HI Bttrflii I got your Nerd joke. When one of my colleagues showed up with a stack of AV mags for me to borrow, I did indeed think she was a nerd. But I was a "recreational drinker" ... er, grower ... back then. Trying to stave off full-blown addiction. I would much rather discuss AVs than football anyday. Linda, I am glad you explained about the AVSA website, it used to be great, anyone could access photos and lists. With the new website, only members can access that info, so I will join. Now I am wondering if I will get my mag or not it I join. Now that I have been collecting and growing for a few years, I have built up basic knowledge so being a member would be more meaningful to me now. Joanne

Glenda, lots of work, but I too love older homes. This one is really special to us and yes it did call out to us. We can't take credit for much of the renovation as the PO did much of the interior work. However, we picked up where he left off when he moved to another old house (in much better repair). When we purchased it there was not one perennial flower in the yard! Tammy, we have 4 "squeaking" wood screen doors! :-) One on each of the porches on the house. I am lucky in that both DH and I are lovers of old homes. natal, doubt there is anything in store for the pink "blob". Maybe, sometime down the road, we may try to remove it but it will be a very tedious job. We did think of painting just the brick on that side of the house as it is not visible from the road, but decided we did not want to do that. Guess we just consider it part of the character of the old house. My only concern with the new color scheme is that it won't blend as nicely with the garden room colors of pink,blue,red and whites. The new colors are an olive green, yellowish gold and rust, historical colors. With the green being the primary color. oceanna, thank you. miracle? nope, just hard work, if we can do it so can others. I am playing around with the idea of blogging, but not sure if I want to commit to the time involved with doing that, or if anyone would want to read it. I have seen many of your "eye candy" posts and have thoroughly enjoyed them. You are a very caring person to spend the amount of time it must take to share all those beautiful pictures! gramma jan, yes, so far it does look like it is unanimous. That surprises me as I thought for sure some would say it was done, and it was time for me to move on. If I would remove it, it would not be until next year. I will finish the 2009 page for this year. Others with opinions? Any "nay" sayers?

Mikie, "Most sites it really doenst matter like garden web. It's not gonna kill me if someone access's my gardenweb or dslreports or where ever from within my home." I agree and that goes for the cookies that some members are always so worried about. "I do want to keep everyone out of my bank accounts and the couple of companies that have access to money though. Those login/passwords are not even written down in a notepad sitting next to my keyboard for anyone to stumble onto, they stay only in my mind." Absolutely correct in being pro-active in protecting your critical accounts. I like many write them down as I have eleven critical accounts to tend to; credit cards (3), bank (2), credit union (2), investment (2) and hospitalization insurance (2). I could never remember all of them as I do not duplicate user or passwords. Physical theft is a possibility of course, but I don't dwell on. DA

You could always use the "forgot my password" link and they'll send you info on how to change it. This would come in handy only if you have your e-mail linked to your IPhone (I have 2 e-mail accounts linked to mine). Also - the IPhone has a notepad and you can store multiple pages of notes. I use mine for grocery lists, reminders, etc. You could store some of the less important passwords there. I wouldn't store bank info or anything like that on there, though.