Your daughter has the right to know. Discreet or indiscreet,a cheater is always a cheater. Better that she finds out now before they get married or have another child together. If he has joined the military,believe me,their child will be taken care of.I went through this with my first husband and would have given anything had my "friends" told me what he was up to. With AIDS and other std's running rampant,he's taking a chance on bringing something home to your daughter and grandchild that bleach won't take off. Is your daughter going to be furious with you ? Of course she will be. The key is to not make it a confrontation when you talk to her. Just a simple "honey,I've came across something I think you need to know about" may help reduce the anger and hurt. Is she going to believe that you're lying and he's not ? Well, that depends on what kind of relationship that you already have with him. If ya'll are friendly and get along well together,she'll probably be more inclined to believe you than if you and he are always at each other's throats. I wish you and your daughter well, and I hope she opens her eyes before it's too late. It's a lot easier to start over before a divorce than after one. Susan

Traps are made with both slip joints and solid glue in style. Code prohibits installing a slip joint type trap in a concealed location, therefore when installing a skirted tub we are required to use the glue in type unless there is a 12x12" service access panel either through an adjacent wall or up from underneath. In this instance the proper solution would be to cut out the existing trap, then install a new glue in trap. Traps are relatively cheap, and you should be able to purchase a new trap and a coupling for approximately the same price as a fernco coupling and you will have the job done correctly.

Shades of Idaho, your cabin sounded perfect. We have a silo and it is on the older side of style. I love the roof and have always dreamed of building a room by raising the roof and wrapping an exterior stairway to the top. We are fairly near a river valley and I am sure the top of that silo would bring it into view. I thought about having windows surrounding the top for 360 viewing. Just a dream though. Nancy, I like the idea of a wood stove. It would be something I'd do down the road, if the warm weather cabin use extended into fall and winter. DH and I were, once again, looking at site location and there is a spot really close to the house that could be used for this shed. Like the idea of having place for water pitcher. Moccasinlanding, love the idea of french doors. keeping the back without windows is a nice option, providing a spot for privacy. I was hoping on french doors so much. We would have to find them used and functional. I do need to do a Craigslist search. There is a lumber yard that sells windows that are returns or miss ordered. I will need to see if they have anything that could be useful for this project. I am thinking that narrow windows would work, the studs are 24" on center instead of the conventional 16". If I got something narrow, I wouldn't have to have structural headers, I don't think, because there would not be any cutting of the studs, only the cladding. I think a row of clerestory windows would be fantastic over the door, especially if I had to use a conventional door instead of french. Several of our sites would allow access to our wifi, and close to the bathroom/shower facilities. The one remote site, way north of the barn, is a good location for real retreat, and a composting toilet would be very handy. The sites close to the house, DH said we could run power to it. Like was done years ago to brooder house. I am not sure about that, as it might be bumping up against code. I want to keep this simple with regards to getting others involved in my business. Thanks you guys for the input it is very helpful in helping keeping me inspired. This isn't going to happen over night thats for sure. So I will be posting on this project now and again over the summer. This next week I will be going on my own week retreat up in Minnesota. I do it yearly. I think of it as my adult "camp" time. I loved camp as a kid. This is a Buddhist retreat, and for most of the 8 days it is in silence. Up at St Johns University in Collegeville, near St Cloud. Magnificent campus!

Nod, I can't really "google up" anything of use, other than that they are pollinated by insects - (what a surprise). If you want to search a bit yourself the botanical name is Actinotus helianthi. I grew up in Sydney on the south side where they were then common enough in the sandy bush around our area, congrats on trying them up here. I should just use a soft paintbrush (kids art brush style) to try to move pollen from one flower to another, both mornings and afternoons, just tickle round and see what happens. I do read though that propagation from seed is a bit sporadic though cuttings sometimes work and now they are tissue culturing it (there, you may have a purpose to go further with that). Since they are being trialed for the cut-flower industry most of writings seem to be slanted that way - I found an article by the australian government on commercial propagation but can't seem to post the link.