Good Morning Idylls! Yeah, Im wireless (but still getting used to this laptop). The party NYE was really fun. The food was outta this world and the dessert was a hit. It was everyones last splurge before the start of dieting. We decided not to spend the nite and I was the designated driver this yr so only had 2 glasses of wine. These are special friends and funny as heck. We were sad to hear theyre going to move to TN in the next yr or so but vow to continue to host a NYE party and were all invited. Despite what I said, I think Im ready to put xmas decorations away. Inspired by Cynthia, Wendy, V, Monique and Michelle, yesterday, I spent 5 hrs. in the basement going thru old stuff, reorganizing and labeling Today Ill pick up a couple on-sale storage containers and pitch the limp old, cardboard boxes. I set the DVR so I wont miss any of the Rose Parade. Gosh, I love that DVR. Monique, I have two huge piles of paperwork, too gardening and misc. Ill be weeding thru that in the next couple weeks. Wendy, one of my winter projects is to organize photos, too my own and helping DD with hers. Seems to be no end of projects here to tackle. OK, catch up. T, I like word puzzles. I just cant get my head into this craze. Woody, I loved the pix of your DH and furry friends! Great to have a peak into your world. Eden, Bella is a real cutie! And all that hair! My grandniece just had her first bday and is a peanut by comparison. Shes healthy, but very, very petite (fathers side of the family are all small). Shes seriously entertaining and knows she has everyones attention b/c shes so adorable. Your scrapbook project sounds real interesting. Please make sure you show us your contribution when youre finished. Oh, and how proud you must be of your DD. What a loving thing to do for her sister. You have great kids and theyre all so supportive of each other. Taryn, I loved the pix you shared. You have such a lovely family and everyone looks so happy to be together. And a bum shot! You are so baaaaad, girl! T, your grandson is sooooo cute. Its great you get to spend so much time with him. Im sharing Marians concern about Jerri and the wildfires in her area. Hope she checks in soon. Marian, I understand about the stuffing. Somehow, that day my mind wasnt in geat! I heard from Jain and she said she lost a rose garden to a mudslide, but is grateful for the minor loss in view of the misery in the valley. Cynthia, I can understand how you get caught up with the GH rescue. The pix you posted of Miss Blue do remind me of Monty. I hope shes adopted to a loving home soon. Wendy, the story of your nephews and the desserts cracked me up! You guys must have been hysterical with laughter. Martie, I loved that gift of dinner for a week! Thats so creative. I have such trouble getting my Mom something and usually supplement her gifts with gift certificates to her fav restaurants. She loves them. She and her BF and neighbor catch the lunch or senior specials every week. Mary, good luck to your DS in her new home. How great of you to drive out with her and help with the move. Its been quite a harrowing year for your family and I hope the New Year is full of fun, happy times. Babs, how awful the deer ravaged your gardens! I usually have to find and replant the rhizomes in the back of my garden. They take a taste and usually spit them out 100 yards away. Grrrrr. Sue, EP and Marian, Im amazed and so jealous you can get out and garden this time of yr. Altho it has been unseasonably warm, its just too darned damp and chilly for me to indulge. After the xmas décor is put away, Im going to dive into plant catalogs. Cant wait! Yeona, Barb, great to hear from you, too. Oh and a special thanks to EP for the recipes on the other thread. In fact, thanks to one and all. Im going to copy them to my recipe folder. Sylvia, great idea to make provisions for our pets should something happen to us. Im sure my DD would take Bullet in, but its good to have a plan in place. Marie, the creek is just beautiful! Our show has melted with all this mild (damp) weather. Were in for a cold snap soon. Hope we get some snow to insulate the plants. Eden, my fav movie is "Somewhere in Time" with Jane Seymour and Chris Reeves filmed at our own Grand Hotel up north. I cry every time. Well, where the heck is Deanne? Deanne, were missing you. Hope all is OK. Well, the sales are calling. Have to shower and get this program rolling. Enjoy the extra day off, everyone!

Carol----there are so many roses I would love to have but my yard is too shady. Plus I'm taking it very easy this spring-----My back surgery was a success but now my other hip is giving me trouble------I really would love to have a full-time gardener----LOL and a much fatter pocketbook---LOL thanks for the information----I will check out my very long list of "roses I must have"--- I have a few cuttings that have rooted and must get in the ground. Florence

whewwwww!!! great info, thanks.........will keep this one.

there has been red update info on the first pages up at the top telling about the problems that are happening on GW, some people keep that area collapsed so do not see it. tami if it is a new laptop and has windows 7 on it go into the security center and make sure the included windows firewall is turned on, some come with it turned off, make sure you have it set to on. It is a good firewall on windows 7. The other program I always recommend everyone use is malwarebytes which is free, it will take care of the infections that your antivirus program misses, just be sure you update it before running the full scan and do that once a week or so. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (Win) - Detecting and Removing Malware I also recommend spywareblaster which is free too, no scans to do with it, just update it weekly then hit the enable all protection so the shield is green and it helps protect you while surfing. SpywareBlaster Make sure you watch out for when the version of the Antivirus that came on the pc expires it is not usually a very long free trial. to stop all those ads and banners you would need to get firefox browser and add the extension ad block plus with the easylist subscriptions. If you need info on that just ask or come over to the computer help area here on GW and we can help you. It is always a good idea to have at least one additional browser in addition to IE in case IE failed you would still have access to get online. making sure your laptop has all the needed updates is essential, not just the windows updates which are a must but also updates for Java, adobe, flash etc. to check what is needed you can run the secunia tool which will help you make sure you have everything updated. Secunia Online Software Inspector (OSI)