Well, that is quite an imaginative fantasy. Nice period flavor, but didn't some pan-continental railroads already get built?

I ordered the test roses back in Jan or so, and they arrived last month and were nice big healthy plants. Right now, they're leafing out and looking good. Last month I ordered the Disney Princess roses on their free shipping deal. They finally arrived yesterday. I have no idea when they shipped out, but they arrived in pretty crappy condition. I have a feeling they were in transit awhile. They had lots of "white" new growth, some with nearly 2". Two of the plants had some mold and dieback. I had to cut out quite a bit. But the roots were nice and long, and plenty of decent green left. I'm sure the plants will do ok. But I guess this is the risk you take with FREE shipping! Personally, I would hate to see J&P go under. They have introduced many wonderful roses over the yrs.

Time for assignment J . Let's see who goes first .

Ok, you know that in many HGTV shows they also organize the closets and drawers of the homes for sale, because potential buyers ALWAYS LOOK IN THE CLOSETS AND THE DRAWERS. Yeah, right. Presumably, they want to know if there is adequate storage in the home, before they buy it. So if you are going to be selling your house, dump a few of the drawers. Well, Idie, don't feel obliged to shop til you drop. You can do a lot of it online. The UPS guy who comes here said he wondered where I keep all the deliveries. So I told him it was a lot of decorating and remodeling going on. It's sort of slacked off since my DH went north. This is about the best place for me to mention this, about a house we rented in Virginia Beach. In the "manual" for the property, they had a photo section of the contents of every drawer in the kitchen. And when we left, we were supposed to return everything to its proper place. Our deposit refund was contingent upon that being done. But I always thought that was a perfect way to keep track of where things belong. Obviously they had no cluttered drawers, it was all plain as day. Lovely home, great kitchen, and the house had everything a full service kitchen needed. That is the house where I fell in love with an outdoor shower, and decided I MUST have one. Since THE HOARDERS program on A&E, I've been more conscious of shedding extraneous items. I keep whittling away at the contents. Just think, if you get rid of the marginal things, you don't really NEED a lot more storage space. While I admire Buehl's organized drawers, she has more things in her kitchen that I consider best located elsewhere. Like the batteries and flashlights. And I'd put all the rolls of foil and saran and waxpaper in one drawer, since you could count the times I bake anything (except biscuits or cinnamon rolls or cornbread) on ONE HAND. And I usually put pot lids in one spot if they are small, and in a huge mixing bowl if they are large. I also hang my pots as much as possible. Also, if I do not have room to accommodate all the glassware, I have been known to OOPS!!! sort of DROP one. I've also used the windows to suspend my stemware...heck, it's clear glass and you see through it, and it sort of sparkles too. Storage space is where you find it. I lived on my houseboat for 10 years, worked on big boats 20 years, so I do know how to make the space I have WORK. It's when I spread it all out that I forget where I put it. :)