I wish I knew how to post a picture, but I can not seem to figure it out. Please help anyone!! Thank You, Kathi

Bosegirl, you are sending mixed messages!! "I don't want to rush like we did with our first home" and "We need a kitchen table ASAP". I would use your old kitchen table for now or put it in the dining room for now and eat there. Nothing wrong with using a card table for a while! I don't think a glass kitchen table is unsafe. Make sure it is a thick high quality glass. I had a glass table with a metal frame when my kids were little. For your toddler get her room set up as soon as possible. Spend time doing this instead of looking for a new kitchen table! Once she has her own room then you will have better control of her sleeping routine. Do you have someone to take her outside or to a park while you get stuff done? Area rug - a little big is better than too small. Use one of the online room planners to lay out your room and furniture and then lay out different sized rugs. Is the furniture in the room? Use blue painters tape or old sheets to outline the size of rug and look at it for a few days.

I think it's great that all of you could be together at once. That's often a hard thing to accomplish. Good looking group too. Shirley

Brad Thank you for additional info, I tried to read about them and read about the spines on FO-76. Some of the info I found on the second one: from Plant Delights Agave nickelsiae is the new...I mean old name for Agave ferdinandi-regis (yes, ferdinandi is spelled correctly). Agave nickelsiae is often lumped by herbarium taxonomists (people who study dead plants) with Agave victoriae-reginae, but Agave nickelsiae can be easily distinguished by more glaucous foliage, larger leaves, and larger terminal black spines. Each tight, slow-growing clump will reach 10" tall x 18" wide. We'll let the taxonomists fight the name battle while we enjoy the plants in our garden. Under favorable cultivation conditions, Agave nickelsiae should flower in 12-15 years with a solitary, upright, 12' stalk of hummingbird-attracting flowers. and from Ruth Bancroft Garden As is too often the case in the plant world, there is much confusion regarding the naming of this plant. It was first named as Agave nickelsiae in 1895, but was re-named as Agave ferdinandi-regis by Agave expert Alwin Berger in 1915. Later authors, notably including Howard Scott Gentry, considered it to be merely a form of Agave victoriae-reginae, not even meriting the rank of a subspecies or variety. Recently, however, a group of Mexican botanists have noted the significant floral differences between the plants, and they have concluded that A. nickelsiae should be recognized as a separate species. Both Agave nickelsiae and Agave victoriae-reginae are notable for their compact rosettes with striking white lines which look as though they had been painted on the surface. However, in A. nickelsiae there are fewer leaves in a rosette, and these tend to be narrower, longer, more splayed, and often with a milky-bluish tinge. A. nickelsiae usually also has a more prominent black spine at the tip of the leaf. In both species, the leaves sometimes have a double tip or even a triple tip. Jeff, hope you are OK...the plants are really appreciated. Rina