Ya, Looks real good. What do you plan to do with all the tomato's? That looks like you'll have lots of spaghetti sauce etc..

Ellen, Yes, keep the hard copies of the emails, and the copies of the reports. But don't forget to write it all down, as I suugested, too. It's good that you didn't actually sign the docs because that probably eliminates legal accusations of the crime of "falsifying business documents", but you are still at some risk of false accusations that you were the cause of the shortages, not simply the person charged with trying to keep the accounts up to date. Irregular and sloppy handling of non-personal funds (by your Director) will eventually come out - and somebody will be blamed. Your Director's other actions (your story of the cat care that she took on and that then became the responsibility of others to support) leads me to see her as someone who doesn't accept responsibility for her actions, hence my worry that you will be at risk if the financial problems come to light and her lack of accountability (both financial and personal) is exposed. That's why people are urging you to take steps now, in a proactive way, to bring the situation to someone who can act. You felt deeply enough about it to leave a job, so it must have bothered you, as well. At the every least, perhaps you could talk to whoever supervises the Director. They could see that she gets re-training and adopts correct accounting for funds in the future. It's not like the whole group home will be shut down, or that she would get criminal charges against her. (Unless she was also stealing other money, which is always possible, too.) But the good the program does will run aground eventually unless the problems are resolved. Better now, than later, I think. This stinks that it falls on you to take action. It's probably way above your (actual) "pay grade" to have to deal with this. But we all have ethical pay grades, irrespectvely of our financial circs., and my opinion (easy for me to say!) is that you should try to make this bad situation better by reporting it to someone who can effect the needed changes. Better for you (in avoiding long-term worry and risk, and now, when your conscience is pricking you). Better for the Director who is probably aware of her short-comings but unable to make the changes without prodding, And whether or not she is now inappropriately using the funds, she will be always at risk of falling into even deeper problems if this is not stopped. Better for the clients since messy-money probably also results in somewhat less services than they might get, and certainly stress over something they can't control. Because if nipped in the bud now, the house need not change, as it would certainly happen if this progresses to outright theft. Better for your co-workers, too, even if they don't see it. Better even for the cats since their situation may become more stable. I think that in the long run discovering your personal ethical boundaries and knowing you will act on them will be a source of self-confidence and strength. Crap happens, randomly, it's what you do about it that counts. But as I said above, "easy for me to say." OTOH, without going into details, I have faced somewhat differetn ethical issues, and after an internal struggle, dealt with it publically. Years later, I'm glad I did, even though it came with some stress/anxiety at the time. L.

Thanks, everyone, for your comments. I have to say that I feel so relieved reading that you don't care for the ring pulls, I guess because I wasn't 'feeling it' with them either! Really, I could care less if it's considered MCM or contemporary - whatever. I love les's idea of wood pulls to match the dark wood and DH liked it to, so I will explore that idea. K9arlene, your point is a good one! We have already bought this bed and are using it. I guess we don't prop up in bed much, because it hasn't bothered us. We are really happy with this bed. And I will use ellendi's suggestion to put firm pillows in our decorative shams and bolster pillow - good idea! Sherrmann - I would love to see a pic, but it's probably not easy to get one. Here is my main inspiration pic, although I kind of did the opposite coloring. It has teeny tiny knobs, so I obviously strayed in a big way from it. Maybe I will get some samples like these, but I don't know. Thanks again, everyone, and keep the comments coming!

There are a couple of ways to do it, this is the way I like most. Open adobe acrobat reader. Right-click the toolbar and choose More Tools. Near the bottom of the list is Select & Zoom Toolbar category and within that is the Snapshot Tool. Click the box to check the tool. Press ok and you should see a little camera with a selection box around it near the zoom percentage. How it works in windows - press the camera and then draw a rectangle around what you want. It will snap a picture of the rectangle and copy it to the clipboard. Run the picture program of your choice (I use Microsoft paint out of laziness) and paste the image. Save as a jpeg and then follow the excellent instructions in buehl's excellent New to Kitchens post. Did I mention it was excellent? Hint: The image will be what you see - so if its very reduced, other won't be able to read it. Hint 2: You can select more than you can see. Example of an inspiration picture I caged from a real estate listing pdf of an old English house. I liked it a lot, except the pulleys scary me. Pics inside of pdf's tend towards low resolutions. If you don't like what you see, you can always ask architect or whoever to send you a jpg of the kitchen options and adjoining areas.