i think your baby might need a little vitamin d..seriously, it id false to believe that they are "shaddy plants" or inside/house plants only.. although they usually do thrive just about anywhere, mine are in mostly sun all day and are huge! if you have a little porch or even a window where you can put them in the sun for atleast a few hours a day, it might help remedy your problem. also, they are so right about rooting the plant and maybe starting over with it. at every notch or nodule, on these plants and many more, it will produce it's own rooting system if put in water. i wouldn't cut every single stem at each nodule so you have 50 scraggly sticks with one leaf on each, im just saying how easy it is to get a full plant back again, and you should be able to easily double each individual stem, that way you'll have 1 stem with the original top leaves that can be rerooted, and then the other half can be rooted as well, you'd be doubling your plant and starting again. sooo, that's would be my suggestion at this point.if you will just put them in water, they will start rooting in a few days. you can honestly leave them in the water for a long time, the roots will eventually just outgrow whatever they're in.. be careful not to soak the whole stem. you only really want about 1/2 inch to an inch in the water, they can get soggle and moldy, but it is very rare. i have never had that happen. i have 5 small cups in my room right now rooting.. just to keep mine reproducing all the time. i love love these plants. i've become fixed on them again this year... good luck and i think you'll have good results. :) happy gardening.

Hi lagirl, As someone who has suffered from migraines in the past, I feel for your son. It's a pain beyond description. A normal noise can sound like canons going off, imagine it is unbearable for him to have it sound like the ceiling is going to come down. Based on your user ID, are you in Calif? If so, here is a link to HUD's site for tenant rights. Not to confuse, but that also leads to Calif's Landlord/Tenant laws put out Calif Dept of Consumer Affairs.Do read that handbook, it's got lots of good info, including when and how to approach your landlord. The first link above (HUD) also leads to legal services (including free), should you need advice. Hopefully those tools will help you out. What you want to look for is in your Lease. Most standard leases have a clause about the right to "quiet enjoyment" or something similar. I hope things work out for you and your son. ;)

You don't say what version of Windows you are running. Generally, it's like adding any new piece of hardware, ie., printer, scanner, camera. You install the software, reboot, and then shut the computer system down. With the sewing machine on (if you had taken the time to read the manual, the manual is very specific about having the machine on), plug the USB cord in an unused USB port, start the computer up, and hardware discovery will recognize the new piece of equipment. I ordered the same machine last week with delivery today. I researched the machine and also read the on-line manual available before ordering so I would know what I was getting into before I ordered. There is an update to download at the Singer site that you will need to install.

Not to get in the middle of this one, but PO1 maybe it's your school/neighnorhood or maybe you're missing some of what comes out of kids mouths and their actions at recess/lunch time...but yep, somewhere between 3rd and 5th grade it's quit common to overhear these little darlings strutting their stuff and being little drama queens and kings. I hate you. You're ruining my life (like they got a 'life at this age). Cuss, cuss (trying out the latest word and ways to use it they've heard so and so say). I think it's much more prounced now than it was just 10-15 yrs ago. No, REAL hate and/or REAL anger issues are not normal, but these kids are repeating crap they've seen on stupid sitcoms and even what is suppose to be child/teen geared cartoons. (Which is a good reason to monitor the crap tv has on for kids these days). Spend a day and evening actually watching this crud and you won't have to wonder where these kids are getting it. More than once I've told my daughter that she is not to repeat/impersonate the crap she sees and hears the other kids trying out at school. That that might be what she saw so and so do/say and some mistaken children think that's cool or the way to be 'popular' but that is not the way she will behave and or say things in my home. It's not cool, it's not acceptable. But but but...I am not in the school from 8 to 3, I can't help or change what 'the other kids are doing/saying/acting and then I lapse into why this or that is not ok blah, blah blah. Kids are kids and they are going to try out what they see other kids their age try. I would be more concerned in this case that SS is acting out and testing a bit because of several things 1) how unconditional will Mom be, my other one dumped me 2) he just recently was blew off by BM at one event and then she shows up at next event and distrupts his little world 3) there is a new baby coming into this household, he's always been the 'baby', Dad has always babied him and a cross between the past and a 'uncertain future' might be nagging on his little mind 4) friend or desired to be friend at school are making impressions on him at school and he's trying it out. My oldest daughter called me just the other day with a 'what the hell?'. GS8 soon to be 9 and in last part of 3rd grade announced 'I hate my life'. Why, you may ask? Well because his mother said no to two new video games that were released on the same day. He could have one with his 'Valentine Money' he got from us and his other Gma both he would have to earn the other one. How tragic. Mom's ruining his life. Not all kids are the same, not all kids are impressionable, but not all kids who turn into little drama queens/kings habor REAL hate and/or REAL anger issues. Just my 2 cents. Carry on here. Agrue it into what turns out to beating an already dead horse merely because one thinks differently than someone else. Some of us live in different neighborhoods, different lifestyles and even have little choice of what other kids our kids attend school with. Just because your daughter did not do this or that, or your family NEVER, does not mean this or that implies a major issue and something drastic is wrong with everybody else's children. As to the not cleaning up water mess. It's not just the lie. Hit Ss up with the fact it is a dangerous lie. What if somebody (pg you) had went in to use the bathroom and slipped and fallen? Older sister went down and broke her arm? Sometimes lies may seem 'harmless' but lies breakdown trust. Does he really want you all to doubt everything he says? Does he want eveyone to think he can not be trusted, believed blah blah. Kids who have lost thier trustworthiness also lose friends, lose privileges blah blah. Don't make it just about the 'lie' turn it into what the lies can mean, how it can affect not only him but others and/or the way others might begin to treat him. I've been told by more than one child 'you're the meanest mommy in the world', 'you're ruining my life', you just don't get it Mom'...blah blah blah. There is nothing wrong with my children, no REAL hate issues, no REAl anger issues, I've just simply poo-poo'd on their little party and momentarily upset them.