In case anyone missed my disclaimer about listing pollen x seed (instead of the proper method of listing seed x pollen) I have corrected it here. Sorry if it was confusing for anyone, but I claim "CYA" by posting the heading correctly! :-) K Seeds for (seed x pollen)- LIST A: #1 - Red Pearl x Limona #2 - Red Pearl x Red Nymph #3 - Red Pearl selfed #4 - Exotica x Red Pearl #5 - Exotica x Pink Diamond #6 - Exotica x Minerva #7 - Exotica x Red Nymph #8 - Grand Cru x Misty #9 - Grand Cru x Exotica #10 - Red Lion x Misty #11 - Pink Diamond x Nymph #12 - Pink Diamond x Limona #13 - Pink Diamond x Misty #14 - Misty x Red Pearl #15 - Misty x Pink Diamond #16 - Gilmar x Red Pearl #17 - Gilmar x Evergreen #18 - Vera that's probably Apple Blossom self #19 - Vera/AB x Misty #20 - Vera/AB x Rembrant van Rijn

Teresa, I am glad you like the soap. I love Woods of Windsor stuff and hoped you would too. I don't know if you will use the bread base, but thought it might be OK. You deserve nice things. After all, I make bread almost every weekend, and would never have been confident enough to do it if you hadn't taught me how.

Wow, Catbird, that is really beautiful. I really admire your gumption to take this on. We just finished remodeling our kitchen, but our tiler has yet to find a space in his schedule to do our backsplash. I have the tile and the design pretty much settled on, and I'm on the verge of doing it myself, but I'm askeered, as Bill V might say! It's glass tile -- subway tile from modwalls.com, and then 4x4 tiles from Oceanside Glass that I want to place diagonally behind the stove. I will mix in some mosaic glass from Oceanside. Even the tiler, who did some of our bathroom tiling, says it'll be a real challenge to work with glass, but he's looking forward to it. I've done tiling before, but never glass tiles. I also don't think my husband trusts that I'll do a good job. It's inspiring to see your work, Catbird. I'm most nervous about making clean cuts in glass tile, but I would love the challenge and the pride that comes with doing your own work, and of course we would probably save a lot of money if I do it myself! Don't know. You make me want to take the plunge, Catbird. Thanks for being an example to us all!

My Family has severe drop-itis, but I have it too. Also, I have more hobbies than they do and like many women, more of the stuff in the home is seen as "mine." Also, I am more likely to make a mess but EVENTUALLY pick it up ( I get organizing and cleaning spurts) , rather than create the archeological piles my other family members accumulate. Very frequently I want to rant at DH or DD about their mess. But, if I look around, I see, my laundry is not put away, I have a pile of mag's here, some gardening stuff there... I have made up my mind to work through all of my own clutter, habits, zones--whatever--meanwhile picking up others' stuff as much as I wish, or not, and just not say ANYTHING until I think I am in control of my own habits and stuff. I mean, I want to be able to look at a room and honestly see nothing there that I caused, did, bought, dropped, causing a problem. Because I know that that is what is bothering me the most--my own habits that I would like to change. In my family, there's not a big fuzzy feeling of "let's get organized together." And I don't feel comfortable spilling the blame out of frustration with my own problems. I also am taking a hard look at all my "homemaker" jobs and streamlining them ruthlessly--simpler groceries, meals, hobbies--so I don't blame someone else for my "complicated" life. I am lucky that my family also, to their credit, does not sit around expecting Betty Crocker or Martha Stewart. Instead, I'm the one who likes to cut and arrange flowers, or change the throw pillows, or cook, and then I find, maybe I took on too much for all of what else we've got going on, and no one to blame but me. This doesn't mean that DD or DH would not have their own chores or responsibilities or that I can't say to DD, please pick up your stuff from the den, we're trying to tidy up today. It just means I've decided not to aim any "we're such a mess!" at them at this point, because I don't feel I'm a good example myself, yet. For me, I need that feeling of personal control to have credibility to ask someone else to try to do more to help.