I have unlimited forum/blog space--practically. I think 150 discussions with 150 lines of replies is pretty much unlimited. I paid a life-time fee for the platinum plan which allows me complete control over the content and who I allow to post. It has the googgle ads but does not pay me, instead, for every day that google displays it's bar ads, I get a free day in the contract. So basically, by signing up for the deluxe plan which got the google ad bar contract I'm in business for free for the rest of eternity. BTW...I don't use my forums anymore as they really are not as competative with the GW. I have them set aside for a rainy day and will use them if needed. I did keep TrudiBlog on my site as I was building it but after NAL/AgNIC accepted my membership application I removed it and a lot of other personal pages and content from Wintersown.Org. It was much better to have the site wholly focused on WS and I carved myself from it. Sob. My biggest beef about TB was that I was spending as much time updating that as I should have been spending doing something else....like fine tuning my site or my life. I found the blog was an excuse to screw off from hard work. 86ing it was kinda tough--like standing on an ice flow and pushing yourself away from the berg ;-0 But now that it's done I feel freed from the responsibility of regular updating. T

I don't know how to list a bunch of links in one post, so I'll just copy them and you can paste them in. Search for specific recipes, I usually do a google search, as wizrdnm suggested, or go to All Recipes or Recipezaar: http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes/ I never have much luck finding specific recipes I'm looking for on blogs -- but I always find inspiration! Some of my favorites are: Orangette: http://orangette.blogspot.com/ Vegan YumYum: http://veganyumyum.com/ Cooking in Cleveland: (Ohiomom posts here!): http://cookingincleveland.blogspot.com/ 101 Cookbooks: http://www.101cookbooks.com/ Lex Culinaria: http://gorgeoustown.typepad.com/lex_culinaria/ I like The Cook's Thesaurus for new items I pick up on a whim. (I do a lot of that!) http://www.foodsubs.com/

In that sort of setting, the dogs are going to be so stressed and miserable that all they can think about is what you described - they wanted OUT! Unfortunately, a dog in that state of mind cannot be fairly evaluated for friendliness or "normal" behaviors. That doesn't mean there aren't canine treasures amidst the despair. I urge you to return to that facility and take the dog in which you were initially interested outside for a long walk and some quality time away from the building. Give her the opportunity to expend some pent up energy and get away from the mayhem long enough so that she CAN focus on you and show you who she really is. You may just find out that she IS friendly and would be a perfect new addition to your family. Imagine how wonderful you would feel if you could save just one animal from that place. Please, go back and give that needy girl another chance to impress you. Laurie

Madelyna and olychic, then you know what im up against here! Daisy, leafy, pirula (is that a type of cookie?) Thank you for suggesting the pure style home blog, it's exactly the sort of thing that I was asking about! I will spend some time this evening browsing through it and the site you posted Awm, and the northcrest site, thank you palimpsest. Patty cakes, I have searched for 70s contemporary and 70s remodel on houzz, but had few hits, I'll follow your search suggestion and broaden my search a bit. Mj lb, my house is a two story with a walk out basement (so effectively three stories from the back) with some lovely : / diagonal cedar siding on part of the front with a small, slightly inset front stoop. I'm just flummoxed about where to go from here.