I've been known to file the roosters spurs and dull them, that seems to help a little too...especially when my poor leghorn hens were getting stomped by my huge turken rooster. No wonder they ran away from him!

Delph, its a good thing I have a small kitchen, it keeps my rooster collection under control. ;o) I like the ideas of a dish of the month club, LOL. And Lynne, having a new set of 4 each month sounds pretty cool too. This from someone who just found out a year ago that she was a dishaholic!!! The things this Forum does to one. Betty, I've not actually tried my hand at a pretty tablesetting. I love seeing all the ones on here but get so intimidated at doing one myself. I've bought stuff just to try it, and joke about setting a table for an invisible guest....tho since I'd be taking photos for the gang here, guess y'all are the invisibile guests. LOL My DH wouldn't even notice if he was eating off fine china or a paper plate! And he wouldn't care. Which is good, since he likes pretty simple food and I hate cooking! I do it, but only to feed him and my Dad. I'm so in awe of our Kathleen-the Kitchen Queen and her gorgeous settings with food that makes me gain weight just looking at it. I'm afraid the Betty Crocker gene went straight from my Mom to my daughter, sure missed me altogether. LOL hugs, Karen

Jen, This came in handy today. I just glanced at it this morning but this afternoon when a young neighbor came by who is doing a project for school about learning to quilt and has ask me to help her, I remembered the mouse pincushion. I helped her make one. She took it with her. Thanks, Sally

Do you have MS Publisher on your computer? You could copy and paste the runner and keep enlarging it until it's the size you need. Or take it to Staples and they'll enlarge it. I think you're okay doing this unless you plan on selling it. Then you need permission to avoid legal problems. It really is very cute. I've never seen roundish roosters like that. Dianne