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The North American tour may be over but, they're still keeping us entertained!
We won't get to hear all these tracks until October 16th, but now we know their names and the name of the artist doing the cds artwork!
You've had a while to get used to the song, now check out the vid!!
The new Alter Bridge album is coming, not too far away, and the band has started to release some studio footage from the recording of the new album! Check out some guitars and vocals tracking for "Fortress", which is due out October 8th.
It's said to be their most aggressive album to date, and some of the kick ass riffage you can hear in the video back that up. I can't wait for the new stuff!
Local rockers Ministry have released a new video and it was filmed here in El Paso!
We have more to look forward to from A7X than just music!
This video is ahh-mazing!!!! Not to mention it features Chris Motionless from Motionless In White plus lots and lots of blood!
They guys channel 70's - 80's era B movies for this one!
I've always been a fan of Asking Alexandria and was really excited to grab their new CD this week, but they really made my day when I got into work and found these on my desk.
This band was by far one of the most impressive bands I saw at Warped Tour this year. Awesome, energetic live performance with powerful songs to go along with it. Good thing they chose their video for this song to have all live performance shots. It'll get you pumped up for next year when they grace the Sun City for the first time.
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The Brantford Collegiate Institute Mustangs believe they can compete in the senior high school football circuit this season thanks to an influx of young blood.
"We could end up having up to 10 rookie starters from Grade 11," coach Dave Giancola said. "We are returning only seven or eight extra-year seniors – the third-year guys – so the rookies will be a big part of our team."
The senior Mustangs finished 1-4 last season before being bounced in the playoffs by the eventual champion Assumption College Lions.
But the junior Mustangs had a phenomenal season.
While they eventually lost to the Lions in the junior championship game, the Mustangs enjoyed some dominating performances.
In fact, the team was 4-0 through the first four weeks of the season, with 212 points scored and only six points scored against.
Many former junior players will now move up to the senior ranks and compete for a starting spot against their older peers.
Giancola has set up a pair of travel games so the team can face some serious competition ahead of the season.
Because the Paris District High School Panthers are still waiting for the seeds they planted in junior football to produce a senior team, the senior Mustangs get a bye in Week 1 and don't play in the Brant high school league until Sept. 21.
Giancola took the team to Brampton for a game last Friday and is taking the team to North York this Friday to tune up for the season.
"We'll be using those games to help decide our starters," Giancola said. "We'll see if some of the younger guys can usurp a starting role."
The season got off to a sombre start for the team, though, as an opposing player from St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School in Brampton collapsed on the field with nine minutes remaining in the game last Friday.
Seventeen-year-old Gene Odulio was rushed to Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital, where he remained until he died on Sunday.
"There was no discernible incident, no triggering incident during the game," said Bruce Campbell, manager of communications with the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board. "That's not to say he didn't get hit during the game, but nothing you could point to (as the cause)."
Giancola said the Mustangs' thoughts and prayers are with the family, teammates and coaches at St. Thomas Aquinas.
The Mustangs will travel to North York this Friday to play Don Bosco Catholic Secondary School in their second of two exhibition games.
The team expects to have a strong defence and improved special teams compared to last season.
Playing three-down football, special teams tend to play a big role in the high school league.
"I looked at things last year and realized our special teams needed to be much better," Giancola said. "I personally took on that job and we really have some talented athletes on special teams."
Giancola also expects the normalcy of life at BCI to help improve his team's result on the field.
The school is into its second year post-renovations.
"Those final-year players we have are the last remnant of the 7 a.m. or 9 p.m. practices and the struggles we faced to get 35 kids onto the field," Giancola said. "It's huge to have a normal school day again."
Giancola said the team's goal will be to use new talent effectively and push further into the playoffs this season.
The senior Mustangs start their season in Week 2 with a game against the two-time defending champion Lions on Sept. 21 at 8 p.m. at the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre field.
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In doing so, she just may be protecting her kids from harm. While many people use pesticides regularly, especially during the spring and summer months, they can have lasting consequences on those exposed to them.
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Welcome Studio 10 Viewers! Here is some more information about this morning's segment topic, Emeals!
I just got back from Publix for my weekly shopping trip. I'll preface by saying I am the worlds worst dinner planner. I have a really hard time looking at what is on sale and figuring out items to make a wholesome dinner from, without the meals being prepackaged. I have my few "bag of tricks" recipes that I refer to all the time, but I want to try something different and expand my cooking horizons.
So I just signed up for Emeals for a YEAR, which is a service I had written about on EasternShoreMom.com and tried out once before. The problem before was that I was pregnant and had weird cravings and food aversions, so I didn't succeed in using the service. But now, oh boy, I am so excited!
Basically Emeals allows you to choose the store you shop at each week, then they have menu choices like "regular" "low carb" or "low fat", and after that each week they will send you step by step directions for a home cooked meal every night based on what is on sale. You can then print a grocery list that has listed every ingredient for each recipe, how much it costs that week at the store, and a total at the bottom that is so budget friendly it will blow your mind!
This week, we will be home 3 nights this week so I chose the top 3 meals that we liked from the list. After I left the store with the ingredients, my total was less that $45 with all of the other miscellaneous things I purchased as well! Meanwhile, this week we will be having Meatball subs with orange slices, Bacon Penne Alfredo, & Chicken Soft Tacos… YUM!
Right now you can get your Emeals subscription for $5 a month! Click HERE to see the deal.
Join me and jump on the Emeals bandwagon. I am sure I will be talking about this a lot over the next year as I try to cook more at home with diverse dishes on a budget!
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Hair bow! :D
Took me forever, but it turned out beautifully! (:
Hello followers! (:
Today I decided to do some natural looking curls with a curling wand!
The wand that I used is a Remington T Studio Pearl Ceramic Curling Wand in the large size. I got it for Christmas and I absolutely love it! It's bigger so it doesn't allow the curls to get to tight which is a must for a more natural look. I have tried some smaller wands and the results are less natural and more perm like. So if you're wanting tighter curls then go for the smaller size! (:
But anyway! This style was really easy to achieve. It only took my about twenty minutes to curls all of my hair (and I have a lot of hair so…). I first sectioned off my hair from my ears up and curled that section, then I divided the remaining hair in half and curled that, then I parted my hair and curled the rest.
It's pretty important that you use a curling wand to get these more natural looking curls. If you used an iron with a clip the curls look flatter.
