Hi heyzues, welcome to the forums! Gorgeous roses and garden. Really enjoyed browsing your album. Here is a hint on how to get your photos imbeded into a message: First copy the text form the 'URL Link' space under your picture then paste it inside " " of the image source template below. After that replace [ ] with and bingo. As a example I used one of your pictures. Hope this is helpful:) [IMG SRC = "http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h90/hayzues/DSC02246.jpg"/IMG SRC]

Welcome Brandy. I applaud your enthusiasm and wish you all the luck in making your own topiaries. Ianna

Someone call me? LOL! Ah I see Sylvia is back to her standard approach, all men have evil intentions from the get-go, and all women and children must be protected from them at all times. And even suggesting the old "background check" again...well, at least this time it's not before the first date like in previous posts. Amber, I have also made the same suggestion to Sylvia: stop projecting whatever abuses you [unfortunately] may have suffered on ALL men. And also, Earth to Sylvia, not all of any teen girl's issues can be automatically blamed on the "man who's making her miserable". Some teen girls (and boys I imagine...but I am int he middle of it now, and it does seem more prevalent with girls at this age), can have all the proper elements in their lives that they need to flourish and prosper, but still cannot seem to do so. Unfortunately, I have such a daughter, she is 15. Despite what you may think of me Sylvia, due to our prior discussions, I can tell you I am the antithesis of what you think we men are like. I was always respectful and faithful to my ex wife (she wasn't happy and had affairs on me...for which she finally apologized to me for this year, by the way), a dedicated father to my kids, and have good work ethic and a very good career. My intentions were always to just provide my wife and kids with what I had, a happy, stable family life. While the divorce threw a bit of a monkey wrench into things, my ex and I have still remained very amicable, both still live in the same town, get along fine, and share custody of the kids in such a way that we both pretty much spend time with them every single day. In a nutshell, if you look past the "broken home" part of it, my daughter has had everything a child needs, she is VERY loved and has always received tons of attention and has never been abused, shunned, or anything like that. Yet, unfortunately, and this is hard to say, she is a mess. For the last 2-3 years we have been battling with her severe depression, social anxieties, self-harm, withdrawal from society, etc. She is a tall, slender, intelligent, healthy, beautiful girl, yet has zero self esteem and battles with eating disorders on top of all the other stuff. The last few years have been full of therapists, outpatient stays, inpatient stays, transitional schools, therapeutic schools, etc. She has not attended her HS since November, and will essentially be repeating 10th grade, which is frustrating because she is a highly intelligent kid. Yet I am sure, there are some people who do not know the details of her personal situation, who like Sylvia probably just assume that she is so f*cked up because of stuff her parents (probably her dad), did, or neglected to do. So easy to place blame when you are not in the middle of everything.... Does the OP have some issues in the family that need to be attended to...sure, who doesn't? But don't be so fast in blaming all of ANY child's behavioral issues 100% on the parenting, because let me tell you, it's just not that simple.

Welcome to the forum! I would suggest a visit to the local stained glass store or a community coarse, as it can cost at least $400 in equitment to get started with it and glass can usually run $10/sqft from there on, so taking a course so you learn the best ways to get the best results, and if it is something you wanna spend that kind of investment on(usually the courses provide the tools) or ask someone to give you a private lessons, as hands on is always so much better than just learning out of a book...I think that people who know how to sew, have an advantage over us who don't, as they already know how to cut out a pattern!!!lol! But there is so much to learn about the way glass breaks, that it is best to start with a course is my 2 cents worth! I tried the cheap way and it cost me a lot of frustration!!! It's better to start off with the right tools and instruction!!! It is a very wonderful hobby, and I think it has totally changed my life for the better!!! Even if I can't leave a stained glass store with less than $100 worth of glass per visit!!lol! Here is a pic of my glass obsession...far front right: lightbox, grinder, glass saw, and a couple grand worth of glass....(spoken like Golem: ahhh, my pretties...!!!)lol! Here is a link that might be useful: