Okay...I think I've gotten rid of them again...BUT.... I wish they would leave the link on top so I wouldn't have to do it everytime I clean out history and cookies. That's what I had done last night that must have caused them to come back. Connie did you have that link saved somewhere? patti

Performance Clause: "Owner" will pay "Builder" a premium of 5% of the final adjusted pool price as stated in "xyz" if the pool is built completely by "xyz". Owner will be responsible for 1% less of the final adjusted pool price as stated in 'xyz' for each whole week that the pool remains unfinished or "not" fully complete. For the purposes of this contract, complete shall mean the pool has passed final inspection by all governmental agencies, is completely full with water and "Owner" as received all deliverables including supplies as defined by the contract and "builder" shall be solely responsible for ensuring completness.

In response to MountainBreeze.... I agree that its sort of "non-traditional" to ask people to come to a destination wedding that you have no intension of reciprocating their efforts by paying for a meal or cake and punch. BUT I also think that if the guest list is small enough for the people traveling to the wedding you don't even NEED to send invitations. Email, call, have your Mom or someone call... It's always easier to talk to someone about a sticky situation informally than trying to figure out some eloquent way to tell them something they might not want to hear. (you know it comes off impersonal and therefore impolite) Then with the people invited to your reception at home, just make it like a regular invitation...as formal or informal as you want. I mean the economy issues go both ways, but if you go to a family member or a friend personally and say... We can't afford this but love you and wish you could attend; please do if you can afford it as well then you don't even need to worry about half the stuff that I'm sure is on your mind. I have a similar problem have been searching around the web....maybe someone brilliant can help me!! I am getting married in my home town...which I don't live in and neither does my man. We are having a small family wedding with a formal sit down dinner to follow in my home town in Indiana. THEN.... we (my fianc� and I) are coming back "home" to Tennessee to have a follow-up less formal reception celebration with our friends and some of my extended family who also live in TN. Majority of the people who are invited to the wedding are not coming to the Reception in Tennessee. (Why would they it's far away and they already saw us get married?) BUT there are about 50 extended family members (that all live in TN) that I want to invite to the wedding with the anticipation that they will choose to come to the Reception in TN instead of driving to IN. So I was thinking of sending the following: Indiana wedding people get invitations to the wedding with RSVP Cards ( That will Read: Please Reply by X: Accept ____ Decline_____ if accepting: Chicken_______ or Steak________; Tennessee Reception ONLY people get there own seperate invitations to the Reception saying (we were married on XYZ, please join us for a Reception celebrating our marriage at blah blah; Then! Here in lies the problem--what do I do about those 50 family members who I want to invite to the wedding and also give them the choice of coming to the Tennessee Reception? I was thinking of sending them a seperate Reception card (included when I send the wedding invites) that say in a nut shell "in lieu of wedding you can instead attend the Tennessee Reception") Now... how do I word that without sounding like an idiot (see above!) or does anyone of this world wide web have a better idea!!!!! I'm getting married in April of 2011 I've have run out of Freaking Time to be clueless!! Thank you to anyone who responds. StephC.

I'm trying to find other animals with the same finish. Wow, 500 bucks! This is obviously not even close to that. I am contemplating attempting a gallery wall like was suggested by I think beverly, in my post about my LR. I thought if I had several animals like this and maybe some that don't have the same finish, then have some black and white frameless pics of animals it might work. Or maybe all pics with black frames and use black shelves for the silver figurines. I don't know that I can do this. I don't think I have the skill set. But I thought if I gathered enough items maybe I could slink back on here and beg for guidance yet again. I found this on ebay, but now that I went back to get a pic I see they don't ship to the US. D@mmit. Well I still like him, he's 10" high, 10.5" wide and 3.5" deep.