Never used a curling wand before? Not sure if you want to buy one? Use your iron like a wand and wrap the hair around the barrel (not using the clip at all) for a similar effect! (:
Well I hope you can all try out this hairstyle and that you like it as much as I did! I had already typed all of this out and then Tumblr had some sort of error and deleted my post! And now I have to rush to work so I will proof read later. :p
Have a wonderful day!
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Hey! I'm Valerie, and I'm not embarrassed to say that I spend a majority of my free time watching hair tutorials. But like a lot of people who watch these videos, I feel like I never get the style exactly right, it falls out within minutes, I can't do it all together, or it's just too time consuming to feasibly do for everyday wear. So I decided to start a blog where I would try out different hair styles I find online (and show you some I already know and love) and see how do- able they really are. I hope to give some advice and let you all know how to best complete a hairstyle with minimal frustration because, trust me, I've been there. (:
So! Let's get started!
I've been seeing the waterfall braid a lot lately, both on Tumblr and on other websites I often find myself browsing. I think it's awesome because it's really pretty, has a nice styled yet effortless look to it, and you can wear it a variety of ways. I started practicing this braid as a way to pull back my bangs on one side of my face, and after a bit of practice I decided I was ready to extend it a little further. So this is what I came up with! When I do it again I think I'm going to try to keep it a little tighter, especially at the end where there's a bit of a bump, and slope it further down rather than keeping it straight across. But overall I like this hairstyle! It took me about five minutes for the braid itself (and about twenty minutes to take the picture -___-) and the curls were done yesterday with a curling wand.
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Josef Albers and Interaction of Color
There's a new book out on the work of Josef Albers. It's been in the back of my head for ages to discuss Albers and color theory in the context of interiors. Why not? He was all about creating color harmony through color relationships, and to flip through any survey of his feels like a study of emotion in color.
I was a huge fan of his in college, a time when I was studying Post-Modernism and critical theory, and was most devoted to all movements twentieth century. At one point in particular, a museum curator at the Walker Art Center had a bunch of us in the research rooms looking at a suite of Albers prints in shades of jet black and charcoal. Heaven.
What I didn't realize is that I'm such an "Alberist," by which I mean, Albers always held that color was mutable and protean, never a fixed thing. I'm sure I arrived at this myself, as I can't remembrer a single word of college color theory, but I do always tell my clients, "color is contextual," as he would. That perfect Driftwood Grey in your friend's dining room is going to look blue in this house, green in that house and grey over there—it's all contextual.
But when Albers writes about the "hamonic color constellations which derive from authoritative systems," I start to become a relativist. Albers has a color system, my mother has a color system; Benjamin Moore, Ralph Lauren and I all have color systems. But there's really no absolute bottom line—if you like my stuff you'll hire me. Color forecasting never picked the same fashionable favorite color two years in a row, and what I think looks great on Park Avenue might not hold water in Bombay.
Still it's good to behold the product of a long career such as Albers' - a fertile imagination and much research. At the end of the day, there is still such a thing as a master.
TITLE: INTERACTION OF COLOR: New Complete Edition
AUTHOR: Josef Albers; Foreword by Nicholas Fox Weber
ISBN: 978-0-300-14693-6 HC - Set with Slipcase
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thank you for writing about this, i love his work and will look for this book.
ooh! I'll have to keep an eye out for the book!
Much cheaper at Amazon!
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Ok, who was Josef Albers? (American? European? When? Teach me!)
I love your explanation of "contextual," best I ever read. You're an elegant writer, Mr. Chamberlain.


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Well, I had seen a programme from series F tonight. Evidently rockets accelerate most quickly horizontally? I'm afraid I'm going to have to nitpick on this one.
As far as I am aware, and this is something of a technicality, rockets actually most quickly accelerate at an angle of 45 degrees from the earth.
If I worked at QinetiQ I could probably provide for you some kind of equation it would take longer to clear than a fraudulent check and thus confound long enough for you to submit to my attestation.
Since I cannot, I will fumble through an explanation.
It seems to me that a rocket accelerating directly away from the centre of the earth, turning horizontally to acquire great velocity, would actually be accelerating at a 45 degree angle as it would be accelerating more quickly than the curvature of the earth would allow for it to be truly horizontal; seeing as for it to be traveling along the horizon it would then give in to being top heavy and crash.
I believe the vector or ratio at which the rocket would have to maintain at its lift off velocity would average out at 45 degrees... and if you want me to explain why that is, you'll need a glass of brandy and a fine cigar, as we'd probably be here long enough for you to finish the cigar -- which I am sure would be my own folly.
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Linen Storage: Why I Don't Need Itposted by Andrea | 12/16/2013
One question I get on a very regular basis is how we store our extra linens — you know, sheets, blankest, towels, tablecloths, etc.
While I usually love to share my organizing wisdom, I often don't have a great answer to these emails… because we honestly don't store many linens anywhere.
We literally only have ONE set of sheets/blankets per bed — and (get ready to be shocked) we only have 2 bath towels and 1 hand towel for each of us.
This means that we never ever have to store any linens because we are either using them or washing them.
Some of you might be wondering how this works — well I can assure you, it's extremely simple.
- We use our towels, sheets, napkins, etc. until it's time to do laundry.
- We put them in the laundry (and yes, are without them for about an hour).
- We put them back on our bed, back on the hooks in the bathroom, or wherever else they go.
This is how we've always done it since we've been married — partially out of desire for simplicity and not storing so much stuff. But also because that's all the sheets, blankets, and towels we received as wedding gifts
Since I realize many of you might be picking your jaws up off the ground right now, let me go into a bit more detail about how our limited linens work for us.
Our Bed:
- One mattress pad and one set of plain white sheets.
- Two thin white blankets that we keep on year-round.
- One heating blanket that we keep on from October – April and then store in the summer months.
- One quilt and one comforter that always stay on our bed, even in the summer.
Nora's Bed:
- One water-proof mattress pad and one set of sheets (when she starts potty training, I'll probably get another set just in case).
- One thin blanket.
- One comforter and one quilt that stay on year-round.
Guest Beds:
- One mattress pad and one set of plain white sheets for each bed.
- Two thin blankets for each bed.
- One quilt or heavy blanket for each bed.
- We also have one extra heating blanket that we store and only use if we have guests in the winter.
