Jojo..Thank you so much..:-)Nope, no more blonde moments and Mom send you a a big hello! She tells me she may want to visit you if we head to Arizona...:-) Jodik..Thank you for your common sense in understanding it was simply a mistake in forgetting to water, and thank you for your confidence in my ability to nurse them back to health..I couldn't of done this without the mix I use, or by adding more water retentive material, or the support from all of you...The roots would of rotted by now if the dead fine roots had been allowed to take a long time to sit in a damp mix, especially this time of year. Considering it is not the first time I forgot to water, like 5 years ago when I was using bagged heavy mixes, I still forgot! We know why they came back this time and not in the past.... It is not even inconveniant for me to water in the gritty mix at all,which I can not understand why it would be for anyone. If anything much more so in the crappy heavy mixes that rot plants in a quick amount of time should be! Here is what an inconvenience was to me before I use the mixes I do now.... 1. Having to worry if I was ever going to see my plants dry out before they rotted. 2. Having to replace my plants every time I over watered after I watched the croak. 3. Having to deal with gnats everytime my roots started to rot and mix stayed wet to long and then spend money and weeks on traps trying to rid them. 4. Never being able to leave my room a lot colder like I do now so I can avoid pest issues and encourage flowering because the mix I use to use would not dry out and even develope mold issues. 5. Having to spend money on replacement plants everytime I killed the same one I loved over and over and not being able to locate some again. 6. Having to watch my clay pots turn white from salt depsoits and look ugly. 7. Having to worry about fertilizing and salt burn. 8. Having to watch a plant die, instead of come back after a an under watering mistake, because the roots were to weak to take up water before the mix could dry out causing death. 9. Having to deal with dropping yellow leaves every single winter and through out the growing season because of poor root systems.. Oh, I could keep going, but to me, it was more inconvenient to use crappy mixes, soils, or any other than what I use now.. The only thing for me that I have to worry about is this.. I can't forget to water when needed. I would much rather deal with this one inconvenience than all the other inconveniences brought on my using poor mixes.. Hugs to you too!! Thank you all for all your support and kind words... Pug...:-)))))))))))You are wonderful as always! Mike

Texas.. We really had a wonderful time and I always look forward to heading back to Southern California . The great friends that i just made are priceless, but the ones that I already have there are treasures!! Never to be replaced... The pure beauty will bring anyone home... I love it there!! ;-) Chuy.. You are so lucky to live so close to Costa . A beautiful, place with wonderful friends.. So lucky!! We had a trip to always remember ....truly a trip to remember. I would have loved to have met you ! Totally agree with you Peg, it was a tip to remember. Always!!! I'm so glad to have been able to share it with you!! ;-). Makes me happy inside to share the awesome people and for you to see how warm hearted , lovely people they are... Roxanne... You are a shining light... We will always have awesome memories because of you. A new and wonderful friendship between us as well as with some of your guest. Truly a gift from above!!! Mahalo!!! George. Thank you for taking good care of us at the open house. You truly went above and beyond . Thank you so much for all that you did for us.. We really appreciate everything!!! You are the best as well!!! Thank you Bill.. You truly made us feel warm and welcome and I appreciate all that you did for us. I know Bud wasn't feeling up to par, but he was a trooper to go out with us on the boat ride as well as to dinner. I keep thinking about those " fish and chips". They truly were the best that I have ever had!!! I'm glad we listened to you... Great selection for dinner... Hearing what you said about what Bud said on the ride home means more to me than anything. He is a very special gentleman and I cherish our friendship. There isn't anything that is more important to me than to have the respect from a gentleman like Bud. Truly , he is one of a kind. You made my day to read this... I am so touched... Thank you!!! Tell sherry that I have some Texas Stars that I will send to her!! No worries about seeds, so the " hot" plants already have the questionable leaves... Just what you need in your yard ! LMAO!!!!! HA!!!! You are a very special friend as well. . You and sherry are the best and I always enjoy your company. Brad sends his best and says " hello " to you all.. Maybe next time he will head out with me! Maybe he can go down to the pier while I do the Plumeria thing!!! ;-). I will always enjoy heading out to California.!!! James.. Again.. Thinking of you and wanted to let you know everything Is potted up. Mahalo... You are so kind and I thank you for all that you do ! Jen... I showed the picture that you sent to me on my cell to show Bud at dinner. He loved it!!! He loved the colors and was proud to know it was growing well in Texas! ;-) Doug.. Was that me sitting behind you?? Were you the one who was winning all of those raffles?.. Lol!!! Next time .... Roxanne.. An annual get together would be so much fun!!! Love it!! ;-) That greenhouse was like an oven... Lol You had to get outside and take a break, but them you see something else on the opposite area and you crisscross over to another greenhouse. Lol Talking hot? OMG. Johns little boys selling drinks and hotdogs almost sold me the ice container so I could put it on my head... That's hot!!! Lol!! A wonderful time with awesome friends.. Mahalo!!! This was better than any gift or plants.... Just to be with you all was more than anything I could wish for... Simply the best!!! Laura

This is right up my alley- I spent more time researching washers/dryers than I care to admit! I think it's because we have a lot of cloth diapers in addition to all of our other laundry. We went with a front loader for several reasons, so my research was limited to that type...looked at reviews from Consumer reports, best buy (consumer ratings,etc), amazon.com, epinions, etc. As far as front loaders go, Miele, Bosch, GE and Electrolux were on our short list. Bosch and Miele were eliminated because there seemed to be many complaints about either the washer or dryer and I wanted to buy the same brand of washer and dryer. These things spin at an incredibly high speed so you need to be strategic about where you put them and make sure they are installed and balanced correctly- otherwise you will have vibrations! GE was the next to go because the new front load model that we were looking at (it has a triangular door instead of the old circular one, if you need a visual) has had several complaints about a strange rubber smell. It seemed that the inside seam of the washer was dropping rubber shards into various reviewers' loads of laundry. Since I read this from several people on different sites we crossed them off the list. Maybe they have fixed the problem by now, who knows? Electrolux was new at the time so there were fewer reviews, but all the feedback was excellent. We installed them 2 months ago and I am really happy with our choice. The washer actually comes in a more expensive model that saves something like 50+ washing options/modes, but we went with the turn dial, less expensive one. The shortest cycle time is 18 min and the longest is almost 2 hours. Most cycles are 30-60 min. We use the long cycle to sanitize the diapers and the outcome is superb. Nothing like cleaning cloth diapers to test a machine! It is very gentle on our clothes and they don't take as long to dry (or I dry everything on a lower temp) since the machine spins so much water out of the load. With regard to the dryer- so far, so good. Both the washer and dryer hold an enormous amount of laundry (I think it has the largest capacity on the market, but don't quote me on that one ;). There is a neat option, which I haven't used yet, which allows you to put a shelf in the dryer and dry delicates in a static position (without tossing everything around). I haven't taken the time to read the manual yet and figure it out. Good luck- there is a lot of information out there and very little of it is consistent!

I'm sorry Dorothy. Tough loss for all. Since Noe is in low income, can they not adjust her rent to her income only? Are there any organizations that you can do the "leg" work on to get her some assistance/counseling for the changes in her life?