Karen, What a delightful story... Thank you to all who sent seeds in special for me. I'll name what was sent in for me all stapled up as I am looking my theme swap seeds. jensyen sent one for each of my themes.,poisondart sent me 5 commercial packets jaynine..I got 3 packets of petunia excerta"i'm sure you only sent one special for me>, I think I will have enough of them to last a couple of seasons! Jaynine also sent var. dames rocket...yay! panhandle sent me 2 special packets of seeds labeled please do not touch, they are from ishares wishlist. She also sent bells of Ireland. I got a good chuckle out of them labeled that way! yotetrapper sent me 3 packets one is ivy leaves mg .Primrose sent me a couple of nice arisaemas ,dem-pa sent sweet sultan, hollyhock pink and celosia pink .promise sent 3 packs of seeds, bells of Ireland being one of them. Susiequsi sent some petunias...Susie, keep your eye out for an email from me. I wish I could list them all but I had lots with no players name on them so I am unable to mention you here. Jeannie, I got the most packets from you ,20/25, you didn't need to throw those in to fill in. I didn't need to get anywhere near the same number of packets back. I'm sorry maybe I forgot to tell you that this year. Oh, another interesting packet was labeled" a bit of a mystery, blue flower on wispy stem" no player name on the packet though...I'm thinking nigella, YOU? I'm very curious to know who the person was that played but didn't get seeds back. I didn't have anything from anyone not getting seeds back "not that this is a problem, I don't always have something for everyone either!>....just that curiosity killed the cat and what he found out brought him back...haha. I have an idea of who it may have been but I'm not sure as I didn't get any packets from them. Again, thank you everyone! Lisa

MaryAnn - If you're still looking for fun stuff for your office buddies, GardenGirl posted a link (here at Crafts Forum) to a cute little MarthaStewart votive candle cover. You could also use that as a tiny trick-or-treat container. I found this other MS link that has 6 labels for Hallowe'en candy... whatever candy you want. Just put it in a little bag (or jar) and add one of these funny labels. Here is a link that might be useful: MS's Candy Jar Labels (pdf file)

thanks columbusguy! I hope the landscape comes out as "old florida" style for the period. I don't have a green thumb at all, and we had 3 landscape designers offer us plans. I really wanted to keep a lot of the old stuff, but they all said it was past the season of healthy, and needed to come out. :( I don't think it will feel "old" looking for a year or 2, but here in FL everything grows super fast... so should look okay in a couple years.

ROFL "queen of imperfection" - ya can't have that name - tha's me! LOL that's so funny that her eyes follow you. I have a real aversion to faces in the garden for that exact reason - one of my clients has a face nearly buried in the mulch and I bout have a heart attack every time I unearth her... lol I still think she'll grow on ya! she is spectacular in the daylight!