Hey Lisa, knees still creeking even the bionic one!! :) I've been watching out for the 'little brown birds' who made things difficult in past years. All 4 bluebird chicks fledged yesterday afternoon: one before 6pm, one at 6:10, another 6:20 and the last 6:30!!! I watch all but the first one. The chickadee's nest is FILLED with dog fur that I'd hung out. There are 6 eggs there. Also found 4 House Finch hatchlings this morning and one unhatched egg. The other fern has 5 eggs yet to hatch. That Mama was a day behind laying the eggs. We've got a Brown Headed Nuthatch in a hole in a dead tree. Wish I could see way up there!! It's been a great early Spring. Bluebird blessings, Linda... Acworth, NW Georgia

Drive up to New York. You will make a lot of money. Farmer's markets are always packed. People line up to buy and pay. You can sell at very good prices. dcarch

Ugh! I just don't understand parents who don't think about their children's welfare. Ima, from what I understand, BM lives 3 hours away from you in one direction, and BM's mother and other daughter live 1 hour away in the opposite direction? I would have offered to bring sister as far as our house, with grandma picking her up for the rest of the ride home. No way would I have made a 2-hour round trip. It's thoughtless that BM would want you to have to do this for her other child, and unforgivable that she made her 9 year old daughter call to ask. This so reminds me of my stepsons' BM. A couple years ago when SS18 was 16 and acting out, he stayed out 2 nights in a row, he disliked me and my rules and couldn't live in our house because of them, and told dad, "It's me or her," and wanted to go live with his BM. BM wanted to "save" son from this horrible, wicked Stepmom. DH asked her, since she lived outside of school district, if she would be able to get son to school. She said, "Of course I'll be able to drive my son to school." This was Saturday. On Sunday, son calls our house to ask if he can sleep over since BM cannot drive him to school on Monday. DH says, "Of course. How are you going to get here?" We hear BM in the background suggesting that dad pick son up. I felt terrible for my SS, since he had just said some mean, hurtful things about me, to have to call and ask if he could come back to our house for a night. But I couldn't understand how his mother would put him in that position. Now that BioMom has moved back east, SS18 goes out to visit her twice a year. We live about 40 minutes from Chicago O'Hare, so DH has always just taken son to the airport and picked him up. The last time, she booked his flight out of Midway, to save on airfare, and still expected DH to do the driving, despite the fact that it is a 3 hour round trip each way. DH called BM and explained he didn't have time to do this driving, and suggested she book a limo for son. She asked if he could do it, pay for it, and she would pay him back. He told her she could do it, and give them her credit card number. I could not imagine putting my kids in a situation where I wouldn't make sure that all the travel arrangements were done, and I would never leave it to someone else to take care of these things for my kids if I could do it myself.

Liz, the grandmother stuff happens to lots of people. It must be irritating too. I wish people would think before they blab. Jem, since I am 9 years younger, people are supposed to think he robbed the cradle, not the other way around. :o) Paula, she didn't seem mean-spirited, but who knows. She seemed sweet, but confused. We went out to dinner last night and while hub went to the restroom, the waiter came back to take our drink order and asked if I knew what my husband wanted to drink. I was so happy to hear that. Sleeper, from what I understand, her family used to own the business and when they were bought out, they kept her on. Could be that was part of the sales agreement and she needs the money, and that is why she continues to work there. I don't know though. She didn't look "off", she is a pretty, well-groomed older lady, but the remarks about knowing him since he was a boy and talking to his mother did throw me. She HAD seen him recently though, he went in to place the annual order a couple weeks before I picked it up. But I am gonna go with mistaken identity or senility, it makes me feel a whole lot better. :o)