LOL Thanks Shelly! I ended up making pumpkin drop cookies and a batch of sweet potato muffins. The pumpkin and sweet potatoes are in the freezers. The cornbread is done, I made biscuits last night, and the beans are basically done....just need to hold out til Hubby is home in about 45 minutes. I almost have the kitchen cleaned up too. LindaC, at the rate I've been at it today..by 9pm I'll be in bed asleep..LOL

OH GRRRRR on the studs not being in the right place. I am facing that myself with the kitty house. Fortunately I mostly need the studs to keep it from tipping over since it is tall. Not really for support . I have run into this in my own house for studs not being where I need them. It is why I let Joe hang my laundry rack. And with wet things hanging on it it needs to hold some weight. I never even considered the hinges you used. They do look nice. Is there enough slant to let longer things hang down so they are not laying on the below piece? I really love this flat design of this drying rack. And honestly with out having a dryer I NEED my drying rack. I wish he had hung it a little bit lower though. LOL He hung everything his height and I was a little more than half a foot shorter than his 6 foot.

@ci_lantro I read it exactly the same way. He stayed with me for at least an hour - over which period of time his phone continued to ring non-stop. I think he was a busy guy (highly recommended by the local roofing supply store) and what he viewed to be the fix for the job wasn't worth his time to do. He walked me through everything very slowly, answered a million of my questions, and also offered to pop back around if I got into any trouble. Though I found it unusual to have called in a professional and have him leave with a list of things for ME to do, he was a refreshing change from the usual NYC f*#$^ers I regularly encounter. If only we had got him in from the start instead of a GC who gave the impression he knew what he was doing. Well you live and learn. I spent the day yesterday crawling around the roof and went through nearly 3 gallons of flashing cement. Maybe I went overboard filling every and anything, but I suppose in these situations too much is never enough. Today rain is on the cards, so we shall see. Pray for me folks!

All wonderful photos! Here's mine - 1960s at Busch Gardens in Tampa. They used to have a storybook village there and we loved it. I'm the one with the camera My mom sure had fun dressing us back then. I wonder if it was around the 4th of July? 😃 And I'm a bit confused by this statement: "National Siblings Day was the 10th and I didn't put Siblings in the heading so I wouldn't be found playing here because I posted this on FB too." ??? And I'm also wondering what a telephone closet is, exactly?