It seems as if blooded behinds are fairly common? This is my first year raising turkey. I lost one because he jumped out of the pen and froze during the night. All of a sudden they started pecking at 2 of the other birds pulling out their tail feathers. One died from the shock, the other I rescued, Now in my lounge under a heat lamp all by it;s self. Will I be able to put it back do you think? or shall I just go and buy another turkey from the store and keep the 2 together?

Fudgie: The paint color on the cabinets is Ben Moore Ivory White. The paint itself isn't Ben Moore (it's a pre-cat Lacquer that the cabinet maker sprayed on) but we match that color. It is the trim color we use around the house. There was some concern during planning that it would be to yellow - turns out we think it's perfect. sallybeth: We are really enjoying the Sub-zeros. Some people prefer the racks and look of the european fridges (i.e. Miele) but these suit us well. We went with the door and drawer options over the single column as we think it's easier to just open a drawer when you need it - plus you can open the large door with children around and not have them immediately crawl into the fridge (an issue around our house...) The wine cooler had a rattle after it was first installed, I called the "white glove" service group and they came out the next day. While it really only needed a quick spot weld to secure a coolant line that was vibrating, they replaced the entire compressor assembly - pretty impressive. The same service folks are coming out to ensure our ovens and grill / griddle are well calibrated (seems like the ovens are a little lower than the set temp and the grill is a little uneven.) Nit picky stuff, but they haven't raised an eyebrow at my requests. Next day appointments too. Impressive stuff! Crafterbeth: Thanks for the suggestions, I'm looking forward to diving into the backyard once the thaw comes! I still owe all of you final (with backsplash) photos. Still looking for a time to get the kitchen clean and empty for some shots. I haven't forgotten!

karin_mt, you are awesome! I've been sifting through your threads for the past few days and can confidently say this is the most I've ever understood about science related topics... I did the testing you suggested (thank you!!) and here were my results: Our sample is a super white "quartzite"... We put red wine, ketch-up, red wine vinegar, lemon juice, and a slice of lemon on sealed material (although our sales person couldn't specify how recently it was sealed and I know, from your education, that this won't help with etching just staining). We left everything for about 5 minutes and wiped it off and saw very very very faint etching, you could only see it on one extreme angle from the lemon juice and red wine and really only on the white parts. We left everything overnight and there were no stains at all, just etching. The worst etching was from the actual slice of lemon and you could see a faint out line and the white area seemed whiter to me. We did the glass test and it easily scratched a glass bottle. Only thing left for me to try is heat... My questions are: 1. If this material is closer to marble than granite, why didn't the red wine or red wine vinegar stain? I've not considered marble at all because of the staining factor and was really sad to hear that this super white would be along the same lines. 2. Why does the white in the super white etch more than the gray? In fact, I could hardly tell with the gray that it was etched at all. 3. If a true quartzite will not etch, then this isn't a quartzite... BUT if it's not staining, then is it not a marble either? Thank you!

We will have white cabinets and absolute black honed granite. However, I think our solution will work for soapstone. My husband did not want a white backsplash - he thought it would look too sterile. When we met with our decorator on thursday, we came up with a very, very light green subway tile. We are going to mount it in a heringbone pattern (if I spelled that right!). We will pull in some more color (darker green & whitish cream tile) over the stove. It will be very subtle, but at least something different. We picked out the vermouth color. See this page: http://www.decor-n-tile.com/IMAGEgallery28.htm (it is at the bottom) I hope this helps!