Trust me when I say...nothing stops me from cooking if I want to! I have 2 grills (charcoal & gas), 5 slow cookers of various sizes, an electric indoor grill, 2 different sized George Forman grills (that I'm not thrilled with), a big roaster, a rotisserie oven, and an Advantium oven. I'm dead serious about cooking! My aunt was the chef for President Grover Cleveland's son...I think it's in my blood! lol And I probably have more recipes than Martha Stewart! lol It just really ticks me off that I was too stupid to check to be sure the gas line ran to this part of the house! Until today, I didn't even know the difference between a gas pipe and a water pipe...except of course that one carried gas and the other carried water! lol Our plumber came over this afternoon to check out what needs to be done, but can't do it until Friday or Saturday. Oh well! DH returned safely today from his brother's wedding in Florida. (As Martha would say, "That's a good thing!") We went out for pizza with a bunch of the kids tonight. Tomorrow night, rotisserie chicken! Yum! Garden, I'm an expert at "going with the flow". When you have 6 kids and 11 grandkids, it's go with the flow...or have a nervous breakdown! lol Just as long as I have my stove hooked up for Thanksgiving...I'll be happy! Oh...Nancy...a fireplace in the kitchen? That would be my dream! We have a gas fireplace in the livingroom. They're great...no muss no fuss! We don't use it much because we spend most of our time in the familyroom, but it's nice to have a heat source when there's a power failure during the winter. That along with the lighting from my oil lamp collection...and we're good to go! I can just hardly wait to get to use my new stove! ~Sandy~

This is Mama Mia,which looks like another Wide Brim,but isn't. It is in the other pic,at the top left. I moved it here a few years ago,from deep in the other part of the garden. It didn't want to grow,at first,and came back as a very tiny plant,but this year,it is finally back. Hostas have the will to live! Phil

Go to Grooveshark and put in "This Beat Goes On", it is the first choice that comes up. Nice to be able to help someone else for a change. Jane

(sarcasm) The darn "media" keeps sticking it to the RE market! If they would only stop reporting these facts and figures we could get this market back on track ASAP. (/sarcasm) Keep in mind, the largest group of ARMs to reset are still on the horizon (March 08)...