LouisianaLady

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Their coffees are massive sugar bombs
I wanted something sweet and their flavors seemed good and found the smallest size was 16oz

Let's be honest it's not coffee - it's dessert

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The one I got when I went was like 10-15 calories, but I haven't been back because I have all the stuff at home plus stuff they don't have.

Sugar free chocolate syrup lined cup (0cal) + Cool Brew cold brew coffee (5cal) + sugar free vanilla syrup (0cal) + sugar free brown sugar cinnamon syrup (0cal) + 1oz Fairlife Core Power Chocolate Protein Shake (12cal) as my "cream".

Interesting.

I didn't grow up with cats, and I don't smell the litter box unless the cat has just pooped and I smell the poop itself.

Our cat's litter box is in a really large, ventilated room and it gets cleaned 1-2x per day. I smelled it when we lived in our old house and the box was stored in a small room.

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Leaving the hood vent on the highest setting is my main annoyance, so I hear you on that part.

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See, I have a massive copper vent hood that vents directly to outdoors, and it is LOUD and I use it the entire time I am cooking. :Lol:

That alone would make the living room unusable for TV watching.

My husband normally sits in the kitchen with me while I cook dinner on weeknights (we don't have kids), so obviously the option is still there to be in the same room, but if it's say Masters weekend and I'm spending the entire day loudly cooking crawfish bisque with my music going, I imagine it would be super annoying for him.

EDIT: We don't have an outdoor kitchen, but it's future plans. That obviously changes your situation.

Our old house was ranch style and wasn't open concept, but the kitchen had a little sitting area/living area even though we also had a closed-off living room elsewhere. That was perfect.

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I may be in the minority...but I hate a formal dining room. Most underutilized room in the house.

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You're not wrong about it seldom being used, but I absolutely love having one. Ever since I was a kid, I loved rooms that's main purpose was just being decorated nice and looked at. :lol:

Funny enough, I'm typing this from my formal dining room.

I also have a formal sitting room used for nothing, but staged with Victorian style antique furniture. Makes me so happy every time I walk through it.

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I’ve always liked the typical floor plans of old antebellum homes.

Large wrap around porch, double front doors opening into a large hallway with a central staircase. Dining, parlor, living room, master bedroom off to both sides of main hallway. Kitchen in the back of the home. Small quiet study or office behind staircase with only one door and no foot traffic. Loft or main hall upstairs with bedrooms on each side

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When I was a kid, my parents almost bought this home out in St. Francisville that would have needed a lot of work, but I was OBSESSED. It has an East staircase and a West staircase. Fireplace in every room.

I love that kind of shite. I remember being friends with a girl in elementary school who lived with her grandparents, and I was so hooked on the fact that they had a study. Something about rooms that aren't necessary just make me so happy.

It's probably why I hate open floor plan. Open floor plan usually doesn't have any "special" rooms. That's no fun.

I see both sides. I both love and hate that people that have my location.

There are times when it is extremely convenient, but then there are times I'm tempted to leave my phone behind so I don't catch judgment going grab a beer somewhere.

She speaks like a complete dummy and her voice is annoyingly raspy, but the more she kept going listing things, the more I was like "damn, that kinda sucks". :Lol:

I haven't paid much attention to the meat itself, but I've always like the first half of the season better because they're way fattier.

By May/June, you're pulling out practically clean meat.

Is the sale over or something?

I just joined Sam's for the first time because they were doing a $15/year sale. I bought it like 5 days ago.

Oh good. I couldn’t find anything online. They’ve been setting up outside for a week!

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can be inconsistent.

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Agree to disagree, I guess. Mansur's has not ever been inconsistent for me. I go twice monthly, and it is great every time.

Not saying LL has been for you, but I don't know why one has to be disparaged for the other. :loL: