Casa Lilo CA Here I am! A day late, it's the time difference. It has been raining a lot, maybe I overdid the rain-dance? When it stops for a little bit, I am rushing outside to uncover the wood-pile and get some firewood on the deck, am rushing out to scoop Gussie's poop in her "den", clean the litter box, dump the ash-can, all those nice things that generally are done whenever I get to them. Currently it has to be when weather permits. I had a dental appointment and had to cancel it when I got that nasty cold/flu, and now my dentist is not available for the whole month; he has cancer and is in SFUC for Chemo. He is such a good guy and I feel bad, but I also feel bad because I did not get my routine cleaning - and it's important, because of the periodontal problems, and now here I am with a gum-infection and no antibiotics. I have been treating it with peroxide and it is getting better, this morning I am not hurting any more, but my face is all puffed up. I do miss my Dentist! Things are bound to improve. Some gifts I have ordered have just shipped, hope they get here in time for me to send them to their recipients. I had the weird idea that I was going to wrap send send them with a personal note written by my personal hands instead of having them forwarded by the Vendor - what was I thinking? The upside of all that rainy weather is: I can't keep a clean house when it's so dark that I can't see the dirt, neither can anyone else. Seems there is always a pony in that pile of manure, isn't there?

Good for you. I'd say if you had the persistence to do this, then you should take on the county health department for your greywater system. It will be hard work - or at least at-times-possibly-frustrating work - but it sounds like you have the commitment to see it through. Congrats (and good luck with the greywater system!) :) Dee

Sammie, You should be so proud of yourself. What an accomplishment for a college student! I am also a big fan of natives. My husband and I recently moved to the southern mountains in NC from suburban Chicago and couldn't be happier. We have quite a few native woodland plants and shrubs/trees. My project over the next few years is to educate myself on native savannah plants that would be appropriate for an easement on our property and work them into that area. Keep up the good work and keep educating people on the benefits of natives! You might want to either repost or direct the folks on the native board to your post here. John Blakeman has answered many many posts on the native board. I personally have learned a lot from his posts. Of course now, I have to relearn a lot as we went from the prairie of Illinois to the moutains of NC. Jeanne

Hi Rosebud, Here is a website for the Glass Block Lights. My sis made me one of these and her DH says - just remember to drill real slow. http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_occasions_december/article/0,1789,HGTV_3270_3313693,00.html I do believe it is in this forum that there are more posts about the Glass Block Lights. At the top of this page that your are reading, see the light green rectanuglar box that says "Search" in the white box, type "glass block lights" and any posts on the subject will appear, chose and read any that you would like to. Also, in the web browser line of your internet explorer progam (look way above - long white rectangular box), again, just type in "glass block lights" and I'm sure you'll get tons of sites to look at. Hope this helps. By saying you just got on this site, I take it you are a newbie. If so, welcome to you, you are sure going to enjoy it here. Another forum you may wish to check out is "Garden Junk." People are real friendly and helpful with just about any project there is.