Hey Lou! It's so funny you should just mention crossing the inferno strip! I just started playing in the inferno strip with some step stones like a couple hours ago deciding how I want it to look :). It's not really a huge deal to have a path. I'm on a tiny cul-de-sac with 4 other houses. Also, I always park both cars in the garage so everyone uses the driveway. I wouldn't put any plants with thorns or spikes that aren't set way back or potted. I have cactus in pots around baby trees to protect them from dogs. (No dogs will go the cactus btw.) Thorny roses would grab folk's clothes near a sidewalk. Those Maples sure aren't in any big ole hurry. I remember how pretty your maples were not too long ago. I'll bet they'll be spectacular one day. Maple leaves are great mulch for acid plants. The guy next door has a good sized Japanese garden with a water feature and it all in the front yard. I'll ask to take a picture of his gorgeous maple( a curvy Shantung that weeps a bit?). It also has a 8ft palm, a dwarf Pomegranate, and a lot of evergreen flowers and ground covers. It's really neat. He has privets 3/4 the way down for a hedge. You can see them in the last picture over to the left. Those privet are at least 10 ft from his house and lead to his back gate. If you squinsh your eyes really hard you can see his fig tree in front of them. It's small now but not for long! His inferno strip has a brick/step stone path and this very sad, half dead dwarf yaupon in it. Grass looks so crummy here it detracts from his garden. He's thinking about taking out the sod too. A few other houses in and around on other streets are getting in the act with a sidewalk garden. One house has Lirope(sp?) looks pretty nice. Another house has CMs that will look really good when they are bigger. The only other one I can remember has heavy mulch with amaryllis. You KNOW they recommend Trident Maples as sidewalk trees in Fort Worth right? LOL!

He sleeps in briefs and a white short-sleeve undershirt....tucked in. I've told him I'll know if an alien has taken over his body if I don't see that undershirt tucked in. When we first married I asked him if he wanted to wear PJs and he said nope. For years he slept in a t-shirt which bothered me because it looked like he was sleeping in his clothes. He finally agreed to switch to white undershirts that he doesn't wear during the day. He's OCD about wearing a shirt of some kind to bed, thinks he'll catch is death during the night if he doesn't, lol. He wont' sleep in the buff but he's not shy about walking around the house naked... brushing his teeth, going out to the kitchen for a glass of water...don't know how he can be so free-willy about it, I could never do that!

O J -- Nope. Not a thread-killer. I'm checking back in to see what Sheilajoyce has found. Lazy Sue, waiting for someone else to find almost exactly what I'm looking for -- button front, elastic waist w/snaps, but 60% cotton and 40% polyester. Not $100/pair! Marilyn Sue -- See, should you ever need something to fill your time -- ha-ha! -- you can make men's pajamas to order. There is clearly a market among the older men who don't want to adapt to 'lounge pants and an undershirt'.

I have made the pj's with the t-shirts many times. Years ago I was into making the summer pj's with a white t-shirt and white boxer shorts. I trimmed them out with white eyelet on the bottom of the sleeves and the bottom of the shirt. With eyelet being costly now you could just stitch a couple rows of pretty stitching along the bottom and maybe a small bow or even buttons on the sleeve. I have done this and they turned out really cute. I also have made nightgowns for little ones out of the t-shirts. In the summer time I add the white boxer shorts with the eyelet trim on the bottom. I stitch the opening shut on the front, add some eyelet and sew a few button or small bows. I used to sew school and college letters on them. If you are lucky enough to have a Joanns close by their snuggle flannel will be on sale for 67% off starting on Sunday. It is really nice fabric and washes well. Be sure to wash and dry first due to it shrinking. I have been making baby blankets, bibs, and burb cloths out of it and people tell me they love them. I see they are using them in pictures of the babies. I used up all my extra small pieces one year at Christmas and made doll blankets for all my family members little girls.