As soon as I shut my computer down last night, it hit me. "Symphony"?!! Where was my brain? In a hurry!! Orchestra!! The Toledo Jazz Orchestra is tops!! It was a great Christmas show...but I've never seen so many old people in one place before. DH mentioned that we were on the younger end of the majority of the crowd. I'll be 66 next month...if that tells you anything! LOL It was interesting being with so many people who also had trouble getting up and down and getting started walking again after sitting for so long!!! You know how people usually race each other to their cars to be among the first ones out of the parking lot? It wasn't happening here!! chuckle OK...now back to the videos! Love this guy! ~Sandy~

Sal, Thanks for sharing that with us. I watched every one of them. He is really a very talented man. And his Louie Armstrong made me tear up too.

We enjoyed the show very much. Yes, Mr. Ferencz is an amazing person who has made a very big mark in his life for the betterment of our world. I am very humbled by him, and grateful to him for his accomplishments. You can see the toll it took on his very soul to be prosecuting men who pretended to be completely innocent of the atrocities they committed. At 97 he is still going just as strong as ever. As a cute side story, when he was doing his push-ups on the floor in front of his 1970's loveseat, I told my husband that I recognized the condo he lives in. I did not know the exact condo, but know the layout and age of the furnishings they all seem to have. I looked up the name on the property appraiser's website...and I was right! It is a very large group of many Mr. Ferencz's, with many WWII veterans. The greatest generation!

Thanks all for the thoughts so far. bpathome: We will soundproof that common wall with the LR and the BR with insulation. We have had the same arrangement in the last 2 houses so I dont think it will be a big problem in this one. And yes the kids will spend most of their time in the basement I am sure, they really dont wastch much tv or socialize in our LR in our current home so imagine it will continue in the same manner in this one. Yes that will be a half wall of bookshelves with open shelves or similar above the half wall. It creates a divider of enough weight to create a separation from public to private spaces. The kids do not want windows in their baths so this works nicely for that. Good advice on the l-shaped shelves. We will take your suggestion and go with it. nightowl/lyfia: I will take a closer look, at the issues you both describe and talk to my wife and see what she thinks. The nice thing in our household is that hardly ever are we both in there at once. We have different schedules entirely for getting up etc where the issues created by two in at once aren't a problem. In fact, evenwhen we are getting ready in the evening at the same time getting ready to go out etc...I give her the bath until shes done then get in and do my thing. Just how it works best for us. But there may be some way to make some improvements nonetheless.