Happy Birthday Ter!!!! I hope you found some time in the baseball season cuisinart to do something for yourself. You deserve every iota of being treated to great day or at least a rain check for an evening off! You're amazing! Don't ever forget it!

I use to work for Incredibly Edible Delites which is the original fruit flower company in PA (not the same company as Incredible Edibles & there is also Edible Arrangements) Where I worked they were very picky about the fruit that they bought. It's neat to watch how it's done. I learned a few things myself. We would get calls from people who thought they rec'd our product only to find out it came from the "other" place. Our place did pineapple, melon, strawberries, cantaloupe. I still wonder how the other places put chocolate dipped apples, bananas and other fruits in their arrangements without them turning brown if they are preservative free. I know for a fact ours was "preservative free" One thing to consider when sending an arrangement is the size. If the whole product cannot be put in the frig because of the height or width (until they are ready to eat it) then the recipient would have to take all of the fruit off of the arrangement and store it in containers in the frig. This is just something to think about especially if they will not be serving it the same day they recieve it. Here is the place I worked for. I'm not plugging for them - I no longer work there but I know what type of products they sell. www.fruitflowers.com - Hope you found this info useful.

I LOVE zulily! Like Fun2Bhere, I check to see if amazon or someone else has the same item to check reviews as well as whether it's a good price or not. I mostly order kitchen "stuff" and clothing for our soon-to-be 3 princess (granddaughter). I pick her up once a week from preschool and have a visit with her and I always bring her a little something. Earlier this week a zulily order arrived and I am taking this for her surprise: She has an American Girl knockoff with only one set of clothes and I know she'll love it. Her birthday is on Halloween. This year her costume for her party, she will be a skeletal ballerina, but she is still our princess, so I had to make her a crown. That isn't from zulily, but on Monday I saw this outfit on zulily: Do you think I bought it? You KNOW I did! PK, some things are in their warehouse and a majority ship from overseas. I won't order something I want quickly from them, but if I can wait I think for the most part they're pretty good deals. And the customer service is awesome.

Thaks, Judi, yes sarcasm. If masks weren’t effective, medical folks wouldn’t wear them. I never see cloth masks anymore. All appear to be k95.. I just saw in our local paper that covid cases doubled here the last week in July. Which is a bit odd beccause the weather was idyllic and nearly every event and gathering has been outside.The local health department is again recommending masks.