Hi, ' My daughter and I went back out to the hawaii days festival again, and today Michael's booth, Island Plumeria, was full of great plants, all sizes and a few in bloom. So apparently I got there after a run yesterday.. A lot of the booths had plumeria. I am thrilled I found a good size dwarf pink singapore, with a big inflow and big long pink buds ready to bloom.. Am thrilled. This plant is 3 times the size of mine. the guy I bought it from has been on this forum..and on the MG board.. course forget his name.. very healthy plant. Can't wait for it to bloom. Great Hawaiin music to the max today. Were larger groups performing, guys and gals great authenic costumes, more dancing like I have seen at a luau in Hawaii. Geat War chants too...ones that are popular. So Sunday is the day to go for the music.. Also had super Jamacian music in another area, lot of international music too, course super mexican food!!! good plumeria did anyone go out??? Karen B

we have the clouds and 70, but the rain isn't due in til night...did my walking today at meijers and actually remember a couple of items i've forgotten for 2 days, lol.. will have a full weekend and have to get the bath's cleaned...all the beds have clean sheets...besides mother's day, we're celebrating my only dgs's 4th bday...just saw his proposed party (pic-nick, cute right?) is suppose to be rainy...thank goodness, dd2 has a big enough house! with all the grands, parents and us, that's 17 alone...not mention his other grandparents, and friends... i so envy your ability to make a pie...i could never master a crust worth eating, although the fillings were good, lol.. you did remind me of ever present laundry...most is done but have a bunch to put away...

We adopted him from the Humane Society about 2 weeks ago and what we thought was a "swat mark from another kitten" turns out to be the beginnings of ringworm. The other cats had JUST stopped freaking out when they saw him. Now we will have to re-introduce him to the family.

maylingsmom - I have the Maytag Bravos XL w/Steam - MVWB755DW. (Model matters - many in this style and not all created equally.) http://www.lowes.com/pd_670292-46-MVWB755DW_1z140bcZ1z11pmg__?productId=50371126&pl=1 I have really bad knees that do not allow me to squat. My back isn't very good either. Budget was under $700 before taxes. Front loaders were out if they weren't going to be raised up on a pedestal and also I wasn't going to wipe out a seal each time. There was only one or two front loaders under $700 here at that time and pedestals were $200! We read reviews until we were blue in the face. One thing we realized about the bad reviews on this particular model was that many of them were based on people not understanding how the HE models work (both TL and FL) so they were docking it for cycle time or not using enough water or it was user error (using too much detergent for a HE, not reading the manual to see how to pause the cycle to open the door), or it seems like they really got a lemon (calling it the loudest machine versus most other reviews praising how quiet it was.) Also, many of the bad reviews talked about having it for years when this particular model (755) hasn't been out that long. With many of the other machines, it seemed like the machines were actually breaking. We crossed our fingers we didn't get a lemon and bough it and an extended warranty. Been pleased ever since although I have had to play around with detergent amount and have figured out powder just may not work for me and our hard water, at least on darks.