- Two water-proof mattress pads and two white sheets (I layer them so all 4 items are on the crib at the same time. This way, if there is an accident, I just pull the top layer off and am ready to go again)
- White pumper pad and white blanket that stay in the crib.
Air Mattress:
- We have a king-size air mattress that can also break apart into 2 twin-size air mattresses. I already have twin sheets for some of our guest beds, but I also have one set of king sheets that I store specifically for the air mattress.
- When we need to use the air mattress, we just use blankets and quilts from our queen beds so we don't need extra king-size bedding.
Our Bathroom Linens:
- Two bath towels per person (including Nora)
- One hand towel for each side of our bathroom vanity
- One washcloth for each Dave and I (we only use it when rinsing our face with the oil cleansing method)
- Three washcloths for Nora
- One "loofah" sponge each for Dave and I (we use this to wash our bodies and periodically replace them via the dollar store)
Other Bathroom Linens:
- Two hand towels for the bathroom off the kitchen (we don't use the shower in there so we don't keep anything but hand towels in this bathroom).
- Four bath towels for the guest bathroom upstairs.
- Four hand towels and four washcloths for the guest bathroom.
Kitchen Linens:
- Five dishcloths (we use a new one every day)
- Five washcloths for Nora (we use a new one every day)
- Five small hand towels.
- Five white cotton lint-free towels that we use for drying dishes or washing fruits and veggies.
- 4-6 "extra" towels for when we have lots of dishes or I'm canning, or we have extra people washing hands and everything we currently have is wet.
- 12 cream colored cloth napkins (we usually only use 4-6 per week, but have extra for guests).
- Four tablecloths of various sizes.
So as you can see, we still have A LOT of linens around our house — but almost NONE of them are in storage.
I have one smaller dresser in an upstairs storage closet (see photo below) that houses the 2 heating blankets (during the summer only), a few extra pillow cases, the sheets for our air mattress, and our tablecloths. Only one large drawer and one small drawer have linens in them. Everything else is always in use or in the wash.
While I realize this method wouldn't work for every family and every home, it does work extremely well for us (especially considering we have no linen closet, no coat closet, and no large closets or cabinets in any of our bathrooms.)
And if you really stop and think about it, the ONLY time my wash-and-replace method causes any sort of an issue is if someone wants to take a shower while I'm washing the load of towels. However, since I almost always do the wash mid-day, and we almost always take our showers at night, this is almost never a problem for us.
In our 7.5 years of marriage, I've only had to replace our sheets once after a large hole appeared in the fitted sheet, and we're still using the same towels without any complaints — so not too bad if you ask me.
My Laundry Routine:
Some of you might think that with so few linens, I'd have to do loads of laundry every single day — well that's not true at all.
Since almost all of our sheets, blankets, towels, washcloths, etc. are white, I simply do one load of whites in the middle of the week, and one load on the weekends. These loads include any white linens AND any of our other white shirts, socks, etc. I also usually do one load of "everything else" in the middle of the week and on the weekend (I don't sort colors!)
And… believe it or not, we only wash our sheets once a month, so that cuts way back on laundry too (I know people who wash them EVERY day!)
Dave and I figure that since we both shower before we go to bed, and we regularly wash our PJ's, there's really no need to wash our sheets so often (I do wash the pillow cases every week).
I've never felt dirty in our bed, and I honestly think that a little less washing helps to prolong the life of the sheets — not to mention, saves a bunch of water, energy, and time!
This method works for us — and I love that I don't need to store, organize, clean, or keep track of piles and piles of extra linens.
Do you share my love for minimalism when it comes to linens? If not…
How do you store and organize your linens?
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Michelle W12/16/2013
The most mind-blowing thing about this post was that you layer the crib bedding. YOU DESERVE A NOBEL PRIZE. Seriously, that's so smart!!! My baby was a horrific spitter-upper and that would have been life changing for me and my husband So doing that for #2!
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December 16th, 2013 at 3:16 pm
haha — it did make mid-night sheet changes super easy. Thankfully, we only had to change the sheets in the middle of the night 2 or 3 times, but the double layers of both definitely came in handy! Plus, it eliminated our need to store extra crib bedding!
My method is pretty close to yours with the exception that I don't have white/cream of everything. I have 4 kids so my numbers are larger (our house is small!) We only have 11 towels (one died and needs replaced!) and 8 hand towels. We only have 1 and a half bathrooms and 3 bedrooms total so no need for guest anything here. Beds, queen for us we have 2 sets of sheets because one is getting old and I caught our new one on a black friday sale and 8 twin sheets for the 4 twin beds. Each kid has one comforter and one blanket used all year long. We also use cloth napkins and unpaper towels.
Now if I could only get our clothes paired down like that but unfortunately my husband won't cooperate(he has over 40 work shirts!) and my mom acts like they have nothing to wear if they only have 10 outfits each.
I have several sheet sets, but mostly because I get my mother's hand-me-downs….I was the sheets once a week (unless something has been spilled on them and they need cleaning urgently).
I don't own a dryer at all, so when I was sheets, it has to be a fine day so that they can try on the washing line outside. We don't get snow in winter where I live, but we do get a lot of rain in winter, so sometimes it can be a challenge.
I use the same duvet/comforter year round, with an extra quilt in winter (my house has no heating, so I use a gas heater in the lounge in winter and simply open the doors in summer)
Anything else I can wash and put on my linen airer in the sunroom, where it dries overnight in winter.
Makes life easy!
Lee Cockrum12/16/2013
I need at least 2 sets of sheets for our bed, I am not that quick with the laundry! We have one set for the guest bed. No kids:(
I like to have LOTS of towels! We have a dog (used to have 3!) so need them for that. We also have a hot tub, and we have a small boat , so take towels when we go out on the boat in case we get splashed. We have a large wardrobe from ikea, and we keep linens in there along with shoes and some of my husbands clothes.
I would find it stressful to have a very limited supply of towels!
Andrea Reply:
December 16th, 2013 at 3:23 pm
I'm guessing you have a little more space though since you don't have kids?? If you have the space to store the extra towels and you actually need/use them — go for it! I'm the opposite of you and find it stressful to store so much stuff that I'm not using. I'd rather make-due with less so I don't have to buy and store so much extra
Lydia @ five4FiveMeals12/16/2013
I have just one question because I really do want to know- how do you prevent the towels from smelling between washes? We live in South Alabama along the gulf coast and it is extremely humid. I have to replace our towels after each use because even hanging them up they still stink by the end of the day.
