I should have posted some pictures originally. Here are a few: The rest of my property just has grey snow mold all over the place but the grass seems to be filling in slowly but surely. I have one exceptionally large area that to me gets smaller every day. I believe the grass in this area was thinner last year which would explain seeing dirt. But in the fall I plan on cutting short, dragging around my tine dethatcher to scratch up the soil, overseeding, going over with the tines again, and then fertilizing anyway. http://www.handidrummed.com/psm1.jpg http://www.handidrummed.com/psm2.jpg http://www.handidrummed.com/psm3.jpg http://www.handidrummed.com/psm4.jpg http://www.handidrummed.com/psm5.jpg http://www.handidrummed.com/psm6.jpg

Thanks everyone! Anne, it's everyones lily, not just mine. But Pairat Songpanich is the person who developed the lily. All I did was suggest the name for it as my entry in the contest at WGI to name it. See link below. Delaney, the little plant is Duckweed. Sheepco, it's just a small plant now, that I found growing after I divided it last fall. Apparently one little piece of the tuber was left in the pot that I didn't see, and what I thought was an empty pot at the bottom of the barrel started a new plant. From what I have observed, Pink Ribbon is a fast grower, and doesn't seem to skip a beat when it's divided. But it's already WAYYY too big for the barrel now, big 8-10" pads that the deer nibble at, need to put it in one of the big ponds here ASAP. Here is a link that might be useful: Pink Ribbon Story

mjsee, it appears you just can't let go of that color - isn't that a salmon colored sweater you are wearing in your beautiful gray bathroom? Salmon does flatter all skin tones. Your gray bathroom is really lovely. I guess my biggest regret, here at my everyday house, is caving in and not insisting on enlarging the shower stall in the MB. The stupid tile guy said, in front of DH: "oh, that would be expensive to change."!! Idiot - it would be more $$ for him but I guess he wasn't interested in the job. For my own use the shower stall is fine but it would be nice a smidgen larger. In our 2nd home I wish I wouldn't have picked that particular window tmt on the LR slider wall. I love all the other WT so one regret isn't bad. I've never admitted this to anyone. I don't want to bring their attention to something that they wouldn't notice - or care about - until I point it out. So as far as you know, I LOVE everything about the condo. Got it?

Thank you everyone, I am ordering the Lee valley hardware. I will look for different types of wood I can use, but I agree with lowspark, I had already thought of that and decided to line my drawer as she described, also. This thread has a lot of great ideas and information, I hope it sticks around for a while. Obviously a lot of people with similar issues. I had looked at the double decker types and like them but they just don't come with as many dividers as I want. All the dividers will keep things neat, but many allot much more space than I need for each item and so do take full advantage of the space. I really don't need a space 3" wide by 3" high, for instance, just for salad forks or dinner forks. When I measured my flatware, stacking it up only required 1 1/16" wide and 2" high for 12 forks. Service for 18 could be stacked in the same space that is 3" high. I allowed more space for wider tablespoons and teaspoons that I usually have more of. I still had half the dawer left to put other items, which pre-made organizers did not, since they used up so much more space for the flatware. Anyway, most organizers keep stuff organized but do not really maximize use of the space. So the Lee Valley made allow me to do that at a reasonable cost. Otherwise, I may still decide to go custom in the future. Its kind of like stock verses custom cabinets. Custom, if well planned and well done, gets you much better use of your space. I couldn't afford the cabinets, but it might be worth some less expensive customization of the stock cabinets to maximize what I did get. Thanks again for all your help and suggestions. Please feel free to post what you guys do in your drawers and I will let you know how mine work out. Sue