Hi, Cindy, no, there is no longer a paint smell. I still have to put away my extensive amount of cassettes, but we're (a sister or sisters and I are planning to go to Target so I can find trays or something that will hold my loose cassettes in an organized fashion. One thing, we've discovered the laminate flooring that we want throughout the house to cover and protect the wooden floors in the house. It is a natural cherry color and looks good in our house. The only thing that is eluding me is where to get new bedroom furniture. I am in a small room and the furniture is in dark colors, something I don't want given the dimension of my room. We weren't successful finding the color or style of furniture I'd want. I want the bureau and night stand to have a smooth surface, I want the edges and corners to either be beveled or slightly rounded, the drawers to be deep enough, the handles to be nice to hold but not too fancy, and of course lighter in color. I don't want black furniture. The flooring will be put in about a month from now when the guys my sister knows can do it. Next thing will be putting some type of water resistant flooring in the bathrooms. My sister wants tile, but I'm wondering if slate is good. I really don't know too much about decorating or remodeling a house. That's all that's happening for now and I realize that some well-meaning soul on this list will be bugged about this off topic, but I figured you wanted to know, so me being a polite soul think it only right to answer your questions. Regards, Kim. _____ From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 8:53 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Ot: news, (the very short version) Welcome back, Kim. Glad your room and computer are set up nicely (I'm having problems with my computer gettting online.--have to share my husband's. I hope he can fix it soon. Do you still have the paint smell? Cindy Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned list available at sites below Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List Books Being Scanned List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List --- On Thu, 3/25/10, Kim Friedman <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Kim Friedman <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Ot: news, (the very short version) To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 5:12 AM Hi, folks, my room has been painted, any place a shelf could be placed on a wall has been placed (they got it right so all my Braille books and CD collection is stashed), and best of all, my connection problems (fingers crossed and bated breath) have been solved. Some guys from the phone company connected a data line from my sister's computer to mine. (they had to go under the house and drill a hole through my floor so a wire could go through.) The result is I could download stuff from the Bard site, I could talk on Skype, and (whoopee!) go to my chat room sites and experienced no connection problems. I know longer need my receiver. I'm in business. I can finally chat with you all and am ready to do some serious (or not-so-serious) proofreading. It's good to be back. Regards, Kim. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4973 (20100325) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4976 (20100326) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com