wow what totally awesome finds!!!! I can't believe people throw away the stuff they do. It just amazes me all the time. A lady I work with totally tore her whole front yard out. She is going to put in a sod lawn and thats it!!!!! She doesn't want anything else. No trees, no flowers, nothing!!!!! She had a pretty white picket fence and she had that taken out too. I would have loved to have that. But they just tore it to shreds. They had a guy come in with a back hoe and just rip everything out!!!!!I did tell her to try and save some of her daffodils if she could and she did get about 30 or more bulbs for me plus some tulips too. I just can't believe someone not wanting to keep the old stuff. I love old yards and old stuff. Thats where all the character comes from. But this lady is not into old junk like me. She has to have everything brand spankin' new. Oh well. She did have a brand new in the box white lattice arbor I bought from her because she isn't going to use it when her new yard is done either. I got it together over the weekend and I love it. Even though its not "old" and "junk" it still looks nice in my garden(-:

Oh no! No more stuck marshmallows! I'm sure you've enjoyed having her. Good idea to have her help you go through the toys before she leaves. Especially, with your own style, you'd hang onto all of it "just in case." Now, you'll have room for toys on the next visit. Too bad I can't ship you some of these kids here. If school doesn't start pretty soon, I'm going to lose my mind. Gloria

caroline, Thanks for the chuckle I enjoyed them! Red

Oh no Kitchenredo2! You've been through the ringer lately haven't you?! At least she found it before it got any worse! What did they do about the soapstone, were they able to figure out a solution to the problem? Kat :)