WOW! This was a never ending box of goodies! Michael sent the following in his box:..ahem... a 7 piece vanilla home fragrance set "sniffing" an adorable red rooster windchime (getting ready to hang that bugger up) eco friendly shopping bag (I've been meaning to get one of these) fragrant flower garden seed mix..it has 11 different flowers and covers 100 ft..(I know just where this will go!) scatter and grow wildflower garden seeds (this will go great right over there "pointing") silver metal flower planter (good for herbs) flowered plant pot PINK: garden shears, claw, hand shovel, kneeler, hose sprayer and flower pot (now I can feel girly even when I'm filthy!) pretty smelling hand lotion "paint your own knome"..this is the cutest thing and I've never seen one before! little knome with shovel (he'll go in my fairy garden) magnatic weekly wipe off garden calendar (this is going to be really handy) my garden journel (this will make it easier to keep track of what I'm doing) small metal watering pitcher (good for those hard to reach places) sun stake with matching metal fencing ( I have the perfect place for it) plant markers (do we ever have enough of these???) flexible garden ties (I can use these for the tomatoes) magnetic refrig list (I'm always writing on these!) well, Michael, I think you outdid yourself! I'm extremely happy with my box....and now it's your turn..."rubbing hands together"...

LOL... one word... CATNIP! Lots of it! I think I've contacted everyone that I needed to today. If not, someone drop me a note. We're forecast for severe thunderstorms today through tomorrow night, so my computer time may be limited. I don't like being on when there's lightening even though we have cable internet. Fran, please let me know ASAP whether you hear from Carrie. That will be the deciding factor in what I set up for Joan. By the way, Jamie emailed me and is still trying to get in touch with Kim. I let her know that officially, I'd dropped them from the swap, but if they complete it, both of them, and send me DCNs and post contents, it will have them clear for the group with the condition that they will have to send first in the next MNF swap they join. I felt this was the most fair way to deal with it, if they both complete the swap. I invite her to hang about and get to know folks and she's assured me that she will :) I'm very happy about that! Oh, and I called the company I ordered from and they're putting a rush on the order, and I found out that it's always best to call the order in and request a rush. Have a really nice conversation with the young lady I spoke with. We discussed my theme gardens and she's going to be checking into GW. She's interested in seeing my Gargoyle bed and Naughty Garden and I'd bet she'd be interested in seeing some of the other Goth type beds and any of the themed beds. She was really interested in the possibilities of those. I told her she'd need to check back in a couple months to see pics of mine since they're still pretty dormant at the moment and it will take some time for the kids and DH to get everything tended to, especially in the new beds that we just started working on. Anyway, she was a really sweet young lady and we had a nice conversation and she tried to see if there was more she could do to get my order here quickly. The rush was all she could do, but I should have my order here sometime late next week or early the following week. So I'll be able to have Nikki's box to mail out then. Everything else is ready and packed. Or ready to be packed :) Though the longer I have to wait to mail it off, the more seeds I find to tuck in ... for cushioning, ya know? Kathy

Barb...both happy and sad....Happy he is moving forward with his life. Knowing he will go far as long as he stays focused on his studies, and learns to quit being so wasteful. Sad because he is moving on and we will be seeing very little of him in the next 4 years or so. We havent made any new life adventures yet. House needs some TLC. I suppose first we will get used to having a home with just us and the critters and go from there. Chell I used to be a dog and cat groomer. I loved it too. But my employer was a deedeedee. Never had the money to pay me each week and always "owed" me. And she never gave me my tips either.Then at the end of the year she reported more earnings for me than what I had really made.Fortunitly I kept records and proved my case and won, so make sure you don't let the same happen to you. I have kept my clippers, blades and accessories and still will do a neighbors dog or two once in awhile to keep my skills up.....but don't miss the hair stuck in places I did'nt know existed....lol. Love all the pictures the everyone post. Always enjoy seeing ya'lls babies. Regina

Thanks. She is wanting to watch Desparate Housewives and Brothers and Sisters. I have heard of hulu.com; I'll have her check it out. I'm pretty sure the one that I used originally to watch, which I thought was ABC.com I had to download something and let it install, cause I had some problems with it at first and then it finally worked but I can't remember what I did. When I right click on the screen where it is playing it shows me a box related to Adobe Flashplayer. I went to "tools", then "manage add ons" and it is there enabled. Don't know if that has anything to do with it. I told her to check that out. At one time I suggested to her the TV guide site, so maybe that is the one she is using. Just wondered if anyone had any of the similar problems.