Thank you again all! Lynn, thanks, I am working hard on my Christmas decor now, I have a ton to do! Jim, I am glad to see you posting too, you always give so much inspiration to folks like me! That is one of my favorite books too, I worked in a florist shop one holiday season and I loved it, there is just something about real flowers, too bad most of them are soooo expensive. When I lived in Germany the flowers are so affordable, I wish it was like that here. Donna in Fl, LOL, I know exactly what you mean, I have a yorkie, and if if leave something where he can get it, well forget it, he will have eaten it in a heart beat (I promise everyone that I feed him very well, but he is a glutton like me :) Betty, thank you, I hope you are feeling better! I got the bowls one at a time as I found them mostly at TJ Max or Marshalls, ya gotta grab em' when you see em" LOL kathleen, thank you. Since I am alone most of the time, I do lots of table for one, I figure I am worth it, I border on fetish when it comes to lidded bowls, I love my soup, chili to stay hot, so I use those type of bowls alot. livvyandbella, thank you, I guess I am a bit surprised that everyone likes the table so much since it is not my usual over the top look, but as I told my DD, there is a saying in the movies, "never act next to a dog or a child, they will always "steal the scene from the actor". So it just goes to show what a cute little pug will do for a table. :) jaybird, thank you. I am always glad to see Jim too, in fact I am off to comment on his post!

I truly appreciate all your help mikie!It is so difficult for me to explain exactly what is going on.I only know computer basics and just enough terminology to be confusing. LOL Currently,I am connecting to the internet by going to Earthlink.net and clicking on the set up button. I am accessing my e-mail through Earthlink.net, too. That is the only way I can connect to webpages.I can no longer connect using on desktop icons or by going to internet connections. The problem started when I allowed a Belkin auto setup to program my wireless router to my computer. Even if I disconnect the router and try to connect the way I did before the router I still can not connect through my computer. The only reason I mentioned proxy server was that when earthlink had me join teamviewer4, teamviewer4 stated I was on a proxy server and that I needed to connect with my computer connection. I am basing my statement on that info. I may not be on a proxy server. Is connecting through Earthlink.net connecting to a proxy server? I have not called earthlink back yet as the tech seems to get frustrated with my problem before it can be corrected. Also, it is a minimum 1 hour call each time.

On a windows machine I would recommend uninstalling flash and reinstalling it if it's a constant problem. The link to the Adobe page is above and has the uninstaller and the re- installer. As far as the other symptoms you describe in your post re-installing flash would do little to help. I don't know how to direct you on an 0sx-Snow Leopard OS. What I could suggest is a Mac forum. This is one of many see link. Here is a link that might be useful: discussions.apple

I called because I thought maybe it was the DSL connection and that seems to be working fine. Can't access web sites. They thought it may be the firewall. I can't access the trendmicro web site because I get the connection was reset message. I don't have a phone number for trendmicro. Don't know what else to do.