Thanks everyone!! Josh, you are so right... Mike truly is a very generous and kind soul :o) Toni, since its a very new variety of Jade to me I have NO idea first hand just how colorful this one will get in my FL winter? I have seen pictures on the internet of some very beautiful and colorful ones, reminds me of what a 'Red Horn Tree' hummel hobbit Jade would look like and maybe that's what this might be? Although the plant the way it is right now, I am very happy with it. I'll definitely update on its progress. Mike does have a lot of some of the rarest plants in his collection. Too Funny Jojo...so nice to see you!! Bribery...with delicious bake goods def. can't hurt :o)

Good Morning, Everyone! Thank you all for the "welcome back". I missed each and every one of you. Stormy here today on this Good Friday. Dark and a bit chilly out. Good weather for gardens though. Glad for the rain though. We've had high temps and high, dry winds this past week and wildfires every day. Nothing close to here, but close enough that I could smell the smoke. My dogs erupted in chorus with every firetruck that passed by over on the highway.(hehehe). I took pictures of the gardens on the 31st. Glad I did, as the hot, dry winds dried out all the pretty yellow Jonquils later that day. Blasted hot winds ruined them before our Easter Sunday family picnic and egg hunt. They were magnificent in chorus with the yellow forsythias, white Bridle's Wreath, and Redbud trees now in full bloom all over the garden. My beloved Jane Magnolia is breathtakingly beautiful this year and smells so wonderful. I planted out some Orange Perfection Phlox yesterday. Tried them last year, but they didn't make it. This rain may ensure these do. I dug around in the bin at the store until I found one, just one package with moist peat inside. Holding it up to to sunlight, I could just make out something possibly alive in that dark green plastic bag. Makes me mad to pay five bucks for dead rootstock. They are not the best looking root stocks I ever saw, but think they will make it. I only need one to survive to establish a nice clump this year for next year's blooms. I also planted a package of purple Liatris and a package of Freesia bulbs for summer blooms. I love the smell of Freesia. Yummy. All the Peonies are up and beginning to make tiny flower buds. Hopefully the red ones and deep magenta ones will bloom this year too. If they do, it will be their first time. Some deer came into the yard this winter and ate the top branches off the one surviving River birch sapling, but it is recovering nicely now. I caged it with a tomato cage and for now they are leaving it alone. They are "camped" up on the hill, hiding in wait for my juicy, delicious roses to start blooming, no doubt. :[ I've been taking the dogs for walks up there every morning and hopefully their pee and poop will make them think twice about coming any closer to the back yard. My English Shepherd could easily take down a whitetail deer. DH said this weekend he would finish stretching field fence around on the inside of the existing barbed wire fencing to keep out critters. That won't keep deer out, but it will keep our dogs in, so we can let them run loose on the property. That will be great. They need the exercise and I need them to do their job protecting the place. They love it, too. Hopefully the raccoons & coyotes will take the hint. Keep Out! Anyhow, so far so good. Gotta go check on my chicks. They poopy up their water really fast and will be ready for breakfast. :) Talk to you guys later. ~Annie

Could you call your cell phone company and ask them to check it out?? Another thought, when you bought something did you put in your cell phone # while registering the product, and even some medical center are asking for cell phone numbers also. Also there are ways people can pick up phone numbers electronically and if your friends and relatives are calling you either from a car, motel, and even home, someone can "capture" your phone number.

Maybe this is close to what you are looking for? It is very delicious as a rectangular cake not a round one, but maybe two round layers could be made instead? I think you could omit the walnuts if the cake you remember did not have them in the recipe. Luscious Orange Sponge Cake Cake 1 cup cake flour 1 t. baking powder 1/4 t. salt 1/2 c. finely ground walnuts 3 eggs 3/4 c. sugar 1/3 c. orange juice 1/2 t. orange extract Confectioners' sugar Grease a 15"x10"x1" jelly roll pan. Line with wax paper and grease. Stir nuts into mixed dry ingredients. Heat oven to 375. Beat eggs 5 minutes. Gradually add sugar, beat 2 minutes more. Add juice and extract at low speed. Fold in flour mixture. Pour into pan. Bake 15 minutes. Turn out on a towel sprinkled with confectioners' sugar. Cool on rack. Frosting: 1 cup sugar 1/3 cup flour 3 egg yolks 1/4 t. grated orange peel 1/2 cup orange juice 1 TB lemon juice dash salt 3 TB additional orange juice 2 cups whipped cream Combine sugar, flour, egg yolks. Beat well. Stir in rind, juices, salt. Cook on low heat (225) for 20 minutes. Cool. Stir. Cut cake in 3 rectangles 5"x10" each. Sprinkle with the 3 TB orange juice. Fold cooked and cooled orange mixture into cream. Use one-third between the layers. Frost top and sides. (Sprinkle sides with more finely chopped walnuts if desired) Chill before serving.