Thanks again everyone... Some of you I responded to in the other post...and some here.. C/angel..I know the cartoon character you mean..and I laughed because that was definitely the case here! jeanne..luvs...wish you were there...wish you were there!! Glad you liked it all.. Shee..thanks for the compliment...I've seen your pic..and I feel 'You' are the adorable one!! Punk...glad I didn't let you down. I know what you mean about buying it then think about it later...I try to do that..but this time around...I think I was so overwhelmed...I got 'Stupid' !! :( As far as putting it all away... I really had to work hard at it today...finding places to squeeze things in. I'll have to go back to rearrange and change where they went.. that's the hardest part...and it's getting harder. Gosh, I feel one day when I'm gone, they're gonna say.. This was one 'Sick' lady...with all these dishes!! jane

It's something about human nature. Wave the term "sale" under people's noses and they are so enthralled they lose all sanity. A guy who used to work for me got a call from his wife the one day. He hung up the phone and got the funniest look on his face. He came over to me and said it just hit him what his wife said. They had been to a local store and saw a torchier lamp they liked (when they were in style) and wanted to get. It was "on sale" for $69.00. OK. Jim had stopped at Kmart for something and saw the identical lamp (same mfgr and model number) for $29.99. He told his wife and her response? No way. Why? "But that one's not on sale! He shook his head. And we have had a lot of laughs about it. Sad thing is she was dead serious.

amy and mago, I am liking the ceramic one the more I look at it. I like that it is pulling in the color from rug. OMG Mari, isn't that terrible that I hadn't considered if the lamp is casting the light required for the room? (At times like these, I am glad we are anonymous. lol) Actually, if I have company we are usually not in that room. More likely in the FR which if next to the kitchen. BUT, that is my favorite room to read in so lighting is important. I just tried the ceramic lamp and it works pretty well. The shade is narrow enough that the bulb won't be in anyone's eyes plus it pushes the light down for reading. bac, I was thinking about stacking those pictures, too. OR moving them to a different room. (Lots of empty walls in my house.) lkplatlow, I like that dark metal lamp, too. It is a lamp that I already had in the room by the chair. I think it looks pretty good on that table. Here it is next to the chair with one of the pics I bought yesterday. Here is my other pet peeve on lamps. What is up with the cheap gold looking cords? Thanks again for all the input and feedback. I will take any advice I can get. I am soooooo not good at decorating.

I'm glad to read that hoovb thinks this rose isn't very fragrant. I bought it because it was described as having an 'award winning' scent. I can smell more or less nothing. In other ways it is a good rose, however. It produces many flowers and grows into a nice bushy shrub. The leaves are 'leathery' by rose standards, and therefore not as susceptible to pests as some others. Here in SE England I spray for blackspot and mildew, but the rose doesn't need a great deal of artificial help. The petals 'spot' in wet weather but that is their only fault. The colour fades quickly in strong sunshine, which may be more of a problem for growers in sunnier climates.