bright...the rose plate was the first item that called to me when I found out I had your name...go ahead & break it (if you can)!...it was a $1 bargain! But I can feel your pain...I want to try mosaicing a pot...and bought some little blue plates 4 for $1 about a mo. ago...I have them on my counter now...can't make myself "break" them! Other pcs. of broken pottery & such I've always added to a small rock garden...figured someone would dig into it some day to replant & find my broken treasures! Am glad you like the altered art card...was fun to make & one of my fav pics of statuary. Enjoy JT...I smile so much when I see all the pics of her travels & LOL! Jeanne S.

Okay everyone. I posted in hopes of finding someone who has gone through something like this with their builder. Dragonfly, it appears as though you have and we've written the "notice of Claim letter." In my husband's defense, he's a wonderful husband and attorney, but slow to anger, which explains why he's a DEFENSE attorney. He's on my side, but had faith in the builder for a longer period of time than I. Brickeyee, I don't appreciate your comment at all. A 12-14 hour day is a long day when he has a four and five year old to come home to,read,and pray with every night; five siblings and a ton of nieces and nephews that have something going on every Saturday; two big yards to cut with a push mower; an LSU game to squeeze in for his own sanity and as a vessel to maintain friendships; and Mass on Sundays before heading off to work afterwards while the children cry, "can't you stay home today, it's the weekend?" Not only does he work, but he maintains relationships, unlike the most of Attorney America. Maintaining relationships can be time consuming when you've only got Saturday to do it. Oh, and I forgot to add that 12-14 is standard. There's an all nighter thrown in there at least once a week. I didn't put that in my original post because I didn't think I'd have to PROVE my husband's busy schedule in order to defend his character. Oh, and yes, the cobblers children often do go without shoes. My dad is a Pediatrician, and I almost died of hypersensitivity pnuemonitis in highschool because I never received a true exam from him. He came home from his busy day and assumed it was the usual flu that I caught every year at Christmas time. Of course, he is now OVER sensitive to every little symptom his grandchildren exhibit. As for the comments about a med mal defense attorney not knowing jack about construction law. That's totally true. You don't go to a derm to fix your broken leg. Of course, he's capable of finding one - any idiot is. But no, it's not as if he just so happens to have a best friend in construction law. There's not many REAL friendships formed in Law School. You said it right, Sue36 - He associates with med mal defense and knows of the med mal plaintiffs. Anyhow, I just wanted to clarify that I came to this forum for "advice" figuring that someone would have gone through this before. Oh, Bevangel, thank you for useful information as well.

Brad, Thanks for the lemonade recipe and tips. DGS and I have found 3 meyer lemon trees in the woods where we hike. He always wants to make lemonade when we get home so I need a Grammy worthy recipe. At Peppi's urging, I documented my grandmother's recipe for spaghetti sauce that she brought from Italy and I have been eating since---maybe birth. I'm sure it's not to everyone's liking but in my family it is THE SAUCE. Anyway on subject--in an effort to save this family treasure on something other than a recipe card and in an effort to decorate with purpose (learned that from RiverRat), I am handwriting it and having it aged, enlarged, matted, and framed or put on canvas.

I got two, one from you and one from Janie also! I picked my cards up this evening and will work on them this weekend when I'm off.