Newhostalady-like I'd said, Bobbi just across the street has GE growing like weeds on all sides of her house, some in full shade, some in full sun and some inbetween. The biggest difference is her DH Terry regularly mixes up 5 g. buckets of Miracle Gro to water all of her hostas and others. Last year was just too hot and too dry and they didn't get the care. But this year they are up with a vengeance. Darn, that is frustrating. Otherwise my hostas are much better than hers.(well-that's my opinion anyway. Don't tell her I'd said that. tee-hee! We'll keep that our secret) Theresa

Davidandkasie~ I am SO sorry for your loss... Trust me, I feel your & your kid's pain! I can't believe ppl! I know it would kill me to knock on someone's door & tell them I just hit their pet, but I would do it b/c that's the right thing to do! I can't believe how some ppl are so careless about other ppl's feelings. That was something I was/am thankful for (if it's possible to be thankful in a time like this)... that I didn't have to go search for my dog and that I found him... I can't imagine not being able to find a pet & not knowing what happened to it, having that tiny bit of hope that it would one day return. I was also glad I could be there w/ him when he took his last breath. That had to be difficult telling your kids about it... I'm glad I didn't have to worry about that (no kids yet). I'm so sorry for them, b/c I'm sure the little one doesn't completely understand about death and it's probably really confusing that one minute he's there, then the next he's gone... and the older one, I know how he feels, Coffey had became my constant companion and slept in the bed w/ me every night when my fiance was gone & was there every morning when I woke up and was constantly at my feet following me around, so, I understand, it's hard to lose something that had always been there. I guess that saying is true: "You never really realize what you've got until it's gone." Good luck dealing w/ this! *RIP Hooch* ----------------------------------------------------------- Ninapearl~ Thank you for your condolences, and yes, my Dad is something else! I know that I can't ever replace Coffey, he was definitly one of a kind. Bailey & I do still miss Coffey very much, but I can see improvement in each of us. It will just take time. And, although eventually I will probably want to get another "little brother or sister" for Bailey, I just feel like it's too soon overall. I'm afraid Bailey might not adapt well since it's only been 1 1/2 weeks since Coffey's death and I'm afraid that I might expect too much out of a new dog, so I just feel like now isn't the time. I will know when the time is right. Also, my fiance & I & Bailey will be moving soon and I honestly don't know if I would have the time to train a puppy right now. I have, however, thought about going to a shelter for a puppy. This has made me angry though, looking @ PetFinder.com... We had a special puppy that was WANTED and in a good and loving home and he had to be taken from us, same goes for Davidandkasie, and then, there are all of these dogs out there that are neglected or abused and just plain UNWANTED and just sitting there. It is so unfair how the world works! (Not that I am wishing death on any animal, but it just doesn't seem right how that works out.) Anyway, I'll get off my soap box now. Thank you again for all of your sweet condolences! :)

I think it's in early July. Which is a lot for me to say because having worked in the place and barely escaped alive. Another story for another time and place. But you could go any time during the summer and just walk down the streets and enjoy gardens. They also have their peach festival in early August I think, claimed it was the best around (I never went). Only to hear that Winona, which is closer to (part of?) Hamilton aso make that claim...so far, I seem to have heard more support for the Winona one, but that's a very unscientific statement....

Nicole, I was shopping for a second refrigerator for the garage one year....friend had left a mammoth vintage side by side here that I just couldn't look at any longer. He was divorcing and somehow had some kind of strange attachment to this fridge (although it did run just fine and now several years later its in the clam digging/field games equipment storage room at SILs at the beach for summer beverages) A sales woman at a Sears Appliance was so bent on selling me an extended GE warranty, she was completely denigrating her product - the simple no frills fridge I had thought I'd buy. She was so focused on explaining all the reasons I would need that warranty (and I've never bought any of the extended), she made the refrigerator sound like a real piece of crap ;) I don't think she could hear herself and didn't have a clue what she was doing or why she lost the sale. I walked. It was such a ridiculous pressured conversation, I considered calling her manager and explaining why I hadn't made a purchase but then let it go - picked up the same GE at Home Depot.