Second attempt submitting a post. Marquest, Wow, you weren't kidding when you said Petunia seeds germinated..Your 'denia plant is filled with beautiful, purple Petunias. One year, Petunia seeds dropped in my citrus. The seeds germinated in winter, but nowhere as nice as yours. Or filled as yours. Mine had three pink blooms. Do you add dry or fresh fir needles in your plants? Where is the Gardenia trunk??? PM, The Fragrant Forum has a ton of information on hardy and tropical Gardenias. Some threads are passion-packed...when a member is having problems with their 'denias. PM, don't get me wrong, I love computers. Electronics in general..Example, light bulbs. :) But, I feel our society is too dependant on the net. As a child we 'walked' to the library. I do admit researching online is much easier than dressing, walking, then sorting through a zillion books to find information on one particular subject. So, guess I'm a little old-fashioned. lol I love reading, but refuse to get Kindle. Amazon emails weekly, reminding me this electronic device exists. My dh makes fun when another email comes in. Especially since I spend so much time online. Guess I'm a hypocrate...lol Logee's! In the mid-90's, I ordered from Logee's religiously. Back then, plants were shipped in 4" pots, well-rooted, and shipping wasn't all that much, though it was higher than other nurseries. Problem was, I didn't know of other nurseries. Don't know if Logee's sold my name, but I started getting catalogs from other nurseries. Two of my favorites were Stokes Tropicals and Mellinger's. Nowadays, you'd have to get a loan to order from Stoke's, and Mellinger's went out of business, in the early 2000's. Back to Logee's. In early 2000's, they changed. Plants were shipped in 2"-2.5" pots, barely rooted. Shipping outrageous. Via one order I bought a citrus. If you ever saw a photo of Logee's citrus, you'd be placing an order. What arrived was a 3" stick. Oh, crap happens. So, I gave them the benefit of the doubt. A couple orders later, plants were arriving in awful condition. I finally phoned. Customer Service Reps are very nice and helpful. They sent a replacement plant which arrived large, well-rooted. Why didn't they send a plant that nice in the first place? After another order or two, I said, heck with this nursery. Their over-priced plants aren't worth it. I can get the same plant on Ebay or most online stores, for half the price, and much larger in size. I will admit. I ordered a Thanksgiving Cactus, 'Aspen,' that's impossible to locate. A seller on Ebay sold Aspen cuttings. He made a small fortune. One buyer paid $94 and change plus shipping. So, I ordered the TC and a Begonia from Logee's. My bill was over 30.00. Anyway, that's the Logee's story. lol You sure are experienced with plants. Perhaps, one day, you can give me some outdoor garden tips. Because of back/knee problems, the last two years our garden has been duds. Weeds do fine though. lol. Well, let's say I've been growing indoor plants at least 25-yrs. I first got hooked as a child, when we'd go to my aunt's farm in MI. My MOTHER didn't allow plants indoors, but I managed to sow veggie seeds at 11-yrs. My first house plants were given to me as gifts when I moved out of the house at 18. They died..too much lovin'. PM, it's really nice talking to you. Mike...here you are.... Gardenia's are like the old saying...a watched pot never boils..Mike,, you must stop watching. :) Oke-e-doke, once your 'denia produces, you owe us a photo or two. Hugs, Toni PS: PM, please don't take offense regarding Excel. :_

I am also obsessive about cleaning and the vacuum lines. I even bought a Dyson vacuum. (I love it because it has no bag so you can see everything it sucked up. It felt like an accomplishment and I felt so clean.) Our last move I was pregnant and was not feeling well so I hadn't gotten ready for the day as I normally would. I was laying on the couch and my girls were playing in the basement, one in just a diaper. When ding-dong, I forgot they were doing a realtor's walk-thru that morning at 9:00. I say "just a second", grab the kids but them in the car in the garage, one still in just a diaper but I grabbed a blanket, (this is Indiana in December) grab the dog, they are walking in. I say I am sorry I forgot and dash into the garage as they try to tell me it's ok. It's not ok to me. I don't even have a bra on. I wait in the car and put a movie on for the kids. The realtors come out to look at the garage and are still trying to say come in. I'm like no biggie, they are watching a movie. I was dying because I had the dome light on and I couldn't figure out how to turn it off so they could see me just fine. My only saving grace was that the house was spotless except for a few toys, which doesn't bother me being left out, BUT my bed wasn't made. quell horror! I did recover and was able to laugh, once I was dressed and the bed was made. As for vacuum lines, I actually thought I jinxed it if I vacuumed before a showing. We didn't end up selling until after we had moved out. Although I am so obsessive I won't stop vacuuming. This time the market is so slow that we have only had two showings. I have gotten lax in cleaning. The other day when we only got a ten minute warning, on a snow day. I was thankful for not being pregnant, that I was dressed, the beds were made, and the dog was at grandma and grandpa's. I was able to do a quick little clean and dash off. Of course when I returned, I immediatley vacuumed the house and cleaned everything just in case they came back. They didn't, I love my vacuum but I do think it's a jinx. : )

ok here's a mock up with the corner using stock cabinets. I put small cabinets behind the post, I don't know how big the post is going to have to be, so I don't know if that will work, but it takes up some of that space, and they could be accessed from beneath the bar. I added that small glass cabinet sort of over/beside the sink because it looked too empty there. I didnt know what else to do. The cabinet between the dishwasher and the sink is 21" but it might be better to have two smaller ones. I also have to measure my dining room because in this scenario I'm going to lose about 3 feet of dining room including the full depth peninsula and the overhang. This has be only sacrificing about one cabinet though. Of course, if the dining room can't handle the reduction, I could move the whole thing over a foot closer to the stove. but then the post isn't really behind the sink. Oh and this was using a 36" sink cabinet.

I have to a schedule and I know what you mean!! Big cleaning like glass tv and windows whatever once a week. Coffee table wipe when needed and areas you use daily. Living area daily or if you are just two adult you can do it twice a week even. Bedroom tidying each day like making the bed etc. big clean once a week. I leave last two days before weekends with light tidying only- gives me time to do other stuff. Other rooms not being used once a week and if being used, quick tidy daily and once a week good clean depending. Assign a room for each day ( for once a week clean) Laundry, I never mix laundry with other members clothing so assign a day for each and iron the previous lot . Put in closets immediately so no piling of laundry. I assign two less days of the week for given appointments etc so I don’t have a heavy load that day- I arrange these Appts to be given on specific days where possible and if not I just swop the schedule around for that week. If you can’t get a major task done , don’t worry about it just tidy up and get it done when you can, Outdoor or patio sweeping are usually kept for afternoon time. Try to get most housework done in the morning then you don’t have those chores in afternoon to do.