Poor mistreated animals! It's too bad you make them suffer so much. I'm gonna call the ASPCA on ya'. ;) Great pic. I wish I could share a pic of my dog laying in my DH's favorite leather chair. It's just our little secret during the day. Luckily, she doesn't shed much so her hair doesn't give her away. Take care and thanks for the smile, Carla

i watered with a full flow garden hose every two days. we were in what I call a drought (not sure if we were scientifically)for almost two months around Easter time. i enjoy walking around watering everything with the hose. I did give it some osmocote. i made sure that it wasn't root bound too. It was very happy and growing very well then all of sudden the leaves turned brown. it started at the beginning of the week and by the end they were all totally brown. i did put a single stake in about a week before the browning started because the SE wind was causing it to lean. i tied it to the stake with a pair of nylon stockings, so that shouldn't have harmed it. maybe the osmoscote. i was once told not to fertilize anything that just came from the nurser since they keep everything well fertilized??

hummm if they messed with the sprinkler in the first place while installing the pond by all means call them and ask them to help clear it up. Flawed workmenship is often a missed used phrase. If they replace the line or damaged while they made your pond then I would as a professional come out and fix it for you. on the other hand if I had nothing to do with the sprinkler line and it broke due to planting or age well thats a diffrent matter call them and ask them how to best clean it maybe just sweep it slowly into the drain / pump and let it filter out like in a pool

Always painful to see someone with what looks like bright future go into drugs. I think every job should require drug testing to get it from 1st job for kids in HS on so they can realize that drugs won't get you very far in life. You will always miss your parents & sister, that's normal & natural. Learn to enjoy what you have now & your hubby & kids & try not to spend too much time on all this media stuff as people are losing their ability to talk face to face & real friendship is when you can hug the person, kiss your hubby or kids, put your arm around a friend. Phones, Internet, Facebook friends don't do those things. Real people do. Do you know there was article in paper not long ago that said they were teaching HS kids how to talk to girls/boys as lot of them weren't dating. They were playing games on phones, blackberries etc & didn't have a clue how to ask anyone out. Teen yrs should be learning about boys/girls, casual talking so find out what they are like etc then you get your nerve up to ask someone out when you decide they are "easy to talk to" if you miss those encounters when you are young, gets hard to meet someone when you are out of college I imagine. Do you make popcorn or cookies from scratch, invite kids friends over leaving their phones in their jackets & playing games, talking,do you have couples over to chat & have coffee. My relatives are so glued to their phones that they can hardly carry on conversation or they spend the visit in another room talking on the phone. Glad I have good friends to talk ,laugh with, do things with, without the phones. Crying can be good but too much can get you depressed so search out happy things to do to get you out of funk. Doing things with your kids should get you laughing. Lots of hugs & kisses & no, kids are never too old for hugs & kisses. My son gives the best hugs!! Both of his gramdma's told me often that they loved his hugs. Lot in a hug, means person cares, many older folks have lost their parents & only hugs they get are from friend or grandkids ,hubbies sometimes aren't much for hugging. That's sad because wife doesn't feel nearly as loved. My honey gave me a long hug & kiss(that was at 6:30 am I was a mess, he looked into my eyes & said I love you! Got call from hospital at 11 am found out he was dead. What a wonderful memory he left me, every man should be so sweet & caring & it goes both ways, we all ran out to meet him each night when he got home. Neighbors commented on it, I thought it was normal. Make your family center of your universe(& God) & you will be happy!! Hope you will find the strength to let go of past.