I love dogs and cats...I don't like people who don't listen to me when I say something nicely to them. If you invite them over again, or they stop by and they have their dogs, I would politely remind them of what you said and reply, "I'm sorry, I love you, and I'd really like to enjoy your company today, but with your dogs here, I cannot entertain you." Go in the house. Shut the door. If they don't understand then, they are really really thick. And if they think you're rude, they should look at what they've done by disregarding you and your neighbor's request. DH has a friend who has a dog that is absolutely insane. My dog is a very calm dog (though a hunter, she is good to the cats and other dogs), but this dude's dog is a jumper a barker, and always trying to hump my dog. Not to mention what he'd do to the cats. The friend is welcome at my house. The dog is not. The friend knows it, he doesn't bring it (or maybe he can see in my eyes that if he does, he risks his dog getting clubbed in the face by me...I don't like ill-mannered pets, particularly if they go after one of my own). (This comes from someone who has a biscuit for every neighborhood dog and digs places in the garden especially for them to lie down and cool off)

Link by email has been whited out for me. Another way but slower is. Right click any website - left click properties - hold down on the Ctrl Key and left click the address. After it has changed color put your pointer on the color and right click it - left click copy. Open email and right click email face and left click paste. This sound worst than what it is. It's really easy. http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/comphelp/msg0315260726848.html?1

Take a moment and disable your anti-virus. Then send yourself a test email with a small amount of text content. Maybe a small paragraph or so. Any change. Following the test, please remember to enable your AV. DA

I did not work up the courage to even start the GREEN project as I am still very new to all this, and am just learning how to make a block come out the right size! My ideas don't translate to good blocks yet. I'm amazed at all who entered that contest, they were some very original and exciting quilting ideas and I thought it was a wonderful idea to have a contest like that! Such a great theme too. I didn't even vote in the contest -- all of the entries blew me away and I wouldn't have been able to choose! The support here in the forum is fantastic, especially for creative ideas, and I'm glad I found this place. Someday I will enter a contest like that :) Congratulations on your winning entry, by the way. It was a wonderful idea and beautifully created!