Aegis, did you not have Bob Serbin? I ordered one a few years ago from Bloomlovers. When it blossomed, it did not appear to be correct to me. I did some research and it sported to Aca's Pink Delight. I was told to just relabel the plant and enjoy it, which I have been doing. I did, however, take the plant to one of our AV society's meetings. John Brownlie was there, and I asked him to confirm that it was Aca's Pink Delight. He did confirm that, and I thoroughly enjoy the plant. Just saying. Yolanda

Ariel - Patience my friend. My Brassa took years to fill out the pot, to the point here I am finally going to try and destroy the plastic pot it's in come spring, and plant all the pieces into a larger hanging pot. They send out runners profusely, so once it starts to acclimate to it's new home, you'll begin to see the runners appear. It won't take long to fill everything in. One thing I did notice was it can stand, at least here in eastern PA, as much sunlight as I can give it. I hang it outside on a tree branch that gets a lot of sun, somewhat dappled, but a lot of sun throughout the day. I also water it just about every day. Since the leaves are somewhat succulent, it does store water, but our summers are worse than our winters (if that's even possible) in that it's extremely hot and dry for long periods of time, hence the constant watering. Give yours time and I'd say by the fall you should have several more shoots popping up. Best of luck with it and to you as well.

I understand, Emily. Lots of hard decisions to make, especially when you’re already retired. 17 yrs ago, we were in the same boat. We both were at risk of losing our jobs and decided against spending the extra $30k to prep for future bonus room and extra bath upstairs. We didn’t do it and I’ve always regretted it. Now, our roof tresses etc would need to be totally redone, so it’s off the table. 17 years later, we are building a detached granny flat that will cost us way more than that. I’ll have to go back and read Brandies comments re screws. I missed that one. Best wishes on your build. I will be glad when this is all over and I don’t wake up multiple times per night worrying about the mistakes i might be making, LOL.

#Marie J. Hah, re the projects. 2 1/2 years in and we are still working on “projects”. We built a one level with a walkout lower level. Decided to pay them to frame the lower level in 2018 when we were building. (REALLY GLAD WE DID IT NOW) lol. We are taking on the Sheetrock a little at a time. Just going to finish bedroom/bathroom and a small cat room for now. It’s slow going. Lol. You have a beautiful house! And LOVE your kitties! I just lost my 19 year old cat. It broke my heart.💔