I think something like that would be great. However, every time I look at a space that large and vaulted, all I can think about is how expensive it must be to heat.

Eating of oysters has always intrigued me. As a kid we had them whenever they were in season. Seems even during the Civil War they were a regular meal item. Now its a major luxury to have oysters.

My beef is that only one Disney Princess is known to have a mother, and that would be Sleeping Beauty.

I got a small allowance as a little kid, but as a teen I was paid for major chores that they would have paid others do do such as yard work and helping my Dad in his shop. I was also lucky to score a couple more yards in my neighborhood that added to the bucks.

I just hope they don't burn down the local Hot Topic.

I still have a portable dishwasher, like the one in the ad, that I inherited from my Mom. It still works like a charm, even though its white and not harvest gold.

I heard this on The Clark Howard Radio show. He said sad but true and offered ways to avoid it. He has a website if you need to check out the details.

My dad was born in 1906. His family wasn't dirt poor, but not well to do either. Most of his Christmas' as a young boy consisted of an orange. It was a *huge* luxury to have fruit shipped all the way from Florida at that time. I definitely understand that young boy being very impressed with his Christmas orange.