You've said it all, Karen. Get a second (and maybe a third) professional opinion about cutting out the meds. That is a BIG step, especially taken under the advice of someone who doesn't know your medical/psychiatric history. Karen's suggestion of speaking to both your pharmacist and a psychiatrist is excellent. In my opinion - which is totally uneducated, so take it for what it's worth - a general physician has no business prescribing three different antidepressants in the first place. Once he saw that you have serious psychiatric problems - serious enough to require three different types of medication, he should have referred you to a psychiatrist ASAP. He didn't. That's a bad sign. Get thee to a psychiatrist. You're crying because your pictures aren't working. This is not normal. It's not you; it's not your situation - you've gone off your meds without any psychiatric support. I can't believe a GP would be so irresponsible as to suggest that you do that, and I suspect that he's a fool of the highest order. Take care of yourself so you can deal with your idiot son and his idiot girlfriend. Now, about the idiot son and his idiot girlfriend, I don't know how old they are, or how long they've been on their own (or even if they ever have lived on their own). But whether or not they're ready to become adults, they're having a baby, so it looks like they've got to make some changes in their approaches to responsibility, and fast. Whether your son stays with this girl or not, he's a father now. Breaking up with his girlfriend won't change that, unless she terminates the pregnancy. And since it sounds like she might have been trying to get pregnant, that doesn't seem like a real possibility. So what do you do? Well, it depends how many of your son's responsibilities you want to carry. Two considerations here: how much you CAN carry without sacrificing your own life, and how carrying your son's responsibilities might impede his ability to grow the hell up. You say that it "seems like" she might be moving in to your home? And you're not sure, but "maybe" she lost her job? Time to set some boundaries here, and find out what the heck is going on. If they're having a baby, and your son is still living with you, and she's "maybe" moving in and "maybe" unemployed... well, you have a right to know what the situation is before you determine what role you're willing to play in their lives. If these two are expecting you and your husband to help them in this really horrible situation, they absolutely have to - with no question - face up to the situation and deal with it head on themselves first. They've got to be honest with you about what they need from you, why they need it, how long they'll need it, and the steps they're taking so they won't need it in the future. Planning for life is what grown ups do, and now that they're having a baby, it's time to be a grown up. My suggestion is to sit down with your son, his girlfriend, AND his girlfriend's parents and answer these fundamental questions: 1. What EXACTLY is the situation? Are they going to try to do this together? Are they going to break up? Are they going to get married or live together? Is she going to work while she's pregnant and he's in school? Is he going to work while she's pregnant and he's in school? If they split up, are they going to share custody? Seriously, you need to know what the situation is before you can do anything at all to help them. 2. What kind of help do they need from you and from her parents? And is it support that you are willing and able to give? 3. How long do they expect to need this help? 4. What steps are they taking so that they will no longer need this help? 5. What are the conditions, imposed by you and her parents, on giving this help? 6. What will be the repercussions of violating these conditions? These are questions that need to be discussed, openly and thoroughly, before you can make any kind of game plan. And you can't do that if you're really depressed. Take care of yourself as soon as possible, so that you're in a state of mind where you can deal with your son's situation calmly and rationally. I hope that's not too abrupt? Thinking of you, Shelly

Oh my, what beautiful flowers! Do you know which variety the columbine is? I don't have but a few blue flowers and I had a blue/purple columbine. I think it was clementine blue that I purchased in 2009 but don't recall this blooming last year in 2010. I guess this is why it is important to take pictures while stuff is in bloom..to help refresh one's memory.

i'm currently having the same issue with a property i take care of. We had a pearl black finish put on and we have some big areas that like the finish hasn't come through. as soon as our pool was filled - the next day -- we had the pool company come out twice a day for a few weeks to keep checking the chemicals and brushing the pool. This was done and we still have these bad areas. I personally think when the initial acid wash was done they didn't let the acid sit on the walls long enough. I'm waiting to hear back how they are going to fix this. If this was what the final product was to look like, we should have been informed. If i get my house or car painted, i am expecting a uniform color throughout......

Haha, dianalo, the toxic argument is definitely a good one to make about why we are NOT painting the sink any more. natschultz I agree it is ridiculous that "BLUE" sinks are purple. Especially b/c they are called blue. I was furious at this because the Whitehaus is called a "sapphire blue" and we ordered it on the basis of that and its (somewhat deceptive) online picture, even though it wasn't returnable because it seemed really nice online. Well, it came purple and then we were told that we'd agreed it was non-returnable. Which we did... but my argument at the time was, how can you sell a product labeled as one thing, and then say it cannot be returned when it looks like something else! It's like selling someone a Picasso and giving them a painting done by your 10 year old and saying "no returns, sorry!" [I've since gotten them to agree to exchange it for me, but only for a subzero refrigerator- very convoluted story!) Anyway, yes, I do not understand why it is not possible to find an actual blue sink. Except for this one: http://www.herbeau.com/Products.aspx?Item=4603 Which I was actually wrong about, apparently the list price is over $4,000 and I looked back at my old email to my faucet person b/c I was curious and it was actually $3,700 for this one! And you should have seen the initial layout suggested by the kitchen person my builder first sent us too... there was a 6 foot opening instead of one of those arched doors, and there was a door directly in the middle of the sink wall, which I've now moved to the opposite corner of the pantry. It was a nightmare! Thanks aliris19. And on another note, I was just wondering what had happened w/ you paying up front on your custom cabinets and then I saw you posted in the other thread that it looks like it all is going to work out alright- which I am very glad to hear :)