You are so lucky having that lake view and that mountain view and improved on that even with your beautiful plantings, congratulations! But living on a city lot, we can also improve, I only have a little pond and a lot of hostas, improving on that. Bernd

I only have experience with Heavenly Blue MG's and they did not do well in a pot. They did indeed insist on climbing and then I think they just ran out of root space because they suddenly stopped growing and flowering.

Good afternoon everybody! We had a busy morning and I've been resting my tired feet. DH had to have blood work in town this morning so we went early and afterwards went to Sam's to stock up on meat. I think we have enough to last about 6 weeks now. We got-- Steaks - 4 filets. Cut way back on our beef intake so when we have a steak we want a good one. Don't eat a lot so those 4 will be 4 meals for us. Pork chops--9 1" boneless. They were marked down, too. Chicken breasts - 7 or 8. Boneless, skinless. Good for the grill. Salmon - a large piece that will be at least 3 meals worth. Pork roast - in an applewood bacon marinade. It's a little large but I can save it for company. Hamburger - 5 lbs. Roasted chicken - tonights dinner and tomorrow's chicken enchiladas. After Sam's we went to Lowe's. They had a drill on sale and DH really needed a new one. I wanted paint samples for the main bath. I'm thinking dusty rose but all the colors either look like pepto bismol or lavendar. Got a replacement for our outside coach light. Then we went to Publix. Hopefully I won't have to go back for a while since I stocked up on fresh fruit and veggies and some canned stuff in case of a hurricane. Now I need a nap since I woke up at 3:45!

Morning Anj, Sure glad your DH got a good report. Mine has that problem too. Actually had bleeding polyps several years ago, and the doctors were considering hooking him up to a bag. Luckily, they were able to get control of the problem with medication and diet and he hasn't had anymore problems in several years. I'm pretty good about keeping up with the laundry--but then I probably have a fraction of what you do since there are only two of us. I have to clean the family room floor everyday because the dogs shed and track in so much dirt--but I am rather lax about the rest of the house I'm afraid. I used to do at least a room a day--but lately with DH home more, I get side tracked and am off my routine. I did the bathrooms the other day, then finally vacuumed the rest of the house. Just this morning, I realized that I need to dust the bedroom furniture. It's a dark wood, so the dust really shows! Thing is, nobody cares whether I do it or not except me! DH is happy as long as he has food and a place to sleep. Sometimes I think he doesn't even notice the rest of the house (except the television and his computer). I had a nice time with my friend at lunch on Friday. Always fun to have time for some "girl talk". Then yesterday, my other friend came to pick up her bird that I had "birdsit" while she and her hubby went on an Alaska cruise. It was fun to hear about that. Yes, GD was here Sunday and will be spending the day with me on Thursday. She is just such a sweetie, totally amazes me how grown up acting she is now. We play dolls allot, her favorites are some little fairy ones I bought at Dollar Tree. They have brightly colored hair and she calls them whatever color their hair is! Shei s always the "mommy" and always wants me to be the one who won't stay in bed. (GD keeps getting up at night and going to her parents room since she got her "big girl" bed, so they've had lots of discussions about this!) LOL Haven't started any new painting projects. Need to pick one and get going on it. Actually, I would like to get three or four projects ready to take along for our long motor home trip in July. (Yes, we're going in spite of the ridiculous gas prices--we'll just economize in other areas.) DH only has 17 days until he goes on vacation for five weeks and then will be retired! Didn't know there were earthquakes in your area. We have had several of them here, luckily not any major ones. I always have bottled water and a good supply of canned goods on hand. Keep an emergency kit in each car too. And we leave the motor home stocked as well--it's in a storage area a few miles from here. Ours usually just last a few seconds and haven't done much damage. But it is good to be prepared. I kept saying that I was going to keep an extra set of clothes, coat, and blanket in the car--but haven't actually done that. Well, I'd better get moving here. At least I'm already showered and dressed so can...