Nice sign roselee. I don't know about stress free. There is so much to get done in my garden at this time of year. I am looking to start my years stint of chainsawing the woods. 1.5 acres and I am still working on planting everything that I got at the swap. I spent all day out in the garden which means that I did not get any work on the building of my interior walls and doors (guilt and stress). I do feel good at the end of the day but..... bugs give me stress too. Deer stress me out and if that is not enough, wild pigs send me into a tizzy. Mountain lions stress me out just a tad. It is a wild wild world out there. I guess I am in a different garden. I should have a sign that says " when you go out this door , you enter the food chain"

clay lady, we would love to have you join in! Just list your 5 themes and send me your e-mail address and you are in. However, I am closing the sign ups tomorrow morning so we can all start sorting, ordering, and packing up seeds - so don't take long to list your themes and send me an e-mail message. Okay? (Nothing like putting the pressure on, but at least you found us in time!) More information will come to you and all the others by e-mail once the sign ups close and I will start a new thread here on the Round Robin Exchange page so we can keep up with what has been mailed to me, received by me, and when I mail back to you and you receive your packet. I will include the full list of participants and themes there also. Looking forward to lots of fun. Happy New Year's Weekend to all! Jeanne

Ok...well I thought I would give my thoughts...you are so right...there is no reason for jealousy because how could any parent not want the grandparents to love their child... But here is where the reptile...a snake in this case spits venom....when a DIL sees that her children may lean more favorable to their husbands mother...that is a no-no.....in my case, I am the more fun grandmother...my grandchildren gravitate to me when around both grandparents.... My DIL hates it and likely me as well...and for this reason...she just backed off in our lives...our son basically goes with her flow...so we are grandparents with a lot of love to give but only when we initiate a time with them....my son only comes over with his family on a holiday or a meal is involved...but I have had some foot issues in the last couple of years...not as active...and just had surg. To correct these issues...no visit...DIL or son has not gone out for a card for the kids to send...nothing ever nevrr... This got worse when DIL's mother left her husband and moved to the area...she used me for years as a babysitter...hated to see any attention her children gave me or me to them...she did not seem that interested in her own grandmother...so maybe that was the telltale sign of who she is.. While it takes a village, I am no village idiot...I know when I am being rejected....now my other DIL is expecting and I can tell it will be the same way...she knows how close my grandchildren were to me...she has a mother..she will protect her mothers best interest...I have decided to just let it be.... I am not going to put myself out there for anymore hurt...life is too short...and I am dealing with other issues in my own home to worry about someone elses....she is the most controlling person I have ever seen...she is even trying to control what people buy the baby for the baby shower tomorrow...which thankfully I am not attending.. I refuse to show up in a boit cast and crutches only 3 wks from surgery for this woman...its not the babys day yet...its still hers...I bought some great gifts for the baby, but was told that she told her own mother if she did not get the right item, she would take it back... I even hesitate to give these items to her....for fear it will not be to her liking....never mind they are very nice items....this is just what my sons went out into the world and married...the total opposite of their mother....

I'm w/Janie - ew! Phones can get really dirty anyway and having one out and exposed next to the toilet is just gross = P Sometimes my phone is in my back pocket at work and I do have to be conscientious of that when using the facilities! And I've found phones left on the toilet paper dispensers at work too. Recently there was one on the floor in the stall, and I just left it there; I didn't want to touch it. These are mostly phones belonging to kids, so they're already pretty grody. This is what our dispensers look like, plenty of space on top for a phone: I sanitize my phone daily. And my BIL takes his laptop into the bathroom with him. I'm kind of afraid to touch it...