We did our plans without ever seeing our architect face to face, I'm sad to say I wouldn't even recognize if I saw him in person. It was a little rough and yes the entire project took *much* longer than I think it should have. Granted we didn't ride him as hard or as often as maybe we could have to meet deadlines and we were partly to blame with design changes that stemmed from the fact we didn't know what the heck we were doing.. Spend the time and get it right in the planning stages tho because if you are working remotely (like we are) its even harder to communicate changes that need to occur during the construction stage when the plan looking them in the face says otherwise and you aren't there to drive the point home that the plan is wrong.

I record Oprah's Super Soul Sunday as she has on the most interesting spiritual thinkers on and the discussions they have are very thought provoking. Last night I was watching the one with Brene Brown, author of Daring Greatly. She mentioned from her studies she's found that those that are most joyful are also most grateful. Or as Betty Mahalik puts it, "Joy and gratitude go hand in hand. We are not grateful because we're happy, rather we're happy because we're grateful." I have so much to be grateful for, I wouldn't know where to begin...from the best husband in the world, to the privilege of being able to return home to the place where I grew up when I needed it the most, to the simplest of things like a warm fire on a cold day or the miracle of hot and cold running water...can you imagine dealing with the alternative??? I am grateful for this thread which caused me to pause and remind myself of how fortunate I am, and I'm grateful for the miracle of the internet which allows us to share our gratitude across so many thousands of miles with strangers who have become friends here at the gardenweb. Thank you.

I remember reading that...but it's still just as funny.... I am completely surprised that I didn't find a post from me on there...My DH has done a few things during our 42 years that I tell on him every now and then. patti

@Pinky I'm with you. My experience with threshold sheets was significant wear after six months. The only thing l could identify as wear points was bad elastic and long finger/toenails that might have cut fibers . I definitely found wear points in foot of the bed sheet ends. I chose not to try to to mend or patch the bottom sheets due to sensitivities of people using them. Yes, they said they would feel the patch on the underside of the sheet. Yeah right was my response. If you want to patch on the wrong side of the sheet with no sewing, consider the iron type available commercially. Or use iron two sided adhesives where you cut your patch, apply one side of the adhesive to the wrong side of the patch, remove the backing and iron the patch to the underside of the sheet. It should be completely washable. I would zig zag around the patch to be sure, but that's not necessary. Elastic is harder. The way the threshold sheets are made, you would have to remove the old elastic and reapply. Too much work. You could try to patch the wear points, but I don't think that would hold. I have other sheets I bought at the same time at target that are not ready for the paint dropcloth basket. Won't be buying more of the threshold sheets. You should expect to wash children's sheets often and in hot water. It's not you, it's target. 50's fitted sheets had bias tape finishing the edges. Not as stretchy as elastic and only fit the standard depth mattress of the day, but didn't wear out long before the top sheets. I believe the reason they changed to eastic was the change in the sizes of mattresses ' depth. One size no longer fit all. Good luck stretching the life of the sheets.