I finally remembered what I once used to keep plastic cups upright. I had some trays that were for washing drink glasses in a commercial dishwasher. I got them a a place called "salvage" at the nearby state university. Someone said that universities had renamed their salvage yards to "recycle" facilities. Lots of interesting stuff at these places if you should be near a university.

YEA, directTV is waiving the early termination fee. As well they should! Lets see what else...DD#2 decided that she SHOULD get renters insurance (A whopping $7.50 a month). She was able to "grab" quite a bit when they were able to go in (but were told to get out if they heard any kind of noise), but most was ruined, but good to catalog for insurance purpose. Laptop is toast, hoping to dry it out so Geeksquad can pull info off like schoolwork and pictures. IPod is gone, IPod shuffle, gone, docking station, gone, TV's gone, WII..gone, games ...gone, microwave..gone,,you get the picture. She was going to wash her dishes to see if the smell would come out, I haven't heard if that was a success. I have heard though that there may be chemicals that "baked" into the stuff and she should just toss them anyway...what do you think? Lots of stuff started to rust right away, stuff warped, water logged, really bad. Vickey-MN

Jo-I just saw this, but I wanted to respond. I would talk to your doctor if you feel like his behavior has changed. In Fairfax County they have a program called Child Find. I'm sure your area has something similar. You can talk to them FREE and they can evaulate Brody (although he may be too young?) in many areas. Katie also has a tooth breaking through and is trying to crawl. Some days she is a nightmare to hold or feed. All she does is wiggle and squirm. Teething can be pretty painful and make them miserable. Sometimes sucking on a bottle aggravates the tooth pain. Or if he is having an allergy/reflux, his stomach may be upset? Reflux seems to be quite common among my friends kids. Mostly, I just wanted to tell you to hang in there. It's not easy being a mom, esp the first time. We worry about lots of stuff! I know you love Brody and he definitely loves you back. You have NOT failed him. The simple fact that you're so worried tells me how much you love him and want the best for him! I hope you had fun at your girls night. Let's try to plan something before the holidays (with or without the kids)???

Oh my gosh, what a lovely transformation. The counters are beautiful and I love her rug! I love the fresh look the white uppers, blue lowers brings to her kitchen. She has inherited her mother's great taste. Thank you for sharing this with us.