Re: the house discussions earlier. I am soo not the typical buyer, I like old original kitchens and baths. I like formica counters and kinda hate marble.

I took a nap and woke up to a Spiderman cartoon. Mary Jane has lasers coming from her eyes

I like formica counters and kinda hate marble.

I don't like marble either. I like formica and, now, butcher block. Actually I LOVE butcher block.

Mary Jane has lasers coming from her eyes.

I hate it when that happens.

Ice cream truck just drove by with kids running behind, yelling "Ice cream!! Ice cream!!" so he'd stop. I'm glad it's a parking lot, not a street they're running in.

Now I want a Push-Up Pop.

I *love* the marble. And the granite. Also the butcher's block. Don't like the formica. Or tiles of any sort.

I don't like marble or granite because if you drop china on it, you're going to be picking up fragments... but then, I'm from NJ, where the state animal is the noble nauga.

I'm not a big fan of stainless steel appliances. And Granite and marble would deter me because I hear they need sealing and they stain, and I'm just not that kind of housekeeper.

Whenever a potential buyer talks about liking the furniture, I remember the problems we had selling one of the houses when I was growing up. When we were transferred to a small town, there were usually very few houses available. My mother has antiques, and in that era, she was into the very American patterns, like eagles. In south Georgia, there was really only one appropriate house available, which had been built by the manager of the glass plant. It all aluminum windows and sliding glass doors, the height of modern in the '60s. When we were selling it, at least half the buyers said, "I have modern furniture and I just don't think it will go in my house."

Imagination, people.

I spend a lot of time yelling at decorating shows. "Don't take out the '30s tile! Don't paint the paneling! Don't paint the brick! Don't take out the bookcases!" I'm suspicious of granite and quartz, because I have a feeling I would break things on them on the rate I did on a tile counter.

I like formica, as well. I loved my sink in my last apartment because it was a white one from the 40's or 50's, and there were formica countertops. I like colored applianced, but mostly I like the ones that look vintage.

Is Jessica or another food person around? If I made caramel syrup, how would I store it? Could it be stored for a while?