I am still not able to get on despite spending 2 hours on the phone with my internet provider tech support last night. Talk about frustrating! They don't seem to have any idea what the problem could be - the tech said that since I have a secure wireless connection and a land based connection for the pc, the modem will have a built in router which means I don't need the external router connected. With or without the router I can't get on. I turned off all the security (briefly) - nothing changed. I can see my wireless connection in my list of available options and it says I am connected to it. But I can't get to a webpage. Thankfully my bank has a computer anyone can sign in to to do online banking, my daughter has this pc which I can use a bit and I can check my mail at work. The tech is coming over tomorrow - maybe I'll get some answers. If he's stumped, I am wondering if there is a way to feed the landbased connection to my laptop - anybody have an idea on that? Thanks for the ideas so far, I appreciate it. Suzan J

I still have fingernails! It didn't really start rising until after 2 hours! I put a pan of hot water in the oven with it, and that helped. I wonder if buttermilk isn't a great liquid for dissolving yeast. The buttermilk was almost as thick as yogurt. I used half for the crumb cake and tried to shape the other half into balls for buns, but I could see it was too wet and would just meld together. So I put the other half in another pan and sprinkled coconut on top. I'm going to try to recreate what we called coconut buns growing up. They are glazed after baking. I'm letting them rise overnight in the fridge. I think they'll be all right. I just hope they taste good! I'd hate to waste all that butter, sugar, etc. But nothing ventured, nothing gained. If it's anything to be proud of, I'll take photos. ;)

Exactly. That's why my phone is 8 years old. It has no bells and whistles, just calling. Since I operate a business from home, I'm not out and about as much as most, and while I'd like to have email and web options on a new phone for when I am away, I can't justify paying the $20-$30 for those options, plus more for a new calling plan. IF I use 150 minutes a months, I'm lucky. And with my current, discontinued $35/month plan, I don't want to pay more per month for the same plan just because I got a new phone. So, I will keep this one until it dies. So far, it's working great and the battery lasts 5-6 days even when the phone is on (but not used), unlike most batteries today which last 2-3 days. I looked into the pre-pay plans and that's not for me even though I don't use many minutes.

Rory, our lab was a bolter and a bolter who NEVER came home on his own. He thought it was a great game to have us chase him, but even when we stopped chasing, he wouldn't come back. When we first got him from a rescue (he was 2y/o), I was ready to return him b/c I spent countless hours in tears, many times frantically calling dh when he wouldn't return. We have a 4' high fence in the backyard but he would run out front door every single time any of my kids would go in/out which is frequent in our house. We made an appt for an invisible fence to be installed (we did not use Invisible Fence but a company a friend recommended) and hired a dog trainer. The day she arrived, my dog was in the backyard and right as she was coming down the street, he leapt right over the fence! Once he figured out he could clear it, we couldn't even put him out back anymore. All that said, with the help of the dog trainer, we trained him not to bolt out the front door, as well as many other behaviors we needed to fix. The guy who installed our invisible fence also worked with him quite a bit. He did go through the fence a few times in the beginning, but now he never ever does, even when dogs are walking by. He knows exactly how far he can go before he gets the warning beep and won't even venture that far. We have it around front and back yard so that he can be outside in the front when our kids are outside playing. When I toss a ball with him, if the ball goes anywhere near the invisible fence, he knows not to go after it. He won't even get in my car if it's parked too close to the fence, even with his collar off - I have to make a big show of it that I've removed it before he will get in my car. He will lay down on the driveway and refuse to move Our old dog (lab/shepherd mix) was not a bolter and I always hated invisible fences when I walked my old dog. Not knowing someone had the fence, dogs would come tearing out toward us and freak me out. For this reason, I do not let my dog out front unless I am out there. While he is very very friendly, he is tall and imposing at 110 lbs and though he usually will just sit right at the edge of his fence line and wag his tail hoping they will stop and play, there are some dogs that make him feel territorial so he will bark and run back and forth so I will yell to people that we have an invisible fence and he will not leave the yard. Some people will stop and let their dogs come into the yard and play with him after asking me first. He just loves that! I don't remember what ours cost but it was at least $500 lower than IF. We most likely could have done it ourselves but we needed it fast and didn't have time. We were very impressed with the company as they came out several times in the beginning to work with him, and after he got out a couple of times at first, they came back and did more training. To give you a sense of how big he is, here he is after jumping up on a chair to look outside at his favorite neighborhood friend - the UPS driver who always leaves him treats when he delivers a package. He actually knows the sound of his truck and immediately takes up this position when he hears him coming.