awm : thank you for the sweet and supportive wishes. I sure hope your ride goes well. Two of the folks I am with have done that ride and loved it. We are indeed fortunate in the support we get from our families. tina thank you too. I will keep up the updates as it helps to clarify things in my head too :). I am glad you are enjoying it. golddust. we had flashing lights but it was just a miserable set of circumstances....hopefully not to be repeated. Glad you like my TALL tales. Sue yes it never has stormed today but we have had a fine time. We walked several miles to go to a Dollar Store and to stretch our legs. Time for a nap I think. Your trip sounds wonderful. I bet you will always cherish that time as will I this trip. Most likely won't do another as I don't want to leave DH this long again but this one time it is good. More later. c

Would you believe that I copied this down when you posted it? 6 C. water diced onions 30oz bag grozen hashbrowns, (tiny with peppers and onions) Bring to boil, decrease heat, add 2 c. undiluted cream of celery soup stir in 4 oz Velveeta Cheese, cubed add 1 c. sour cream Salt and Pepper.......heat ..........eat.

I have a 6.5x9' bathroom remodel and the way I have laid it out feels spacious for our small home. It has a custom made 18x36" vanity with a large sink and a few mini drawers and shelves. Beautiful and the crown jewel of the room. I have a tall 15X15 tower in a corner, another free standing cabinet along one wall, and a counter height cabinet at one end of the tub that is on the 6.5' wall. All custom cabinets with pull outs. I agree with @roarah, that you wont be able to have both a tub and separate shower. The placement of the window and the door is critical to your layout. Why don't you draw up your floor to a scale, on graph paper and post an image of it for us to look at. Here are some examples of my layout attempts. I made scale floor plan with door and window. Then i cut out tracing paper scaled to size room elements and moved them around on the base plan. Very helpful for me. I took photos of each one. I have more but didn't want to bore you :) Window is on the lower left of the plan and the door is on the right: Toilet is seen easily when the door is cracked, so this layout was eliminated. notice in the upper right there is a small square, that is where my tower is, so I drew it on the master plan, because that was staying no matter what plan I chose: Nearly there, but want more storage space: The plan I went with, though my vanity ended up with my soapstone sink that I made: Finished bathroom. There is a free standing shallow cabinet behind the door, (position shown in the 3rd layout above):

Heat and light reflection does sound like an issue which means they need more water. Can you please elaborate on your geographic location? It sounds like the Desert SW. Based on what is described I am thinking you could increase your watering as you have full sun, high heat/reflectivity, and high winds acting like a desiccant and then add to it fast draining soil. The fertilizer you used should be just fine (without being too technical) but it sounds to me that there isn't enough water to prevent burning from salt build up as well. What size are the containers? 10, 12, 15 gallon etc.? and what size are the plants? Approximate diameter of the trunk, height, number of tips, age, variety, etc.? I am in a very sunny and humid area so do understand how an intense sun can impact "full sun" labeled plants. Generally speaking mature Plumerias in containers can take that kind of full sun if provided enough water and if they are in a large enough container. For example, I would water twice a week in mid spring and probably every other day during July/August and then slowing down to 2x week in September and once a month by about November (depending on each plant). That is also supplemental to any rainfall and irrigation they get. As far as the one which has not bloomed yet. it could just be the luck of the draw where some take a few years to get going (cutting or seedling). I have some that are 3 or 4 years old and still not bloomed.