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Hi Kerry, There are many thoughtful, considerate, caring people on this forum, that send good thoughts and hopes to other participants when they are having problems, illness, or are hurting on behalf of difficulties being undergone by their loved ones, etc. ... and quite a number offer prayers on others' behalf when they are undergoing stress and choose to share it. Also, they have undergone a great variety of experiences in living, including much confusion, hurt and pain, sometimes of the physical or mental kind, and sometimes of emotional and spiritual nature. Many offer some suggestions that others may not have thought of, or didn't look at from various perspectives but which they find quite helpful - that lowers the pressure on them substantially. I've been known to suggest on here (as have others) that two or three heads are better than one ... even if they are cabbage! And when dozens, scores or even hundreds of concerned people offer their good ideas, suggestions, etc. usually some that show up turn out to be really useful ones. Some desperate people may look at a suggestion and think that it has just the answer that they need and accept it holus bolus, without examination, or even discussion with the originator, sort of like a drowning person grabbing any life preserver ... and sometimes it turns out to have been less than very useful. Perhaps if they'd examined the situation, considering various aspects of it, esecially in discussion with someone who knows them well, they could have worked out a somewat similar course of action, which was re-worked to be more relevant for their particular situation. Which would likely result in the problem being resolved more successfully than if a ready-made solution had been followed without careful examination and some amendments. By the way ... I've often said to folks, even strangers, that one of the best stress-relievers around is some humour (that isn't aimed at someone's ribs) here and there. That when people in an office are going crazy with work, running around like a chicken with its head cut off, as Dad used to say ... when someone says some silly little thing and everyone chuckles or laughs a bit ... ... the emotional pressure has gone down several notches, and everyone feels better, going about the same tsks as before, but with a lighter heart. While it may well be extremely difficult to find a story or situation which a person considerng taking their own life would find funny, I wonder whether, if someone in that situation could find something to laugh about, it might well help them feel somewhat more optimistic about their life and reduce their resolution to end it somewhat. I send good thoughts and hopes that you may consider some things which will help you feel that life is not as bad as you've been thinking, and some prayers that some rays of sunshine may penetrate that dark hole in which you've seen yourself to be, just now. I have faith that you may come to believe that there will be some, in fact, many beautiful days ahead for you, should you choose to continue that life that's been yours, up till now. Plese don't put out the light shining from your candle - maybe it can help some other people find light for their path and some beauty in their days in future. May God give you, and help you find, a blessing, today. ole joyful

I have an upright freezer in my kitchen. It has an opening in the oak cabinetry that my DH built when he did the rest of the kitchen cabinetry and looks like the refrig opening (match-matchy). Having it there makes so much more sense than one out in the pole barn (sorry annie1992). I also have a chest freezer in the bakery kitchen. To organize them, I put like things together on the shelves, some in baskets, some not. They are labeled on the outside (plain paper under a magnet) as to what is on each shelf of the upright, and what is in the left, middle, and right of the chest. They do get a lot of scritch-scratch on the papers, but I can finally keep track of all the "just stuff it in there" that may be labeled (like cloudy_christine) from too many years ago. The labels are: poultry, meat, seafood, fruit, veggies (including onions, sweet peppers, mashed potatoes), dairy (cheese/butter/eggs), finished stuff to reheat, and the additives (fat back, dried herbs, ginger, zest, bread &/or crumbs, vodka). All of the labels include dates - it only takes a minute - truthfully! The shelf for stuff to reheat is the wisest thing I've done since there's just the two of us and I cook for an army mostly, old habit having multiple children and/or relatives in the house. Pulling out a pile of waffles, bean soup, cooked rice, or ravioli is a god-send when it comes to lunch or dinner time. No stress. Do invest in a new gasket for whatever you buy new. The freezer will last a long time but the gaskets age and, like you discovered sleeven-dog, the manufactures stop offering them when you need them, years later. Extended warranty on most appliances are totally worthless. The unit is covered, usually by a 1-yr warranty, so what you are buying is just more money out the front door because it is not going to fail the first year. IMO Do buy a Food Saver or other air-sucker to preserve your frozen stuff. Even the lowly Mason pint or quart jars work exceptionally well in the freezer. IMO. Keep a thermometer in it. OF is OK but -10F is better. If you have a lot of open space in the freezer - stuff it heavily with newspaper or rice/flour/cornmeal/cereal/staples, or even ice cubes in a bag. The less air circulates in the open areas the better to maintain the freezing solid temperature in there. Nancy

?? What is the difference in this: "Went throught houzz.com " add this? "nothing worked until I went in through google chrome." Chrome is a browser. You can get to Google, via any browser. Going to Google and searching for houzz.com will get you to the same place as typing in www.houzz.com in your address bar. Can you clarify what you meant? Did you perhaps use a link from your history and that is what you mean by the first statement?