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December 16th, 2013 at 3:14 pm
Honestly, I don't know Our towels are NEVER EVER stinky (and I have a super sensitive nose too). We wash them in the middle of the week and then at the end — so we usually use them at least 3 or 4 times between washes. It could seriously just be an issue with your specific towels — are they very old? I've found that sometimes super old towels (like e15-20 years old) just get kind of a funky smell that you can't get out.
You could try putting about 1 cup of vinegar in the fabric softener section of your washing machine — that might help. Otherwise, I'd try buying just one new towel and seeing if that also gets the same odor or not. If not, you know it's your towels and not just your climate or your washing machine.
Lydia @ five4FiveMeals Reply:
December 16th, 2013 at 3:29 pm
Thanks, I am going to try the vinegar approach. Our towels are only a couple years old. Vinegar is like a miracle in a bottle isn't it?
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December 16th, 2013 at 4:29 pm
I live in FL and we have the same problem. I used to live in Ohio and we only used 1-2 towels per week. One thing that helps is letting the exhaust fan run for quite awhile after a shower.
Candice Reply:
December 17th, 2013 at 3:51 pm
I understand you problem, I am also in AL but not near the coast. My towels also get that musty smell when hanging up to dry between uses (we use them twice then wash). It still got that way if left in the washing machine wet after being washed for half a day or more ( 4 kids.. you get busy and forget sometimes you know?) I use vinegar for fabric softener and that does help some but we have hard water and high humidity so it can't be helped. I also use homemade detergent so I don't have that overpowering detergent smell covering it up like most people.
Caitlin Reply:
December 18th, 2013 at 6:39 am
I live on an island in the Caribbean and we have the same problem with towels not drying/stinking/being musty. My solution is to affix towel bars to any surface I can find (backs of bathroom doors being a favorite, we don't have closet doors here). If I hang a towel on a single hook, they end up gross. BUT if I hang them in a single layer stretched out over the towel bar (not folded in half and draped over), we've got much better luck with stretching out washings. My husband has a more sensitive nose than I do, but we can usually get three or four days out of a towel now instead of washing every day. Limiting washing is key – my washer hooks to my kitchen sink and takes a whopping two hours to do a single wash load
Julie Reply:
February 1st, 2014 at 9:13 am
I was having trouble with my newly laundered towels still smelling not-so-fresh, even when washed with vinegar and hot water. I discovered OxyClean (a little late, I guess!), and it really works to get the musty smell out. I had been using it for stains, but now I add a scoop to the drum (along with my regular detergent in the dispenser). My towels always smell great now. Maybe that would help them stay fresher longer when you hang them up.
I am thinking I have too many bath towels and this blog today has made me think I may just not replace them as they wear out……………since I wash often enough. The ONLY thing I am having trouble with is the washing sheets once per month. Other wise, some great thoughts.
I just hope you never have kids with the pukes or the poops at night! Extra sheets/towels saved our sanity on many a sick night!
Love this and also your beige quilted comforter cover
Could I ask where you got that? Been looking for that kind
For a long time thanks much!
Andrea Reply:
December 16th, 2013 at 3:11 pm
Thanks Julie,
The cream waffle-weave duvet cover is actually a TWIN size duvet cover from Pottery Barn Kids — however I got it from a garage sale about 5 years ago (for $5!!) We LOVE it and I get so many compliments on it. It's just the perfect addition to our bed
julie Reply:
December 17th, 2013 at 8:35 am
wow thats a great buy. I believe you have better yard sales where you live
So a twin duvet really fits on your queen?
Andrea Reply:
December 17th, 2013 at 4:55 pm
yes, the twin duvet just sits on the TOP of the bed — it doesn't go over the sides at all. The way I have our bed set up, the twin size actually works very well — but it would probably look pretty weird if I didn't have the solid brown blanket under it and the quilt hanging over the edges.
One thought, when potty training or if you have a puking kid. We don't have extra sheets for it (we have one set per bed too except our bed because they sent us 2 sets by accident and told me to keep them both). Have a sleeping bag nearby. When potty training, if the kid had an accident or would throw up from bring sick, I would throw the half asleep kid in a sleeping bag on the floor, then throw the sheets in the wash. If you do any camping you will have a sleeping bag anyways so nothing extra:). Just a thought.
Thank you for sharing. I always love hearing how other people organize, etc. We follow a similar plan too only we do have 2 sets of bath towels. one in use and one store. It's just the 2 of us so not too much to store. We have a very very small house though so I'm always looking for space saving ideas.
One thing we do different is we switched from the heating blanket to heated mattress pad a few years ago and I love it. 1st you never have to store them. I put the heated mattress pad on the bed and then the regular mattress pad over top of it so I only wash the heated mattress pad about once a year. Only washing it once a year helps it last a lot longer. when summer comes, I just unplug it but leave it on the bed. I love the way it warms the bed and so does the cat!
Jan S12/16/2013
I still use the two mattress pad system on my 10 yr old, as she has GI problems and ends up with frequent UTI's. Its so convenient in the middle of the night to pull off the top sheet and pad and have her get back into bed when she has accidents due to infections. If its a really bad illness, we too use the sleeping bags. Those are so easy to wash.
i need to purge my linens as we have quite a few sheet sets that we don't use. I find that I use the same two sets over and over again, and I am wondering why I keep those other old ones. They don't fit on any other bed as we have a king size bed.
Same with the girls, we have quite a few sheets that they don't use as they only like the fleece sheets. Also my girls HATE top sheets. They prefer to sleep only with a blanket or two. So when I need to replace the fitted sheets I think I will buy the separates and save myself the trouble of having to store top sheets for their beds.
I hate my towels, I may just replace all of them and start fresh with a more minimal system.
Thanks for sharing what works for your family. I appreciate seeing things from different perspectives and lifestyles!
I love this post! Simple, economical, and practical! I have 2 sets for our bed 1 flannel, 1 regular set. Then for our 2 boys in twin beds I probably have 4 sets total. I love the idea of layering!!! I am so doing that as they are in a bunk bed and they are a pain to switch sheets on. I have probably 4 crib sheets and honestly I use 2. Time to do some purging! Thanks!!!
