Pam, I'll definitely be checking them out. if people on here wanna continue being generous, I'd rather go that route. but I am not at all opposed to buying seeds if I can't get the kinds I want via trade. MsPeppajo: I've never heard of onza roja, but in general the goal here is known hybrids, (preferably really hot ones), as opposed to mystery peppers. I do appreciate the offer though. speaking of hybrids, I was making thai pepper sauce earlier today, and in the process of de-stemming 150 pods, I noticed one had only 2 seeds in the whole pod. those of you who are familiar with thai peppers know that they're basically a bunch of seeds, with a thin coating of pepper. I've heard that sometimes a cross will result in much fewer seeds than normal. I tried to cross my thai with my brain strain earlier this year, but kinda gave up because most of the host flowers on the thai dropped. now I can't help wondering if this was one that didn't drop, or was the result of cross pollination with another one of my plants (they're anything BUT isolated). is it safe to assume if the goal is to get a few hybrids next year I should try to germinate those 2 seeds?

Love it! I love the "rumba strips" that you have going on in the shower. I don't know if there is such a thing as "rumba strips" but I am posting a link that I found on the dance. It sort of looks like your shower :) Here is a link that might be useful: Rumba

I cut 3" off right as all this was starting. I haven't found a hairdresser I like in years so I've cut it myself quite a lot. I used to always trim my bangs but my dh wants me to try growing them out - so I figured I'll see how long I can stand it before I whack them off again too. Been coloring my own hair for 30 years so that hasn't changed. I will say though that Excellence by L'Oreal is really the best I've had! Just colored over the weekend and as I rinsed it out, it felt like it already had been conditioned. I went ahead and used the conditioner just because I felt like I should follow instructions but I honestly think I didn't really need it.

You'd have lots of storage, which would be great. If it were me, I would want the closets to the left of the door (C4?) to come out like @Sammie J suggests and would likely remove some of the shelves from the shoe storage area -- I would def want a fabulous wallpaper to open up the room and would probably hang some charming curtains to soften/cover the closets on either side of the build-in cabinet - you said there is a window, which is good FWIW - we had a TINY nursery for our 2nd son - just fit a crib, changing table/dresser and a comfy chair - we had soft lighting and I found it so cozy and relaxing