May go early Saturday for a brief tour to see the new plant introductions. Don't like the present location in Building C. Access from MARTA is not as convenient and driving is not an option for me. The lectures are now conducted in a "fishbowl" on the floor of the venue, instead of in a seperate room and seating is now a fraction of what was previously provided. Will pass on those, don't plan on jostling for a seat this year, too old for that! Rb

It always seems to be cold for the flower and garden show. Am taking the bus. Will not buy any orchids. 26F here. I'd best get my Coprosmas back inside for the night. This post was edited by hallerlake on Wed, Feb 5, 14 at 20:29

First, Shicksal, great news. You're coming along really fast. Today is an odd day. At 6:30 this morning I went to Wal-Mart to put money on my debit card and buy a little hotdog roller for this job. My friend who is an electrician is here. I've got my two pendants over the peninsula hung, but learned somehow, the switch to them isn't powered, but the outlets next to them is. He's replaced two dimmers with regular switches. One of the benefits of doing this alone is the onus being off changing my mind. These dimmers just kinda made me crazy, so regular switches they're becoming. I gotta tell you. I'm a walking posterboard for Lutron. Now 15 dimmers, 12 motion sensors, and other fun stuff. Love 'em. He's also going to put in some outlets. Sad. I'll have to find other places to hang my laundry. He and another friend put a kitchen cabinet on the wall for me. I can hang 'em, but lifting these two onto cleats is way beyond my balance. Remember, I have to stand on the counter, press my head against the ceiling and screw things in. Lifting over a cleat and not falling off the counter backwards is something I don't want to attempt. But, getting this on the wall frees up a bunch of space. I can load it full of crap, then make doors. While he's working, I've put 4 handles on cabinets in my MBR. Got about 30 to go. I primed the two shelves for the cleat cabinets. They're an odd shape, W3624s. Custom, of course, from H4H and S.O.L.I.D. 3/4" maple. Minus shelves, so I cut those out of 3/4" MDF and will probably paint them a coral BM color I love. I've remudded the chewed up MBR wall. I've sanded and mudded yet again. I've gotten rid of 4 medium sized boxes of lighting materials, and a box of thrift store drawers I bought for their hardware and Blum release switches still attached. $2.00 a drawer box. Yeah man! I emptied the DW. Like to load it, hate to unload it. This was probably the greatest accomplishment of the day. Did a load of laundry/uniforms and got them into the dryer. Changed the cat litter. They're all happy with me. Arranged the MBR furniture and will bring the cabinets still in the kitchen back, since to paint I took a bunch down. I'm making room all over the place. I'll tell you. Lethargy, thy name is Christine. I hate this heat and incessant sun. This is more than I've accomplished all darned week, and it's only to kill time while someone else is working! Keep up the great work, all! You encourage me. Greenhaven, have a FUN time! Happy 4th, all!

Some things I found interesting. Brushed solid bronze hardware - shown on blacks, stunning Sintered porcelain - competition is heating up, a few now offer 3cm. The market for this will depend on who manages fabricators well. Marble looks in quartz, more choices from almost all suppliers. Nice improvement to "Tip-on" touch to open drawers by Blum. Lift doors- some brands have switched to Hafele hardware for these which appear to be improved. Sagutsene is offering a good looking lower budget one as well as another that works with she'll depth cabinets (medicine cabinet) Inserts accessories - Hafele added a luxury tall pull out this year and a modular base unit. RAS had quite a few additions, a knock off of the Lemans which Im not so sure about, a nice set of pilons that allow easy adjustment of RO heights (not that pretty but strong and effective). Hafele expanded the Loox LED line dramatically, wall dimmers, remote, more lights and tapes, improved housing for tapes. New to me at Best by Broan are hybrid baffle filters, quieter ez clean, no drip. My favorite will never use items were a group of $14k faucets!!! American Standard if I remember right.