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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, July is the most popular month to have a baby. Surprised? We're certainly not. It seems that everyone we know is pregnant these days...yep, we at The Daily Kool have been getting some major baby fever. This month has been filled with baby showers galore, and we have had the arduous task of trying to find that "perfect" gift that everyone will love. What do new parents need most? Well, sleep of course, but let's face it...we can't package sleep and wrap it in a pretty bow no matter how much we'd like to. Or can we?

We have to admit that we were pretty surprised when a USB flash drive was on the required list for our friend's high school daughter. Things have really changed since our 9th grade days of electronic typewriters...are we dating ourselves, or what? Then again, our third grade son hasn't even mastered script writing, and yet his teachers already have him working on Microsoft Word and PowerPoint presentations. That's what we get for putting him in private school, we guess...sigh. Anyway, at least our friend's can now give their daughter a USB flash drive that reflects her personal style. These MIMOBOT designer USB flash drives are becoming quite the collectibles for kids and adults alike. Okay, so designer flash drives do not exactly fall within the "must have" category. But, still...how cute can a little piece of technology get? We can definitely see the appeal of these little guys.

A couple of weeks ago, we were waiting outside our favorite Mexican restaurant for our table to be ready, when our father started examining the back of his neck. Noticing that it was time to shave it again (yeah, Dad's a pretty hairy guy), he asked our mother if she could do it before his business meeting the next day. After some grumbling about last minute requests and a few Homer Simpson cracks, Mom said fine...after all, she's been shaving the back of his neck in between haircuts for the past 40 years.

We went to get a key copied at The Home Depot yesterday, and came across some decorative house keys...oh yeah, we were all over this idea! This is definitely one of those completely unnecessary items that we can't imagine anyone resisting. Hence, much to our disappointment, the store was sold out of many designs they seem to normally carry. We were able to let each child pick a style for us, though. Our 4 year old selected Mickey Mouse (not a surprise) and our 7 year old settled for the Florida Marlins...he really wanted the L.A. Lakers. Apparently, our excitement over these decorative house keys drew a crowd, because before we knew it, there was a pretty long line of other people wanting to get theirs.

Summer vacation is finally here, and if you haven't done it already, it's definitely time to break out the barbecue grill. Many childhood memories feature Dad commanding our little charcoal grill, while the rest of us frolicked in the pool. Unfortunately, his skills were pretty much limited to puck...achem, hamburgers and hot dogs. The side dishes more than made up for it, though...particularly Mom's amazing pasta salad. Besides, it's more about the joy of being in the company of family than about the food, especially for the kids...yeah, right!

The Daily Kool kitchen is pretty small. It's one of those longer, narrower styles that doesn't exactly lend itself to more than one person at a time. Bottom line....we always seem to be running out of room, especially when we are cooking and preparing for company. Oh, how we wish our kitchen was large enough to have a big, beautiful island in the center of it!

This Memorial Day weekend, our kids are having a couple of their close friends at the house for a sleepover for the first time. They've been planning it for a week. They've picked out games, snacks, movies, crafts...they are so excited! We do have a bit of a challenge, though...our entire downstairs has hardwood floors. Even though we have a regular sleeping bag in the house (our beloved Puff the Magic Dragon one from about thirty years ago), unfortunately, it is pretty much out of the question for this weekend. There isn't enough room in our kids' two twin-size beds for the four boys to share either. How can we have a successful sleepover when we have no comfortable place for the kids to sleep?

There is something so pretty and charming about shabby gorgeous spaces. Shabby chic styles make use of antiques, soft colour palettes, and simple home decorplans to create truly harmonious rooms throughout a home. From kitchens to bedrooms and everywhere in-between, here are eight shabby gorgeous spaces.

