Wow!!! and thank you all. I am very humbled by your kind words and pleased to read that I have been somewhat helpful to some of the folks on this forum. It is a two way street, as I too have learned very much more over the years about ponds, fish, filters etc,and methods of care, from the other contributors, who have taken the time to post their experiences and ideas to this forum. Thank you again, "Horton"

WOW doris!! that is so smart!! i would NEVER have thought of that!!! last year when we had so much rain our basement flooded, the terrible thing was that just that spring i put everything from the attick (which it was safe) down to the basement, now i must mention that in the basement its like 5x8x6height. its a very small basement. well in the summer for some reason it flooded here, we are on a slope so we didn't get anything, just the creeks got so bad that they blocked us in town. funny!! . till a month later i went to the basement looking for something and OMGoodness i noticed that it had rings that would have been up to my neck on some of the crates, (thank goodness we were smart enough to get them switched over befor we put them there!! ) we lost alot of things, books from our youth, some of tabors baby books, some of tabors baby blankets, some of tabors baby clothes, some of our (i think my grandma's blanket she made she passed on ages ago) so you get the pic. so we had to clean that thing out big time!! all them crates, and then up went the crates AGAIN!!!! LOL i could NOT get that horrible smell out of the stuff either so they had to go!! wish i had known, but we thought our house was sound for some reason, dont know why??!! no sump pump. that would have been nice!! LOL ~Medo

I was working at a Canning Workshop yesterday at an organization where I volunteer, and a lady said she was looking for a good, safe canning Salsa Recipe. The presenter didn't know of one but I did. I sent her right to Annie's Salsa and said it is the gold standard, and she will never want for another. I agree, thanks Annie! Steve

Thanks for the kind words. I am in awe of her. And I am so relieved to be posting about her recovery. I got word about an hour ago about a woman in our community that just died as a result of her eating disorder. I can't help but worry that it was one of the "girls" in the support group we attended.They are all so courageous. The email talked about a special meeting of the support group, so I am guessing that it was.It is heartbreaking. Magothy River girl- good memory- yes it was a few months after my DD was diagnosed. A week before the semester started her junior year, her sorority sister died suddenly of a pulmonary embolism. The funeral was the first day of classes. Rough times. But hey sleep is way over rated. I hope that posting here may be helpful to some of the parents on the board. There truly is such a thing as recovery from eating disorders, even though some literature says not.