we were moving, usually the first thing they wanted to know was if we still planned to have our new years eve party. It has become a really nice tradition. I think that us and all of our friends like to get together, not spend any money, and not shout over a loud bar scene. It is really a nice time. Just wanted to put this out there in case anyone else might want to start a nice little tradition like this too.

My 2 cents :-) 1. I donÂt have sink grids but would like to. When I drain a pot, it would be nice to have the colander off the bottom of the sink. I also think it would help prevent scratches. 2. Always had a garbage disposal and would not want to be without a powerful one. My last house had a single basin sink, but this one has a double and the disposal is only on one side. I sure wish it was on both sides! 3. My last house was designed with two 15" trash pullouts under the sink. Because it was designed that way, it was easy to install the pipes out of the way. We had the disposal in the middle of the sink  no problem. IMO, trash belongs under the sink. I know that not everyone agrees with me but it has always had me scratching my head wondering why. I did not want to give up base cabinet space for trash and there is plenty of space below the sink that would otherwise be wasted. The house we moved to can not accommodate the trash under the sink because of the pipes  but when we remodel, we will remedy this. Also  my cans were the tall kitchen trash cans you can buy at Target. They could be removed and placed anywhere in the kitchen that I needed them to be. So if I had someone helping me peel potatoes for example, I simply moved the trash can to the chair where that person was sitting. I really think this is the *best* setup. There is also plenty of room for the other under sink items such as gloves, sponges, dishwasher & dish soaps, etc. And, all of these things are easy to access because they are in pullouts. 4. We did undermount and will probably do that again for the reasons you gave. 5. I donÂt have plugmold so it is possible that I would not like it but I doubt it. You say you can see it? I find that hard to believe if you have a light rail and light  which I would have. There are many times that I would like to use an appliance in a particular location but canÂt because of where the plug is located. Plugmold would be wonderful IMO. As discussed here before, if you know you will have appliances always plugged in and you know where those appliances will live, the best of both worlds would be to put a regular plug at that location. 6. I donÂt have a Tapmaster and though I am seriously intrigued, IÂm not sure we will ever get one. IÂve watched how I do things and it is not a problem for me to turn the faucet on with hands full of gunk  I have the lever type faucet. I can see where turn knobs might be a problem.