Hi Everyone! I have a new flower to share. Now some may say they're not real inviting, at least not the fragrance, but she sure is pretty! Just bloomed this morning. I need to find out which one it is now. lol! I've been waiting since mid Nov. for it to bloom. :) It's only about 3" across. A nice little one. :) Nancy~ Hubby and I both love the new photos of Max. Boy does he look comfy in his little blanket, and clothes. LOL! and I thought mine were spoiled! lol! Jodi~ Our grasshoppers can get a little mean, just like the mantis, so they eat what they want! LOL!! Hi To everyone else, I need to run! JoJo

Hey Toni, No, mine right now is colored dark choc. brown on exterior of leaves, pale pewter/gray green interior w/ subtle pink cast around the veining. Mine hasn't been getting any direct light of late & it's been grey in NYC for just abt a wk, very little sun. Well, the Kalanchoe Q could go to C&S in hopes that Norma will see it & do better than I, but here's some basics. Mother of millions (MOM) is just a common name which refers to the growth habit of babies on the edge of the leaves & their prolific ways. Most comonly used to refer to Kalanchoe/Bryophyllum daigremontiana or K/B tubiflora. Variegated Kalanchoe can be any number of Kalanchoes (the varieg. doesn't indicate particular species, could be anything, one of many). The particular one I have is Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi (sp?) (w/ the scalloped, white edges). Variegated Crassula, depends on what you actually have, rather than what you're calling it. If you have a comon varieg. Jade, it's likely a Crassula ovata or argentea, those are actual Jades, irrespective of whether variegated or not. The larger succulent family of Crassulacae includes Kalanchoes, Bryophyllum & many others like Echevarias, Aeoniums, Sedum, etc. All Kalanchoes would be Crassulacae, of which there are many more than just Kalanchoes. I'd suggest you check Desert-Tropicals.com & look at pix of EACH of these plants you're asking abt (you can search the by common OR botanical names, it's a good place to learn the botanical names). Just don't fall off yr. chair when you see how many diff. varieties their are of both Kalanchoes & Crassulas, maybe then you'll see how very helpful it is to drop these confusing common names. This is one of the many reasons I try to avoid common names, just causes too much confusion. That's all I got for now.

Your drapes are thin so but I don't see why you can't hook some of the lightweight drapery pins into the tabs and hang from those. With 9" spacing you'll just have larger folds when the drapes are open. BTW, be sure to use the lightweight vs the heavy pins for your fabric. Since the tabs on your drapery headers are 'open' vs sewn vertically to the rod pocket they may tend to pull up unevenly when hung. I suggest you either sew, hand tack, or use fabric glue to secure the tabs to the rod pocket. If this doesn't make sense, let me know. I purchased my traverse rods from overstock and they have the faux rings already on the rods. I recently converted some grommet drapes using the pins and hanging on a traverse rod.......turned out nice.

Thank you everyone for your feedback! I think my plan is to return these ones, and either look around for a more suitable curtain or sew some. I'll raise the rod to the ceiling and widen it, then have the curtains come just to the ledge. It's not perfect, but we're in a rental, and it will be a lot better than it was! I really liked the look of roman shades, but unfortunately I think they're out of the budget- especially as these windows don't seem to be the standard sizes the shades come in, so it would have to be custom, which I'm not willing to invest in in a place I don't want to be long term. For curtains, I liked the idea of the pattern because it has a nice red/rust colour in it and a blue, which are the accent colours I'm trying to pull in to the room. I find the room to be quite dull- doesn't get a ton of light, has wall to wall beige carpet, and white walls. I want to pull some colour in to it and liven it up a bit! I'll be looking to get an area rug at some point too, so maybe I'll do something with more of a pattern for the rug and plainer for the curtains. So if I've resigned to having curtains, I guess my next question is, do I go a similar colour to the wall (white/off white), or a solid colour (which one?), or different pattern...? Thanks again everyone!