When it comes to casual entertaining I never gave much thought to food presentation, particularly what I’m serving the food in. I’ve usually used whatever bowl or dish fit whatever I was serving best, also keeping in mind easy clean up and leftover storage. I didn’t realize until we had a small party at work [...]

Did you ever notice that many of the bathrooms that you see on television have those giant smooth, square tiles? Did you know that they can be dangerous? When we were doing our bathroom my Dad explained that the smooth tile doesn’t give water anywhere to go and since the tile has no texture you’re [...]

Our channel 11 has been misbehaving. Sometimes there’s a line of static near the top of the screen. And sometimes the sound on whatever we’re watching is a few seconds behind the picture, much like a badly dubbed kung fu movie. It’s not happening on any of our other channels. We’ve tried rebooting the system [...]

I used to see commercials for home security systems on television all of the time, especially the wireless alarms. I haven’t seen any lately and am wondering if their sales are down due to the economy. I’m very pleased with the system we got and am surpruised more people don’t have them. Maybe you can [...]

I was sitting on the couch this afternoon and I noticed after sitting there for about ten minutes that I’d started to slide into the crack behind the cushions. The couch is old, we got it secondhand from a good friend of mine. It’s gotten so much use that the cushions don’t slide all the [...]

I have my computer set up to show a slideshow of my pictures when I’m away from my desk. It’s not unusual to find either RB or CJ sitting or standing nearby watching the pictures when I leave my desk. We all enjoy them so much that I’m thinking I’d like to connect my computer [...]

I’ve had a hard time getting comfortable on the couch for a while now, mostly due to my weight and our couch. We have a sectional couch in our living room that’s shaped like a capital letter C. The back of the couch frame is very hard on the two recliner pieces and sometimes they [...]

For years the console television is what most households had. Then the big screen tv started becoming popular. Now, flat screen televisions are the direction to go in. With televisions coming up off of the floor and onto our walls, we’re left with furniture either not fulfilling its potential or that we no longer need. [...]

My parents got my youngest son a new television and dvd player for Christmas. It’s nicer than mine! They got him a 26 inch Westinghouse high def flat panel and a Sony dvd player. His television was only a tiny 13 inch analog model that has been used a lot since it was bought. That [...]

Ok, I was wondering today where you are most comfortable watching television. Meaning, in what room and on what furniture.  My favorite room to watch tv in is the living room. I cannot watch tv in bed, I almost always fall right asleep. I’m most comfortable on the left side of my couch (it’s a [...]