Well it looks like this it the finally list: TODAY'S UPDATE and FINAL LIST OF MEMBERS: 01. ncgardengirl-Fran***** 02. medontdo-Michele 03. markcase1964-Mark***** 04. lgslgs-Lynda 05. misskimmie-Kim 06. conniesc-Connie***** 07. heatherbon-Heather 08. dirtdiggin-Toni***** 09. gardeningbingo 10. grolikecrazy-Chris***** 11. douglasls-Lisa 12. beverlysc-Bev 13. aphroditelaughs-Ellie 14. sissifriss-Myriah***** 15. chellflower-Chell***** 16. mary_grether-Mary 17. poisondartfrog-Alana***** 18. grovespirit-Iris 19. lindaruzicka-Linda***** 20. angelady-Angela***** 21. dimples31312-Dorothy 22. strmywthr3-Barbi 23. smokymist-Cheryl***** 24. jas_il-Jasmine 25. kristlindgren-Kris 26. ishareflowers-Lisa***** 27. purpleacres-Tracy***** 28. countrygirl_sc-Gail 29. fleethart-Fleety 30. hmacdona-Heather***** 31. echinaceamaniac-Clint 32. lakedallasmary-Mary 33. diana_lynn-Diana Lynn 34. smitties 35. ashle999 36. yotetrapper***** 37. mcbdz-Pattie 38. graanieb-Bea 39. sassybutterfly_2008-Wendy***** 40. threeshyacres-Jodi***** 41. blue_ivy-Tola 42. ibartoo-Linda 43. jaleeisa-Kathy***** 44. molanic-Molanic 45. rane_grow-Iris 46.gardenmom2-Nichol 47. southerncharm1-Kathy SC1 48. kilngod-Tina***** 49. luvgardening2-Nancy***** 50. rbrady-Rhonda***** 51. dessieb-Dessie I will be emailing out my address shortly IF you do not have an email from me PLEASE make sure you email me for my address. Thanks so much I am sure we all are going to enjoy this swap. :) Fran

