Sounds good to me.

Yay, my furnace is prepped for another season, and I was told once again that it needs to be replaced. But I'm not paying for it, and I doubt my landlord/friend wants/can pay for it. I've got a CO detector--better check the batteries--so I'm good for now. And every time I deal with that furnace, it encourages me on moving.

Ooh, in a confusing development, I just went back to look at their registry and everything is on sale, so maybe I'm going to order the decanter AND give them this bowl.

I still remember some of this wedding etiquette stuff, and it's ALWAYS acceptable, etiquette-wise, to give an off-registry gift.

Oh, decanter and bowl would be a great gift.

Back through Security after going through Customs? That's dumb. But glad you made it!

Not always. When returning to the US and connecting to a domestic flight, I've always had to be rescreened. Some airports don't have a continuous sterile area between international baggage claim/customs and connecting flights.

Jesse, yes, it's perfectly fine. We received three glass bowls as wedding gifts, and I actually rotate them as part of my dining room table centerpiece.

Connie, I'm in the same boat with my oil tank. I'm hoping to get another year out of it, since I don't have a landlord to bug. The house maintenance stuff is one of the only reasons I miss renting.

Jesse, yes, it's perfectly fine. We received three glass bowls as wedding gifts, and I actually rotate them as part of my dining room table centerpiece.

I am glad to hear from an actual glass-bowl recipient!

I still remember some of this wedding etiquette stuff, and it's ALWAYS acceptable, etiquette-wise, to give an off-registry gift.

Well sure, but I've heard from plenty of friends about the dumb-ass stuff people have given them that they don't want!

Some airports don't have a continuous sterile area between international baggage claim/customs and connecting flights.

That's the dumb part.

My mom got a couple of glass bowls as off-registry wedding presents and still uses them as fancy salad bowls. Probably more often than the fancy dishes she was registered for. Definitely more often than the fancy steak knives that she didn't register for, but that is because they are fancy LOOKING but terrible knives to cut anything with.

I have given many crystal bowls. But maybe people are making fun of me behind my back!

My campus seems to have been invaded by these [link] Scensible Bags for disposing of feminine products. THey keep popping up in every bathroom I visit, and they smell HORRIBLE. I find the scent of deodorant tampons/pads repulsive (I don't know what it is trying to smell like) and it smells like that but stronger. It is awful. I sort of feel like complaining to the intercessor.

YIKES.