I forgot to say.... Ms Bunny..... I do the same thing.... with DH I stash my "STUFF"..... Hide it.... I DISGUISE it..... I bury it... Box it... Bag it.... Hide it in the bushes.... in the garage... in the attic... in a suitcase.... It's crazy.... but I can't stop myself... and... besides..... THEY MARRIED US>>>>> THEY ARE ATTRACTED TO US>>>>>> They.... better just ..... accept it.... WE ARE GARDEN JUNKIES ! ! ! .............. and I do NOT believe I would even want to be cured.... Supposin that there e v e n were a cure.... tee hee !!!!! You might take the girl out of the garden.... but..... you just simply can't take the junk'n out of the girl.... ! ! ! just can't be done...!>!>!>!> ( ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ God Bless ! Susiesunshine

Moni, Thanks for sharing the photos as you bike your way across the country. Maybe they spray their plants with a synthetic pesticide that kills the squash bugs. That is slightly bigger than my first garden here, but I planted that small garden the year before we built the house. (And, yes, it was fenced.) I watered it and harvested from it when we were up here on weekends clearing the land and fencing it. My garden keeps on getting larger. At the rate we're going, by the time Tim retires, there won't be much to mow.

Thanks so much for all the advice and opinions! I think the inspiration kitchen listed her granite as white spring, which is similar to bianco romano but lighter. So that's why I was focusing on the bianco romano, but I'm wondering if white spring is the same as valley white or really close at least. I think my cabinets read pretty white....maybe the cream countertops and definitely creamy island are making them look more that way along with the lighting? I found another kitchen in the same paint for comparison. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/darth_paul/10-21-08-5.jpg found from this thread http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg060818003773.html I did take a pic of the granite next to a white door that they had there. I do like the honed, but I think I've fallen out of love with it of late. I have 3 kiddos, and I think at first I was looking for granite to look like marble or soapstone, and now I just want it to look like granite, if that makes sense. The jet mist I looked at was polished, and I think it makes the swirliness look much deeper. I still do really like that stone, so I won't make a decision for sure yet. Here are a couple different pics. thanks again for everyone's help!

Isn't it great to look up and just know that the light is just what you wanted? Especially when you weren't expecting it? Nice job!