Well I am a little disappointed. But for what it is worth, I love the watch I got from ...my man....It is very special because everytime I check the time I think of him. Looking back, I asked Gil to marry me. I was so in love and just could not wait for him to ask me. I must admit, I was on drugs(this was in the 70's) I hope you're OK Tisha. hugs from Diane

You can take a bottle sprayer filled with water and add some Dawn dish soap after the water. Enough so you can see the pale blue. In the past I have had hundreds so I use a 1 1/2 gal. pressure sprayer with about 2T Dawn. Mix it don't shake it. You don't want it like your doing dishes. Adjust sprayer between mist and stream and spray directly on the squash bugs. The soap coats their exoskeleton and causes them to suffocate. Works very well but has to be applied directly to bug. The eggs unfortunately must still be removed by hand. Duct tape works well for this. At the end of season I leave one vine with a sacrificial pumpkin or squash to attract all the bugs left. Every evening I will go out to spray them until they quit coming. If your infested you should burn all vines at the end of season, the bugs overwinter in vegetation. I also tilled several times in the fall when a hard frost was predicted. Brings up the ones in the soil and hopefully they are killed by the frost.

Just checked in (don't spend much time even on conversations lately).... glad to hear that it's what they thought and not the other. re: caffeine... reducing your caffeine intake really helps! And helps the stress management too. Take it from an ex-caffeine junkie. At my worst, 2 cups of coffee and 6-10 diet cokes a day!! (I LOVE diet coke in a can!) I've been caffeine free for 3.5 years now! Well, mostly caffeine-free, it's hard to avoid it completely... I was never a chocoholic (I didn't even like chocolate until my mid-thirties!) so I don't eat much of it... but I haven't given it up. I also drink decaf coffee... which does have small amounts of caffeine. I may have a caffeinated root beer by mistake once in a while (some, like barq's, has caffeine, some, like A&W, doesn't). I don't drink real coffee. In fact in the past 3.5 years the only real coffee I had was that first summer while touring in Scotland and it became more of a problem to get decaf than just drink the stuff... and I wasn't fully weaned. now, I'd just skip it! I cut back in a couple of steps... went from 8-10 diet cokes a day to 2, keeping my cups of coffee at 1-2, or drinking decaf if it was just as available. I was very proud of myself. I remember the conversation with my doctor, though, when telling him I had "cut back" from nearly a case of diet coke a day. "That's really good!" he said. "Now Quit." I have noticed the differences of being caffeine free. The withdrawal week was tough, but not as tough as I expected. Now, I am less cystic (my are mostly POS-polycystic ovarian syndrome), have less headaches, and show better stress management. Not too long ago I was out to dinner. When dessert was served I dug in, took one bite, and could "feel" the espresso hit my blood stream. And it wasn't pleasant. I was eating Tiramisu, made the "right" way! I don't eat tiramisu anymore, either!! Good Luck!

Howdy Do Ms Calamity! I;m Susan Jean/susiesunshine Remember: Seeeeeeept 26th 18 years!!! (: : ) WELL GIRl...... THAT'S A WHOLE LOT OF S T U F F !!!! TO HANDLE !!!!! I I feeeeeeeeeel your pain!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! I read your post from back a ways/... I read your post today... and listen if A N Y O N E can do this Y O U * * ** can... together with your friends!!! and with GOD and with the Program !!! remember... H A L T...... STOP>........ Halt ... don't get to Hungry, Angry, Lonley, or Tired !!!!. I toooooo am a friend of Bill Wilson's... and I tooooo have to take it ONE DAY AT A TIME>>> and Nobody said.. it was going to be easy.. I read the post... It was just like you were reading my mail... it happened to me several time.... my hubby is a truck driver. (35 years .. we lived on 120 acres... we have had to move several times... Then his job ended after being there 17 YEARS... and at 51 had to start over...and Move again and I have had to leave my treasures.. and I mean I AM A JUNKIE but by that I mean I do curbside shopping and I remake = remodel - re-purpose everything !!!! It truly hurts.... H U R T S ... deep to leave your home and your personal treasures... BUT YOUR GREATEST TREASURE IS * * Y O U *** and being clean !!! and I know.... God will give you the Grace to get thru this !!! again and probably even another time.... tooo!! (sorry I said that!)eek!!! Keep your chin up.... Halt !!!!! Take it one day at a time!!! Talk to Friends.... and Remember.... this is a Journey!!! YOU CAN DO IT !!!! Thanks for sharing Ms Calamity ! You have helped me on my journey.... I am now stuck in drug city... crime city.... on a little city lot... away from the country and my friends and family.... But I've been getting new stuff.. and getting New Friends.... and GOD never left me... and Now I have this Garden Web and now I just got a new Grand baby !!! GEEEE WHIZZZZ I am from Texas and I am stuck in the frozen cold, icy tundra .. Illinois helppppppppp !!! but I am just stubborn enough and determined enough to say.. I AM GOING TO SCREAM>>> YELL >>>> KICK MY FEET AND C R Y !!! But ....... I AM GOING TO DO IT !!!!! I AM GOING TO MAKE IT !!!! Take care, God Bless You and Your Family Your new Friend.. I'm sure... susiesunshine