Thank-you all so much for your warm reception! Sorry it took me so long to get back to thank you. I got an unexpected visit from DD in Oklahoma and an invite to go to her place and fish. There are three dirt bottom (private) ponds on the property that have been stocked (by the owner) with a variety of fish. We caught several very large, largemouth bass that I was able to bring home for the freezer. EXCELLENT eating!! YUM! I think I might have spotted a possible pond..I'll have to mosy on over to that neighbor and check it out and see what the story is. Our rules say we have to check with the office before beginning any digging projects, but who says one has to dig to have a pond? :) None of the rules specify plants that one can't have :) and they do encourage landscaping. We'll see. Sure wish I were rich...I'd pay off this house, by some land and do my own thing lol! George, I do think most of Kansas IS simply Colorado moved by the wind! I can honestly say I don't miss the wind at all. We get a little bit but not like we got there. It takes me well over a month to accumulate just a little less dust than I got daily in CO. And I definately don't miss the feedlots! I was within a mile (as the crow flies) of a huge feed lot capable of holding 90 thousand head....There was always a brown cloud. One definately did NOT hang the sheets out to dry, there. I might post some pix if that's ok..of the outside of my house so you can all see my postage stamp and perhaps advise me on plantings. One thing I'm not at all good at is landscaping and related skills (like house decorating, designing web pages, even choosing clothes and accessories). I sure could use some help because my house is placed in an area that makes it very visable. I'd like to decorate the outside in such a manner as to make it less visable or less noticible if that's possible..sort of melt in with the surroundings. I want the beauty to be apparent to ME, but not to the outside world. I feel like I live in a fish bowl and am needing privacy. GA

Hey, Dawn! The "baby" is now almost four but I just spawned yet again. The newest, #6, was just born February 16. We're up in the new house now -- only half built but working on the other half in a few weeks if the weather cooperates. The greenhouse was attached to the old house and is now in the process of being rebuilt up here on the new house. I'm hoping hubby makes progress on that this weekend. Nagging is exhausting work! We now have three gardens. One of them, the "wellhouse garden", is a big raised bed kind of monstrosity. (I'll find a pic and attach a link below.) It's planted in onions, garlic, and elderberries, plus I've recently seeded it with lettuces, spinaches, carrots, radishes, and that sort of thing. Oh, anyone know if Home Depot or Lowe's carries soilless seed starting mix? I'd been buying it at the farmers' coop for the past several years but they said they don't have it this year. I've never seen it at Atwood's or WalMart, either. Here is a link that might be useful: Wellhouse garden

I really haven't done very much Easter decorating, just the little bit on my blog. Oh, and I've decorated my Hoosier cabinet, but haven't taken photos of it yet. Karen, you asked where I found the purple chargers...Krylon is my best friend! I took a cheap set of chargers that I bought at WM one year when they were on sale after Christmas and I spray painted them. I've painted pink ones, orange (for Halloween) and these purple ones. Oh and I did a set of white ones too.

Hi Zep, Well, I learned how to paste a print screen image into a post. :) I had already changed my "sents" to go to the local folder and had added a folder for Sents other than the default. Does this look right? The article still doesn't explain why my posts aren't being sent/timing out. I really love Thunderbird, but I'm afraid I might end up being a yahoo customer. :)