Kristi, When I first read your description of the maggots, I thought it sounded like the maggots of what I call house flies. You see, I grew up as the daughter of shrimper/fishermen, and obviously, we cleaned and dealt with a lot of fish and shrimp. House flies are attracted to anything that smells strongly, and Amaryllis bulbs that are rotting have a very similar horrible smell. That will attract those flies. They will feed on the rotted material and deposit their 'eggs', thus resulting in maggots that you describe. Speaking of bulb rot, I purchased some of the 3 for the price of one bulbs last year. One of those, Mambo, had a rotten spot on it. I am the world's worst, I know, about being curious and wanted to try something different. I decided not to complain about the bulb. I cut away the rot and noted some bulbils growing inside. I let the bulb air dry rather than using Captan. In fact, I sort of lost track of the bulb for awhile and just recently found it again. The bulb was still in fine shape, so I put the bulb in a little clear cup with an inch or two of soil mix in it and watered it to see what happend. Sure enough, there is a new bulb forming beside the mother bulb. I want to plant the whole bulb but I am simply too curious about the little growths inside the bulb. It's too hard to explain without a picture, so as soon as my camera battery is charged, I will take some and upload them for you to see. In short, after over 6 months of not being planted and hidden away (lost), the mother bulb looks fantastic and I await to see what happens to all those little things that look like bulbils that are forming inside. I thought about cutting the bulb, but I decided not to do so because I wanted to see what was happening inside the damaged bulb. Pictures later...

I hope that with the arrival of the new grandbaby, good things keep on coming your way from now on!! Congratulations to the granddaughter and have a wonderful time. It is so special the first time you hold that precious grandchild. I was fortunate and was there at the birth of my first grandson. The second one I almost had to deliver myself hahahaha But I did see the head come before the ambulance took off with them. Lucy

Linda, Glad to see you posted!!!! I was going thru some of my quilt books and found one I bought when I lived in Indiana called Quilts of Indiana - Crossroads of Memories. It looks like it was put out by The Indiana Quilt Registry Project, Inc. If you want it, you can have it....or give it to your quilt guild. I'll bring it up in June.....if I can remember. (chuckle) SharonG/FL

Thank you all so much. It brings a smile to my face reading all of the good wishes....I will tell you this though... she was not happy with the weight I have gained. They pump you full of steroids and stimulants to make you want to eat and I think they overdid it in my case. I finally did lose that round steroid face but the weight keeps getting worse...She told me when I was doing chemo not to worry about the weight...we will worry about that later were her exact words...and now I am 40 pounds heavier and still eating...