The owner stands behind "Tide Hill' selection of Korean Box. This is the first time I heard of this boxwood. Tiny leaves, beautiful, uniform color, not at all chlorotic. Pruners have never touched this plant. It is growing in acidic clay, high shade in Maryland.

Clipclop your in my thoughts and prayers !! Here is who I am waiting to hear from .... audrey brandyyoho gmom2-6boys grdngramma ishareflowers leann2800 micyrey msirie pinkiris sinbadsmom smitties stefaniechamo susieQsie If you sent to me, and I mistakenly put you on the list, please just send me an email. Also if your a newbie with NO seeds, just let me know that also...otherwise PLEASE send me a list of screen names that your mailing to...ASAP !! I will begin passing around the Elf list tonight, it does take time, and I will update here :) Thanks SOOO much for ALL of you being SOO generous !!!

From all I have been reading, the noise made by the Accolade is a major complaint by people who have purchased them. If the next one you receive makes the same noise, I would return it and look at other options. If I'm correct, the Accolade costs between $270.00 & $300.00. FWIW, if I'm spending that kind of money I would rather bite the bullet and spend another $100.00 and have a mixer that will last me until I'm dust, rather than have to worry if it's going to poop out and I'm going to have to buy another one down the road. I purchased the Viking 5 qt/800 watt mixer, which is $100.00 less than the 7 qt./1000 watt model. Mr. Marv and I discussed which one I should purchase, since he also believes that the purchase should be based on your needs and that should be the basis for your choice. For my needs the 5 qt. will be more than sufficient. Just food for thought. Marie - The Viking has a bunch of different attachments you can purchase, such as a blender jar, juice extractor, etc. It's similar to the attachments offered by the KA, but the difference is that instead of attaching to the hub on the head of the machine (the KA), there is a "flip up" piece on the back of the machine where the attachments go. I don't plan on getting any attachments, since my main objective is using it for whipping, making dough and other chores a stand mixer does well. Check out the King Arthur/Baker's Catalogue website for more onfo on the specs and attachments. Here is a link that might be useful: Viking mixer - King Arthur/Baker's catalogue

Hey....sorry I've been MIA.....people keep calling and coming by and now I'm sick....just a little trifling cold I think, but it's kicking my toosh. Had to go back and comment on last weeks since I missed some stuff. Luvs....congrats on the retirement raise!! More craft supplies....just what you need, right. ha I have never made puppy chow, but I'd love to try it if you'll send me the exact measurements (if you use exact measurements!) ha Glad ya'll got to go and enjoy the lights. This is the first year we missed them so I was a little disappointed, but I don't think the kids cared much. We were tracking Santa on noradsanta.com and they saw he was getting close and they got in bed before 9pm I think! ha Too bad I didn't. DH and brother were working in the attic bumping around so the 4 yr old kept waking up. At 1am I finally asked them if they could stop so Santa could come. I still had to clean up all their mess from that project and move still more boxes from the living room and reclean that before Santa could come. But the attic has been sprayed!!! ha One more big project we can check off our list. Anyway, we got to bed around 3am and the kids woke us up at around 5:45. UGH! We had a very nice Christmas. Everyone played nicely together....even SIL. ha We set up a quilt and we quilted and chatted after eating lunch. It was nice and everyone had something to do. Our kids got an xbox 360 and a game they've been wanting so they, DH and 2 of my brothers have been playing it for the past 4 days and nights. No wonder it took so long to get the attic done. ha JK Diana~ glad you got to check in. We did a smaller Christmas than usual this year too and nobody seemed to mind. I saw a little nativity in one of my books the other day too and thought I'd like to paint it for next year. ha Now if I can only find it again when I get ready to cut it out. ha Hope you'll come and share them here when you get yours done! Belle~ where did you get off to? Hope you had a good holiday. Come and tell us all about it. And of course anyone else who wants to stop in and chat. Oh, forgot to tell you what I got. DH surprised me with and electronic book.....the ones where you can download over 100 books onto it, but it's small enough to fit in your purse! Very perfect gift for me and the movie that I wanted. Luvs~ maybe you can use the stencils to add a little something to the backs or sides to some of your painted pieces to finish them off??? Too bad it wasn't what you were expecting. That was a cute GD story. :) Maybe she can bring her old house to your house to have when she comes over??? We have plenty of snow if anybody would like some! Has been snowing every day on and off. Skipped today, but it's starting up again tonight. Glad I don't have anywhere to go for a few days! ha Well, I took some meds and my nose has finally stopped running. ha TMI sorry. I was hoping to get some painting in, but it's hard to do when you are going thru tissues every few minutes. I found a pair of wooden ice skates in the attic clean out that I am looking for a good pattern for. I'll have to settle for browsing my mags. Our friend still hasn't sent a pic of the box, but hoping when things settle down he'll remember. Ya'll have a good night. ~Anj