Maurizio, you created the garden of my dreams! Can you come over and do something similar for me here in Southern California, too? I love your extensive use of perennials and annuals in the "rose walk" and how they are are billowing over the edges of the path and making it look so romantic. Please, post more photos of your garden. They are so inspiring! Christina Here is a link that might be useful: Organic Garden Dreams

Karen, sorry that you are having such a bout with depression. That seems to be one more of the gifts fibro has bestowed on us. I think it is all fibro related, except the grieving for your DD. I have simular eposides with the blues when I literly have to will myself to move. I told my Dr. one time that when I was so down that I actually resented having to go to the bathroom. It is really funny how much we all have in common. I think we all married brothers. Sunday the 14th, my kids were home too celebrate mine and my sons BD. Remember thoose halloween plates and mugs that I found last year. Well I found some plastic orange and green stemmed glasses awhile back and decided to do a halloween table for the little GKs since I had four little ones and 4 place settings. I dug out some green placemats, used my black plate stand that I made with a black plate and a spray painted candle holder and was really feeling proud of myself. Well, Grayson and Ashton fell asleep right before lunch and the other two were afraid of the plates. OH well. My one grown GD, Ashton's mom really liked them. I will have to remember her in my will! LOL I have out a few fall/ halloween things; but before Thanksgiving it will be wreath time again so there's not much point in dragging our more. Then it will be Christmas! I had DH helping me get to the bins in our storage building up on the mountain Sat. If you remember, I was like Yatcher last year and had my Sons (2) piled in on me and I couldn't even get to my favorites. DH ask me if I thought I had enough after about the 6th bin and I told him I thought we might ought to stop at a yard sale or two on the way home. Like you, I am really enjoying pinterest. Your little halloween houses are a must for next year. I know I have some of those little houses packed away in my bins from before I started collecting the larger pieces, so when I get to them, they will be left in my to do stach. So much I want to do and so little time and even less energy. We have got to get ourselves out of this slump! Hugs, Janet

Can you put your door to the upper left corner of your plan, at the one window where the shower is now? Then move your shower to the upper wall, along that wall, turned 90 degrees. Then your vanity on the opposite wall from its current location. Do you need an enclosed toilet room? Is there going to be a sliding pocket door on the toilet room? Or will there be a knee wall? Will the toilet be easily accessible if you need a wheel chair or walker? I just think about accessing the toilet safely in case one needs assistance of another. Another issue, your shower seems awfully large. Do you need a 6'x10' shower? That shower is larger than my bathroom I'm redoing and I have a toilet, 5' tub, several cabinets and a 36"x18" vanity. I will be able to wheel a chair into my layout if I need to.... WAIT, your measurements are way off. When I compare your old plan I see that your new plan is 6" per square, instead of the 1' per sq in your old plan. Am I right?

I found out the hard way, even tho I knew it was changing last night. My clock/alarm/radio, doesn't automatically reset, so it went off as usual this morning. I got up, hit the toidy, then staggered to the kitchen to put of the coffee. I then came to my chair to take my morning mess of meds, and happened to look at the cable box......5 AM !! Then came the hard decision....stay up or go back to bed. I decided to do the latter. The coffee will still be there in an hour.