It’s the last major room in our house that needs an update. The main upstairs bathroom, the primary for the entire house. It’s not really a master bath since it’s down the hall from the main bedroom, but it does have the only bathtub and is definitely the biggest bathroom we have. When we bought the house it was reasonably well decorated except for the striped wallpaper that played with your eyes. I think I made it worse when I added mirrored closet doors to a wall opposite a mirror already in place so now the stripes are truly everywhere and seem to disappear into infinity through the mirrors.

Regardless, it may be time to redo that room completely. We won’t sell the house for another 10-15 years, but as it is perhaps it isn’t meeting our needs anymore. I’d love to have a large whirlpool bathtub with a separate shower, something opulent like you’d see in a posh hotel. I’d want to keep my three way medicine cabinet and vanity mirror, and I’d want to enlarge the sink area so I have more room for my beauty supplies. As the children get older they’ll be taking over more space than now and I don’t think this bathroom accounts for that.

I could just replace the medicine cabinets and gain mirror space as well as storage space for hair products. It seems that I never have enough room for those. It would be nice to have room to put real medicine in there so we don’t have it scattered all over the house in places impossible to uncover when you really need it.

I could just upgrade the bathroom vanity cabinet and the medicine cabinet together, but then I think to myself, “why stop there? If you’re going to do that then replace the floor, the falling ceiling, the older tub and shower and put that toilet somewhere other than the middle of the room.” As you can see I have big dreams and lots of options, but I just don’t know how to start small without turning it into a major project.

Perhaps I’ll just stick with the medicine cabinet.

One of the best ways to do family history research is to use the original articles that are found in old newspapers.  In order to locate old newspaper articles online is sometimes is difficult. Because the internet is full of data and almost all current events are easy to find because they were originally recorded on the web.  Almost every newspaper today has an internet edition free of charge.  The current edition newspapers quite often only have their issues shown for a limited time.  However if you are searching into the past by more than a few years for old newspaper articles, you will need to subscribe.  In order to see a full description of what is available online in the world’s biggest newspaper database you will want to look at www.old-newspaper-articles.com and take a look at all the categories and titles that are there.

Without a doubt you will find this site to be the best resource when doing internet research into the past. The newspapers that are available on line go back into the 1700’s and are the best source of daily information for the periods throughout all of the history of America.  You will find old newspaper information online from the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the U.S. Civil War, The Spanish-American War, World War I, World War 2, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and right up to today.

America’s historical events from Apollo 11 with the first landing on the moon and the huge amount of coverage of the President John F. Kennedy assassination are all found in the daily newspapers as they were issued.  When you need to find famous headlines or serial killers or other famous crimes in newspaper articles, then you can do no better any where else than at this website.

Flapper Dress Costume from the 1920′s

Flapper Girls make great costumes.It’s been a long time since Bettie Boop appeared in her cartoon as a symbol for this popular culture of the 1920′s and 30′s. She still remains as this fun loving flapper girl with short hair that loves to party.

Today’s costumes come in a wide variety and the first thing to do is pick your color and then the style. The most popular dresses are red and black and then the white flapper dress. Purple has also been popular in recent years to go along with the bold colors of the Zoot suits that have come out in bright colors as well.

Recent, past 10 years , increase popularity in swing dancing has made these dresses not only a costume item but popular for dances. I know we have lots of friends that dance and about 3-4 times a year they have an 1920′s or 1930′s era dance and they dress up in full flapper dresses and zoot suits and party the night away.

The Charleston dance is popular and there’s one below to show you how the white flapper dresses really show of the motion of the dance with the four girls that are doing thier number on stage.

If your looking for a dance outfit for the swing party or for a costume party, there are many to choose from. Try visiting Flapper Dresses from the 1920′s for some more styles and ideas. Have fun.

Halloween Landing Zone has Adult Flapper Dress Costumes from 1920′s to buy.These flapper dress costumes are just a few that are available. Click on any picture or link to view the multiple styles and accessories available from the 1920′s, 30′s and 40′s. Sizes come in women’s, women’s plus size and girls. Retro flappers,