Jennifer Lynn Casazza12/16/2013
I have a small home with very little storage space. We keep two sets of sheets for each bed. One for winter (flannel) and one for summer. I store them in the closet that is in that bedroom. So, my kids rooms and the master have their own sheets in their closets at the top so they are out of the way. blankets are on the bed and washed weekly. We have one hall closet and I use the top of it to store a second set of towels as well as pool towels and the bottom half has drawers I use to store extra toiletries including tissues and toilet paper. Kitchen towels are out and washed weekly. Even if I had more space I think I'd stick to the same. No need to have more than you need. When they wear out then I replace them.
My husband and I had both lived on our own for a long time before getting married so we both had towels and they were all in pretty good shape. I've pared back on most of our duplicate items, but towels seem so useful that I've kept them waiting to have some in bad shape to get rid of. We've been married for 4.5 years, and I think only one of them has shown signs of aging. I guess I'm using the 'what if I need it' excuse to keep things we may not really need. I will have to rethink our towels when we move into our new house next month!
I have also found the all-white rule for bedding and towels to be helpful. All the beds in our home are either queen size (even the sofabed) or twin size, so white sheets are fully interchangeable.
Another benefit to the white linens that I hope you never need is that they can be bleached. If you ever have someone come down with ringworm or some other topical skin infection, washing in hot water with bleach, and drying on hot, is recommended to sanitize them.
Also, if you use flannel sheets, like we do here in frigid New England, the bottom sheets seem to wear out twice as fast as the top sheet, so I buy them in sets of two bottom sheets, one top sheet. I wash sheets weekly, and alternate the bottom sheet. It's been working perfectly for 15 years!
I love your system, but it would not work for our family. After suffering through 3 kids with stomach flu while I was pregnant, I bought several sets for each bed. I couldn't keep up with the laundry because they would get sick while the current sheets were being washed. We went through every blanket, sheet and even tablecloth we had.
Aside from the stomach flu, each bed has regular and flannel sheets. I keep all extra sheets and blankets in totes in the basement and only use if needed because I'm like you – strip the beds, wash and then make with the same sheets.
I do want an emergency set of sheets for our bed, just in case I'm having a bad day and don't get them dry in time for sleeping.
Ideally, I'll only have to fold inactive sheets once every six months.
Blankets are at-whim. We sleep in the same bed, but use different blankets most of the time. If one needs washing, we can cope with it being in the hamper for a night.
I have several sheets for my son since he has a bladder problem and they are stored in his closet but when he has an accident and the blankets get wet also then I have to have some close by to replace. I store all my extra blankets between the mattresses. When they are not being used (in the summer) we all put the blankets in between the mattresses and during winter then we pull them out. Also when my son needs a whole bed change we just lift the mattress and pull the blankets out.
I keep extra bedding in the room it's used in. Example master bedroom would have bedding in a drawer that would fit that bed.
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i LOVE your idea!!! i've been DYING to get white sheets but im worried about them getting stained. hubs sweats like crazy all the time. like in the middle of the night his side of the bed is SOAKED. we dont have our own washer/dryer either so it makes it a bit more difficult. I'm thinking they would probably be easier now after reading this and the other comments about white sheets. plus, they look so nice and crisp!!
We are both similar and different.
Like you, we keep pretty minimal linens, but we keep pretty minimal everything.
For total furnishings we have: 1 gate-leg table and 6 folding wooden chairs, two dressers, two thai mats (these are our beds — one is king size ish and the other is twin size ish).
One dresser holds our family clothing (one big drawer each plus the 4th drawer for socks/undergarments), and we each have a hook for hanging items (5 hangers each — one is the off-season coat).
The other dresser holds kitchen supplies/linens that don't fit in our kitchen because our kitchen is a small galley, but very functional nonetheless. So, that dresser has 6 drawers of which 3 are used.
One has extra tools that aren't used every day (but are used several times a week) like the spiralizer, the mandolin, and also the parts of the juicer, such as the parts for making pasta, that aren't used every day (the juicer is used every day, and it sits on top of this dresser, which is in the eat-in kitchen space sans table). One holds art supplies.
And the last one holds the towels, washcloths, and table cloth. We have one table cloth (which we wash weekly), and we have 12 towels and 12 wash cloths. Since we don't use paper towels, the towels and cloths are used for all of those purposes. Washed weekly, of course, and soaked in whitening powder after use.
Because we sleep thai style, our beds are put away every day. this leaves us with plenty of space to play and move during the day (we live in a small apartment, but it's bigger than our last place — is it sad that I preferred our 480 sq ft place?). So, the mats are rolled up and put in a corner next to the clothing dresser. The bedding is folded up and kept in the small linen closet. Three pillows, 2 wool underlays, a flat sheet (i don't bother with fitted because they don't work out on these mats anyway), a blanket and a quilt each. Pillows on the top shelf; quilts on the floor/bottom (rolled up and tied to hold together easily), one shelf of linens in between, and then one empty shelf that currently holds toilet paper and the "spare" three bath towels that we have (they are those microfiber ones (we have six; all were gifted). I also keep the baby-wrap there, even though he's no longer a baby. I just can't get rid of the wrap. I'm attached to it.
A lot of people are certain that we are nuts, but living with less is relaxing.
I love your blog Andrea. Thank you for sharing.
A few quick questions :
1) If each one of you has 2 bath towels, it means that you store the one that isn't being used, right?
2) Is there a reason why you keep 4 guest bath towels?
3) You mention that you don't sort colors when doing laundry, could you explain a bit more? I'm interested in simplifying my laundry chore. I sort by color and function and do many loads: one for black clothing, one for black cleaning rags, one for reds and similar colors, one for pastels, etc.
Looking forward to your answers
Andrea Reply:
January 13th, 2014 at 3:30 pm
Thanks Pascale…. here are the answers to your questions
1. We have 2 towels because I usually only wash them once a week. So we each use one towel for 3 days and then the 2nd towel for 3 days — then I wash them both.
2. We have 4 guest towels because sometimes we have 4 guests at a time (we have 2 different guest bedrooms and several out-of-town family and friends.
3. Nope, I don't sort any colors. Here the post that talks about that.
Hope this helps!
Linen Storage: Why I Don't Need It…01/13/2014
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We also change our sheets about once a month for the same reasons!
We do have flannel for winter and regular for summer, for our queen and each of our two kid's twin beds. (The flannel is sooo much warmer to get into on a chilly night!) The "off-season" sheets are folded once and put on a high shelf until their time comes around again. The "in-season" sheets are washed and put right back on.
