I am so sorry everyone! I was very sick and sorry! Itran..Thank you so much. You like looking at my jade as much as I like looking at your Desert Roses! Thank you:-) Bsmith.Thanks! It is still in full bloom after all this time! I never saw blooms last so long. I am not sure how old it is, but at least more than 6 years old. I am horrible with dates at the moment. I have heard of some blooming theirs as just cuttings:-) Catevala..WOW. Now that is one happy plant. It's beautiful. Xuan! What a cutie is right! Was Santa good to him? What a cute kid! You must love him so much and have so much fun! I hope your jade does bloom. Is that a picture behind that chair? It is beautiful Xuan. By the way, it's snowing here a lot! Lucky me, right? lol Nancy, please, how did your Mango tree fare along with all your others in that cold. I thought of you when I saw ice all over everything. Is the tree ok? Hello Josh! :-) Mike

That's fantastic!!!! Have you been watching me? You are me!!!! What's bad, is that I'm here typing about how disorganized I am when I should be organizing things! But as I was taking my glass out to the kitchen I saw my sunglasses by them so I decided to go get them for the Bucs game tomorrow. While I was here I decided to check into the Swimming Pool forum that I frequent. As I surfed I then decided to check on a post that I made awhile back in this forum. In front of me sits the empty glass and the sunglasses. I'm going to get up now and return them to the proper place...I hope!!!

regarding the "why am I dreaming.." welcome to my world. I had dreams about every decision. I would go to sleep at night and before I drifted off, I would think, "I need to dream about_______" and I did. I woke up with my answers.

I agree that it's the orangy-gold-yellowy paint that seems to be throwing everything off. I wonder what a warm blue might do for the room? It may be a bit tricky to get the right shade - you need enough warmth for the cabinets, but your counter reads slightly cooler. With the garnets that are in your counter, you could pick up the reddish-wine color and use that as an accent...that can work well with a blue. Usually with colors it seems like it's more about getting the right undertones rather than the right color family. You've got oak cabinets - I'm assuming they aren't going anywhere for a while, so you need to make peace with them. I think that with the right paint color, you can make the cabinets and the granite work. There is always the gel-stain option and if changing them I'd probably look that route. I don't think that painting the oak is a good idea since it tends to look like...painted oak. And that's a look that I really don't care for. You mentioned that the ceiling is changing - does that mean that you're putting in some can lighting as well as the pendants? I like the linear tiles...but not with your cabinets. Their style is more contemporary/transitional than what I think your cabinets can muster...the cabinets have a much more traditional look so you might do better with something a bit more classic in the tile line.