Thanks everyone for the thoughts and prayers. I left work early today cause I was worried about her. She has been sleeping all day. I was up several times during the night with her...she's 18. Thanks for all the comments on the treasures. I don't know what the tear shapped thing is. It's very heavy looks like it's hand blown maybe was a part of something else...only $1 I had to have it!! Barefootin where's the pictures!! We love to see everyone's treasures. Twomonths how nice of you to give up your space! Please post photos once it's all organized. Susiesunshine you are a sweetie as always. And Susiewants roses... I'm soo glad you are having a good time with the houses. I love the address!!! Dh has been in sales for years so he's actually trying to make a change. The bad thing is the companies have sooo many people for each opening so they are taking their time... two or three weeks to make up their minds. It's all so stressful. That's why I feel soo guilty for spending any money. Cait I have a few photos organized in Photobucket I will post a link ... feel free to browse. Here is a link that might be useful: MOSAIC ALBUM

I recently (bout 2 years ago) had to sell my property and move in with my parents (mother was terminally ill), so I've somewhat started over. It was traumatic giving up land that I'd been planting natives on for twelve years, but necessary. Unfortunately my father feels they're all weeds, so we fight about it. What I decided to indulge in is below, I've grown them all before, but didn't have any now. asclepias purpurascens,asclepias syriaca,callirhoe involucrata,helenium flexuosum,heliopsis hellianthoides,nothoscordum bivalve,lobelia silphitica,carex eburnea,salvia azurea,mimulus ringens,rudbeckia subtomentosa,delphinium exaltatum. Most will go in the fencerows (only "safe" non-mowed place), but a couple are going to go in the flower beds by the house. I feel ridiculous buying rudbeckias, false garlic, and milkweeds. I had such a natural population of all those on my property in Oklahoma, that buying never entered the question. However, I'm also a photographer, and having subjects to photograph close by home is quite valuable. I can sympathize with Georgia O'Keefe, who said, 'I hate flowers - I paint them because they're cheaper than models and they don't move.' I don't hate the flowers, but still love that quote :) Here is a link that might be useful: To see some of my native wildflower photos, click This post was edited by dbarron on Tue, Apr 1, 14 at 16:27

OK Ok OK.....I'll move 30 extra minutes. @:( I had raisins in my oatmeal this morning. That's something else I did. Made up a pan of oatmeal and keep it in the fridge. Plop some in a big mug with some milk, micro and chug it down while surfing in the morning...or noon...or whenever. The smaller feedings are seeming to work for me....we'll see when I step on the scales in the morning. I realize it probably wouldn't do for someone with a family, but there's nobody here but the Geezerman and me....and he's a very laid back kind of guy. SharonG/FL

I'm taking a new approach. I had a weightlifting set with a weight bench, but it was taking up half of a room and in my tiny house that was just too much room. So it is gone and in its place I have 3 sets of dumbbells in a large basket (light, medium, heavy) and an exercise program called Stack 52, a set of cards that illustrate and give info on a total body workout using only dumbbell weights. Less space, and the card method is kind of fun, keeps it interesting, you can shuffle the cards and deal yourself a new set of exercises every day. The weights, along with dog walking and bicycling, make the road to fitness fun. I think the reason many people start and then stop exercise is that it gets boring, but if you have several things you like to do, you have the opportunity to choose what you feel like doing that day, and adjusting for bad weather/extreme heat or other reasons you may not want to do outdoor exercise.