Only the Garden Web office could contact them... I hope they do or Hyatt comes back. So unsafe. Do not let people modify your homes structure unless you have all the permits to do so. Removing the support of double 2"x12" header is crazy. Especially when it's supported by two 'Triple' 2"x4"'s. I would suspect a point load right above this - I might be wrong. You just can't cut any lumber out of your home you want. If there is an earthquake, tornado or even a really bad wind storm this weak point in the home can fail. Your windows and doors the weakest points. Look up California's framing codes - they are leading the way in both research and execution. Learn More People. This is a hard job building a bathroom - you have lots to learn... JW

Most of our patients detest the fact that now their doctors spend the initial part of the appointment asking questions and typing in the answers with barely a glance at the patients...... A new cancer patient has a 50 minute appointment and the doctor probably spends 15 to 20 minutes asking questions about the patient's symptoms etc. and then does the exam. Curious what the dr's did before they went digital? Did they (dr's) ask the same Q's & write/record the answers in the paper medical record? A lot of times new pt's have to fill out questionnaires that ask these same Q's. Seems that this could still be done & simply have the data entered by a clerical staff person. Then the dr can spend more time focusing on the patients problems. 15-20 minutes of the dr's time entering data much of which might be superfluous doesn't seem to be efficient use of his skills/time. I wonder if part of the problem with the pt's being put off by the dr's asking & entering data is the fact that the dr's barely glance at the pt... i.e. it feels robotic... and, as well, some people's aversion to "new age technology". With a cancer diagnosis you want to feel like a "person" & you want a dr who exudes a "caring attitude". I could see how that isn't the first impression given in the scenario you describe, Quilly. Hopefully drs & pts as well will grow more comfortable with the electronic med. record. When my dh recently had serious medical issues the Q's were not ask/entered by the dr. Other staff took care of that. Then when the dr came into the exam room, he looked over the pertinent data & proceeded from there. He entered some data himself following the exam, ordered tests, & sent off a script to our pharmacy. Then a summary of the visit is printed off for the pt. I love the electronic medical record. Love being able to see my lab results before going to dr, then I know how to focus my questions. My dr's office is fully engaged. Some dr's have had a bit of a learning curve & weren't so computer savy. But I think it's time to get with the 21st century.

When DH and I were first living together, I would go pick SD up from school on his weeks and keep her until he got home from work. BM didn't like that she was spending time alone with me and would call DH to remind him and make sure I am getting her on time, etc. She wanted to run the show when SD was with us. She also complained about not being able to call SD because DH gets home and we are busy with dinner & getting ready for the next day & bedtime. So, I would pick her up and hand her the phone & have her call her mom to tell her how her day was. By having the child call their parent, you are putting the control back in your own hands as YOU decide when the call takes place... it can't interfere with your plans and BM can't argue that she isn't getting contact with her child. My SD's mom would not answer her phone so I would make sure SD left a message & would have her try again later. BM would try to call back later (after SD's bedtime) and expect us to get SD up to talk... DH told her NO, answer your phone during the day when SD calls you. (at the time, she was not working so there was no reason for her to not answer her phone) It was the same "control" issue. She wanted to control the situation and when she went to court to say she never got her calls, we had phone records to show SD called her many times and it proved that BM never answers her phone.

Doug, I know how difficult a small kitchen can be. I am not sure how the walls of the kitchen match up with the living room and dining room, but I will try to give you some helpful suggestions. For an L-shaped kitchen, I would suggest you close the doorway to the office and put the refrigerator to the right of where the office door had been. Then, install a base cabinet with counter space to the left of the refrigerator and then put the range beyond this length of counter space. I would suggest a lazy susan corner cabinet to the left of the stove and then have cabinets and counter tops going around the corner to meet up with the sink and dishwasher area. You still should have plenty of room for a kitchen table in the open, center space created by the "L." As an alternative, I would suggest the galley-type kitchen I had in my first apartment. There was a pantry just beyond the doorway to the left or in the left corner, one might say. Next were some wall and base cabinets with counter space, then the sink and dishwasher, and then more wall and base cabinets with counter space so that the sink was centered in this space beyond the pantry. At the end of the room was the outside wall with a generously-sized window that was opposite the doorway. On the right side, as one entered the kitchen, the refrigerator was on the right with the door handle on the left. Some wall and base cabinets with counter space were next, and then the range with a hood and a small cabinet above the hood. Beyond the range was another combination of a wall cabinet and a base cabinet with more counter space. If the "end wall" in your case would be the wall between the kitchen and dining room, you could have a pass-through instead of a window and have some kind of counter top or buffet on the dining room side. Since you have a dining room next to the kitchen, you might want to re-arrange the kitchen so that the range and refrigerator would be on the wall that divides the kitchen from the dining room. Above the counter space that is centered between the refrigerator and the range, you might want a counter top with a pass-through to the dining room. You could keep the sink under the window but have a lazy susan corner cabinet to the left of the sink. You could keep the doorway to the office or close it and add more base and wall cabinets and perhaps a pantry, should you need them. As another alternative, you could have the refrigerator and range on the wall next to the dining room and have the pass-through in the center. Then, you could close the doorway to the office and center the kitchen sink and dishwasher on this wall. The outside wall then could have a larger window or double windows to let in more light, or you could have an exterior glass-paned door instead of the window.. The wide doorway opposite the window would lead the way to the exterior door. I hope some of this will help you.