An update on Dave's dad ... he is doing very well and it back home. Not sure if he will ever fly again but he is getting around and in good spirits. A lot of that is probably due to your prayers! Thank you!

I hated collecting eggs, because of how the leaf shrivels up so badly. Same for tiny cats. I'd always wait for a 2nd+ instar cat to raise. I just introduced a coworker to monarch rearing, and he watched a monarch lay eggs, so he collected the eggs & put them in a closed plastic container, because he didn't have the tulle that I had suggested. Well, his leaves stayed relatively intact and his eggs hatched! I had never thought of doing it that way; I figured they needed a good air supply. Apparently, they don't! So, I took my 6 eggs and put them in one of those new Rubbermaid take-a-longs. I think they suck because they don't appear airtight to me. Well, all 6 of my eggs hatched, and all my cats are doing well. Once they get larger, I'll put them in my cage outside. It's funny though; my eyes suck; I can't read a medicine bottle for the life of me, but I can spot those eggs and baby cats, without my granny glasses! I also just found 2 BST eggs.

I back up my entire computer once a week with a little device called clickfree. All I do is plug it in and it automatically backs up everything. The primary reason I got it is for my digital images. But it backs up everything so if my computer crashes or is stolen or I buy a new one (or just want to transfer certain files to someone elses computer) I can do it very easily. There are services on-line but I prefer being in possession of it myself. I got it a few years ago after my old computer crashed and I lost documents and images. Now I sleep better.

I don't see our angled Plug/wire mold when standing or when seated at our peninsula but I do see it if I look into the kitchen while seated at the DR table in the other room...but you really have to be looking for it b/c it's not something that jumps out at you when looking into the kitchen from the DR. I do not see it when standing in the DR or from the FR (which is even farther away). (From the FR, you can see it while seated if you search for it...it's too far away to be noticeable.) Our Plug/wire mold is actually installed lower than most...it's installed below the upper cabinets...below the extra inch or so the walls/front/back that are longer than the inside of the cabinet boxes. However, we do have 1" light rail installed under the cabinets, so it hides the Plug/wire mold from view when in the kitchen or sitting at the peninsula. (If I had it to do over, I would probably ask our electrician to install it directly under the bottom of the cabinet box, but it's not that big a deal. It would have meant 4 or 6 Plug/wire mold pieces instead of 2, so it might have cost a lot more, so maybe that's why our electrician installed it the way he did.) Plugmold - view from kitchen while standing Plugmold - view from peninsula while seated Plugmold - view from DR while seated BTW...here's a thread from 2008 asking about Plug/wire mold. I thought I'd link it here for two reasons (1) more information for those who are just learning about it and (2) linochka28 asked a question on it but since it's so old it did not reappear in the list of threads...so maybe s/he will see that I responded to him/her (and others can respond as well, if they have something to add) Here is a link that might be useful: Thread: Plugmold, Wiremold, etc.