How marvelous! That's quite a DH you've got there... :) Mine got me a little Sultan hen for Valentine's Day, the heck with candy and flowers, say it with chickens! *L* I've got a chicken info page here that might help answer some questions for you: http://home.earthlink.net/~velvetsparrow/VSChick.htm Any idea what breed(s) you are getting? How old are they? My best advice would be to PROTECT them VERY well from predators. Predators, particularly night time ones, can be VERY determined and clever about getting to your chickens. Make sure you use hardware cloth wire (NOT chicken wire, as raccoons and skunks can reach right through it and rip parts off your birds, and larger animals like dogs just tear through it) for the enclosure and make sure that NOTHING can worm it's way under the edge of the enclosure or dig under it. You'd be amazed at how flat rats and mice can make themselves to slide under wire. Even if these don't kill your birds outright, they carry disease. Also, chickens are VERY skilled at finding ways to hurt themselves. If it's possible for a chicken to hurt itself, somehow it will find a way--it's the Chicken Mantra. :) Other than that, have an avian (bird) vet located before you need one (chickens don't look sick until they are VERY ill, and sometimes by then it's too late), and keep some basic emergency supplies on hand for injuries--because they never happen during the vets' office hours, only at 3AM on Sunday! *L* Be warned, you will LOVE your chickens and be amazed at their individual personalities. They are just like dogs and cats in that respect. I started out with 'just a couple' and now have a LOT more. *L* Velvet ~:>

Thanks for the advice guys, I appreciate it... the reason the picture I posted here is 104K is because photobucket resized it... the original is 1.32 MB. It is the same size as photos I've posted successfully to the forum on other computers... the same size as other photos that is why I think the problem is with this computer and the way it is dealing with file size... this is the only computer I have this problem on! I will play with Irfanview. I just realized something... apparently, before on my old machine (and on other computers) they are being converted to a smaller size automatically... here's what I mean Here's a link to a thread I posted over a year ago about a vacuum that a friend restored for me.... the pictures of the machine itself and the guy resoring it for me are all under 300K on the forum itself, but they are still on my memory card and they are all about 1330K on my memory card and I never changed anything about them. Is there some kind of setting where the computer automatically reduces them that I don't know about? The size posted on that thread is definitely sufficient, but it seems now that I have to make them much smaller (in size).... I still have those same pictures on my memory card and they will not post unless I reduce them significanly (I can tell whether or not something is going to post by doing preview mode, so I don't have to submit a new thread thread when I test something) Any help would be adored and appreciated... I think I'm just missing some setting or something.... I've not changed anything on the camera itself, and even if I had, the old pictures that I posted before should still post with no problem and they don't.... thanks :o) Here is a link that might be useful: Previous thread

The one thing to check, I think, is if the GC was trying to warn you off. Does he really want to work over the holidays? Do his subs? Are they taking their kids on vacation just when you thought they'd be working? The GC might want the job too much to tell you no-can-do, and figure he can probably make it work out, rather than being eager for your start date. If you're sure he and the subs are on board, go for it! And maybe add an incentive bonus for them to be done, cleaned up and signed off by January 25 (sooner if that's the quote), which gives you a week to get your act together before your party. Plus a penalty if it's not done by February 1. It can be done if everyone's on board. I only worry that less than 2 months over the holidays is awfully tight, if you really want them done in time for the party.

Change the chair seats, the LIGHT add curtains, Add a rug.......It isn't decorated yet!! Do the table switch last........ The light is Hubbardton Forge, The rug is an 8 x 10 charcoal sisal , 225.00 There's a lot of junk in tables, with finishes that will not hold up. .............switch the table last. Or paint what you have, to a soft black top, and white base. This is a minefield category of junkola out there. Arhaus on the one below........save your money : ) https://www.denverfabrics.com/p242131_66467-greypeachpink-plaid-linen https://www.lightology.com/index.php?module=prod_detail&prod_id=207623