THANK YOU everyone for your all of your thoughtful insight. hcmcdole: I really like your idea of trying to grow them as a free form esapaillar. Or what if I just prune REALLY aggressively on the backside???... So here's what I'm thinking I'm going to do: I am going to prune REALLY aggressively on the backside of the plant to minimize it's growth and spread against the wall... Do you think this would work??? I don't mind how much if it wants to spread forward away from the wall or side ways in width. I would also like to minimize and maintain about a 5 foot height... That way it can overlap the bottom edge of my windows... And I can see the flowers even from the inside of the house. Is limelight the kind of hydrangea that will respond well to pruning and shaping during the growing season??? I know that I would probably make my life a whole lot easier if I just got the Little Lime variety... But it was nearly twice as much for a 2 gallon... Which isn't in my budget. What do you all think??? Am I going to be sorry years from now for even considering this idea and thinking I can keep Limelights growth maintained with pruning during the growing season??? I've never had much luck with hydrangeas in the past... So it's difficult for me to fathom a hydrangea that will grow 8 feet tall and grow so quickly.

Our home is too small for us and I get rid of things often. I cant stand stuff just sitting around. One rule I have is that if I have to move it more than 3 times to get to something that I really need it must be removed from the house. Sometimes its unfortunate because I will finally, 2 years later go looking for it and remember that it made me mad and I threw it away. Some people are pack rats like my DH. He is also very particular about "his stuff". Especially his desk area. One day I was home while he was at work and I went at it. He had grocery store receipts from 2004!!!! He has about 5 sets of gold clubs in the attic and he doesn't even play golf anymore... I really hope having more space gets rid of some of the clutter. If everything had a home it would be so nice. Maybe I should just move everything out of the house and then start moving back in the most important items first and then when I am out of room no more crap comes in.

susanjn, the question was in another post so I thought I would start a new post to have a title that indicates that a picture is finally being sent of the support pole I keep mentioning. I wanted to know if the pole needed another coat of paint since to me it does not look white like it should being that it was painted the same white as the trim. The painter wrote me back and told me he will do a brighter white on the pole and see if it covers the grayish color so my pole will look white when he comes back from vacation and then will finish my floor since he also does floors and I do not want the former flooring guy to finish my floor knowing he was leaving too much space between the boards and not making me happy. Thanks ajsmama for your post. I really like how the filing cabinets look with the wall color and I like that I now do not see gray in the back wall like I did with the Linen White color that was lemon in the front of the room and gray in the back of the room as it reflected off the cabinet color. I was very worried about the paint color but it turned out better than expected. I am starting to like the soft white on the trim but want the pole to have another coat of paint and to make sure it looks white. I can't wait to post pictures when my floor is done which appears to be next Saturday if all goes well. I wish the new floor guy would finish the floor in the next few days but I guess he is busy.

This is a long shot, but my office chair that I spend MANY hours a day in, is a Hancock Moore Berwind office chair that I got from Craigslist. It is by far the most comfy chair that I have ever had. If you could find any of theirs or Bradington Young in your area, I'd go see it for sure. I found a different style on the Boston CL - Computer Chair Leather Executive Hamilton Swivel Tilt Hancock Moore - $550 (Wakefield) This is the style I lucked out on, in burgundy leather. I think it'll last as long as I do.