We must have the same taste in roses because I saw a bunch of my own on your list! However, there's one I don't have and that's "some random white rose"........is that available from Vintage and is it BS resistant? :) I can't imagine having the will power to have a complete list. Every time someone posts pictures on here, I'm writing down a new name. I have so many scraps of paper around my computer with random rose names - heck I don't even remember what most of them are anymore! You have a bunch of "blues" on your list - how about "Outta the Blue"? This one is new for me this year but so far I really love the unusually colored blooms. Lynn

No, not that I'm aware of. I'm the oldest of 4 girls. My two sisters that are closest to me in age, both work at the same agency as I do, we share lots of friends, and I am in contact with each of them almost everyday, by either phone, IM, email, or we hang out. We will get annoyed at each other, but are rarely mad at each other more than a few hours. My youngest sister lives in a different city, and we get along great, but don't keep very good contact. We'll text here and there but she's not much of a phone person. We are also the furthest apart in age, she is still in her early twenties. We always have fun when we see each other though, she just drove over for my 30th Birthday! We all get along just fine with my dad, and talk or email every few weeks to check in. Some of my extended family are mad at each other and have cut each other off due to some really messed up things that happened in my family. They have all taken sides and being mad at each other is a big part of their lives. My sisters and I stay completely out of the drama (which is easier when you live 400 miles away), and get along with everyone. My boyfriend's family are all pretty great and I like them and they all seem to like me. I'm starting to see some passive aggressive things from his mom (in general, not directed toward me), so we'll see how all that will play out in the future. haha!

Pricklypearcactus - that is a pretty sofa. Were you thinking that I'd put the long part of the sofa down the wall opposite my currnet sofa and have the chaise stick out along the kneewall? dd50 (and everyone else) -- I'm glad you all agree that this is a tough room - I was afraid I was just missing something obvious. I think maybe (maybe this weekend, if I can sweet talk the hubby into helping, LOL!) the best thing for me to do is drag the chair and ottoman out of the room (not so easy, as the chair folds out into a bed and is very heavy!) and try putting other stuff into the room -- I can borrow the sofa and chairs from the formal living room and play around to see what looks best. I wish I had the ability to picture stuff in my head without actually having to see it in front of me, but I just don't -- I have no spatial visualization skills whatsoever. (Anyone else have this problem?) I've tried and tried with floor planning software and photoshop and cardboard boxes and painters tape and still, it always looks different (and usually worse!) than I expected in real life. So my only choice is playing dollhouse with real furniture, which my dh hates. But I just remind him that it's cheaper/easier than having me buy the wrong size furniture over and over. If I do get the chance to rearrange, I'll take pics of the different versions and you all can vote! Oh, about the TV. It's relatively new and not a flat screen (the built in area for the TV is taller than it is wide and most flat screens are wider than they are tall, so in order to get the most screen size, we went with a regular TV -- we're possibly the last people on earth to buy a new non-flat-screen! I've considered putting a flat screen TV above the fireplace but a) the fireplace is very much a 1700s colonial farmhouse style mantel and a big flat screen would ruin the look and b) the woodstove that's tucked into the fireplace pretty much heats our entire house all winter, so that mantel and everything on it is boiling HOT for half the year -- I have heard that so much heat is not good for electronics although some sites I've seen say TV's are ok above working fireplaces, so who knows?? I assume though, that our woodstove probably cranks out a lot more heat than a regular fireplace for a lot longer period of time (we'll burn it for a couple months straight without letting it go out), and that just seems like asking for a fried TV set. I did think about getting one of those slide-out swivel mounts so we could pull the TV out a bit and swivel it for better viewing on the other side of the room -- that would solve the TV viewing issue, but I know that the TV would always stay pulled out -- we'd never slide it back in cause we're lazy like that -- and I think that might look bad. Also, I was worried that with the TV slid-out on a mount, it might be dangerous for my kids (they could pull it down on themselves) but now that they're older, I guess that's not a concern anymore. So maybe I will also look into one of those -- anybody have one or know of good place to find TV mount type stuff?

My cats have always been pretty good in the potty area (thank god) although they have taken down a fewoutfits I used to hang on the back side of my door when I lived in a condo...the worst damage was to a 1930's cashmere coat...it has shread marks where they used it to climb (and then get stuck on) the top of the door when they were kittens. But now we have a puppy. We've moved to the new house and have found out that he not only likes his pee pad (used by his breeder) but he feels anything on the floor is a giant pee pad. Today I'm putting the sheepskins down in the library (because it looks awful) and I'll be spraying with a natural spray that is supposed to keep him from pooping or peeing on it. I'm a neurotic decorator when it comes to rugs. They (IMO) need to be included in any good design, but now I can't put any down because of this freaking dust mop we now own. So...we'll see how the natural stuff works! I'll let you know....although my kitties don't feel the need to pee on every horizontal surface...so maybe to them it won't matter.