Judy, Your cottage rose is beautiful, one of my favorite roses. I can look at your's until mine kicks in. And I do know what you mean about the names of things, I most of the time don't bother to even try and remember. I know Annabella because I just bought it and it is the name of a cat I once had and NH Purple well, because I live in NH. :) I had a nice visit with my Dad while in GA we didn't do much other than sit and visit. Warm felt good! I would love some help with my rock wall. It is about 10' long x 4' wide. It has sun all day after 10am. here it is the best I could get with help from my Granddaughter who lives with us, the love of my life and we are stuck at the hip, where I go she goes, and wouldn't have it any other way. Her name is Daisy. Here is another couple. and here is a lame looking map I made... The pink yarrow on the left is pretty and I like it until it flops over onto the rose. I tried the wire hoops last year but guess I don't know how to use them. The hoops floped over too. Think I need something else. The iris have been there a year and have never bloomed but I do like the look of them. I think I would like something tall towards the back to go with the mallow that will not flop. Don't want a bush or tree in that bed...I know it's overgrown with weeds all around it and will look better when I have the time to do some weeding, mulching and brush cutting. The silver solar lights are going to move elsewhere, my sone gave them to me for mother's day and just stuck them there. Any suggestions would be helpful. I would love to look at this bed and see it full so there is no room for weeds to grow and cover up the mulch which I realy don't like at all. THink I would like to see something trailing down over the front of it, and tucked into the gaps in the rocks. Last year I tried the wave petunias without much of an impact. Thanks again for sharing the cottage rose... Karyn

It seems that you need to set it up according to the instructions given by your telephone voice mail provider, ie AT+T, Verizon, etc. Who is your landline service provider? Have you subscribed to the voice mail service? Did it work in the past on a previous phone at your location? Here is a link that might be useful: Home Voice Mail - Quick Start -Verizon

What an article. I am over-whelmed at the moment. It has hit very very close to home. My Dad was in much the same condition/mental state for 6 months before he died and I was his caregiver. I moved to FL to live with Mom and Dad and take care of him. His dementia was brought on by something a pd caregiver did/gave him . She had been in their home for 1 month. She and her spouse were attempting to get my Dad to sign checks behind Mom's back. By the time Mom realized what was going on and my DB and I got there all was lost. Except for the horror and the bills the incompetent medical community that we had to deal with. My only fault with the article is his ending. There is nothing you can do personally that will hasten your own end except suicide. If you decided to do this while you are still able then so be it. But...if you wait...ah...then who will you designate to carry out your wishes. Will they ? When will be the right time ? Tomorrow...OK...what if it is a good day ? See what you are facing. Hubris ...that is what is at work . Thank you Gold for a powerful thread and roselvr for an eye opening article. And the writer, thank you. Here is a link that might be useful: Hubris

I could suggest getting toy cars, montser trucks or even dump trucks but in the end the kids really need to get out and play. I have 3 girls 3,2,& 6 mos. My toddlers have insane energy, I find they are the noisiest and hardest to handle the more time they have to spend indoors and I have a HUGE house. You said they rely on the family to babysit. Why don't you suggest to the family to take the boys to a school playground. That's what I do (until my fence and swingset are finished) so the boys can release their energy. Or if they have a fenced in back yard buy a sandbox and have it shipped(one with a cover so animals won't use it as a litter box) Try to suggest things in a non confrontational tone. When my family trys to 'tell' me how to raise my children I would tune them out too. I understand travel we don't do it a lot but 3-4 times a year we travel 6-9 hrs south one way to visit family or go to fairs. As long as the kids can get out and just stretch their legs they don't give us too much struggle(we give them toys to play with but they always just end up hurling them at us or each other!) But what we do try is if we pass farms or even just houses we try to point out things like animals-cows-horses- dogs- cats- even wild animals, cars,trucks, tractors and sometimes even signs