I purchased my Delta Victorian kitchen faucet (special order) thru Lowes. I had to purchase (thru Delta) some kind of extension piece to make it long enough to be installed on the granite. There was a note concerning the possibility of that on the install sheet. Delta knew exactly what I needed and sent it right out. Unless the model numbers match EXACTLY, you can end up getting lesser quality merchandise at the big box stores. Monica

Hi Carol, Actually, I had discussed it a few years back but decided against it when she told me some women have issues of "rubbing or irritation" plus I would have to return every so often to have it checked. I am in doctors offices constantly with our son and I just wasn't eager to add more to the list. I guess I'm hoping that if I can find a way to excercise and lose weight then I can put off the surgery a bit longer until he's older. He just turned 12 this week.

Well yesterday I finally got a call from the Holiday Inn that charged me for 4 rooms and the manager said he would get it all taken care of. I told him that I should get 2 free rooms for my inconvenience. He said he could do one and I said that since I have overpaid for 6 rooms between the two hotels and am going to be paying late fees on bills I can not pay since they have $1600 of my money that 2 rooms is the least they can do. He said he would speak to the general manager. Today I looked at my bank statement online and only one room was refunded. So I called the general manager directly this morning and told him of only one room being refunded. He apologized and said he thought everything had been taken care of yesterday and he would get to the bottom of it today. I also asked him about the 2 rooms and he said no problem! That Holiday Inn has an indoor waterpark so that will be a lot of fun for our kids and we are going to bring another couple and their kids with as well when we go. As for the Holiday Inn I did stay at that overcharged me for two rooms. Well they said right away that they would take care of it, but they still have not. I left a message for their general manager and I am going to insist on free rooms there too for the inconvenience. This has all been such a hassle! Free rooms at each is the least they can do. Lesson learned--I will never book with a debit card instead of a regular credit card again!

Thanks ladies. After sleeping on it, and reading some of your thoughts, I think I will *let it go* for now. If more comes up, then I will say something to the mom. The party issue---oh my, I would NEVER bring that up--but that is bothering ME big time. See, in my DD's class, everyone has parties for the WHOLE class, since it's such a small group. The only time that kids don't is if they have a girls-only or boys-only party. But two of the moms I saw RSVPing on the page were a mom of either sex---so this party obviously wasn't just a handful of girls. UGH. I just cannot believe she would really exclude DD as the only one. Wow. If that's really true...just wow. When I was growing up, for THAT reason, my mom made me either a) invite the whole class or b) just the girls. I never pick and chose and that is something I've carried over to my own kids. And like I said, since there are only 14 in DD's class, everyone else seems to do the same--every party DD's been to has been the whole class, save for a few girls-only parties. I'm totally just VENTING here, too--I would never mention the party to the mom, no matter how badly it irritates me just b/c it's not *my place.* The comment...I will let go for now and see if anything more/further is said. It just saddens me because my DD is a sweet, kind-hearted, GOOD girl, and this is the first *encounter* I've had with anyone who may think otherwise. Of course, she is not perfect, but she is really a great kid--teachers/other parents/friends of mine etc. ALWAYS comment on how kind and outgoing and friendly she is. I never thought I would hear the words "bad role model" used about her, especially in freaking third grade! It's more MY mommy feelings that are hurt at this point.