Here some pictures of the poor rose bed after I have taken the roses out of this section. In this one you can see the poor wilted shrub rose replanted by the trellis. You can also see some of the roses that I never got around to moving more in the front of the picture. The section to be replanted. Look further down towards the back in this picture and you can see daylily row there in the back. The view of the section to be planted from the other way. I need to do some prunning of the shrubrow that I have planted accross from this rose bed as some of the shrubs have grown much taller than I thought they could. Still, most of the shade come from the branches of my neighbors cutleaf maple that overhang the property. I have spoken to him about trimming the branches back and its on the project list. He wants to have the tree guy come and thin the tree so that more light comes thru underneath on his property and I would pay the guy at the same time to take back those branches hanging over. Pays to get along well with your neighbors. I am still working on the placement of the little roses but am stuck mostly inside today as I have some work that will take a long time that absolutely has to be done today.

Four Cups of flour (combination of All Purpose and Bread Flour) Teaspoon salt 6 whole eggs and two egg yolks or another whole egg Put the flour and salt in the food processor or mix by hand. Give the flour and salt a bit of a mix. Whisk the eggs and yolks fairly well in a cup and then pour into the food processor and mix and pulse until pretty together. If you don't have a food processor then you will have to pour the eggs into a well in the center of your flour mixture and gradually mix the two together until a damp clump forms. Then I dump the mixture out and shape into mounds or balls and stick into a plastic container and let set for at least 20 minutes, covered. If you can't roll them out after 20 minutes, refrigerate. Can be kept in the refrigerator at least overnite. You will have to take them out of the refrigerator if you decide to to it that way and let the dough warm up a little. Anyway, when ready to roll, if too sticky, just flour your surface a bit more and work it in. Make your mound of dough rather flat and then roll with a floured rolling pin. Roll as thin as you possibly can. Place that large flat, like for pie crust aside on a floured surface while you roll the rest of the dough. It is best not to have too big of mound of dough to roll out. Let the rounds dry, when they start getting dry on one side, lift and turn over. When that has dried some you can start cutting. I take a knife or you can use a pizza cutter and cut a bit bigger than a lasagna noodle in width, it is up to you really. Cut the strips as evenly as you can, stacking as you cut makes it easier. When one round is all cut and they are stacked, cut across and stack those. Now on a cutting board, take a knife and cut across the short ends in as narrow as you can cut and you will have noodles. Start laying out the noodles on the floured surfaces and continue cutting. After all are cut, spread the noodles about. I always let my noodles dry overnite, covered with clean dish towels or tablecloth. The next day uncover and check to see if they are really good and dry, stir around and let dry until they are really dry. At that point you can use them or bag them up in freezer bags and freeze. For my chicken and noodles, I like a rich chicken broth seasoned only with salt and pepper to taste. After your broth is very hot to the boiling point, watch it doesn't boil over, add the amount of noodles you need, let cook but not real fast uncovered until tender, probably 12 minutes, it may vary, you can taste and want them done, not chewy. Stir once in awhile so they won't stick. When they are done at that time you may add cooked chicken, no bones. Serve over buttered mashed potatoes. I hope I was able to guide you through this. Any questions just ask. Enjoy. Sue

Hell'o Lulie, So Sorry to hear about your Mother. I lost my Mother about a year ago. She was so talented in many fields and I am too. However, I took up painting about 1.5 years ago and have really enjoyed it. I know Mother would have encouraged me on too. Keep painting.... I feel your Mothers watching. Put your paintings on for us to see. Do you paint oil, acrylic or what? I really like acrylic. I especially like Christmas or Halloween. However, what I really enjoy painting is WINE BOTTLES, with grapes, flowers, fruit, animals etc. Whatever comes to me at the time. I have 3 Grandsons and 2 daughters that have lovely homes that enjoy my paintings. I noticed this topic is still going but not heavily used. I hope it is not discontuined and maybe others will jump on line with us. Good luck. Grama

Jgopp, been waiting for yours, too! Thanks all, and yes, the paint for the beadboard and walls, plus installling the "tile rug" is all that is left in the kitchen! Decided togo withcab color on the beadboard, got ithalf repainted and had to refocus elsewhere so it is still half painted, ha ha. Texas Gal, will absolutely let you know via email when the reveal finally gets posted. After all this time it will seem anticlimactic, but my GW peeps have been so faithful in standing by me through my agony I would not dream of skipping a reveal! I will try to keep up in the weekly thread, that tends to be difficult for me. I always feel like I leave out recognizing someone! But I do miss you folks, so will check it out right now...