I'd demand a refund and contact my credit card company....and publish the name here. That is totally inexcusable! Any reputable company would have said"Oh! So sorry! We will send replacements today!" I wouldn't waste anymore time I would call my credit card company and tell them to cancel the charge....then call the mail order plant place and ask for either new plants or a refund. They will shortly realizen you have already gotten your refund. Next time take pictures of the sorry looking plants before you do any rehabbing. I recieved 4 boxes of plants in the mail last week...2 shipments of hosta that looked wonderful, one of 6 roses that looked great....a little droopy but they perked up in an hour, and another of hosta sent and packed by a friend from her garden....all looked just wonderful! Was it Breck's? Linda C

Mom has not abandon it if it is a healthy bird. It is not unusual for a baby to need and extra day. You can read up on Blues at www.sialis.org Have you peeked in the box to be sure it's not stuck in something? Call a rehabber first thing and get instructions on what to do if a parent does not return tomorrow. I have one that fledged today, 3 are still in the box. Mom has not been back this evening but I know she will be in the AM. I am one that will do everything I can even if it's stretching the law a bit when it comes to saving babies. I have been know to bring them in (in the nest) and feed them when I knew they were starving (done with a rehabbers instructions). I am not suggesting you do this , just letting you know there are things you can do other than just let it die. HOWEVER I bet Mom is there bright and early! Let us know!

SW= Stanley Works. The symbol goes by "sweet heart". Was used on hardware and tools. Those hinges are plated, so polish them lightly. You could send everything out to be re-plated, but the cost is a factor, and from the few times I've had the replating done, the bright (garish) brass doesn't look appropriate next to old woodwork that still bears the marks of character it took so long to gain. Check everything with a magnet to verify that it's plated steel; if by chance it's brass/bronze, polish away! Fine steel wool and windex with ammonia gets off the tarnish pretty well, and a fine. soft wire wheel brush with a light touch gives a brushed brass effect. A hard felt polishing wheel and jeweler's rouge gives a final mirror finish. To give a satin brass effect, very lightly steel wool after the rouge wheel. That satin effect looks well in an old house IMO. Casey This post was edited by sombreuil_mongrel on Tue, Jun 24, 14 at 8:34

I attended Al-Anon over issues with a family member. It was very helpful for me and a book would not have been nearly as helpful. I love to read and get plenty of tips from self-help books, but this issue is so big that you really need the support Al-Anon will give you. Please go. You need to go for your son's good and for your own. I imagine this could be very hard on a marriage as well, so please go for the health of your marriage. Meeting with my pastor helped me a great deal during this time. If I had had access to a counselor at that time, private counseling probably would have helped me as well. Even if you have access to other resources, please consider Al-Anon or Nar-Anon. If the first chapter you try doesn't work, look to see if there is another in your area that is a better fit. In my experience, I felt so alone and unlike anyone else I knew. I had very little experience dealing with people who abused substances. Just going to the meetings and meeting people with the same circumstances, the same story, the same consequences is so helpful. When you want to enable your son, you will see that there are a room full of people who tried that and it didn't work for them and it won't work for you. By the same token, you will see that you are not a big meanie for setting proper boundaries - that is what you have to do. Al-Anon made me a better person. I had no idea, I was just desperate and grabbing at any straws I could grab. If my son was a substance abuser wild horses couldn't keep me away from Al-Anon or Nar-Anon (never been to Nar-Anon, but I would sure try it). And I would absolutely contact the rehab facility and pump them for every bit of advice and help they could/would give me. You, your husband and your son are going to be walking a tough road. I have never been the parent of a substance abuser, but I have been the mother of a teen who had some difficult years and made life hard for us. Nothing like the h-e-double-hockeysticks substance abusing teens put their parents through, but enough. The pain and damage doesn't just vanish overnight. And whatever drove them to that behavior doesn't disappear overnight. Please go. It sounds trite to say that I am thinking of you and hoping the very best for you and your son, but it's true. All of us who have been touched by substance abuse, mental illness, or both know that our hearts shatter silently into a thousand pieces day after day. There is help getting through this.