We also have two bath towels each, and about four hand towels that rotate.
For washing, an awesome bleach alternative is natural Borax, sold in the laundry section. It's safe for colors, also great to have on hand for other cleaning and for cool science experiments for the kids! Just Google it for fun ideas!


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Here is my thinking. If your guild isn't running the instance, then you aren't saved with a guild run. If it isn't a guild run, and you still make your required runs, what does it matter what you do with your free time? If the other guild is OK with it, and you are fitting it in, then what business is it of the GL? Would be be pissed if you bought crafted epics also? Is that not allowed?
It depends, there's a fair amount of pride involved in raiding, and going outside the bounds of your guild can send bad messages everywhere.
Raiding with other guilds can easily send the message that your guild is weak, falling apart, inadequate or attempting to piggy back off of other guilds, particularly if this is content your guild hasn't seen. It also sends a message to your guild that you are bored, unwilling to wait, or generally superior. These perceptions are probably far from the truth, but perception is important.
My guild doesn't have a problem with people raiding with guilds that are similarly progressed or perhaps a bit behind us. So long as they make their reasons clear to us and to whomever they're raiding with (usually simply a matter of helping friends outside the guild, or because they didn't make our raids that week) we're generally fine with it.
That makes absolutely no sense. Buying epics doesn't mean that you're giving your guild the finger to go raid with someone else's guild. If anything, it's paying to help your guild progress. Personal progression is guild progression, assuming that you're still raiding with your guild regularly.
Your right... but only up to the point that the person running with other guilds leaves the original guild because they out gear there fellow guildies and are bored with "helping" them run the content they are currently on.
In our guild your free to run whatever instance/raid with whomever and in the past we've had people become geared both on guild raids and while raiding with others and then leave the guild. Its an uncomfortable feeling when someone says they are unavailable for a guild run to find them logged on and running with another guild... but it happens and ultimately I hope that people are in the guild for a social reason rather than loot, gear and personal progression.


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Matchup: Cowboys at Eagles
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Each week Fantasy Source experts break down the matchups for NFL games from a fantasy perspective. Our tiered star ratings tell you how strongly we feel about each player's chances for a breakout performance. We analyze players based on how well their opponent defends that position and other factors such as statistical trends, playing-time potential and the talent level of the players and the teams involved.
5-Star Players
LeSean McCoy, RB, Eagles. Much has been said about the Eagles' need to feature McCoy more in the offense. With Michael Vick getting beat to a pulp behind a leaky offensive line, look for the Eagles' coaching staff to eventually force-feed McCoy to take some pressure off of their QB. Dallas allows 107 yards per game on the ground so McCoy should be able to find some holes. He'll remain a threat through the air as well. He's an RB1.
Miles Austin, WR, Cowboys. Austin will be lined up opposite of Nnamdi Asomugha, but questions have arisen about the latter's commitment to the game. Regardless of the coverage Austin draws, he figures to be a prominent component of the Cowboys' offensive game-plan, especially with the running game virtually non-existent. It's hard to pin down which member of Dallas' WR duo is going to hit from week to week, but for now, Austin is the healthiest so he gets the nod as the WR1.
Jason Witten, TE, Cowboys. The Eagles are solid against opposing TEs, but little has kept a healthy Witten from producing TE1 numbers on a weekly basis. Keep plugging him in to your lineups.
4-Star Players
DeSean Jackson, WR, Eagles. Dallas allows the seventh fewest fantasy points to opposing receivers. This certainly does not bode well for Jackson. However, the Eagles will still find ways to get their biggest perimeter threat the ball. As he showed against the Saints (admittedly, a much worse pass defense than the Cowboys), it only takes one big play to make a significant fantasy contribution. He has some boom-or-bust potential, but Jackson settles in as a WR2 this week.
3-Star Players
Tony Romo, QB, Cowboys. Romo made it through last week's game without committing a turnover. That means he is due for about three this week, right? It's obviously not that simple, but Romo has had more than one week where he looked like how an Eastern Illinios quarterback is expected to look. The Eagles have been tough against opposing quarterbacks for the most part, but as always, Romo has the talent and weapons around him to deliver a big performance. Romo remains an ideal QB2.
Dez Bryant, WR, Cowboys. The biggest question here is the status of Bryant's hip. It seems that the struggles against the Falcons may have stemmed primarily from a lack of practice time, and thus, an inability to connect with Romo. Until we hear that he's practicing without much restriction, we cannot endorse Bryant as anything more than a WR2. And even then, you're probably best served using him as a WR3 this week.
Eagles defense/special teams. The Eagles are about as mediocre as you can get in terms of a fantasy defense. Working in their favor though is the Cowboys' propensity to turn the ball over and perform below their talent level. Not to mention, with their running game still in flux, the Cowboys are going to be one-dimensional. Start Philadelphia if your Week 10 options are limited.
2-Star Players
Jeremy Maclin, WR, Eagles. For various reasons, Maclin has had an inconsistent season up to this point. Don't look for the ship to right this Sunday. Dallas has a stingy secondary and is unlikely to allow multiple WRs to score big fantasy points against them; and we're betting that Jackson is the one that delivers. Maclin is a WR3 at best and better suited for WR4 duty this week.
Dan Bailey, K, Cowboys. The Eagles allow the fifth most fantasy points to opposing kickers and Bailey has been accurate this season, converting 15-of-17 attempts. How many opportunities will he get though? It is tough to forecast the flow of a Cowboys-Eagles matchup as the scoring rate of scoring can go either way. Feel free to start Bailey, but just be ready for anything…or nothing.
1-Star Players
Michael Vick, QB, Eagles. The turnovers keep on coming for Vick. In fairness, all of it isn't his fault. He practically has defenders in his face before he receives the snap, and he's had multiple passes bounce off of receivers hands only to land in the mitts of the defense. Still, fantasy owners don't care who deserves the blame. They only care about the negative points that are applied to their weekly scores. If you have the option, it is probably a good idea to sit Vick this week.
Jason Avant, WR, Eagles. Avant has never been a consistent fantasy contributor. Even though Jackson and Maclin will have their hands full against Dallas' top corners, Avant is not a worthy roster option.
Brent Celek, TE, Eagles. Vick looks Celek's way in the red zone, but on multiple occasions, Celek has failed to convert his target into a reception. With Dallas allowing the eighth fewest fantasy points to opposing TEs, it is probably best that you leave Celek on the pine this week.
