Thanks to all of you for the advice - it will stay in the eastern window then. The only way it could sit in the southern window would be on the back of an aquarium, beside the onc., about 4 inches away from the window, and it does get incredibly warm there from the sun (and from the bottom too, where the aquarium lights produce heat). I have no window sills, just the aquarium, so there's no way to put it back farther from the window, or to put anything in front of it either. It would definately get too hot there from what you're all saying - I grow my plants that need the highest light levels there (trees, cacti, and the onc.). I took a closer look today at lunch, and it really is just absolutely soaking wet down in the plastic pot, and jammed in there so tightly with moss I couldn't even coax it out of there. It looks like some of the roots will need trimming after all, since some are just really mushy & falling apart. I may have to cut the pot off just to get it out. Do Phals like holes in the sides of thier pots, or do they prefer solid walls? I have my Onc. in a glazed "orchid pot" with many holes in the sides, and it seems to be happy with that, but I've been reading that Phals like more moisture at the roots. My house is kept at an even 70-72 (75-78 in summer) degrees in winter, so that's what it is right now, and under both windows are the heat registers, so that provides some air movement. In summer, the A/C comes out of those same registers, providing more air movement around the plants. I do open the narrow side windows (on either side of both the south & east large windows) on nice spring/fall days, so there will be some natural airflow from those occasionally too. I'm not fond of fans - they make me cold, and make the water evaporate from my aquariums faster. But none of the other plants have ever complained about the air movement, or lack thereof... Thanks again...I'll get to work repotting tonight and see how it goes from there. I appreciate the help. :-)

Oh Wow Lynn...I was laughing too.. but nervously! Those type of things (in the night) would scare the heck out of me too. I was also thinking of the poor police officer going off in the night, not knowing what to expect. I'm happy to hear all is well, and it was JUST a pop of a transformer.. I agree it was a good thing you were up w/DH with his foot cramp when it happened. Do you have an alarm system on your home? We do and that would have set the alarm off, when all the power goes off. Our system has a backup that sends it right out to security. We live out here in the 'sticks' and I always feel like I'm so alone, but the alarm gives me some peace of mind. I can't get over you sleeping with your doors open like that...I would be too chicken to do that. Guess it's a 'growing up in NY' kind of thing..but then again, being out here now in the 'Country'...it's the 4 legged creatures now, versus the 2 legged!! Glad all has ended well for you...what a way to start the day, and Punk is right..there will be many laughs over it. jane

THANK YOU Sue, Val and parma. It was a great day. The tables were bargained down , so they were way less than the e-bay ones , not cheap but still new ones are really crazy high. The ladder was 14% less than she was asking...still a lot but then it is so rare, at least around here. I haven't checked on the internet yet to see whether there are others out there. The chair was a steal for sure. Sue...tomorrow I am using Restore on all my 35 yr old DR chairs...huge job. That stuff is amazing. Parma you are right it is a perfect BR chair and VERY comfy. I got 3 different sized folks to sit in it before I bought it. Wait till you see the stool. It will be 4 weeks as he is so busy. Val....they are now...:) I was just trying to show them better in the pic. I now have a place for my coffee while DH plays....c

Thanks djacobz. I'll have to do a complete tour of the area. Maybe tomorrow early. No Shivas but quite a bit more. Kari, I was walking Shasta early in the morning and it looked nice with the sun just hitting it so I took a photo to try and capture it. Look, even Shasta got into the picture.