Well, I didn't expect a revival of this old thread but, yeah...it is sort of a novel problem. Sweeby, there are a bunch of reasons I can't follow your good advice. First, I have no old friends. And my dear mother and father have passed away. Just about the only relative I have left who could visit me is my brother and D LOVES HIM!! I love him, too. But, honestly, if my brother comes around when D is here there are just three guys in the garage instead of two. (sigh) Bnicebkind, I think D doesn't really GET that he is putting me down. He is just totally convinced that his view is the right one and that the man of the house should be the absolute ruler. It's a dreadfully old fashioned way to be but he does have the excuse of age and cultural background. That doesn't make it o.k. but it makes it easier to understand. Luckily, D would never actually move here - no way could he stand our weather. He's lived in the Bay Area almost his whole life and when our SC temperatures hit about 90 he gets light-headed. I'm sure there is no way he would survive our 110s. You are very perceptive, though...he and his wife do have some problems - no surprise, right? And he also has difficulties with several other family members near where he lives. I'm sure his time here is a great vacation away from having to be the problem solver. And, see...if he would just accept that he may not always be right and that he certainly doesn't have to be the boss of everything, he wouldn't have the heavy duty that he has to escape from by visiting us every year! Oh, well. D does have some good points. It's just that they become difficult to remember when he's been here for a month or two. LOL Then I tend to lose all patience and start posting on the Internet! In spite of all his faults, I do like him (especially when he isn't actually here). And he is only here for a couple of months each year. Dh has another friend who LIVES only a few miles away. (That's the one he goes to visit to get away from D when he is here.) But even when D isn't here, dh still spends almost all of every weekend with his friend and often goes over to visit during the week (3 hours today and it's a Monday!). Not to mention their pool nights on Tuesday. What little time I get to be home I am usually alone. Gosh...do you suppose it's my breath!?

Screams 1980's with the gray cabinets and those white pulls. My first thought also was cubicle, but if those are cabinets as the BS, not such a bad idea or use of space...they just couldnt be too deep because reaching over the counter could be a challenge, especially for shorties like me....

LL, the circumstances were not good with my now ex-husband and I decided to go back to school and that I may need my family's help, in Michigan. At that time my kids were 8 and 10 years old and I hadn't worked full-time for a while. So, although I hated moving back, it was the best decision I believe so I could get through college. I miss the mountains - we also lived in Colorado for quite a while and that is where my sister moved and still lives, she couldn't take all the gray days. She lives in Boulder and that is beautiful too.

I was beginning to wonder if the nursery sent me a different variety since i have never seen anything but white flowers on mine but im guessing this is normal.