Alex Henery, K, Eagles. Based on our projections, there are more reliable options to choose from this week. Predicting field goals can be dicey, but given the struggles of the Eagles offense, it is probably best to look elsewhere for your kicker this week.
DeMarco Murray, RB, Cowboys. Even if Murray does make a return from his foot injury this week (increasingly unlikely), he will handle a very light load. Do not start Murray even if he ends up being active.
Cowboys defense/special teams. The Cowboys continue to disappoint in real life and fantasy. The thing going for them this week is that the Eagles are turnover prone and do not do a good job of protecting Vick. Still, there are more reliable units to call upon this week.
0-Star Players
Felix Jones, RB, Cowboys. He does not deserve this much ink spilled in his name. Bench and cut him.


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Strawberry-Rum Sauce
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Yield: 1 1/2 cups (serving size: 3 tablespoons)
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 37
- Calories from fat: 5%
- Fat: 0.2g
- Saturated fat: 0.0g
- Monounsaturated fat: 0.0g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.1g
- Protein: 0.3g
- Carbohydrate: 6.4g
- Fiber: 1.2g
- Cholesterol: 0.0mg
- Iron: 0.2mg
- Sodium: 1mg
- Calcium: 7mg
- 2 1/2 cups quartered strawberries
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons white rum
- 1 teaspoon grated lime rind
- Combine first 3 ingredients in a small bowl; stir gently. Let stand 20 minutes. Place half of strawberry mixture and lime rind in a blender; process until smooth. Add to remaining strawberry mixture; stir well. Cover and chill.
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So how do you kill the scarlet lily beetle? This is quite possibly the best question I have asked this summer. Why, because my prized Nepalese lilies are covered in them and I have already spent over an hour this morning popping and squishing both the red adults and their evil looking larval children. My first recommendation is to wear gloves when commencing this course of action but unfortunately I saw red (how appropriate) as I cast my eyes over the ravaged mess that was once luxuriant foliage.
In a further attempt to avoid discovery, the dull orange larvae will first hatch, then cover themselves with excreta to deter predators allowing themselves to feast on both the lily leaves and flowers with impunity!
Once they have had their fill they will drop to the floor and bury themselves in the soil beneath your plants in order to pupate before hatching out in their scarlet adult form. In this manner they are more than capable of producing multiple generations in a single year. This is why it is important to regularly check your lily plants late in the season, even when there are no longer any flowers. You really cannot take your eye of the ball with regards to this.
Because of the juveniles effective camouflage and the adults capacity to hid and drop out of site, squashing lily beetles as a control method may not be particularly practical, although it can me extremely satisfying. As a far more effective measures go - and particularly with heavy infestations - you may need to apply a systemic insecticidal spray.
Alternatively, use a contact insecticide such as Permethrin, one of the Pyrethroid insecticides. Just be aware that you will need to apply Permethrin on a regular basis and it will only kill what it touches. As mentioned before, do not spray the flowers as again, it will kill beneficial pollinating insects.
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15 comments:
- Janet said...
Am I the only person that thinks lily beetle is a beautifullittle creature? but then they don't get as far north (yet)to destroy my lilies.
- 30 May 2011 22:23
- Shazi said...
I just moved my lily plant to a sunnier spot this season. I'm hoping that will help keep the lily beetles away.
- 31 May 2011 08:35
To Janet & Shazi
you will not think they are beautiful when you come back to your lillies after 6 weeks in Spain as I did last year to find youe lily leaves and lily buds totally devistated.They are veracios once they gat a hold and I spend hours(so my wife says) on my hand and knees searching for the little b*ggers.however many I kill there always seem to be more next day!!>They reached Manchester last year!
- 22 May 2012 11:51
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The little devils have eaten all my lilly flowers!
Just bought spray but I think it's too late this year, don't think there will be any more flowers,, so looking forward to my stargazers which I got it the local centre at half price! !
- 29 May 2012 08:28
@Janet: Yes, they're pretty but my appreciation for their shiny red shells fades when I see my long-awaited, fragrant Star Gazer lilies chewed to pieces. I don't like using any chemicals and don't mind a few chewed leaves, but these insects will totally devastate ALL of your lilies.
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Hi RainyDayInterns and thank you for your comment. If you took the time to read the article to it end rather than go straight to the comments you will notice that a reference has already been given, along with a back link to your site. You will also notice that in all my articles, all photos and references contain link-backs to their original sources. I am happy to remove your photo along with the back-link if it makes you feel better.
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- LB said...
Try Neem oil. I mix it with water and a little bit of dishwashing soap and it seems to help a lot.
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- C Wischhusen said...
Relentlessly patrolling the entire garden to catch and squish before they mate (or while mating) is the only method that really works unless you want to spray the whole garden as they also go on fritillaries, tulips, daffodils and peonies.
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- 16 July 2014 03:06
- Matt Mourachian said...
Just cut down my lilies that I have waited all year to enjoy. The lily beetles had destroyed it, never heard of these little buggers before but they have found their way to RI?
- 16 July 2014 18:33
- Michelle Marsha said...
I live in Wolcott vt and those darn things have destryed my lillies!! This is the first year Ive had them. I use 10% household ammonia and that helps, not resves but helps. Goodluck!
- 17 July 2014 07:53
- Elizabeth Hickey said...
I fought these red beetles for 5 yrs. in Manitoba. I used natural sprays, but they need to be destroyed by hand. I cringe every time I catch one, but they are voracious. I've since moved to Ontario and they are here now ... in my lilies. SHEESH! I'm trying a spray of water, dish detergent and hot sauce (my neighbour swears by it).
- 22 July 2014 13:31
- Sally Curtis said...
I live in South Wales UK and have got a box full of different types of Lilies including tree and Alpine and stargazer lilies and am constantly removing the little bugs from my lilies what can I use to kill them as there constantly munching on my flowers thank you
- 31 July 2014 10:00
- Sally Curtis said...
I live in South Wales UK and have got a box full of different types of Lilies including tree and Alpine and stargazer lilies and am constantly removing the little bugs from my lilies what can I use to kill them as there constantly munching on my flowers thank you
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The client is king, says Peter Magrini, technology applications and client solutions practice executive for Northern Trust in Chicago.
