aaa Lucy, just memories of another time..another place... CB, ((hugs)) lmao Theresa!! Seriously I figured out that it's the stupid AC! I didnt realize it has been on for the last week. DH & I fight over the AC every summer. I just cant handle it. Headache went away yesterday while he was at work, I had the AC off! He got home, turned it on, 15 mins later, it was back. I shut it off on him, lol...he can live with a fan! Thanks Brandon. It's a soft liner, I dug it July of 08..everyone here came thru my journey with me, have seen its changes since..birth?..lol..thats not right. It's about 9x14' then it has a lil stream. Have a lotus pond, half barrel pond. Was planning on expanding the big pond more, but I think it'll have to wait till next year...budgetary crisis, lol. No large mouth bass in my pond! lmao! (I would like to have a catfish tho, but most likely wont) The Koi is big enuf that I was worried about what he'd do to my tongue..I KNOW thats what Kylie wanted!! lmao! I was more concerned over the plecos tho..if they got curious and came up to my tongue..omg! lol! My Koi was about 4" when I got him at the end of June '08..either that or the beginning of July '08. I got him from PetCo, a cull is all he was, he was about $20 I think. Not more than that..I wouldnt pay more than that for a fish, lol. They grow faaast! We do have herons around here, love to watch them..but they havent found my pond yet. BUT I do have a bullfrog that we brought home a few weeks ago..he ate my baby painted turtle, and this morning he ate a bird. I know how bad they are for ponds, but it looks like Frodo has found a forever home...He'd better not eat my fish tho! lol@ the frog swimming in circles! I had problems with raccoons eating my fish, but they are taken care of now. Lucy!! LMAO!! DOnt worry, I'm not getting off on tonguin' the fish!!!! ROFLMAO! I cant see me doing it again anytime soon. After I did this, I was still in the pond, and I saw a goldfish pooping...I hadnt thought about that b4 I stuck my tongue in the water..DD took a pic of me making a face when I saw that, then we laughed and I got out of the pond. Obviously I didnt post that one tho.. A couple days later I found leeches in the lotus pond. I'm done! No leeches on my tongue!

Cameron: thank you for all the info on the plants. I will do as Nell suggested and make a plan with the info next to each. I only hope they will do as well as yours ! Pattioh: they will be all alone as the bed is brand new. I didn't realize the plants wuld be TINY...they will look lost for sure. I have no plan but am going to get one ...NOW ! patricia: thank you for the help. I have 1 yard...I can get as much as I want but I didn't know how much to get. Do you work it into the soil or just put it on the top as you said like mulch ? I was going to use it to condition the soil even though it is good topsoil. We have no clay. Thanks for any further inst. on that. lynne: pictures at 10:00...LOL vikki : thanks for the vote of confidence. I will make a note on the walker's low Carol...I hope they do well I sure am trying. MeMo you and Nell need to come ON !! Nell I have no plan but that was kinda what I had in mind so I guess I am on the right track. How little are these plants !!?? I bought the other clems to make sure I would have later blooms. I have looked up previously when to prune /not prune etc for them so that is OK. Pinks are still robust here. We are still having 60's at night which is weird. SMOKE again today. I sure hate it for you Ga/Fl folks down there in the fire regions. And no rain anytime in the near future for here. Very grim. THANK YOU ALL. Caroline

Very cute! Like almost everything. Not a fan of the zebra rug at all. Looks like it came from another space where they no longer wanted to use it. I would do the ceiling the same color as the wall color. I think the white ceiling (or a coral pink one) cuts off the room - if it were the same color as the walls, the ceiling would disappear. You could also run the tree up onto the ceiling just a bit, again to blur the visual line between walls and ceiling.

You are all enablers. There has been so much discussion on here regarding rugs and online sources for them that I started looking for a new rug for my DD and SIL. And when I saw the rug pictured below, it was because of you guys that I hit the "submit" button. The rug is from Overstock, not Esalerugs and its not as colorful or as fancy as the ones shown in this post but I think it looks great in their space and they were quite surprised when it was delivered to their house.