Hi. I think what might have happened is that your mother (like all mothers) felt that watering a plant is what to do to keep it happy (after all, how do you water a plant accidentally :-), and had some MG in the water for her other plants. The point is that she probably gave it a very good drink, and it's now complaining about that, rather than the MG, which shouldn't have hurt it. All you can do now is wait for it to go through its little snit of being too wet, and wait a few weeks (maybe watering once in a couple from now) and see if it comes back. Give it lots of light all day and lots of humidity (that's very important) and hopefully it'll come back with new growth. Cutting anything won't make a difference though.

Oh, that sucks! Especially since it's an item that you were totally in love with (some things are more personal than others). Those doors are outstanding! I can see your point about the defect being there (staining issues) long before you opened the packages. Can you write the vendor a "nice" letter about how much you love the doors and are so disappointed that you didn't open the package and discover the damage sooner? Tell them you really want to showcase those doors! (You want to flatter the vendor). I did that when my son cracked the lens on my digital camera (a canon) a month after the warranty expired. And that was my own fault! But I praised the camera and told them how much I loved using it and didn't blame the damage on their company and they offered to fix it for free. And they did. So they have a very happy customer with me. BTW, I really like your home so far. After all is said and done I hope you and your husband will be very happy in your ranch.

Beware of canned tuna, highest in mercury. Definition of Pesticides include fungicides, herbicides, weed-killer, and insecticides. Pesticide is a neurotoxin, so is mercury. I once read a book by a pediatrician on the link between mercury in shots given to infants, and autism. We are bombarded with neurotoxins like mercury in canned tuna, mercury in infant shots, plus pesticides from food, with rising rate of autism. For more info. on the effects of pesticides as neurotoxins causing stuttering, autism, ADHD, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's, see link below: A Jewish Mom wrote in a Parent's magazine how she fed her daughter fish everyday ... the child regressed mentally, could not even tie her shoes (a task that she mastered earlier). Her child's memory severely declined. The Mom took her kid to a specialist, the diagnose came back: mercury poisoning. From that time one, her kid can only eat canned tuna (high in mercury), once a year, on her birthday. I feel so bad about feeding my kid raisins for years ... I didn't know that raisins are high in pesticides. The result? Her mouth & neck spasm, poor sleep, depression, and severe stuttering, which occurs right after 1/2 cup of raisins before bedtime. The connection between pesticides and Autism is even stronger. Info: "Avoiding these crops can reduce your pesticides consumption levels by as much as 90%. Some of these items are fruit like cherries, apples, peaches, pears and grapes. Vegetables you could avoid are celery, spinach and sweet bell peppers." http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/effects-of-pesticides/ Apple juice is the worst offender, since the skin is crushed to produce juice. Raisins are worst, since chemicals are stuck on tight with the drying process. Strawberries can be washed many times to get rid of chemicals, but not raisins. My Mom grew broccoli in Michigan, she told me to buy frozen organic broccoli, since she knows how much pesticides she used for her broccoli garden. Trader's Joe sells frozen Organic Broccoli at cheap price. We use to buy that, until my kid turned 3 ... then we fed her regular broccoli, plus apple juice & raisins & dry blueberries. Drastic change in personality: she went from a happy toddler to a grumpy and angry 3-years old from poor sleep. This past summer my kid ate tons of raisins: like 1 cup a day. She slept poorly, didn't fall asleep until 1 am, then woke up at 10 am, very grumpy. I'm switching from apple juice to orange juice, or making lemon juice from scratch. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-to-protect-children-from-exposure-to-pesticides/ What Are Some of the Symptoms That Can Occur From Pesticide Exposure? Poisoning by pesticides in humans has caused a myriad of short and long-term nervous system disturbances, including agitation, insomnia, muscle weakness, respiratory agitation, nervousness, irritability, forgetfulness, confusion and depression. In fact, some of the chemicals used in pesticides are actually nerve attacking poisons developed during World War Two. Dirty dozen are: raisins & grapes, blueberries, strawberries, apple, peach, spinach, celery, potato, red-bell pepper, imported nectarine, cucumber, cherry tomato, imported snap peas, kale & collard greens, summer squash. Clean 15 are: Avocado, sweet corn, pineapple, papaya, cabbage, frozen sweet peas, onions, asparagus, mango, kiwi, eggplant, grapefruit, cantaloupe, cauliflower, sweet potato. Here is a link that might be useful: Pesticides: Stuttering, Autism, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's This post was edited by Strawberryhill on Fri, Oct 3, 14 at 9:55

Regarding prep: Like anything, prep is 80% -90% of the job. Let me rephrase that is a silly amount of bad and unneeded prep. However, let's use your analogy a bit, while studying for an exam is a good use of your time, attempting to read every book published on a subject is a poor use of your time. For a bit of play on a couple of old adages, "it takes hard work and effort to get anywhere, but my dog puts hard work and effort into chasing his tail." Read the comment section of the video posted... In this video there were so many things that are just mistakes. Taping everything, is a bit much, painting a vertical straight line at intersecting walls is not that hard. Taping a textured ceiling is completely worthless and will not look good. Taping carpet, and this is especially good when she uses the too small tool that pulls the tape from the wall and gets wet with paint. It is almost a perfect transfer mechanism. Didn't take the outlet covers off. Left the tape on far too long. Take a hair dryer to the uncured paint to get the tape off the wall without scoring the edge.