Hello everyone, I hope someone could provide me some information. 1. Please let me know if all the grafted Adeniums that you have purchased from Rinoa produced the same type of color and shape that were advertised for these plants. 2. How long did they take to flower after you received grafted plants? 3. Anyone had experience with growing from seeds purchased from Mr Ko or Ms Rinoa, please inform seeds from which supplier have a better chance to grow into what are on the pictures. I still love pink flowers but I think if 90% of them would turn pink, then it would be too much. 4. Can anyone comment if the adeniums which turn pink, is it the same kind of pinkish flower, or there is a variety in different form and shade of pink? 5. Was it ok to import grafted plants to the USA? Thank you. Sunny

Thought I would follow up in this. It’s really become kind of laughable. I thought I was getting one new pedestal to replace the damaged one. Instead, they sent TWO new pedestals ( left and right), a new center drawer and the board that connects the two pedestals. So now I have almost two complete desks! The only thing missing is a second top. My house looks like a desk factory. They did not remove the damaged pedestal so now I have to get rid of all the parts I don’t need. The damage is easily repaired. I am hoping I can give away all the parts I don’t need. If someone would put a top in it, they would have a whole desk. A simple board would do or the top could be ordered from the manufacturer. I can’t believe what a headache this has been. Imdo have to give credit to office furniture.com for making every effort to make amends. I think Fedex caused the damage during shipping. It was quite heavy and looked like it had been dropped. Heres how my living room looks after the second delivery. The enormous, heavy box being delivered. iI still have to assemble the unbroken parts and get rid of the extra pieces. All I wanted was a new desk!

I would find out what parts of the leaseback agreement they find objectionable. Get beyond yes/no to the specific concerns behind the stated position. When I'm negotiating my way through what appears to be a positional impasse, I often ask "what's the horror story?" Meaning what's the scenario they fear that has led to proposal of specific language (or refusal to sign language). Then share your "horror story" of what you fear will happen without the language you're proposing. This often helps you see the common ground, and realize you agree on more than you think. It opens avenues for modifying language that accepts and addresses both of your concerns and achieves both of your objectives. I can't tell you how many times I've objected to contract language, and when we speak to each other in English we find that we both agree conceptually. Then we just have to craft language that says what we both already agree on. For example: they say they've got no cash to pay for the rent and security deposit. Your horror story is that they stay a month and never pay you. You agree to hold part of the sale proceeds in an escrow account, to be released to you upon their vacating of the home. If they're unsure if they can move out in a month, then you amend it to allow for overstaying at a specific (higher) rate, with a larger escrow. Or they're worried you won't return their security deposit, so you leave it in escrow and add specific language that says what they have to do to get it all back. You get the idea. I have found that even if they are unwilling to share any specific concerns, if you share your horror story, that can still lead to the same ability to find language that works. For example, your horror story is that they will overstay and never pay you. They protest that of course they would never dream of doing that. Now you have verbal agreement that they won't overstay and that they will pay you. That makes it a lot easier to draft language that addresses this. Of course, it's possible that they won't protest that they would never dream of overstaying or stiffing you. If so, they've shot themselves in the foot. You now have much stronger grounds to argue for language to address this. "If you're telling me you're willing to do X, then why aren't you willing to put that in writing?" can be a useful question. It digs down another layer. Good luck!

Hi, Rhizo! I can't believe I didn't save the recipe for those cookies, but they shouldn't be difficult to replicate. The recipe booklet that came with the pins included one that used instant coffee granules. I was intrigued, but I didn't try that one. Since I was using the sunflower pin, I wanted my cookies to be somewhat yellow. (Chocolate sunflowers were delicious, but lacked a certain something. lol) I thought turmeric might work, so I Googled turmeric cookies. I was connected with a woman's blog--a blog I can't find now. I've been searching since I read your comment. She had a recipe for cutout turmeric cookies, and mentioned the possible addition of instant coffee granules. She said something like, "Who knew turmeric and coffee go so well together?" So I tried it, and they were great. I made a batch with decaf so my grandsons could eat them, and another using my favorite instant, Juan Valdez. My grandsons would love those perfect little skulls!