I add seaweed extract to most of my grape sprays. My grapes are doing well but I find it hard to say how much the seaweed is helping. I also use a small amount of organic 6-6-6 fertilizer (Plant-Tone) on all trees and small fruits to help them get micronutrients. Scott

We have the KA 42" built-in SXS w/ice and water dispenser in the door (purchased in spring 2007). What would you like to know about it? We had a couple of the door hinges (springs?) tightened or greased shortly after it was installed (they made a pinging noise when opening or closing--don't remember which)--nothing major there. Our ice/water dispenser had a problem in the fall of '08--some parts were replaced under warranty. It seemed as though this was a defect or "recall" sort of thing if I recall. This past summer, our dispenser was dripping/leaking because the flap inside the dispenser chute wasn't closing tightly (it popped open every time we let the fridge or freezer door "slam" shut, allowing warm and humid air in). The repair person made an adjustment which allowed the flap to close nice and tight, and that seemed to solve the problem. Otherwise it works well for us.

Wow so many with the same situation, although mine is not because of him losing a job in this economy. I always seemed to find the really nice guys that lacked motivation - I married two of them. My first husband was in finance, and figured that he could work fewer hours and manage to make enough. I was working and had two young children and he did not think that his free time was for housework or watching the kids even when I went to the gym - I had to get a sitter so that he would not have to commit to being home. No matter how much counseling or discussion between us could make him see how it felt to have him sitting on the front porch reading the paper while I was going crazy in the house getting lunches ready and the kids and me out of the house every morning. The neighbors even noticed! I felt if I was going to live like a single parent, I might as well be able to date, so I divorced him. And then I did the same thing again! What the heck was wrong with me?? When I met my second husband, he had a job, but all of his jobs were not long-term or careers -- he was also an under-employed carpenter. He was an awesome person, and a great step-father to my kids, but the housework was not even on his radar. However, with his more "flexible schedule", he was the one that could get a sick kid at school or be home if needed, so he was a bit of a house husband and that allowed me to concentrate on my job. But once the kids were off at college, I joked that he was my oldest child, but it really wasn't a joke. Unfortunately he died suddenly a little over a year ago, and although I miss him terribly, I am not going to make the same mistake again. I'm fortunate that I can support myself as I've been doing it for years anyway. If there is a next guy he will have to be at least where I am financially (which is not much!) and be interested in a true partnership. We all have to put up with stupid bosses and policies, but how can these men think it's OK to put their pride before their employment because they won't tolerate whatever they don't agree with? You can't be an employee and do things any way you want - we all have to suck it up for a job. If these guys didn't have a wife, I wonder what would they do? Please understand, I'm not knocking your hubbies - especially after the men I married! Many of you seem to be adapting to the new normal in your households. What makes it work is a sense of teamwork between the two of you, each doing what needs to be done. A wife can't be the breadwinner and then come home to housework & cooking while the husband plays - that situation won't last long without resentment.

I had it done on my big toe a few years ago. The toe bed was treated with some kind of acid (as best as I recall) so that the nail will never grow again. The toe bed was tender for a pretty good while, but I've had zero problems with it ever since. The skin on my toe bed has somewhat hardened up a little over the years to give my toe at least some protection. It hasn't affected walking or the way shoes feel in any way. When I get a pedicure, I get nail polish right on the nailbed and it looks fine. I did drop something heavy that landed right on that bare toe not too long ago, and boy, did I see stars though!