I've been watching HGTV and looking around my grandmother's apartment, and weeping at the prospect of getting all the ancient wallpaper off her walls, so.

One thing to know is that it can cause very intense dreams.

Mike had a very vivid dream the one time he used it and won't touch the stuff ever again.

Melatonin worked the first night I used it, sort of worked the second night, and didn't work at all by the third.

This could easily be one reaction that I have. My system seems to get immune to stuff that I really wouldn't mind getting slightly addicted to.

Thanks for the info, y'all. I think I'll start with half of a melatonin pill and leave out the magnesium for now.

So my master plan of getting a home equity loan and buying a place in Texas in cash and then paying off the loan once my place sold - THWARTED!

Crap. I meant to say that this sucks! Easy-selling ~ma, msbelle.

I get started on the Morris ones from Bradbury and Bradbury and weep with desire.

Wait til you get to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Amy. The cafeteria has different dining rooms, all of which are done with Arts and Crafts motifs, including Morris wallpaper. It's exquisite.

Melatonin comes in a wide variety of doses. When you finally get a TJs, you can get chewable small dose pills.

and now I am wondering why there are not wallpapers, fabrics, and dishes in the traditional florentine paper design motifs.

Believe me, java, I can't wait.

Jesse, there's stuff you can spray to soften the glue, and then try one of those scraper things that you use in a circular motion to really break it up before actual scraping. We took 1950s-era paper off walls once, and it wasn't easy, but we got it done.

When some family friends moved into a place all wallpapered up all old lady, they threw a wall depapering party. Got the whole thing done in one night. I recall lots of drunk steaming and one dessicated mouse discovered. But it's doable. There was a lot of wallpaper in that house, part of the original old-money Cruces. Which isn't NYC, but still.

It's awesome that all I can think about when I watch those shows is my grandmother dying. But there it is.

Anyone interested in seeing the infamous penny? You can just barely make out Lincoln's head!

Jesse, you can also rent a wall steamer thingie at places like Homo Depot...