Sorry I haven't been posting but my poor little webtv won't let me on so I have to go offsite to login.Any weekend is good for me.there's plenty of parking at my place-2 acres :O).I've already started potting things but haven't updated my page yet.As for food around here the best is The Ark! Best shrimp & catfish there is.People come from all to eat there & it isn't expensive.There is also a chinese buffet,The Shack barbeque,a mexican place & several others to choose from.Anyone want more info just email me directly as that is easier for me.Hope we have a good turnout this fall.I have lots to get rid of-from tropicals to hardy to water plants! Jan

I love both of my MILs. My first DH died when he was 45. He was my best friend and a marvelous husband and father. My first MIL stopped talking to me when I remarried but I kept pursuing a relationship with her because of my children. After five years or so she came around and has been part of our lives since. I just visited with her today at the nursing home she is in to make arrangements for her getting her hair done and arranging with her care takers to have her ready to join us for Thanksgiving. She is no longer able to ambulate but my DSIL will be able to get her into their car and fit her wheelchair in and when they get to our house there will be enough young men there to get her in the house. My newest DMIL & DFIL, (18 years with my DH compared to 22 years with my first DH) will also be there as always. They all get along well and my DH knows I will do the same for his parents if they have to go into assisted or skilled nursing care. I count my blessings that I have had the honor of two sets of in laws. WTBS, my son can be a real stinker at the holidays but at least he still comes!

Btw I'm jesse I'm very new to the plumeria forum as I have only been growing plumerias for about a year & 1/2 but I managed to get 8 plumies already and I want more as I'm addicted to them :). I mean who isn't after their first one?! I'm from Orange CA born and raised but currently live in riverside CA. Btw I would of never thought to root plumeria in water! I thought it would rott. I'm definitely going to try it when I get a cutting. When I bought some plumerias I was given 4 cutting that had a lot of green on them not that mature. I got them to root but it took forever. I put them in water to plump up because they were really soft by the time I got home (they were already kinda soft when I received them. They were free so I took them) and then I put rooting hormone on them the next day and mixed miracle grow soil with perlite and put them in 1 gallon pots with black stones ontop of the soil and watered good and put in direct sun and I did mist the cuttings so they wouldn't go soft again. I did water the soil every few days because in direct sun the soil dried out pretty quick. They did root I recently gave 2 away and I kept 2 I dont remember what Variety they are all I know they were some sort of pink. They bloomed but don't even remember how they look like I was on vacation when they started. now they have 3 branches on them. I feel that I did a good job for my first time at rooting plumeria cuttings. Now that I remember I also rooted another cutting along with those 4. It's a cutting that is very special to me know that was gifted to me by my Uncle when he saw I had just got into plumerias he already had 2 but he had bought some cuttings and he gave me one. When he gave me the cutting it had flowers on it and it was a Y the blooms I kind of remember were 2 or possibly 3 dark colors I remember I liked it a lot. When I first tried to root it I failed and it rotted so then had to save it and cut off and just kept 1 cutting that eventually rooted and now has formed another Y but haven't seen it bloom again. It's very special to me because my uncle has Gone to heaven this past December and he left me my last great gift that I will treasure. Anyways But I will definitely next time try the water rooting. Thanks for the info and I will look forwards in learning much more from you!

Hi glaciers_end, I have no landscaper; I don't know this Tom K, or why he reached out to you and seems highly motivated about my space. My husband Wayne and I have lived here for almost 24 years at this property; I have redesigned the garden three times, both to the front and backyard myself. I allowed a write up to be done on the yard by West Seattle Nursery to help out Mark (owner) and his manager Carol prior to now being Marcia that runs it for Mark; we got robbed 7 times in less than three months after the article in the Herald, my husband talked me into video surveillance cameras. I got hit to be in the West Seattle Garden Tour; which I have turned down for years from previous and current chairs, come to find out that the Master Gardner's was holding classes in our garden without permission. My husband and I work from home 98% of the time; he called me while I was out when they caught them once, thinking it was just delivery people for things I arranged --- he told them to leave after I told him I did not have any delivery or give permission to anyone to tour the garden (let alone hold classes). Found out from my elderly neighbor that he had been chasing them out numerous times; prior to us being aware of this goings on, so it was the last straw when the President of the Pacific Northwest Garden Tour hitting me up to be a part of that for fundraising. I did a favor for a girlfriend who was an interior decorator on the eastside; I design the exterior (garden) to transition to her design, and the owners lifestyle. It got written up in Seattle Better Homes/Seattle Architect Mag.; she didn't check with me if it was o.k. to use my name and contact information, assuming that I would appreciate the acknowledgements. By the time I found out; I was getting request to design people's gardens from Texas, California, Oregon, Vancouver, B.C. to Montreal, Canada. I did International Commercial Lending/Trade Finance; this was just a favor to her to get her more clients for her line of work (interior designer and decorator), not add to a new career on top of my already 18 hrs./day -- 7/days a week job (which I also traveled 2-3 weeks a month). In regards to this Tom K.; I hope he is not using my name to engage with you, this is really unsettling. I went and talk with Bill Hibler at West Seattle Nursery today (Tree/Shrub Buyer); I trust him and have build a relationship with him in the last three years, like honest and direct people like him. I told him yes last week; when he made the request on your behalf for Sept. 2016 to me, subject to a discussion with my husband Wayne. Please contact Bill Hibler for my personal e-mail; I can better talk with you about this, not on this forum. I want to be considerate to the forum; my experience so far on the forums group of people is enjoyable, and love all the knowledgeable people on it. Tell Bill you have my permission to get my e-mail to contact me. Cheers, midnightsummerdream