ooohhh yes ! The totems are beautiful ! But as the above post said -- remember - when you have a piece that will collect water ... be careful . I learned to turn all my pieces upside down so the water won't pool or collect in them. It'll run off. ****** As for your babies ( yes - they are "the boys" and they are especially the "babies" !!! ) I have an email friend in England that has 3 pugs ..... when we write , we call them "the boys" ...LOL You can't help but love a pug . Sounds like you have a wonderful life .....DH .....a son .. a craft addiction ....and PUGS !! Again - welcome !

Neil and I went over to that OTHER house and piddled around today. I cleaned the refrigerator and cooked a whole chicken. Trying to get acquainted with the layout of the kitchen. Tomorrow I'm going to clean up all the plaster dust and sit in the living room and try my best to design some shelves, and a contraption for the BIG screen TV for Neil. I picked up hamburgers and we ate in the sun room. Neil bagged up garbage. He is anxious to get moved in. I want to just get settled, don't much care where. I love Katrina's bathroom. The motion light switch works great. I took some pictures and measured our bathroom. It looks pitiful now and I don't have much of a clue about how I'm going to use the space. I bought some new books on decks and patios, bathrooms, kitchens, gardens. I tried out my new Home Depot card. I got the thing because this sweet little old man was so dear and I thought I would just cut it up when it came. When I signed up I bought 2 battery chargers and several rechargeable batteries and got them all for 5 bucks after the promotional percentage was factored in. I only use my Visa and long ago cut up all other cards. Now, I'll cut up the HD card, pay the bill when it comes and be done with it. Would that I were as handy with tools and building as Michelle. My sister can do anything. She built a beautiful fireplace surround and mantle. I can usually design it but I can't build it. Our furry little weather forecaster, General Lee, saw his shadow, bless his heart. The whole month of February is supposed to be mild, go figure. Talk about screwing up spring, our azaleas and dogwoods won't know when to bloom.

I found some links for you: http://www.winecountrycraftsman.com/shoppinggallery.html http://www.sterlingwineonline.com/furniture.htm We got a custom grapevine table base made by a company in VA (SierrArts), but the owner died shortly after we received ours, and it appears the company is no longer in business.

Yeah, I know, just kidding!! Actually sounds very yummy, I just thought it was cute the way they described it. I'm actually wondering about maybe doing a couple pints of jardinaire. Would be pricey to buy the veggies out of season, but would make OK Christmas gifts. I dunno, I guess the vinegar will get a temporary reprieve. I just finished my inventory, and I have: 2 bottles chocolate sauce, both half full. One is "light" one is "special dark." Not sure what to do with those, because I do not eat ice cream in the cold months. 1/2 jar pickle relish - anyone have a good potato salad recipe with pickle relish? Ketchup which is going into sweet and sour tofu sauce Crystalizing hot pepper jelly plus some apricot chutney which I think I can combine in the crockpot with chicken. Pickled yellow pepper strips - those have me really stumped. Not sure even why I bought them. Maybe I need to make some nachos. Too many half jars of jam - I need to buy english muffins Some vegetarian fake parmesean which was awful. I hate to toss, but that might be its fate. Poppyseed dressing that only needs cabbage to become coleslaw. And I need to get my pears, crystalized ginger and booze all together in a jar and start them marinating. And a little bit of whipped cream in a spray can. I think I need to make pear upside down cake to finish off the pears and the whipped cream. But I dunno, I have to be gone to a work thing most of this weekend.