Hey Gonzer, Yes, Jenks, Blinkie is back. Hard to forget a dude like him, ehh? I see that Lisa is an astute observer of pets. Just look at the arrogance in Blinky's pose. ~~C'mon an' get me Snakie-poo! Or is it Snakie Foo Foo?~~ He is one mean kitten! And he is pointing right at your snake, Gonzer! He has no teeth. Heck. Just look at him! He doesn't even have a nose! Blinky does have a full set of claws and knows how to use them. Blinky's only diet since birth has been pure formalin! Day in and day out. No mother's milk for this bad kitty! She knew he was bad from the day he was born........Bad to the bone! I truly like, trust and respect you Gonzer. I would not want our friendship damaged because Blikny goes into action and makes boots out of your snake! Then who is there to guard your brommies? Think about it my friend, Gonzer. This isn't the Tiki where attacks from kitties are common. :-) Kindest regards to you and yours! bad C3D and the badder Blinky

Hmmmm, I think outdoor decs should reflect the homeowners' personality and the general feel of the inside decorations. What I mean, is that a home with more formal decs inside looks better with something similar outside. I like fun, cute outside decs when the homeowner's inside decs are similarly cute. So, how do you decorate the inside of your home? If it's more formal, perhaps just a couple of animated deer might be nice. You could add luminaries or other lights down your walkway and add more lights in potted decs on either side of your front door. For a fun, more animated look, I'm sure others here will have lots of great ideas for you. There are certainl6y a lot to choose from these days! Good luck! Lynn

That is really cute Judy! Good job!! I checked out the tut, I'm going to have to set aside a few hours aside for that one. Carol

Angela, it's NIVER been one of us. It's always GW and their Internal Errors. If they would fix this, no one would worry that their carefully worded and pithy saga was GONE! When this first started a long while back, I got in the habit of Ctrl+A on my post, waiting for the error, then going back into the thread to see if I posted or not. Always did. Ironically I haven't had this issue in quite some time. I'm on my laptop. They have to post on Facebook? What happened to those of us who use their [ahem] service to communicate with each other regarding areas of mutual interest? Are they giving up on their own, advertisement-saturated method of communication? Will GW/iVillage become a Facebook clone? Or just another Blog? Someone in our restaurant's corporate office decided the most important dictum of the week was that our ties were now full Windsor, rather than 1/2 Windsor. It was wildly important that we comply immediately. And to think someone got paid for that, when we have crappy bread, kitchens too small to accommodate a $50,000.00 Saturday night, and a dishwasher that can't keep up so everything has to run through at least twice. My point... iVillage might want to consider working on and with their own systems, vs. worrying about Facebook. And, probably Twitter. Well, they seem to be twits.