Don, thanks for the link! I don't think it made the list of prominant trees because it's not considered ONE tree. It may be just a story about it, but it and the surrounding area is supposed to have been deeded to the Tree and it can't be cut down unless it agrees. It owns itself! However, the land around it is built up so unless we get desperate to build, I doubt that it would ever be cut down for housing. If you run out of things to do, check the other pictures on this photographer's site. I enjoy them even though I have seen about all of them, Alive and In Person!!! lol

I don't understand that--it worked in the test forum. I'll keep playing with it.

Awe, Thanks guys!! The kitchen was the selling point for me. In fact the kitchen is larger than my living room LOL!! Keep in mind its an eat in kitchen but as you can see I have a large dining table and even when I open it up to seat 12 there is plenty of room so no I do not miss having a seperate dining room. I am fascinated with whats inside those cabinet boxes in the garage...we just havent had the time to get into that right now. On the wood floors I have been using a swiffer type dust mop for daily dirt and once a week I use orange glow. The floors look so much better now!! As for the backsplash we were thinking about going with something along the lines of either glass tile of faux tin. I would much rather see the faux tin used in a more casual setting such as the man cave so I am leaning towards glass tile. I saw an episode of color splash the other day and he used this beautiful glass tile made using broken glass, it was pretty!! Annie...we love the pool table! Growing up my family had one and as young adults my brother had one and we would go over every weekend for "tournaments". That brother moved and gave it to another brother who ended up selling it to make room for a bedroom ect...so needless to say when we were given the option of keeping it we said YES!! It needs to be felted which we will do when Frank gets around to the man cave!! Woodie...LOL!! LOve the garden state!! BTW...I am exit 23 of 295....love to have you over for lunch sometime!! Cooleen...I agree about the bay window....There are many types of micro blinds out there. Right now as you can see they put up builders grade blinds many of which are cracked and we are missing one slat on each end. Also with your idea I could use the floor of the window to display some art peices. For the lanai I want to put up some heavy panels now and perhaps come springtime go for the sheers. I guess my biggest question is "do I cover the whole wall with drapes-even the doors??" or "do I cover the doors with a door type panel and the windows seperately?" WE use the lanai door as our everyday entrance so if I make it like a wall of curtains we'll have to open the door many time during the day as we come and go and let the pooch out ect....is a dilemma. Lpink...I wish I had a before pic of Amys room....there may be pics on the photo page-look for a post around Jan or Feb. Anyways the trim was done in blazing orange/red. Its was up against off white walls....it was poorly done so I was very proud of Amy for doing all the work herself! Its like a whole new room. She has the room for a full or queen size bed so over the holiday break we will explore new beds for her room! As for the ordeal we had to deal with...its really a distant memory now, We were "meant" to be here and thats all that we think about. You know a lot of people in work still make comments like "oh the drive back and forth must be a drag"...to which I reply "as soon as I cross that bridge out of the city my stress just melts away LOL" Oh and my favorite-you jersey folks will appreciate this one..."oh the taxes in Jersey must be killing you" To which I respond "my taxes are higher but...oh yeah...I have a single house on a double lot only 3 blocks to the beautiful park on the river and my gas is WAY cheaper, my insurance is way beyond cheaper and my sons school was ranked in the Philadelphia Magazine as one of the top 50 schools in the tri-state region....and I don't live in a rowhome where I hear my nieghbor flush their toilets thru the paper thin walls...and the crime rate-what crime rate-my town doesn't even have a police force LOL!!! Usually shuts them right up LOL!!! Thanks for all the comments. I love all the ideas so keep em coming!! Cheers! Susie

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