Hi Ladies...and Gents that may read. Am I done? Short answer: No. I haven't had time and now the weather's nice, we've had to focus on getting our landscape going. Grass is coming...now next week. It's been push and shove for months. Plans are being executed because of necessity andtiming, but not for the cabinets...yet. WELL...they are stripped, just needing detail. I did get that done before the pollen blew in here. Then we almost lost my mother and father in separate crisis. Three months of hospitalization and recovery. I'm sure you can imagine.... Then...a close family friend that is 76 had two critial emergency brain surgeries due to newly found, fast growing growths in his head. (He's the father of a guy I probably should have married.) So, he's like family. He lives here and I try to stop in to see him regularly. He's now having seizures, can't live alone, his wife died last August recovering from a horrible broken foot. What happened? She got infectious diarrhea while in a rehabilitation center. On top of getting the results of the lawsuit that I won in name only, we've had another HUGE expensive crisis. The thread below will let you in on this mess. Bottom line, we had bugs in our trees...so many bugs trees were dying left and right. We held off on our landscaping until we found out what was wrong. I was so wrapped up in the cabinet lawsuit that I didn't focus on the trees until around Christmas. We started noticing new piles of sawdust at the base of our trees and I posted on Garden Web about this phenomenom. A guy that works for the Florida Division of Forestry, Forest Health Section is a forum member and ended up coming to our home to help identify our "problems". He took specimens to the entomologists at the state lab during several visits. Turned out at the time, at least 12~15 trees were bonifide dead. With all of the hurricanes here, we made the very expensive decision to take down about 60 trees around our house and site. TOTAL wipeout, except for the perimeter of the lot. We have been focusing on new trees, landscaping, had a hot tub built, paver patio put in. (Another story there.) And...then last Friday, my son washed clothes around 1 AM. I don't know how it happened, but the drain hose came out of the drain pipe and FLOODED my laundry room, wood floors, MBR closet, under my stairs and part of my bedroom carpet. I had to of course pull up carpeting, dry it, etc. As I type, my entire closet contents are in my foyer. I'm depressed as all get out. I have company supposedly coming this weekend and we've diverted them to a hotel. I'm to the the point of who gives a care anymore? It's been so stressful around here with just 'life'...then add a 25.5 year old and a 20 year old that needs her chain yanked into the mix....finishing only half of her classes all year in college. My son has been given 30 days to find a place because his room is DISGUSTING..and the 20 year old may be right behind him. He's apartment hunting as I type. My 13 year old daughter is blossoming and "spotting" for the first time...so I'll have more hormones in the mix shortly. My 14 year old made the high school drumline and is ECSTATIC. Their drumline is coached by the D-Line Drummers for the Jacksonville Jaquars and are AWESOME. Band will keep him busy all summer...and the next four years. OH...and remember the PERV-y, weird single neighbor that is enamored/fascinated with our 13 year old daughter...and other neighbor's little girls that are younger? Well, he is absolutely getting his credentials to teach in our county school system! Would you believe he was so BOLD and STUPID to chose my daughter's elementary to "observe"? Would you also believe that out of ALL of the classrooms in this county, he chose HER classroom to "observe" as part of one of his courses in college!!! This guy is 48, was in the AF for 11 years, Master's Degree...and lives three doors down. Early in the school year I had the bus stop changed, take my daughter to the bus stop every day so she doesn't have to speak to this guy, AND have had to call the police because he kept trespassing and hanging around and I wanted in on record of his fixation with her. (there's more to this story...) ANYWAY...Two weeks ago, when I heard he was in HER CLASS ROOM, I had a conniption fit with the Principal because THIS was the SAME GUY I warned her about early in the year. She told me that she didn't realize it or STOP him if he had the right paperwork from his college professor. I told her that this is not some college kid, he's a MAN, on a MISSION, and he's EXECUTING THAT MISSION. He has a MASTER;s degree and has a fixation on my daughter that he is not shy about. He scares the heck out of her and us and IF he wasn't out of her presence, then I am going to take legal action because MY daughter has a right to be in the classroom...he can go to another school. They got him out of her class rooms (she changes classes), but he's SICK. He's CREEPY. AND of ALL of the classrooms in our county, do you think for one minute that it was by ACCIDENT that he ended up in her room, out in some PORTABLE CLASSROOM at the far end of the school property? Uh, no. It is NO accident. He's up to something. Anyway, school will be out her in a few weeks and she'll go to another school next year. IF he ends up at the junior high, then she's out of there. I don't know what I'll do, but she will NOT be going to ANY school where he will be working. She's a tiny thing and lovely. He's even told her, "You're so exotic looking and beautiful...." as he just openly gazes at her. It's the WIERDEST thing. Even my older son said, "Man, give it a rest or leave!" Gives us all the willies. So, every week or so, I check out the site. I have been spinning my wheels, accomplishing little. I appreciate you remembering me and hope to now have my cabinets completed by my anniversary: JULY 1st. I hope. =0) Now, if I could only lose this weight, too. Here is a link that might be useful: My Trees Are being ATTACKED!! Thread

Since we're posting links to our kitchens this was the partially finished reveal back in 2010 to my condo. It showed the before and after. I sold the condo this past May. Here are a few pics from it completely finished and staged. (What's missing are the Mission studio lights over the bar area and the Arroyo Craftsman sconces in the dining room, since we removed those and put less expensive lights for selling. The Mission Studio lights will be going in our new build).

Wow, I really love Kathryn Ireland's work. I had no idea she did a boot camp. If the extra money spent wouldn't cause your family all that much heartburn I would definitely go for it, even though it seemed disorganized at first. It might be worth the $$ just to hang out and pick her brain. As an aside - I had a somewhat familiar experience at my workplace. There was a woman (who worked in a different locale and whom I'd never met in person) who I needed to do something professionally for one of my research projects (run a focus group). All through the planning she seemed totally disorganized and non-committal. But when the time came to do the deal, she was phenomenal and I learned a lot by watching her. Please keep us posted - I hope you go!!