Hey Andrew! Are you back fr good now? I hope so. You have been missed buddy! Congrats on your win from Four Winds! I hope you love your new tree. they are sending me a new Oro this week! Yahoo. I have the mix and fertilizers all ready to go. It was hard to stay indoors Andrew. I was hopping around out there all morning lifting plants up and making sure I didn't loose anything to the neighbors up the street with all this wind.lol At least the rain is warm and fun to step into. I know I should of brought my plants inside, but I wanted them all to get drenched with this much needed rain. They are all looking so nice, except the one lying on the ground of course.lol Yes Patty: Best wished to your Daughter from here too! Mike

Zowie, Patti, it does sound like you have yourself a pretty full plate of emotional overload at this point. It's too bad we humans don't come equipped with some kind of emotional circuit breaker, so, like your house electrical system, when we get overloaded, it just trips and suddenly all those powerful feelings just wash away. When we're ready to face it again, say after a good night's rest, we just grit our teeth and flip the switch back to ON. Maybe you could just imagine one? Probably wouldn't help much though, huh? I'm so glad to hear from you again. Hang in there, kiddo. ThinMan

What a beautiful picture Julia. Hope you have a great holiday season, too.Mine is off to a bad start already. One of my daughters sent me to the eye Doctor to have my eyes checked and fitted for new glasses for Christmas, I have been wearing these I have for at least 10 yrs, and have got to where I cant read the paper with them, so she was going to get me some new ones for Christmas. Well, the eye doctor wouldn't prescribe new glasses. Said I have Cataracts on both eyes,and right one being the worse,and wanted to schedule me to go have them removed right away, I told him not so fast dr,I never rush into anything without thinking it over awhile. He asked me 3 times if I have had a stroke and 3 times I told him no I have not..I guess because I was walking with a cane. don't know, but he sure was fixed on the stroke idea.he has sure scared me to death with this surgery idea. and especially when he says they don't put you to sleep for it,as it only takes about 15 minutes.My daughter was in there listening to him and said later he acts mighty queer to her, like he might be on some thing. I have no idea, but, I want to ask questions about any surgery on my eyes before anything is done.he did tell me I could go blind if its not done,and that scares me even more,as all I think about now is spring and seeing my daylily blooms again and being on the forum to see every one elses, too. Have a very merry Christmas Julia and a happy new year. Jean

Barb- I'm right there with you - and I feel like the picture of the cat clinging to the screen door with the words "HANG IN THERE!!!" overhead. And to continue in that vein, I keep mumbling something about "old dog new trick" about myself. I've always enjoyed the cooking group so much I would hate to see it falter just because of an altered screen name (which I also have - but hay, close enough.....) and a different format. There were changes to the GW as well..... I would like to include my thanks to everyone, who with such kind patience, have tried to give up-dates and information with details how to use the site, and those who register concerns and the actions taken by Houzz to make changes. I'm still able to log on and give information, and that's what I feel is the important bit. -Grainlady