Hello my friends. I can always count on the same group of you to be very caring and kind! You are all a wonderful group of people.... I hope your plants are doing ok, and that your health allows you to do all you care to do with pleasure. The withdrawel off these pain meds and Ibuprofen since the break my heel has been no picnic, but getting there:-) Hanzrobo, remember I owe you ! Just remind me come the warm weather. I am very forgetful these past few days, ok? Anyone else I have promised something too, please remind me privately. Yes, I love the colors our plants give us. I just wish there were as many people as interested in my plants here, locally, where I live, than just on these forums. But it is just as awesome to come here and share our enthusiasm together over our plants, right? Thanks again, Toni, Josh, Linda, Andrew, Hanzrobo, Stush, Kathi, Rob, Sharon which by the way, my fig cuttings died:-((, and Teatree! I hope your plants color up nicely for you whether you grow them under lights, in a sunny window, or outside. I envy the ones that can just plop into the ground! Mike

Andrew, the things we do for these plants, right?! Haha!Thank goodness there's a place like this forum for us sickos!!! Do you tell your partner like I do, "You think I'M bad?! There are plenty of others on the forum that have WAY MORE than me - you're lucky, really..." I don't think he believes it...hell, I don't think anyone believes it but it seems like the right thing to say. I can't believe your DSP is blooming, CONGRATS!!! I'm, getting to the point where I need some kind of dolly or something, there's no reason to suffer through lugging these pots if I can find something that'll work. Before I shell out the big bucks on the tree dolly K got, I did some research & found this one: Most regular dollies just won't work, the toe plate is too short. This one however, says the unfolded depth is 32", so the toe plate must be substantially larger than average. The reviews I could find say that also. The toe plate on the one K got from Northern Tool says the toe plate is 21", I think this one should be almost as long. It's rated for 250 lbs. although Bosch says you could go 275. It's fully collapsible for storage or transport but the reviews are great, saying it's sturdy. It's called the Bosch L Cart and it's made to hold these tool box things but of course many people are using it as a regular dolly. It was $99 + tax / free shipping. It should be here within a few days, I'll let you all know if it works! This post was edited by elucas101 on Tue, Mar 4, 14 at 10:36

Elisabeth, what wonderful news. Your day was better than all the rest put together. I am very happy for you. Really, really happy for you and your family. Today was kind of crazy here. First I had the air conditioner tuned up. I bought a Groupon for $34 to pay for it. He showed up an hour early, so that was the end of my lazy morning. Of course, he discovered that the motor needs to be replaced for $1200! He said it can wait for awhile, and it will. I started cleaning the carport when the phone rang and the roofer was calling to say the dumpster was on its way. Yikes. Now I have a big dumpster sitting in the driveway. Work starts Monday. I am dreading it. My son came over and cut the grass for me, bless his heart. I called the dermatologist and changed my appointment. Too much going on at once here. Then I finished cleaning the carport and it looks pretty good for the moment. Now I am going to go read my book in bed and fall asleep!

Friday night often means homemade pizza night with the sprites, unless Robert and I have other plans, and that's what we had tonight. We'll fix anything they want but pizza usually wins. Older sprite makes the dough by herself now! She ran over as soon as she got home, put her apron on and got to work. So cute. She assembles everything she needs and lines the ingredients up according to when they are needed. Little sprite picks peppers, tomatoes, and basil and helps decide what else we want on the pizza. Anyway, we had a couple of grilled pizzas, a simple crunchy salad, and lemon sugar cookies for dessert.