Soooo... go back up and take a look at where I have had my seedlings for the past week or so. If your windows swing out, from the bottom, you may want to consider another spot. I was just outside that window, thursday evening, and looked up just as Laura started cranking it open. My eyes nearly jumped out of my head, as all 8 seedlings did a simultaneous swan-dive. All but one survived the 5' drop. The last one broke off, just above the soil line. I didn't have the heart to throw it away, so I dropped it in a glass of water, where it still remains, looking very healthy! None of the others looked very happy, I can tell you. At the time, I was on the phone with a Plumeria grower/researcher in California, who is a member of the GW Plumeria forum. With only a wave of the hand, I was able to stop Laura from screaming out about what an idiot I am for placing them on the sill... then spent the next 15 minutes repotting all of them, with him never knowing that anything was amiss. The whole time, my heart was in my mouth! Lessons learned! Bob

You asked if we thought someone who had not exercised in a long time could get back in shape. well, think about this, if you DON"T exercise some, even a little, what kind of shape will you be in this time next year? You'll be worse. You want to start doing something, and walking is a good beginning, to just stay where you are. You may never get back to what you could do when you were a teenager, but you can certainly improve on what you are today. Give it a good try. It will be well worth it!!

Yesterday my husband and I drove around a little bit after work and found a street with sidewalks!! it is on the other side of the road, three houses over. I never saw them before because the sidewalks don't start untill a couple houses in (dugh! how stupid is that?) So we all went for a nice walk yesterday on the sidewalks and although it was dark I really enjoyed it! It just so happens that this street is in the next town over that does have sidewalks! Our town doesn't :( I was playing fetch (or trying to show Charley to fetch) and our other dog was on the other side of the yard playing fetch with my husband. When I picked up Charley's ball our other dog came running and Charley started a fight :( I was so upset. We looked our other dog over and he had a little scratch on his paw but seemed fine. I think Charley was afraid that Bud, our other boy, would take the ball when I threw it. We separated them in different portions of the house for the evening, because I was so upset. :( I hope that training helps Charley with this. I don't know his history very well (he is adopted) so I think he is nervous everything will be taken from him or he never got things before. He is dominant, but he listens to me and thinks I am alpha but he still sometimes picks fights with our other boy who is very submissive. So my plan is to sign up for training and then maybe move up to agility, if we can! Also we will be using the newly found sidewalk street as much as we can. We will be walking in the dark, but what can we do? I am going to call the training place today! I am pretty excited!

I'm another shortie. A couple inches less than 5' so every 5 pounds looks like 10 on me....going and coming....you'd think that would be an incentive. I think losing a pants size is a great thing!!! Don't know why, but I just thought of this. My ex-sister-in-law used to lead a women's weight-loss group at the church I was attending many years ago. We were LEOPARD's -Lose Every Overweight Pound And Rejoice Daily. SharonG/FL