Haha LIO - I also have a ton of blues/greens/grays in the house. I realized it made me feel a little down so I repainted the kitchen REALLY BRIGHT YELLOW last fall and like it much better smile I will check out some of the ones you mentioned - some of those names are familiar!

I validated H's email from earlier today after work. Then I got another one about an emergency situation affecting some friends, and requesting that I pass along congratulations for friends of mine who just had a baby. He's friends with them on FB so there's no reason he couldn't do it himself. Thoughts on how to respond? My first instinct was to respond (eventually) to let him know that he could tell them himself.

Sometimes my situation seems so idiotic and banal (aka "how best to respond to random emails?") compared to some of the things that other people are going through on this board.

I think I'm going to do 5 more minutes on this blanket and then get to bed.