Hi Everyone I was afraid to come back here today and read what I posted. LOL Sober today..Slight hangover. Nothing that moving around doing housework wont take care of. Bri Cypress gardens is my hardest one too. If it doesnt do something quick I am tossing it. Tj didnt mean to give you a heartattack lol. Lucy I am glad we could have a drink together. Kylie anytime you want a real beer (milwaukee) stop over. lol Susan and Eliabeth good to hear from you two. Good luck on that brug elizabeth... Well I got the nerve up to come and check out what I wrote. LOL No more miller lite and GW at the same time...

Moonie- you are so sweet! I was just watering the 3 beautiful bananas that you sent me- they are doing great! I have my first bloom of the season on my orange noid- it's the only brug that I have that has a bloom- all of my other brugs are just forming their Y's... Did you notice that the orange noid doesn't need a Y to produce blooms? Strange... Anyway- your GH is awesome! I've talked Hubby into cutting down my 2 story Camelia to erect a Solarium (in the future)- it's a great trade! Can't wait to have a wonderful place to display my tropicals! Thanks for sharing! Kasha77

Cass, thank you! Yes, the tablecloth is silver (got it at local Bargain store for $8). WOW! You must have felt like you got a Christmas present when you found those dishes! They sound wonderful and so many! Please post a pic if you do a winter tablescape with them. Gail, thank you! The snowflakes/balls are hanging from the chandelier (which is out-dated and I try to hide out of the pic). I quite often hang things from it - even in the reindeer setting (#4) I had gold & copper balls from it but didn't like the pic with it so didn't post it with the others. You SHOULD do a winter theme around your house now that your Christmas decor is down - I like to leave up the white mini-lights on my mantel with snow items. Lynninnewmexico, thanks, I appreciate your comments! Susan, thank you too! See note to Gail re: hanging snowflakes. Lynne, thanks. I definitely can take inspiration for winter tablescapes from the weather lately, have had heavy snowfall warnings for past few days! Aren't the acrylic/crystal-y trees fun to work with?! Karen, thank you. I actually did these (4) tablescapes over a 2 month period so that wasn't too fast...its just that I posted them all at once. Actually, I spend WAY TOO MUCH TIME tweaking and adjusting the tablescapes I do! Luvs, thanks a lot! Judith would be proud of you and your correct count of the layering I did! You have a good eye for detail! In one pic, I did have the square white soup bowls on top too - that was when I used the table for a Christmas luncheon for my parents, Grandma, DS, DH and I and had some homemade turkey with wild rice soup in them. I lucked out finding those snowmen at our dollar store - I only ever saw 1 set of them and I scooped 'em up - even at $8 each, they were a bargain to me! pdg777, thank you too! I had never seen any trees like those either before or since. Would love to get some more if I ever do. yachter, thank you! I wish we had a Walgreens here so I could check if there was some of those trees but if they did, I'm sure they would have gone fast. I wonder if I have a pic of a table I did last year which has a similar look to it but I think I used a few more snowflakes - then I could call it my "flake-off" table...or MAYBE I should do a new one since that is more of a winter theme. dd50, thank you. I got that boa back in the summer with an idea to use it as snow somehow...that is as close as it got to "being snow". Hopefully, I can come up with more ideas for it. I also bought a red one and a black one recently when they had them on sale after Halloween. Mo, thanks. I find I have to take down the ornaments hanging from the chandy whenever I put leaves in the table as then they aren't centered either and it bothers me. patty-cakes, thank you. I like the "sparkle" of frostiness too. I am happy that you thought this was your favourite before looking at the reindeer one! DD

Kara is asking good question: old soil (that is usually peat) should e get rid of completely before potting into well draining mix. At the same time, one can inspect roots. How did they look? If roots are in good shape, plants may be not watered as often as they need to. Names of plants really do not matter that much - care for them is very similar. I can't say anything about BJ mix as I never purchased any. Lots of ppl use it & hope they will comment. I make mix using grit+perlite and some turface for my succulents. I keep them under lights approx. 12hrs/day. It is quite warm in your house and mix is possibly drying up quickly. If my plats, I would check (using bamboo skewer or chopstick) deep into pot about every couple of days to see if the mix is dry or wet & water accordingly. Soon you'll learn how long it takes to dry up.