We must have the same taste in roses because I saw a bunch of my own on your list! However, there's one I don't have and that's "some random white rose"........is that available from Vintage and is it BS resistant? :) I can't imagine having the will power to have a complete list. Every time someone posts pictures on here, I'm writing down a new name. I have so many scraps of paper around my computer with random rose names - heck I don't even remember what most of them are anymore! You have a bunch of "blues" on your list - how about "Outta the Blue"? This one is new for me this year but so far I really love the unusually colored blooms. Lynn

amysrq, thanks for your reply! I'm glad your tomatoes outgrew this. I just de-mulched mine and threw the straw on some poison ivy! Also removed half the plants, including soil (that was hard -- they had already made beautiful strong root balls), and replanted with some extra tomatoes that I still had in the cold frame. Did you get normal fruit from yours, once they started growing again? I notice that mine have pretty much stopped growing altogether. The flowers that were there a week ago are still there and are not developing at all. sigh... usually I start getting tomatoes by the end of June. I guess this year I will be lucky to get enough to freeze any. Did you figure out the source of the herbicide contamination on yours? Was it the Mainely Mulch? From now on I am using only the products of my own yard for mulch. What a shame that the most powerful country in the world doesnt choose to protect its citizens from the reckless acts of greedy corporations.

Ya, I look at his little face and I think he seems sad. He's so thin and his eyes are so big in his little head. He can still get around though I think it's difficult for him. He does go up and down stairs (not sure why now that the litterboxes are upstairs) but it's really hard for him. I have to pick him up very carefully or his back legs shudder - I think because it's painful for him. It's somewhat difficult for him to lie down or get up - he kind of plops down and kind of struggles to get up. I think the saddest thing is that he no longer sucks his tail. The whole time we've had him (over 12 years) he has always sucked his tail like a baby before he goes to sleep. It seemed like this was a huge comfort to him - and no he no longer has that. It's so sad when it gets to this stage. When my last cat died I thought no more. I had two left and I figured that would get me through most of the rest of my life. That lasted about two years and then I adopted one from a shelter. So I now have three - soon to be two I guess.

carecooks asked: "I know that the plate isn't difficult, but what about the outlet itself. Is that a big deal to change (er, meaning costly since I'm at the end of the remodel)?" They are both easy--the outlets are inexpensive--under $1 for 'regular' outlets and about $3-4 for 'decora' outlets. It is definitely a task many people do themselves. It does help to have a couple of (not too expensive) tools, including a 'tester' to ensure that the outlet is really powered off before you start to removed it and is wired properly after it is replaced. If you still have a GC around, you can ask him if he'll switch them if you pick them up at HD or Lowe's :-). It doesn't take more than 5 minutes or so to swap out an outlet. If you were near here, I'd do it for you!