I have been around Garden Web for many, many years but only off and on. Reason being I never felt comfortable with any of the groups. That is until I found this group last december. I saw you were doing a christmas swap and i asked if I could join and Kirk being the generous gentlemen he is said of course I could join in the fun. Well it has been uphill every since. I check in here daily and sometime i post and sometimes I don't. I do however smile alot. I love that I have found a *true* group of junk lovers. I dumpster dived and trash picked long before it was the thing to do so I am a recycler from way back plus I belong to several freecycle groups. I was always taught *waste not...want not!. This group has even helped convert my dh into a junker. Instead of saying why did you............he now says.........hmmmmmmmmmm I think I can use that in a project. :) I used to go to auctions every weekend and I have accumlated a lot of *junk*. I have tons of dishes, glasses, vases, and a lot of odd ball stuff i don't know what I am going to do with it but............ I am also a crafter, doing stained glass, jewerly, mosaics, gardening and woodburning. From these crafts I always have leftovers. If anybody needs some left over stained glass or beads or patterns please let me know i am more then happy to share. I do have one item I have tons of and hope someone can use some..............Rx bottles. They make great storage for seeds, beads, etc.but I have a ton so if anybody would like some pllllllllllllease let me know. My thoughts and prayers goes out to our members who are having trouble, whether it's medicals, emotional or just need a shoulder to lean on. We all need a shoulder once in awhile. I love this group, Thanks Kirk, Carol and all the members. Hugs, Chelcass

"Surely this guy has some redeeming qualities?" Jannie..I'm thinking the same thing. Too bad we don't realize that until we're picking out a tombstone! "After reading your post, the single life sounds better and better;-)" I use to feel the same way! Trust me, it's not all it's cracked up to be (unless you're single by choice). Marilyn_Sue..believe me I understand your frustration, it's just that I look at things a bit different now days!

My poor Max.... Max is a Doberman I found running down the road with a hurt foot; the vet thinks he was a stud dog at a puppy mill, since Max originally was comfortable with other dogs & not with people (& since he tried to mount every female in the clinic!). Max has come a long way in the past few years, but he's still scared of everything. The other day he ran out the front door & wouldn't come back. "Fine", I thought. "Somebody will yell at him to get off their grass, or the Rottweiler down the road will be out again, & Max will come running back in a lather." Sure enough, about 5 minutes later, Max came galloping home & skidded into the driveway in a panic, followed by the pursuing beast...a Scottie. (& here's a link to the other thread about our crazy pets.) Here is a link that might be useful: eccentric pets

Is this illegal? I mean, how can he do this? Does he indeed have to be finished with the job before he can file a lien for nonpayment? This job was supposed to take 6 months and we started back in Jan 2006. We have never said "we are not paying you" or anything. We simply want the things that need to be fixed done right. He keeps saying this is warranty work and he deserves the full payment now. In our eyes, if we paid them all of it, then he would take forever. We have to hold this money over his head or the work won't get done. Now he put a lien on the house like we are not willing to work with him. UGH! Am I right this is not to be considered warranty work when he is still on the job finishing punch out stuff? To me, warranty is something after the job is completed and paid in full. Putting a deck on top of a septic should not be considered warranty work. My thought is he is trying to word it as warranty work because then he can say the job was complete. Sandy