Eleena- I like the yellow lavender or soft green lavender combos. But as the only female in the house, the lavender will most certainly be nixed. My men are not open to softer colors. I find it difficult to decorate because even when I am doing intensive workouts using bosu, free weights or cardio I like the calming colors which I truly appreciate when doing yoga, But the "men" want strong energetic colors that I associate with adrenaline pumping-- bold red, deep bright orange... they claim it helps them train harder. I'm afraid there is no medium here-- and we all need to feel inspired to go in there!! I appreciate every suggestion!

i have done Kundalini yoga thru classes at one of the local community colleges. we also have an awesome yoga studio, Red Sun, just down the street, that i've also gone too. i did not stick w/ kundalini once we got to the chanting stuff, not me or my GF that was going too. we are just about to buy Wii Fit simply because they have a yoga 'game' and it's like having an instructor at home w/ you lol ~ liz Here is a link that might be useful: red sun yoga

Happy Birthday! Hope it has been a fun and wonderful day. 1948- are you a "year of the rat" person, too?

Thanks :) Colder Alberta, LOL!! Yup, cactus I've only had for a couple years, and succs are a new obsession. It's taken some adapting, I'm used to "regular" houseplants haha! I started with philodendrons. Euphorbia is the crested graft one? It seems happy, but outgrowing its pot a little. I'll do a separate thread for that. It was a gift from my mom, in a non-draining pot that I had to chisel glued rocks out of. I rarely water it, and when I do it gets only what fills the space between soil and pot rim (I pour fast and let it soak in). I'll get the haworthia and Christmas cactus a new home and give up that windowsill for the others that need the light. That jade on the counter is a nightmare. It's awaiting a massive haircut. It was a cutting from my original plant and was in the east window in one of the baskets. I had one little plant ten years ago and now I have, as you say, a forest! I gave the mama plant a haircut last year and couldnt bear to throw out all the millions of cuttings, so I stuffed them all in the planter, and potted a bunch of trunk sections which now all need pruning as well. I have sooooo many jades now, all from the one plant. They were the only succulent I had until recently. Here's the mama plant with nosy Dave checking out if its munch worthy, the little bugger LOL. I haven't repotted it in years, but have a new pot and will clean out all the babies at the bottom and work on the bonsai look more. I will start a thread for advice on that, as I recall reading some excellent threads on jades here and know I'll get good advice on where to cut.