Before we left to head home on Thursday, they had the old pantry and laundry room opened up and the new walls marked off - we're stealing space from the old spaces for our refrigerator and tall pantry cabinet to be recessed there. We are planning converging pocket doors for the hallway opening to the alcove where the new stacked W/D will be - that should be huge improvement compared to the bifold doors that opened into the hallway before. And we will still have a decent sized pantry area that can be locked and serve as an "owners closet" when we have renters. We rushed home on Thursday night to be here for delivery of the new IKEA cabinets on Friday. It was a cold and rainy day, so we just had them quickly load everything into our trailer. Today DH unloaded it all so we could inventory, and then repacked it for the trip back to our vacation home next weekend. IKEA had the order exactly right! We still have quite a bit to do before we are ready to start installing, so once we get there we will check for any damaged components. But it's great to know things are progressing!

Debra, Heavenly Bengal Tiger was about 5 inches. It's registered at only 5.5 inches. We planted it last season (and it did bloom), but then we almost killed it trying to eradicate nutsedge. It is recovering but the plant is still small.

My canned good are still good from irma, i have 2 jugs of water and some smaller bottles but i likely need a few more, always need more. I do fill 6 large mason jars with water and put in the fridge when a storm threatens and fill every pitcher with water for the cats. And i fill two large plastic lidded bins with water for flushing and bathing. I have 3 bottles of gator aid, which let me tell you if you have to work outside after a storm cleaning fallen debris is wonderful as you lose so much salt while sweating with no ac to cool off in. I have batteries, lamp oil, candles and matches btw cheap dollar store solar yard lights are not a bad way of keeping a little safe light on in the house at night. I pull my yard lights in before a storm and ready to use them indoors. I have a generator arriving this coming weekend, its my sister's and she is moving and has asked me to keep it for awhile, she said use if i need to, its big enough to run the fridge but not the ac. Got my battery operated radio and a radio that can be hand cranked that gets the weather stations. I bought enough cat crates to evacuate the cats in my escape from irma. And have since bought a sleeping bag and have it and other bedding in a box ready to grab if need to escape. I evacuated to my brother in Georgia for irma. He is my closet relative out of florida but it was not ideal cause irma headed for his place and while for florida standard it was not much of a blow, it blew enough to down his power and when he loses power he loses water as he is on a well. So he had a houseful and no working bathroom. I might aim for south carolina next time and my neice, she says she has plenty of room.

Thanks for the warning bustopher, I have plenty of space. I think it’s Jeri’s that is an 18x18 monster or something like that. I’m planting several ramblers along the edge of the yard this spring. If they get too big there, I’ll move them to the back or other side yard.