Nice pitimpinai!! I know I just drive my DH insane as I always spot something near the side of the road or in a field and make him stop!LOL!! Kizzyseeds, now that sounds like something I could get addicted to!! Hmmmmmmmm? Joann, Don't ya just love hunting for them ancestors that dropped out of the sky LOL!! You definatley have to become a Nancy Drew. I've also been working on putting together a genealogical history of all the men in my Casper/Cosper (maternal) line that had father/sons in the Revolutionary war thru WWII :D Do you visit the Genforum boards; Myrootsplace.com,ect.? Am currently in the process of moving my family info from one website to another my new one and am laying out differently, ect. The first one was basically names and dates in a descendancy fashion and this time I'm trying to include the history and make them come 'alive' so to speak LOL Vera Here is a link that might be useful: Link to my family site

If it makes you feel any better Alisande, I too was going to take a year off buying and improve what I had. That was before the 15 miniatures, 2 climbers and 3 bushes that I just got !!!! The 2 climbers and 3 shrubs were a mother's day gift but the miniatures were a result of my lack of will power where roses are concerned. :o)

I love a real book. Though I am extremely clumsy and I sometimes tend to loose my spot, mainly cause I will fall asleep with the book in hand. Then it ends up on my face, then of course I ROLL. Oh me, sometimes I may spend at least 30 mins to an hour trying to find where I was reading and thinking wait I read that already. E-reader with the kindle app is WONDERFUL for people like me!! I so do not like the borders app. I haven't tried the barnes and noble yet for android but that will be my next app to install. 1000's of free books with the kindle app!!! They even have a kindle app for windows users.

I think about how many times in that 20 year old's life he probably acted out in school and with others and somehow no one was able to help him deal with his anger and hate issues. The Old Testament says not to murder, but Christ expands that when He says that whenever you have hate in your heart, you are murdering, both yourself and others, I think. I didn't respond on the "what roses symbolize" thread, but roses are for me a reminder that there is a God who is creator. There didn't have to be any such thing as a rose with its beauty, fragrance, color. They have comforted me in hard times, encouraged me with their beauty, given me a way to share something valuable and beautiful with others, and taught me about patience. In the same way, in our souls, there doesn't have to be such a thing as kindness or love, but God has given us the ability to be that way. I feel terrible for that broken family the 20 year old came from, the families that lost their children, and the resulting fear and terror that will plague us because of it. Politically I hate what has happened to us as a nation because there is so much hate and anger between the two groups. That's the kind of thing that develops in hearts of people so that they want to shoot each other. I think about all the other kids and people that have those same hate and fear issues and think that for myself, I want always to forgive anyone who hurts me because it can grow into something ugly in myself if I don't. It makes me want to try harder to love those kids and people I'm not crazy about that are all around me so maybe they don't develop into people with those same hate issues. The rose I miss most in winter ? Funny, I miss a climate where the season is longer, but I don't so much miss them in winter because I think and plan a lot during the wintertimes, and anticipation is more than half the fun, anyway. Indulgences? I love to make Christmas table arrangements out of the evergreens all around me and give them to friends. And music ... it's not Christmas without John Rutter's carols and Handel's "Messiah."