Gean, "Rob, you'll never have to apologize to me for buying more roses; I wish I had a neighbor that was so afflicted!" Thanks :), I wish all of us could be neighbors. I'll have 1 'Long John Silver' on a large trellis and rambling along a split rail fence right behind the trellis, (see 1st pic), and the other one along with 'American Pillar' on a pergola over my patio that I'll be building this summer. The others will be on similar pillars as the ones in the 2nd pic and on the south wall of the house. The only roses that died on me last winter were 'White Dawn' and 2- 'Fair Bianca'. The FB were my fault because they weren't buried deep enough. Yes, I'll be posting pics. :) Rob:)

Well, you guys aren't gonna believe this, cause I didn't. I figured out the problem - an iPod! What does an iPod have to do with anything? My mother-in-law has an iPod and she uses a little charger that plugs into a USB port on the front of my PC. Yesterday, while the PC was running, she came and plugged the iPod in - no problem. But, when I attempted to boot up - problem. On a whim, I decided to unplug the iPod and see what happened, because that was the only difference between yesterday and today. Sure enough, with the iPod unplugged, the PC booted just fine. Plugged it back in and the PC won't finish the boot process. Anyone else ever heard of this before?

deco, i'm very sorry that my wording felt dismissive and rude to you! that wasn't my intent, and i knew from the start that there was no way for me to answer this post without steping on toes because a few of the things were just wrong....and as i said, that is probably a regional issue!! i didn't mean everything that you had shared was wrong, but given the regional differences, and my knowledge of banking law, there were specific differences in this deal. for the record, there is no law that requires a bank to provide three builders to choose from. prudence, and the deep desire to not appear to be in collusion with a builder tells management to share with their lenders that you should always provide at least three references if asked, but that the better option is to provide none at all although, without endorsing any, you can also provide a list of approved builders, and the approval process so that a clients builder can be approved if appropriate. you were right about releases somewhat, but if you re-read what you just posted the lawyers favorite word is there...the bank MAY be responsible...they also may not be :) but since its your home and land, the ultimate responsibility is therefore yours if you care to maintain your interest in the property. title companies are involved in all re transactions at some point, but most are involved at the start and finish of the loan process, not the middle, unless a banks lending capacity rating requires them to have 3rd party oversite on their loans. i wasn't answering with just a bankers experience, but with regulatory experience because i see some very big signs of possible misconduct on the part of the bank. i hate rouge lenders and rouge banks, and was hoping to steer kim onto another path that needs to be explored by her attorney. kinberly...i think you are going to have to leave town on this deal to find the right attorney :( deco i am again sorry. my arm is in a cast and i fiind it terribly hard to type too much too quickly, and that was a rushed post. but beat me up...kimberly has enough grief to deal with and you're being far too touchy with her after her posts. call me terrible...i am sorry i just didn't get that post written as well as i could have! i guess its best that i leave off attempting to comment if i cant take hours to compose a post first.

So, in these pictures I'm seeing three possible paths to KTWLS. First, kitchens that are explicitly and authentically ''period''. In 2010 and 2030 alike, a vintage 1920's period kitchen will look like a vintage 1920's period kitchen. It hasn't been ''in style'' for 90 years, it isn't pretending to be in style, and it can no more go out of style than the historical waxwork dioramas in the Museum of Natural History. Second, kitchens that are well-executed eclecticism. It isn't of a specific era, doesn't have a specific look, is a collection of disparate elements which are each appealing and go together harmoniously. Even as one of those elements becomes over-exposed and then shades into silly, it's just one risible piece in a still-graceful whole. Third, and I suspect this will be controversial, kitchens that are very, very avant-garde. Tastes change slowly. Furniture of the ''Le Courbusier'', Mies Van De Rohr, Marcel Breuer sort - ''modernist'' if you will - that was so stylish in the 1950s and 1960s, was actually created in the 1920s and 1930s. It took decades for the Wassily chair to go from ultra-modern to mainstream. A very perceptive student of cutting-edge modern design might be able to shoot ahead of the bird, as they say, and build a kitchen that might actually look less silly in 20 years than it does today. Maybe. I wouldn't be able to do it. Well, I can see a final approach, which I think would work in theory for a very few people. Simply transplant a commercial kitchen, or as close as you can, into the house. I think a restaurant kitchen in 2030 will look much like a restaurant kitchen today, save perhaps for more induction, because they are designed for function, not fashion. You'll have a kitchen that is equally institutional and graceless in 20 years as today. I really like seeing the pictures. I hope they keep coming. I'm getting some ideas.