Kitchen appliances have turned out to be more technically intricate from the control side lately with the introduction of the several Energy Labeling rules all over the world. This means that the appliances have been forced to turn into more powerful equipments, resulting in more accurate controls so as to meet the rules. Major appliances can be approximately separated into refrigeration equipments, cooktops or ovens, washing equipments, for example dishwashers as well as washing machines. In the kitchen, spend a lot of time. In addition, there is, and food preparation area and dining area, and is often a place of rest and fellowship. Not surprisingly, the kitchen is compact enough problems with free space. Modular kitchens are made of modules that are put together to design the kitchen. The design looks organized and offer enough storage by proper utilization of available space. The modular kitchens not only look stylish but also make the works inside the kitchen easy. As per budget, one can purchase the kitchen cabinets and keep on adding pieces later. Another advantage is cleaning is very easy. During shifting of house, carry the cabinets and fix again in new house. Kitchen set will not only improve puncture kitchen, but also will improve the aesthetics of the kitchen itself. When the kitchen is aesthetics and function better, then the overall house prices will rise. It is undeniable that the price is usually quite expensive minimalist kitchen set and need pretty much home. In fact, usually the kitchen set can be worth a third of the price of the overall renovation. This certainly applies to the kitchen set quality and has a multi-functional storage. Kitchens play a very important part in any house hold, in earlier times a kitchen was not given as much as importance as the other rooms as kitchen was basically only involved in functionality and efficiency and was not a stylish or elegant place in the house. With the advent of modern and modular kitchens the

The rectangular weaved Turkish hammam peshtemal is beautified with a trio of vertical dark blue and black lines and at the both ends and completed with fringes. Woven of hundred percent genuine cotton. The prettiness of the peshtemal towel comes from the softness and durability due to being genuine cotton and also the colour fastness feature which is the result of coloring by natural vegetable dyes. The pestemal is a surprisingly absorbing towel although, being napless, thin and lightweight. Turkish bath towel is functional, space saving, organic and healthy. Pestemal that used by Ottoman Sultans in the Hammams of Palaces centuries ago nowadays began to shown up on the world's most famous beaches. Hammam towel is a niche product which is much preferred thanks to the comfort and elegance of it. With this features it can be used as drying towel in the spas and pools, as picnic blanket at the country trips or as home textiles with decorative purposes as well.

Here at The Daily Kool, our arms are getting quite the workout this summer...well, at least one arm, anyway. Our kids have been having one playdate after another at the house, and we've been doling out ice cream scoops practically by the dozen each day. Dig, twirl, release...dig, twirl release. Such is our life. It's amazing how one single perfect scoop of ice cream just seems to brighten a child's day...wait a minute, did we say perfect? A lofty, yet often elusive goal, we know. But apparently (and we've just recently learned this, mind you), a dish or cone of ice cream just tastes better to a kid if it has that professional, ice cream parlor look. Go figure, but kudos are important in the world of parenthood...we'll take what we can get. Pretty shallow of us, isn't it?

What better way to celebrate the end of our National Ice Cream Month week-long feature than with cake? Or should we say cupcakes? The Daily Kool family is headed out to a friend's house for dinner together tonight...of course, we're in charge of the dessert (we have a bit of a reputation). Since there's going to be a pretty large group of kids at the house, we thought it might be fun to do something a little different for them.

We at The Daily Kool are huge soda drinkers. Oh yeah, we love them all...from Coca Cola to Orange Crush to Canada Dry Ginger Ale, each one of us has our own soft drink obsession. Are we the picture of good, healthy habits, or what? We're actually pretty good about drinking mostly water, especially since we've found Fiji, but sometimes, we just have have a can of soda with a nice meal. There's just something about the fizzy tickling sensation going down the back of the throat, coupled with just the right amount of sweetness...ah, instant satisfaction.

Well, it's that time of year again and fall is upon us. Everyone keeps asking me if I'm done gardening yet and I reply that no in fact things are getting pretty busy in the garden business right now. Believe it or not, I'm so busy right now that I threw out my back yesterday and spent the evening eating ibuprofen…ugh.

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Plans and instructions for a beautiful and cheap lean to carport.

I have found these carport plans and I think there are pretty good. Enjoy!

Tulip is a very beautiful flower, which grow in the spring from bulbs, and have oval or pointed petals packed closely together.Peopel's creation is limited. Nowadays, tulip lovers can buy the pretty tulip inspired home accessories to decorate their home decor.