Judith, I saw those flowers, the big one was marked down from $49 and I think it came to like $12.50 or so. I so wanted to get it & then wondered where I'd put it, so I settled for one little one for on the end of my kitchen counter for now. This in between after xmas, after new year & not yet anything else, is perplexing, so I opted for the red flower just to have something on the counter for now. You did good if you got the big one, it was so pretty & I debated on it for sure. We'll probably see it used in a tablescape of yours & I'll be kicking myself for not buying it!!!! LOL

Enjoyingspring, you got me intrigued, so I looked up the Nutribullet and started watching YouTube videos. All the videos were very positive, giving high marks to the Nutribullet. But I was struck by the small quantity of vegetables that went into their drinks. I'm sure this is because I'm used to juicing. Typically, I put 4 carrots, a small beet, 2 large stalks of celery, loads of romaine or kale, a chunk of ginger through the juicer, which comes out to one pint of juice. I realize that the juicer leaves behind a fair amount of solids behind. But I felt the chief advantage of juicing is that it enables you to consume a lot more vegetables than you could possibly eat whole. And the liquid is said to contain 95% of the nutrients. I know when I was juicing every morning I had dramatically more energy in the afternoon. The people in the videos were putting a couple of handfuls of greens--usually spinach--in their Nutribullets, less than I'd put into a typical salad for myself. A few mini-carrots, or a half a regular carrot, went in too. Then, typically, lots of fruit. Berries. A whole banana. And water. I wasn't expecting the water at all. I guess if I think about getting one of these I'll have to think of it completely separate from juicing. I wish I could talk to someone who does both.

Petlady1: Glad you like my hardware since I now own 45 of them! They're 5" pulls and I'll be using all pulls and no knobs. I got them online for $2.49 each! Yeah! Here's a link to photos of the backsplash I'm using. It's a 4X4 porcelain tile and will be put on a diagnal. I don't know how good the color comes up on your screens, but the tiles are a blend of different beiges. I am also getting the 4X4 accent tile, but I don't have a sample of that. Why are accent tiles so much more $$$? Also, my GC/Tile Guy said to scatter the accent tiles on the backsplash rather than put them exactly the same spacing. I'm SO conservative (If you haven't already figured that out by my choice of "colors"). To scatter the accent tiles scares me a little, but I may just do it. What do you think? Thanks for your interest! Barb Here is a link that might be useful: Backsplash Tile

Glassquilt that looks lovely but I doubt I could afford it. Sharon and Donna, you're welcome to come and raid my stash any time you want to drive down. Well, I worked on it about 3 hours last night, about 6 hours today. I sorted it in color families first, then I separated out the solids and sorted them. Then I separated the big cuts from what I call "smalls" - eighth and quarter yards and smaller. Then there were so many polka dots and stripes I put them in separate piles. But this was also going through my existing stash and doing the same thing and melding the two groups together. But I didn't get to the top shelf in the closet yet, my back is screaming at me. The top shelf has really huge cuts of fabric, some decorator type fabric and all the browns, tans, beige and blacks on it so that's going to be a job. I also want to brush up on Bonnie Hunter's scrap system for the smalls. I guess I'm gonna be busy for awhile! Not to mention I've started another quilt. Does anyone know where a person can get cloned??