Been a busy 2 days with Maddy so I have not even checked if everyone has gotten their package yet. All 12 of them that went out. I hope so! Ria as I wrote you I would be happy to share some EE's with you come fall. I can dig you some new ones up that grew out of the mommy. I hope. Cause I was suprised how many offsprings I got from the 3 moms. Let me know if you still need some then ok. REally sorry you were not here when I had them still to offer. Lucy

It's not that I ever say/write something on GW I regret sharing here...it's that I have a relative out there somewhere that I don't want to EVER contact me again. Some of you understand why. I know they participate on Facebook & I stay away from Facebook to avoid any potential contact. I consider them dangerous to my safety & they have physically harmed me in the past. Now sure, I could hide from the Internet entirely. But, I don't figure they would ever have an interest that would draw them to GW. I don't know how Facebook works since I don't participate. I don't want to go to bed every night worrying that tomorrow might bring that person back into my life. It's the not knowing part I don't think I can live with & still feel safe. /tricia

LOL Poohpup, I would be on board with that. Anyone who wants to sign up to cook, let me know :) dilly_ny and doc8404 we don't belong to a church. I guess we could call the closest church to us and see if they have any leads or allow job postings... oceangirl67, no it is a Miele. Does this disqualify me from hiring help? Is no one going to want to be my housekeeper now, LOL :( beekeeperswife I found two people who do the chef service and we may still go that route and have them do dinners at least. I just thought it would be nice to have one person who did everything. May not be possible or the best route to get the best food though... linelle, LOL, I've been eating raw cookie dough, brownie batter and cake batter for 20+ years now and I am still alive. I almost always have a bowl of batter or cookie dough in my fridge. My ex used to call it my "bacteria bowl." biochem101 we don't want to eat out. It is not very healthy. We want homecooked meals w/ all organic ingredients. We just don't want to make them! We also don't really have a lot of neighbors.The number of houses in our development is restricted and there are only 4 lots built on and they are large lots on acreage so it's not like just going up and ringing the neighbor's doorbell. We did ask our one neighbor next door who we met and she does her own cleaning. Thanks for the links lazygardens. We would need someone to specifically cook for us, not just a general delivery-of-meals b/c I'm very picky about foods I like and since DF is picky about ingredients and organic. But there are two people we found who customize the menus and come to the house to cook a week, or two weeks or a month worth of food at a time. It seems like that might be a better option but that leaves me to do breakfast (and maybe lunch) every day, which I didn't really want.

I'm sorry I missed this post. I'm on mom's dial up so a search is a ummm (ok it's slower than molassas on a frozen arctic day). We're in Seattle to take the little guy to the hospital again. But, I will tell you my knob (and hook) source...I buy almost everything at Knobgallery.com. I always look in the discount section first (great deals) and then then I move to looking through each designer's options...but you could narrow the search by entering "hook". My kitchen knobs are Anne at home. Many (like the big moose antlers) would work great for hooks because the horns stick out so far. I have a pig and a rabbit that do the same. I also just purchased some great hooks (animal) from restoration hardware for the cat and dog stuff. They're pretty cute. I'll do a famous search (I love quests LOL) as soon as we get back to alaska...but that's not until Wednesday or so. I adore that cabinet by the way...I have mudroom envy right now!!! And those darned kids are pretty cute. You know we're trying to have another pretty hard (many many drugs LOL) maybe you could spare one? :oP