hi Tammy. Try these links: http://www.northhillsnursery.com/id24.htm http://www.santarosagardens.com/Succulents-Sedum-Sempervivum-s/8.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houseleek http://growpro-inc.netfirms.com/mountaincrest/nfoscomm/catalog/index.php http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Crassulaceae/Sempervivum_tectorum.html there ya go, this should keep ya busy for awhile! Here is a link that might be useful: hens & chicks

I am Irnes and I am new here i started a site called http://www.plan-a-diet.com and I need some people to post up some good recepies. Thanx any help is greatly appreciated. Irnes

"My exhusband was a good father who adored his children, who shared a strong belief in attachment parenting, and who worked hard but made it clear to his employer that this family came first. He rocked the babies, read bedtime stories, cooked, took them places like the grocery store to give them extra one-on-one time, went to all their school events" This would be YOUR opinion or idea of what a good father is. Someone else may think a father that was a good provider or good role model is just as good a father. Like I said, it's a matter of each person's opinion or expectation of what a good parent is. "Just wait until you get Alzheimer's and turn into a cranky, paranoid old woman who doesn't recognize her own grandchildren, and your children start to whine about how you have abandoned them and how your behavior at that time negates all of the good you have ever done in your life. Oh wait - Alzheimer's is a disease, and mental illness is - according to you - no more than a moral weakness." Perhaps someday I will have Alzheimer's but it doesn't run in our family, but I guess I might get it. I would hope that my kids are learning that in our family, we value family. They see me taking care of my step mom. They see me bathe her. They see me feed her through a feeding tube. They see me clean her trach so she can breathe. They see me administer her medication so she isn't suffering in pain. They see me clean her when she has a bowel movement. They see me bandage her sores and brush her teeth and cover her up so she doesn't get cold. Now the example that they get from me is that children take care of their parents when the parents need them. Hopefully they will learn from what they see me doing. They hopefully learned through my example that I set as they were growing up, that parents don't abandon their children. It might have been easier for me to dump them off with a grandparent all the time so I could have a life. I didn't run from relationship to relationship, having multiple men in their lives. (the oldest was 3 when I had the youngest and I was alone except the 7 years I lived with my exBF) I did everything to keep my family together as they were growing up. At times, it might have been easier to run away or let someone else raise them, but I was always there for them. So, if I were to get Alzheimer's or some other disease and need care, I don't think my children would feel that I've abandoned them. I can't say for sure, but they have had a mom that has struggled at times with depression and I've always been here for them and I guess if I chose to leave them instead of dealing with my depression, they might feel like I abandoned them and might think I'm a bad parent. I don't know because I never did that. (and btw, under your philosophy, my mom was an excellent mother when we were young, but that didn't stop her from the things she did. Just because she took good care of us as babies doesn't mean she's a good parent because she bailed on us anyways. Blame alcohol or depression, but she chose to do the things she did instead of getting help)

Barrie and roseguy, wanted to update you. I am using the plastic because with our weather, my plants are still growing. We have had freezing nights, but the day heats up to 65. I come home every day at 10 am and roll the sides up. I used bungee cords to hold the plastic on so it doesn't take but a few minutes. So far, so good. I am actually pinching blooms off. 10 seems to be the perfect time, that is when the sun starts shingles on the top of the house. The house has full sun until around 2, then blocked by trees for an hour, then back to full. I go out and roll down the plastic when I get home at 5:30. (Starts getting dark) I get a good breeze, but the house is protected on the north, by my house, then on the east and south by a 6ft. Privacy fence. I will probably leave it vented around the clock for the next week, Temps low at 50 and high thru the 70s.