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Maybe she should have left a note.

The woman who left porcelain dolls on the porches of several young girls' homes in a California neighborhood was only trying to give away toys her own family had outgrown, the Orange County Sheriffs Department said today.

Lt. Jeff Hallock added that the woman, who knew the girls from church, is now mortified by the media attention after news organizations picked up the story about how creepy dolls had mysteriously appeared in front of at least eight San Clemente homes.

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"She was embarrassed and I think a little scared that something she intended to be a good-will gesture turned into something that was terrifying the community for a short time," Hallock said.

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PHOTO: Porcelain dolls are mysteriously left on the doorstep of California families.

The woman, who police haven't named, even tried to match the girls with dolls that looked like them.

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Woman Who Left Creepy Dolls on Porches Is 'Embarrassed'

Imagine if you could afford a house. Now, imagine if you could afford to have porch on that house. Sounds nice, right? Yeah, that's what lots of people are thinking now!

Says here in the Wall Street Journal that porcheswhich have always been nice, from the day they were invented through every hot summer day over the following hundreds of years and up to the present day, without exceptionare popular again, after being less popular for a while, for some reason. The percentage of new homes that have porches has gone up by 50% in the past two decades. So if you want to be "in the know," hand over those Bitcoins to the builder man and tell him you want a porchnot a god damn deck!!!

As porches have grown in popularity, "deck" has become the new four-letter word of high-end home design. "We never use the word deck, it's a pejorative term; we always use the word porch. It could be any covered outdoor space," said Stephen Vanze, a partner in Barnes Vanze Architects in Washington, D.C. "We probably do 50 to 60 projects a yearalmost all of them have a porch involved." Unlike an uncovered deck, which is stuck onto the exterior of the house, he explained, a porch is a well-designed outdoor room.

I want a nice porchnot a jumble of plywood stuck against my back door with Gorilla Glue!!! Got it???

If you're keeping track, garages are OUT, lawns are OUT, decks are DEFINITELY OUT, but porches are IN. Don't get caught having the wrong stuff on your house (embarrassing).

Now you just need some money.

[Photo of my house: Flickr]

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STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga.

A DeKalb County community tells Channel 2 Action News they are fed up with thieves stealing packages and other deliveries from front porches in their neighborhood. Neighbors tell Channel 2s Dave Huddleston they are also breaking into homes and have caught them on home surveillance cameras. I really was surprised, said Elton Daniel of Stone Mountain. "I was really amazed because Im thinking it ain't happening." Daniel showed Huddleston the home surveillance video of a thief taking a package off his front porch. "I see the young man come across the neighbors yard, come across the front yard like he lives here," Daniel said. "(He) looks and sees this package, cut across the driveway, changed his mind and says, 'Hey Ill go back and get the package.'" What the thief didn't realize was he was captured on four different cameras Daniel has installed at his home. Daniel says he's lived in his house for 21 years and crimes like this have increased in recent years. "It's something that shouldn't be happening. I shouldn't be sitting at home worrying about someone coming in my house," Daniel said. Daniel said he showed the video to teens in the area, but they all say they don't know the thief's identity. DeKalb police told Huddleston they are still looking for him.

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As reported by Lauren Hunter of Remodeling, bathroom design trends are changing based on 3 factors: smaller spaces, multi-generational access, and water consumption. At the top of several top bathroom trend of 2014 lists, including this article on Freshome, steam showers are enjoying increased popularity. Amerec, a leading manufacturer of steam bath generators, has noticed an increased interest in steam bathing largely due to smaller spaces and an effort to reduce water consumption.

While homeowners continue to want luxurious bathrooms when possible, the smaller homes that many have moved to in order to right size do not allow for large soaking tubs, which were largely unused in many homes. In place of the soaking tubs are more luxurious showers that integrate steam to bring the luxury of a spa experience while utilizing the same space as the shower was originally designed to use. This efficient use of space helps to provide homeowners the escape they desire without devoting too much valuable space to larger tubs that use tremendous amounts of water.

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