Howdy, Rose..a good excuse, but only two??? lol. Last night we went to HD and of all stores, Walgreens. Bought 2 plants at HD, Thanksgiving Cactus and bi-colored flower Cyclamen. BUT: We stopped at Walgreens for aspirin. Wouldn't you know it..adjacent the checkout counter stood a small table w/plants. At first look, they were common, but then, before I was about to walk away, there were two succulents. Ironically, while browsing Ebay yesterday, I came across a similar if not the same succulent as the one at Walgreen's. So, I bought one, though should have got both..Not a common succulent.. The outer ceramic, no-drainge container was made in Germany.. Oh, HD's plants were floating in water..A shame! Rose, I promise you..every room, even though there are plants, have furniture.. Last week we had installed LR carpet. Dh and DS hauled the desk, 'which used to hold a computer,' in the garage. Since we no longer keep a computer on the desk, I might ditch the desk. Might be nice for my tall, D. Marginata. lol. Hey Purple. Yep, Hoyas were Dead, Dead. I feel so bad. If it hadn't been for my knee plants would have been in a lot sooner. Yep, I learned a lesson...Hoyas cannot tolerate freezing temps and frozen rain. Although thick-leaf types did better, several leaves had dropped..many remaining are frost-bitten..so I have to remove a few leaves everyday..though not as many as before. Thank God! Mike..is the sun out there? Will your pics come out clear or dark? It's gloomy here, but temps are in the 60's. Still, too dark to snap a pic..I might try. Hey Purple, you and I have the same driving rules..speed unless the police are around..Great rule. I didn't know there were two people who had this right!

Diane, Fiddlesticks! Is that all? I was expecting something big and huge. Big Deal. You used a little D.E. I do not believe the world will end or that the surviving beneficials will put out a contract on your life. If there is anything that will drive an organic gardener to the brink of insanity it is squash bugs...and squash vine borers....and their good friends and evil companions corn earworms, stink bugs and leaf-footed bugs. Oh, and blister beetles, although I try to tolerate them since they eat grasshopper eggs. Sorry about the squash. They've only killed two of my plants so far, but I'm sure they'll get the others any time now. My tomato plants are covered with stink bugs and I don't think I have any predators here that eat them. Now, get on with your life and forgive yourself for the D.E. Rampage. Sometimes desperate times call for desperate measures. Dawn

Arley, thank you for that link. I think I've actually ordered from them! The website sure looks familiar. LOL Luna! Yeah, I was a bit concerned about how this endeavor would turn out. You know...I try and try again to make (and I succeed in MY opinion) homemade mac-n-cheese only to bet told sternly that the BlueBox is, and always will be, the preferred mac-n-cheese. I was fearful the homemade king cake would not go over well, at all. Needless to say, I was surprised at their reactions! NO, nope! No pictures! I didn't even drag out the camera! They weren't the prettiest things I've ever made! Hahaha! They looked anemic next to the store-bought back up plan. But they definitely tasted better. I'll know better next time regarding the shape to roll out the dough and how better to form the circle. Oh, and Lindsay got the baby and can't wait to make the next cake! Gigi got the baby from the back up plan...so I guess she'll have something to do with making the next cake! She can hide the baby in the cake Lindsay makes!

LOL @ Linda Sew and Sew! While we were stationed in California I worked at a large jail facility for seven years. Those are the very "suicide resistant" toilet/sink combinations we had in the cells there. Nasty things. It's really sad that I momentarily considered putting one of these dual-duty plumbing fixtures in the tiny area I'm designating for the half bath. Thankfully good sense kicked in. I don't want to air family laundry, but I have a couple of distant family members that would have used similar fixtures at certain times in their past lives. What if they came for a visit and had a flash-back reaction to the plumbing? LOL