Rasdamaan, I guess you're welcome all the same. :/ If you'd responded sooner, perhaps we could have opened a dialogue to learn more from you. A picture of the plant itself would help, for starters. I don't know much about IDing peppers, but I do have a Tabasco plant. The connection between pod and stem might be a little different. I hope you get the help you want. Josh

Thanks for your thoughts les -- you make good points but I think I'd rather continue to work with furniture placement than make a change now ... for several reasons. I appreciate your efforts, tho ... :) Southernfrenchie - the space over the garage will be a 22x13.5 bonus room primarily for exercise equipment plus a TV and sofa/pull-out bed for when more than a couple of our kids are with us (maybe once a year?) -- or if DH wants to get away from any female "gatherings" going on downstairs ... :) We can shut the door when we get too old to climb the stairs ... which, with the exercise might not happen for several more years. :) It will have 5' knee walls with some limited attic acess for more storage ... :) I can send a picture of it if you'd like ... I'm not at the right computer just now. Yes, the whole storage thing has been a goal for me since we're downsizing pretty drastically. The closet nearest the kitchen is planned for a back entry coat closet, but could be an extra pantry, too if we need it (I doubt.) And even though the kids have carted off truckloads, and we've sold a bunch of stuff, and altho we'll likely not need all the storage, I guess I'm a little insecure that way; I'm an "order" freak and want everything to have an organized place for a home. BTW, we made the garage deep enough (no SUVs here) for the entire back wall of the garage to hold floor to ceiling shelves if needed. :) Lezli

Wow! Thank you for all of the great advice. In response to Serenity and others with questions: 1. No, I am not B**ching to my husband about the excessive money he spends on his daughter. That's why I'm on this forum. But, after giving it some thought maybe I should be more vocal. I think the reason my husband spent the $1700.00 on her last year behind my back was because he knew it was wrong and couldn't bring himself to tell or ask me. But he also couldn't say "No" to his daughter. 2. No, I do not with hold money from my step daughter. My husband and I do have seperate accounts and we split the bills. I tend to try to spend an equal amount on each child, while he tends to only spend on his daughter. 3. My step-daughter is by no means deprived. She wears designer clothing (because of grandma) while the other children get their clothing from Value Stores, she gets pedicures and manacures, eats out while we eat in, goes on vacation while we get to stay home, and drives around to parties on our gas money. Grandma pays outragous cell phone bills and gives her several hundred dollars a week to spend. 4. Grandma is also grandma to our son, but wants nothing to do with him financially. She says she must focus on my step daughter because she only has one parent (actually she has two, but her mom is a drug addict and a theif) 5. No matter how much I give or how hard I try, my step daughter does not like me. 6. My step daughter dropped out of school because she is allowed to do what ever she wants when ever she wants. She didn't feel like going to school and got kicked out. She would prefer to spend her time with her loser boyfriend. 5. We would never ever allow my step daughter to drive without good brakes, but up until last week there was no good reason for her to be driving around. 6. Grandma bought her the car too. 7. My husband will not stand up to his mom or his daughter. Anytime I try to step in I'm always the bad guy. 8. I know what they are doing is wrong. Children who are given everything appreciate nothing. She has had no job because she didn't need one. She dropped out of school because she didn't see the value in a good education. I truely believe she thinks the gravy train will last forever. 9. It drives me crazy because if she were mine, or even if I would be able to have some say in this situation I believe I could make a huge difference in her life. I'm going to HR on Monday to change how many deductions I take out of my check. It would be nice to have more money to spend thoughout the year. Also, then less of my money will be going to a cause I firmly don't believe in. I will also talk to my husband. If he still wants to spend his money on her that's fine, but I'm getting that swing set for our son before he is too old to enjoy it.

Kitchencraft has been very good about replacing questionable doors/trim for me, so you shouldn't have a problem if HH requests a new one under a "warranty claim." I have the darker colour (expresso) and one of my cover panels had to be reordered. It came in a slightly different stain colour than the rest, and they just sent another which matched better (different lot numbers I guess). If the "drip" is in a noticable spot I would get them to reorder. As for the crown, I do agree it's not that noticable, but I'm sorry to say it is a bit funny/weird, especially for how much I know you paid for the cabinets. Sorry. They should have ordered different height cabinets for your fridge surround to allow for a bigger crown frieze (I think that's what it's called) or placed your other cabs at a higher height so it would not be as much of a difference. I truly feel terrible writing this to you, but I have a feeling you suspect it's off anyway. It's not bad looking... just for what you ordered it should have been less noticable, even if your ceilings are off. I also know what it's like to be near the end and just want it done (like I think your DH is).