Hey all! I am liking this tablet but am missing a key board and mouse. I must be old fashioned, lol. I am trying to stir up a twitter hashtag for us #gwroses but I'm not sure it'll work. I hope it does I really miss the old days here. Y'all became such great friends. I do get free books with kindle, but no free rose dictionary yet...here's hoping. Florence, each day has been a struggle but my family and roses are my reason d'etre. How are you feeling???? I truly hope all is well! Rosy hugs, carlota or @HobbesCarlota on twitter.

Hey Mark, I usually just let the bananas unfurl by them selves. So far the plants you gave me are doing well and I have little seedlings of the tomatoes too. :o) Glad your garden is growing well.

Pulses on and off, could be a bad control where the control knob is. It could be that the control was attempting to send heat to the burner and when it 'monitors' the electric flow, it has not sensed enough power and automatically calls for more power to the burner. This can cause a safety in the controller to become damaged. Keep in mind that the controls on electric stoves cant really 'measure' the heat thats generated by the burner and they go by the amount of power the element draws. If there is a poor connection at the burner, it could cause the controller to overwork itself. Usually when a controller gets damaged, it will not even power on the burner. This was quite common several years ago when the controller circuit was a bit 'lower tech' design. It is also possible that the new canning burner is defective, so you may want to contact the supplier for that issue. Mine has worked well with my fairly recent frigidaire stove. BTW, my ovens lower element burned out less than one year, and was replaced under warranty. It was caused my a few small drips of food that fell onto the lement and somehow corroded and broke open the heater. It was in pieces and was made of ceramic, with carbon powder inside a thin metallic jacket. Stove top elements are similar and have a thicker metal oustide, but still contain some kind of heat producing composite inside, or it could be nichrome wire. In any event, the element might have an intermittent connection that opens when it heats up a little. Suggest you try the canning element on a friends stove, if they have a similar socket plug type, and see if it does the same thing there. Here are a possible sources for a controller unit, provided the stove brand and model you have is supported- http://www.repairclinic.com/0001.as Here is a link that might be useful: Part Finder

Oh Ellendi, thanks for asking! The party was Wednesday night, and it was really fun! I invited about 20 women, and I'd say about 15 showed up. DH and I worked like dogs getting the house all clean and decorated. I liked that it was important to him that everything look good too. It was originally set up as a potluck for some waitresses I work with. We had hairdressers, nurses, my friend the professional workout queen, my accountant, the acupuncturist I go to, what a great vast wealth of knowledge! But, mostly we ate too much, drank white cranberry cosmos and wine and laughed our butts off. Some of the topics of conversation were hysterical. This was precisely the kind of stuff I miss since quitting my job. My presentation was a little OTT for the holidays, but I'd really like to set something up once a month with all these girls and whoever they want to bring along. Maybe books or cards or a cook off. The part I like is that everyone comes from a different place and there is so much we can do to support each other. I especially feel for the younger working moms who need as much support as they can get. Anyway, I feel like the thread helped me reach out more than I normally would have. I'd like to keep that up. Beth p