There is an amazing amount of precision that goes into making, tasting, choosing and serving wine.  The shape of a glass can make alot of difference in the taste.  That’s probably why when I served some recently in freebie glasses it didn’t taste that good to me.  Getting the right stemware, like Riedel stemware for example, can really help bring out the flavor of the wine.  For the more cutting edge people among us, they even have stemless stemware which looks lovely.

New pocket watches look dapper, don’t they? I know that’s a rather archaic way of putting it but I’ve always thought they give an air of sophistication to a man.  I do wish there were someway to make it look good for a woman to carry one just because they (the watches) look so cool.  But even if you put her in a pants suit, I think it would be hard for any woman to pull off the look as well as a man in a suit.

I’m all for trying, though.

Do you know how many extension cords I have to string together to reach from inside my parents’ house to my car in the street? 3. That doesn’t include the cord already on their wet/dry vac which I use to clean a variety of messes out of my car. I don’t have one yet but I’ve been thinking about getting one for myself just so I can clean the car closer to an outlet rather than have to deal with the cords separating when I tug a little too hard on the vacuum.

Except, someone came up with a genius idea – a CORDLESS wet/dry vac. Most of the time when people use these things, it’s in an inconvenient place anyway. Why not make it possible to actually get the solution (the vacuum) to the problem (an icky, sticky car) with ease? The Milwaukee Cordless Vacuum is the specific version I’ve seen and it seems perfect for quick jobs. A single charge will allow it to run for up to 16 minutes. It will hold up to two gallons of liquid and its boxy design allows it to be stored just about anywhere.

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When I was growing up, bunk beds were a must since four of us shared one bedroom. With the four bureaus and a bookcase in addition to the two bunk beds, there wasn’t a lot of room left. One sister had a 2′x1.5′ carpet that was ‘her space’. I had a corner.

By today’s standards, the room we shared as children was large so, even though people are having fewer children, having a bunk bed is still a must. Even when just two are sharing a room, having bunk beds leaves room for playtime or other furniture. The variety seems to have increased as well. You can get bunks with two twin beds, bunks with one twin and one full, or even one with a desk on the bottom and a bed on the top.

If you’re really attached to the idea of having each child have a bed on the ground but still want to save space, you may opt to choose the Captain’s Bed. You can get up to 12 drawers underneath making a bureau unnecessary. Or you can keep the bureaus and use those extra drawers to store toys so you don’t need a toy box. The combinations are probably unlimited.