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Magrini was previously client accounting practice director in charge of accounting operations for customer investment portfolios from April 2007 to August 2008. From November 2005 to March 2006 he served as chief operating officer for worldwide operations and technology. Prior to joining Northern Trust, Magrini held technology roles as a development manager at Citicorp and project leader at the former Continental Illinois National Bank.
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The New Wyman Park Restaurant is my regular Saturday morning spot -- I included it in my favorite restaurants in this 2010 round-up. The last time I went, Josh Charles was there. And I just have to believe that it was my round-up that convinced him to go and then he told Julia-Louis Dreyfus about it, and she was like, Thanks!!!
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The Real Value of Stock Options
Simple stock option calculator – I used this for all of the calculations in this blog post
Several of my friends have been considering job opportunities at startups in New York. Typically, their job offers have included below-market salaries and option grants. When I chat with them about their offers, they've been attributing way too much value to the stock options offered. I've generally explained to each of them why stock options are nice, but are worth much less than may think. I don't persuade them against accepting the offer because I think you should be willing to take a pay cut to learn and do more at a startup than you would learn and do at a big company. I just tell my friends that they should never optimize for options, but optimize for an experience. Mark Suster wrote something similar to this in a post – Is It Time for You to Earn or to Learn. Throughout the rest of this post, I'll explore the math behind the value of a stock option in a seed-funded startup and explain why those options aren't as valuable as you may think.
Many companies convince engineers and other talent to join those companies at a below-market salary in exchange for stock options. I believe stock options are valuable, but only in that they make everyone an owner of a company. Owners work harder and put up with more to make a business successful. I brought up the fallacy of the value of stock options at a VC-panel, and was quickly shot-down by this panel. Since they didn't answer my questions, I thought I'd do some research and present the mathematical case as to why the monetary value of an option is much less than you might expect.
For simplicity, I made some very important assumptions (below) that anyone who is reading this should be aware of. Generally, I tried to choose the assumption that would make an option more valuable at the time of an exit to over-emphasize the value of stock options. All of the calculations in this post can be found in this file – you can also download and customize it for your own use. I invite you to change the assumptions to fit your specific situation. On a side note, please let me know if you find any errors in the file – thanks.
I'll quickly explain why your options aren't worth very much even if you're one of the top 10 employees at a seed-funded company. You would be very lucky to receive much more than 50 basis points of a company (0.5%) when you join after a seed round. That 50 basis points will be diluted by future funding rounds. At the time of the unlikely large M&A acquisition or IPO, you will have to buy your options at the valuation those options had when they were granted (the strike price). Additionally, since you're going to exercise those options and immediately sell them, the gain in value will be taxed as ordinary income. Finally, this all assumes that you will stay with the company that granted those options for more than 4-years. You will lose any options that didn't vest if you left earlier. How many of you have worked for a company for more than 4 years?
If you assume the company you work for is the average seed-funded startup that has an average M&A exit (defined by the assumptions listed below), your 50 basis points will be worth approximately $179,000 (after taxes) in 4 years. Unfortunately, the probability of this happening is low – in fact, it's about 10% for seed-funded companies. So the expected value of that option is really only $17,600 in 4 years or presently valued at $10,100 with a 15% cost of capital.
Now, let's assume you really hit it big, and your company IPOs in 7 years. Your 50 basis points at an average seed-funded startup with an average IPO (again, defined below) would be worth approximately $2,354,000 (after taxes). Again this is a very rare outcome. It only happens to about 1.4% of seed-funded startups. So the expected value of that big payday is only $33,700. Unfortunately, an IPO usually takes longer than an M&A exit, so you've now held onto those options for 7 years. The present value of those options with a 15% cost of capital is approximately $11,800.
So your company has hit the jackpot; congratulations! You've probably done more and learned 1000x more than you would have if you chose a different job. On the flip-side, despite that exit, those options you were counting on changing your life aren't worth as much as you dreamed. In the IPO case, you've just taken home approximately $2mm. That's a huge payday, but the expected value is so much less because of how rare this is. If you combine the present value of an M&A exit and an IPO, the expected value of the options granted on your first day are $21,900. You would be indifferent if you accepted a pay raise of approximately $7,700 for the next four years.
Again, I believe options are very important to generating a great culture in a startup where everyone is an owner and feels strongly about accomplishing the mission of the company. Just don't accept a big pay-cut for those options. Accept that pay-cut because you're about to embark on a rare opportunity to grow your career at a startup.
Assumptions and Important Data
Important Data:
- The number of seed funded companies from 2000-2012 and the average investment in those companies was obtained from the most recent PWC MoneyTree Report.
- The average IPO market valuation, age of a company at the time of an IPO, and the number of companies that IPO each year from 2008-2012 were collected from the NVCA 2013 Yearbook.
Investor Assumptions:
- At each stage, the VC investment has a 1x liquidation preference and has participating preferred equity.
- None of the VCs in a company receive anti-dilution protection.
- At the time of investment, the seed investor receives 30% ownership; the 2nd round receives 25% ownership; the 3rd round receives 20% ownership; and the 4th round investor receives 15% ownership.
Option Assumptions:
- The employee receives 0.5% of the company in the form of 4-year vesting stock options at the valuation following the seed investment.
- The employee fully vests prior to an acquisition or IPO.
- The employee's effective income tax rate is 40%.
- The employee's cost of capital is 15%.
- The employee doesn't receive another option grant in the future.
- The employee exercises his stock options 6 months after the IPO – Fyi, most companies lock-up their option holders for 6 months following an IPO.
M&A Assumptions:
- An average acquisition happens 4 years after the seed funding of a company. Fyi, I had to guess this number.
- Prior to an acquisition a company receives 2 rounds of financing similar to an "Early Stage" and "Expansion Stage" investment as defined by the MoneyTree Report.
- The average disclosed M&A deal is worth $134mm. This is way higher than reality because of right-skewed data as well as the majority of unannounced M&A deals being on the small-side.
IPO Assumptions:
- An average IPO happens 7 years after the seed funding of a company – NVCA 2013 Yearbook.
- Prior to an acquisition a company receives 3 rounds of financing similar to an "Early Stage," "Expansion Stage," and "Late Stage" investment as defined by the MoneyTree Report.
- The average market valuation of a VC-backed IPO on the first day of trading from 2008-2012 was $1.44Bn – again, very right-skewed thanks to Facebook and a couple other huge IPOs in the past couple of years.
- The 6-month average return on a VC-backed stock following an IPO is 10.5% - Ernst & Young.
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