I do give away the common whites/yellows or the varieties that have been given to me, but I have other varieties (Gulf Stream, Hilo Beauty, Moragne #23, Vera Cruz Rose, Cancun Pink, Pu'u Kahea, Brea (not well known, from Jack Morgan), Kamiyama Rainbow, Plastic Pink, Nebel's Rainbow and on and on and on....) that I paid for as cuttings from mostly reputable and a few shady places. I run up quite the bill every spring with new plants and all the fertilizers that the plants need...DH hasn't said anything yet, but if our roles were reversed I would put the kibosh to the plumeria habit if I saw the bills coming in and stuff going out for free! Fortunately I sold a few bigger trees and that gave me the go ahead to bring in some more cuttings. :-) chuy,email me and let me know what you're looking for, I'm in North OC.

Have you talked to your local reprsentive? Or even your local district attorney. Also, as he is in service, the legal person in the military will help. Marie

We currently have Verizon Wireless - it was the only one that had reliable, totally clear coverage inside our house, in DH's office at work, and at DH's best friend's house waaaay out in the boonies. DH had AT&T at our old house because they had the best reception there (and the Really Really Kewl Phone that he got to keep when he left his previous employer only worked on AT&T), then we moved here and he had to go outside to get one bar with a lot of static - rain or snow, NO reception! I had a Sprint phone that was all right at the new place, a little hiccuping and echoing but not bad, but they were doing hinky things with the billing so when my contract expired I was happy to bail. Cost us two hundred bucks to get out from under AT&T though, even though his phone was unusable at home OR work. Their whole attitude: "not our problem!" But, YMMV, big time. It's a good excuse to invite your friends to come to your house, feed them dinner or a snack and try out their phone reception! LOL (As well as asking folks at work, school, whatever for what companies have the best reception there, for additional info.) I think I've let my cell run dead maybe once since I first got one seven or eight years ago. Just habit for both of us to plug in when we get home. When we had that huuuuuuuge ice storm a year or so ago, most of our friends "topped up" their cell phones with their car chargers, just by sitting in the running car listening to the stereo for 15 minutes or so - but we could still make calls! I remember it well, because we were the only people in our social group who had power and heat (nice living 2 blocks from a hospital LOL) and it was Grand Central Freakin' Terminal at our place for a week with people coming by to warm up, leave their pets, take showers, wash clothes, you name it. The people who lost power here also lost POTS, for the most part. Oh, and my phone (Samsung Flipshot, which I hate) and DH's LG Dare both have GPS locator whatchamacallits that tie into E-911 systems. According to the E-911 info from our city, on average the cell-phone based GPS locators can get to within 50 meters when activated by the E-911 system. (Yes, it can be turned off.)

Looks great! I thought I posted to the original thread but I don't see me on there. I'm a Penzeys fan, too! I do mine a little differently. Spices/herbs taste best if used within at least 6 months or so, I try to use them within a year. I have 'stages' of storage. I have a VERY tiny kitchen so I can't do what you all do so that dictates my choice. I get the big bags of Penzeys & put them in a stand up box with cardboard 'file tabs' for categories like 'Baking' 'Herbs' 'Curries, Chilies' & so on. I have a lot. I put the big box in the bottom of my French Door freezer. I keep most-oft used bags of spices/herbs in the freezer shelf for easy access. I store the smaller jars in the door of my fridge. I know cold storage isn't optimal but it's better than going stale in the cupboard before I can use them all. I color code & name them with sticky tabs on the top of the label. Green is herbs, & another color for baking, & so on. I store by the color code so I can quickly find what I'm looking for. I keep a few used-daily spices/herbs in my kitchen cupboard.