It took 6 cans of hornet spray and 2 gal. of gas. We waited a week and went back to the tree there were still some hornets wiggling around. We cut the trunk of the tree in half and the whole thing was a huge nest about 4 feet long and about 3 feet round. The nest was made like a tiered condomenium from the jetsons. It felt just like card board. The little cubicals on the inside were very large. It was very interesting. But the funny part was when my husband went down to spray it we had him suited up in a winter coat with rubber bands around the arms and bubber bands around his pant legs a belt around the middle of the coat and a hat and scarf around his face.lol But they never attacked and he never got stung. But, man there were a lot of them. Now we found another tree with honey bees. Were going to wait till winter to cut that one in hopes of getting the honey. Just thought this was an interesting story.

SOME SPECIAL QUOTES, ABOUT DAVE AND DEB, BY FORUM MEMBERS. "Deb sounds (and looks) pretty special". from Harryshoe __________________________________________________________ "I'm sure your wife understands that your post is one great big love letter to her. How wonderful that you two have those feelings for each other, AND that you, unlike lesser men, are not ashamed to show them. Not to mention the witty, wonderful way you did it". from Ingrid ___________________________________________________________ "I envy your wife diggerdave. If only you could convince my husband about it being sexy being with the roses". from Countryrosegirl ___________________________________________________________ "Dave, thanks for sharing. Your love for Deb sounds very beautiful. As one who has lived with a lot of similar criticism too for most of my life, I know about low morale and low self esteem, but you are right she is very beautiful and great figure". from Moodyblue(Pauline) ___________________________________________________________ "Hey Digger I love your post and Deb is a beautiful woman. Your life and roses together are the best. I think your roses reflect your love, the TLC you give them and each other". from Lesdvs9(Leslie) ___________________________________________________________ "Digger------Your wife is one lucky lady----and you are a great guy for giving her back her self-confidence----I understand how she was feeling and then you came along and now she is a Princess. Two Lucky people". from Zeffyrose(Florence) ____________________________________________________________ "Diggerdave lucky bird". from Iowa_Jade(F.L.) ____________________________________________________________ I see two really sexy-- beautiful people Dave you are a hunk and I'm sure your Deb values you as much as you value her----- I love seeing two happy people like you". from Zeffyrose(Florence) ____________________________________________________________ "You and Deb are a handsome couple and it's rare to find two people complement each other the way you two do. A marriage that's still strong and having fun all these years later in today's world. You're each other's true halves of a whole". from Lesdvs9(Leslie) ____________________________________________________________ "Congrats to Digger and Deb....the Dh and I are knocking on 5 yrs and I hope we feel the same at 23 yrs....he is my digger man too" :) from Bluebetty ____________________________________________________________

P. X 'Titan' is a big plant and easy to grow. This fellow of mine has been throwing out flowers one after another, the flowers can last about 2 to 3 weeks and the plant will have up to 3 flowers blooming. It interesting to see the color of the flowers turn from dark violate to purplish light color with a bluish tinge. As you can see from the top pic and as it progressed on the last 2. I definitely do spend hours gazing at my plants; friends and family think IÂm a nut just staring them. It just fascinates me the knowledge that this plants are predators Âhunting there insects prey. Hey, its easy to keep in a room, I just put them on a tray with water and use 4 of those compact fluorescent light you can purchase anywhere for $10 and $12 dollars, but make sure IÂm using those that is "true light" of at least 2000 lumens. Very simple set-up but is working just fine for me. But make sure to harden your plants first! Cheers!

As we speak, I'm finishing up a paper that partially involves addressing "postfeminism" and the desire to "have it all" (defined, loosely, as romance + career + kids). The "postfeminist" stance would be that every woman not only CAN but SHOULD have it all (or else you are not 'complete' or 'super' enough as a woman). The staunch "Second Wave" feminist stance would be that this perception on the part of "postfeminists" is naive because they are wrong to think that all gender inequality is magically "over"; thus even striving to have it all is dumb and doomed. As for me, I consider myself a "Third Wave" feminist, so my personal view is kind of in the middle: Yes, it's very hard to "have it all", (especially if you don't have a lot of money) and that is in large part because of societal structures and differing gender expectations*; but we should keep trying, if "it all" is what we want, because we shouldn't have to choose when men don't have to choose. I think there are ways that society could be changed ---as well as individual personal decisions--- that could help us all (men and women) achieve and experience all that we want in this short life. But it takes cooperation. *Just finished reading an article by Maureen Dowd where she rightly points out the following GENERALIZED trends: -Most women, as they advance in their careers (and in their age), proportionately find their prospects for marriage and children going down. Married or not, busy professional or not, most women are expected to handle most of the "homemaking". As a result, most women find their lifestyle becoming more complicated, it being extremely difficult to juggle all three spheres (let alone friends, fashion and great hair!) -For men, the pattern is reversed: as they advance in their careers (and age is generally irrelevant), they find their prospects of marriage and children going UP. Especially if they are "busy professionals", they are not generally expected to take on too much of the "homemaking". As a result, their overall lifestyle improves. (And they don't spend much time worrying about fashion and great hair.) All that said... my boyfriend is a dream insofar as doing the majority of the cooking and cleaning while I have been working full-time and finishing my degree (and he works full-time, too). If the situation was reversed, I'd pick up more of the cooking & cleaning; in any event, the ideal is when both partners pull equal weight in all areas (but sometimes this has to be temporarily shuffled around). Not ready for kids yet, though! :)