You all have made my Saturday. I was feeling like the hardest person in the world to get along with and now have had a good laugh and found people of a like mind. Had to go into town yesterday,did'nt feel like getting out of bed much less go to town and yep to Wally world. My pet peeve is those #^*% squares of pills that each pill has to be dug out with a jack hammer. I had to get some benydryl caps. I looked at the box and thought of those nasty little pockets of pills and walked over to the pharmicist and told them my arthritic fingers refused to mess with them and if they wanted to sell them they could take them out of the package and put them in a bottle and go complain to the company that packaged them. To my surprise they complied without a murmer. I've felt like a monster ever since. Now i feel better. Now i can have a lot of fun sometimes with these young whipper-snappers(have'nt heard that in a long time)that have the little ole lady syndrome. I will make slaves out of them while i'm in the store. "Can you hand me that can, it's just out of my reach (About 2" above me) and that bottle over there. I can't make up my mind do i want wood glue or gorrilla glue? On the one hand..........but on the other hand...........or maybe just plain Elmers glue." If i'm not in a hurry i can keep them tied up for 5 min.or more. My DD is worse than i am. She makes a hobby of returning anything that has a flaw in it,if it only cost .50 and she loves to argue about unfair practices. She made an art of that when she was a teenager at home than found out it would work with people outside the family. LOL

One tool that I have that I absolutely love is a child's rake. When I first started gardening, 12 years ago, I was frustrated because many of the tools were too large for me (I'm only 5 feet tall). A hand rake is too short. So I saw these tools in Home Depot and I bought the rake. It's the perfect length for me and the smaller head is great for raking around roses and spreading compost and mulch. I hope it never breaks because I've looked but can't find another one anywhere.

I had an external hard drive and loved it. I had it set for auto back up every 3 days. It worked flawlessly for almost 5 years. I now have an extra hard drive so no need for the Iomega. For Christmas this year, actually I'd like this present before Christmas, I'd like all the finish work completed in our home. I thought we'd be having a nice Christmas without sawdust but maybe we will celebrate for Valentines Day. In lieu of the woodwork.... I'd like a round bread mold. A Popover Pan. A extra vacuum. Several cutting boards, 10by12" or smaller. A mandoline. A folding step ladder with at least 2 steps. I need one that folds up as small as possible for easy storage but tall enough so I can reach the top shelves. A new potato ricer, mine is on it's last legs. Michelle

OMG, I just mailed it on Wednesday! I saw it as W/S and thought of you, my Gadget Empress. And I know you like things spicy (Hi Ray!). linda, I guess you could use it elsewhere. Maybe Jessy can help there. Have fun with the poppers.