common name.. norfolk island pine ... tropical as far as i understand.. but google will help you define that ... or others here ... i don't think 7-8 rates tropical .... i think you can get young ones for about 5 or 10 bucks.... and that is what i would do .. if i wanted one in my house .... been there.. done that.. moved on ... i do NOT think it will rebud.. so if you cut off all the green .. it most likely will die ... you could cut down to the lowest branch .. and then train that branch to an upright ... but IMOpinion ... it will look really ugly for a long time ... i like the idea of donating it ... if you can find somewhere ... otherwise.. all wood makes firewood ... good luck ken

Lukk, I don't mind them selling my name, I buy online probably 75% of the time, and I get catalogs from all over the place, and half of them are actually kind of neat and I've ordered from them. The only info they have of mine is just the name and address, that's all. What I like about these freebie labels is they've become very pretty. Usually with flowers, etc. on them, something I'd actually buy. lol No one ever calls here except a policeman's charity that will NOT leave my dh alone, so he stopped donating because of that! He gave religiously once a year to them, then they wanted money twice a year, now they're hounding him for a THIRD donation. I finally chewed one of the guys out on the phone about a month ago and they haven't called back. Which was the same week we read in the OKC paper that these charities (policeman's mainly) only give about 25% of the donations.

Susan: There is a lot of give and take with car pool, and I think it works best between good friends because it can be such a strain. It sounds like this car pool may not work out for you, in that case, don't take anything personally and just let it go. Car pools are wonderful and its fun to see your children interact with others (that can be enlightening, in fact). However, some down time alone in the car with your daughter could be a very good thing for your relationship with her. Another alternative is to ask your daughter if she has a close friend that she can car pool with, although it might be out of your way, it could work very well. Plus, it's a good idea to expand your group of friends who you can call upon to pick your daughter up in the event of an emergency or something else that prohibits you from getting her on any given afternoon. Maybe there is a third party you can include in your car pool? One successful car pool I know of requires (in a nice way) that the 5 moms get together once a month and discuss their daughters schedules together. If any girl needs to be to school early or stay late due to a test, they've agreed to send all of the girls early or keep them all late rather than disrupt the car pool. Our girls high school has laptops and wireless, so the girls are never at a loss for something to keep them busy. I also want to add that I am usually the one who is on the receiving end of car pools. I have a lot of children and am grateful that my friends don't count the driving they do for my children. I cannot possibly repay them by driving their children an equal amount. The key to car pool is recognizing that any party might need to change plans overnight and might not be able to notify you until it's time to leave the next morning. For example, in the case of the girl skipping her first class because it was a study hall, perhaps she was feeling sick, perhaps she needed to finish a project up in the morning, or maybe she just needed a good night sleep and her mom told her to sleep in. Not the most considerate way to tell you, but with teens you really need to go with the flow or you will go berserk. And I know that you know that, it just helps to remind myself of that fact. Driving these long distances to and from schools and other activities can make you crazy. Good luck, I hope the problem resolves itself quickly.

Thank you for your responses, but I was told by the IRS that if the windows had been purchased prior to December 31, 2010 it would have been 30% of the cost of the windows or up to $1,500.00 so I am out $711.00 which is why I wanted the windows put in prior to Dec. 31st so I could have gotten the $711.00 back to go towards the window cost. I spoke to several other contractors and they all stated that I should have no problem getting the tax credit from this window contractor as he did try to deceive me with installing the wrong windows and I have all proof of this including verbal and written proof. So couldn't I take him to court for this money? I did try to work with this man, but he isn't willing to give me what I should be getting for a tax credit and I don't feel he should get by with this, what he did was totally illegal as he was going to give me the wrong stickers had he been able to get by with it and then I would have been defrauding the government by applying for the tax credit with the wrong windows.