Hi Beth! Huntington Beach is a beautiful city, I was born and raised there, graduated from HBHS! I now live down the coast a ways, in N. San Diego County. If they're on Fort Your enemy out here is any rose that can't handle the moister sea air and is susceptible to fungal diseases - mildew, rust, black spot. So, pick roses that are more resistant and you'll thank yourself. Also, the rose societies out here are VERY active, so if you're a rose lover, think about joining. The San Diego Rose Society has Bob and Dona Martin, who you may know as huge Rose Society folks from Arizona! As to your roses you nabbed from J&P: Our Lady of Guadalupe: Will do well, very disease resistent and good choice for the beach Nancy Reagan: Haven't grown it, just know it smells heavenly. Beauty Within: Another I'm not familiar with Tahitian Sunset: The BOMB here in S. Calif. Big blooms, very fragrant, very disease resistant Gemini: Always in my garden because it makes an excellent cut rose. A standard here in S. California and a deserving AARS winner. Very fragrant. Angel Face: This is a personal favorite of mine. Looks delicate but is a very hardy little rose. I have grown this rose since I started growing roses in my garden. I just love how this rose smells. I think it is on my top 10 favorite rose fragrance lists! April in Paris (Ht pink blend), Disneyland: Popular out here for obvious reasons (and yes, it's planted all over Disneyland). Lots of blooms, does very well. Give it LOTS of light and heat, and it will turn all sorts of lovely colors of orange and apricot. Aromatherapy: Absolutely perfect color pink rose with an intoxicating smell. Big, upright, and heavy bloom producer. Love: Have not grown this one Lagerfeld: Gorgeous fragrance. I think in our area, though, you'll see balling and brown edges due to thrips and/or botrytis Olympiad: I don't grow a lot of reds, but this is a solid choice, AARS winner, an older rose so you'll see "nekked legs" but lovely clear red flowers. Saint Patricks: Great rose, AARS winner, very disease resistant, heavy bloomer, and will be greener the hotter the weather is out here (probably the same for you in AZ) If you're thinking of adding to your collection, be sure to check out Hot Cocoa, a very cool rose, unusually colored, Julia Child, 4th of July, Scentimental, Cinco de Mayo and I grow Glamis Castle (David Austin) in my area (6 miles from the ocean) like nobody's business. Patty S.

I went through the same exercise a year ago and chose the 36" Wolf cooktop, a Wolf single oven with a Wolf convection/microwave on top. I have been using them for four months and am very satisfied. I chose the cooktop because (1) Wolf has a good reputation for quality and service, (2) I liked the layout of the burners, the placement of the knobs on top and the backlit indicators that a burner was on, and (3) the appearance of the grates which are very solid. I was also influenced by the fact that we are using propane and Wolf makes both an LP and a NG version, rather than having the system retrofit by an installer, which is true for some brands. I cook a fair amount but don't need all the burners to be high BTUs as they are on the range tops. I purchased a separate All Clad griddle which straddles two burners nicely. Previously I had cooked only on electric stoves. The one thing I notice with the cooktop is the need to be careful not to turn the burners too high or the flames come up the sides of the pot and cause scorching. It may be that the Thermador star design is better in this regard as the Wolf burners appear to heat the edges of the pot faster than the interior of the bottom. However, the simmer is fantastic. It never needs to be adjusted. The ovens were a more difficult choice for me. I went with the Wolf in large part because of appearance. My ovens are placed next to the Sub Zero fridge and everything matches nicely. The regular single convection oven is a good size. It bakes and roasts well; the broiler is nothing special. I have put three trays of cookies in at once and they all cooked perfectly. You do have to remove the racks for cleaning. Some GE ovens are attractive because the racks can stay in. I notice that there is much more spattering of grease in a convection oven than my older conventional one. Therefore I remove unused racks when roasting meat or poultry. The controls look complicated but are actually fairly intuitive once you go through them once. All in all an excellent choice but I am not sure the performance is any better than less expensive ovens. I was unsure about the convection microwave. It is, as Wolf readily acknowledges, a Sharp or Panasonic product with an expensive trim kit. The exterior is black plastic and not up to the standard of the regular oven. However, the microwave works well. It has about 100 watts less power than a regular microwave but that does not seem to make a huge difference. I was surprised that I use the small convection oven as much as I do. I use it for warming bread or leftovers and cooking small pieces of fish or chicken. It heats up quickly and is probably much more energy efficient than using the large oven for these tasks. It worked well for baking a single pie crust but I use the larger oven for cakes. I also use the convection oven for warming plates or holding side dishes as I did not get a warming drawer. Hope this helps. Wolf was a good choice for me but I am sure there are other options.

Thanks for that link. That posting already sold. I have contacted that person to ask them if they might have anymore or if they would pass on my quandary to the person who purchased that item from them to see if they would sell it to me! *laugh* Yes I'm desperate! I went to the store today to look for a close match but everything is either too light or too dark. I've now learned to purchase more than you think you will need. I guess this is how people end up with a stash of random yarns!!! Did you find it anywhere else for sell? I was unable too.

E-mail the company! They will either tell you where they shipped it to in your area, or possible even send or sell you some directly. I have complained to one of the yarn companies, can't remember which one, when my mother had a problem with a major differnce in yarn thickness in their line of yarn. They sent her, free, enough of all the yarn she had already purchased, to make another afghan!!! I used to have the phone numbers of the different companies. We have friends who are both disabled. He is in a wheel chair from MS and she is blind from a child hood accident. She knits beautifully! They had a hard time purchasing yarn. Where they could get yarn locally, either had a small supply, or he had a hard time even getting thru the isles with his wheelchair. She found that she liked the Dazzle yarn best. I can't remember who made it & don't even know if it's still made. Somewhere, they got a number for the company. They ordered directly quite often, and shared the number with me. They are very independant people and would seldom ask for help. They knew I would gladly buy all the yarn she wanted and deliver it, but wouldn't let me. Good luck in your search. Tami