My philosophy is this: if the tree won't start, I return it for a refund while it is still covered with the guarantee. I don't want to invest a lot of effort into it and have it die gradually over enough time to make it non-refundable. That's a good reason to buy locally. On my mail order plants, I only deal with nurseries with a good reputation. If the plants don't do well, I don't return them because the shipping is often more than the plant is worth. I do give bare roots enough time to wake up. If they have come out of refrigeration, they are often very slow to wake up. Often much later than my resident trees. It's the end of May and my mail order pecans and boysenberries are barely breaking bud, and one mail order grape is still asleep. I'm not even considering being worried about them. They just need more time.

Well, we are hopefully coming to a place where we can actually DO something. Our lawyer sent a second and final letter telling our neighbor what OUR rights are and he has one week (which is almost up) to remove his fence from our driveway. After that, we have the right to remove it ourselves (after the judge signs the "breach of the peace" form) and put in a cattle guard and he won't be able to stop us. It has been a real battle just trying to get out of our own driveway. And mjowest....I most certainly remember that "HE" is a human being, even though he never acts like one or treats us like we are. I have been extremely patient with this man, but my patience is wearing out fast. I don't think our neighbor understands the golden rule concept or the simple concept of courtesy, so I don't feel as though I need to be a doormat for him. When you're doing what's right, sometimes it can get messy I guess, but we have tried to be people of integrity through this whole process. I appreciate everyone's prayers and support! You guys are the best.

Hi Hidden, I did not just come out and tell her that her dog was in back. She had asked her kids while I was talkin with her and I told her I saw him out in back when I came home from the store. But that poor dog just sits there by himself everyday and in mean time when I put my dog out they all want to play with her. I do not want kids in my yard playing with my dog. Just dont want the responsibility. My dog is well taken care of and spoiled. I wont blare our music but will just deal with them in hopes that they will move someday..lol. The owner of the house passed away so his kids sold it. I dont know why they did not mention it, well, obviously they wanted someone to buy it so we got the choice. We thought that there yard was like that because they were doing a clean up and never asked so that is one of the main reasons we are putting up privacy fence to. We want our dog to be able to go out and run without kids coming to fence to pet her and also I have my flowers in front. My dog does not get along with other animals. This morning when I was letting my dog out, I heard the mother yelling at her child in profanity "get the F&*^ up now, your to F**king slow. The child was crying and all kids crying. I heard it through my walls. She sits home all day and does not work. her hubby works 2 jobs. But he is no different except he seems to pay more attention to the kids then she does. With my luck she will have a computer and find this all and oh boy, then I know we will be in for a real disaster of a life here..lol.But I just try to avoid seeing them but have to go out through front at some point. thanks for replys.:)

Alright kids, I took some pictures of this space. The more I think about it, I think doing a wow color is going to be too much for me. I think if I didn't have to do above the tub, it might work...take a look at the photos. I'm looking through old paint swatches, and I'm wondering would Weimeramer be too dark with the dark floor, maybe Natural Cream would work, a little bit of contrast with the tub and the woodwork.... Look at the photos, not the best, but hey, what do you expect with a camera phone? View from doorway, looking in mirror you can see the tub side of shower opposite shower head from that spot looking towards the door from where the toilet will be, between vanity and window and this is The Tree From the top, (these are taped onto the tub wall, so you can see the contrast) They are: Natural Cream Weimaramer Wales Green Hibiscus My tile will be this one on the left it is 6x24 Top chip is Natural Cream, showing it against Cloud White Showing the Fab 4 with the floor tile in the photo ------ So, I looked at the Preview, the photos are not that great at all. Not sure if the colors are represented all that well. The Weimeramer isn't that dark, it will look ok with the dark cabinets and the floor, not sure though if the whole room would have a "dark vibe" though. I will look at the greens suggested earlier in this thread tomorrow. I gotta get ready to go to dinner. Takin' me Aussie student out for her last night here!