If you have a Sam's Club near you, try there. I have seen it there in the past months but did not buy any. The last one I bought just was not what it had been in the past. I even tried some from another store and had the same results.

Here is my story I took Minocycline (Minocin) a member of the Tetracycline family for many years as an adult, not child, for skin problems. My doctor NEVER mentioned to me that it might cause discoloration on and inside my body. A few years back while out to dinner with a friend, he asked me why the whites of my eyes were grayish-blue. By that time I had already noticed that my teeth were starting to look very "dingy". I stopped smiling and kept conversations to a minimum to keep my teeth out of sight. I also noticed that the cartilage on my ears were blue-gray. Then I started noticing that when I bumped myself hard enough to get a bad bruise, sometimes the bruise never went away. As such, I still have a bruise above my knee from when I smacked it real hard back in 1996! I broke my ankle in 1998 and had surgery to pin it back together. No problems with discoloration until a year later when I asked to have the hardware removed. It healed with a bruise-like area that completely encircles the surgery site and it is still visible. Three years ago I broke down and got veneers on ten of my front teeth at a cost of $1,500 per tooth. I now have a beautiful $15,000 smile. And I share it with everyone I meet. Two years ago I had a hysterectomy. At that point I had finally figured out why all the bruising, bluish whites of my eyes, ears and teeth. I had done hours and hours of research online and told my Dermatologist of 15 years, my findings. He was a bit skeptical, so I gave him printouts of what I found. I then showed him my new $15,000 teeth, but did not smile. He just shrugged his shoulders and put me on different antibiotics. I told my Gynecologist about the whole issue and explained to him I wanted to be off Minocin for at least thee months before he performed the hysterectomy and take lots of vitamin C which helps with bruising. He said that was fine with him. During the surgery, when he opened me up, he was greeted by a big blue cavern. All of my ligaments he told me were blue. Doctors, nurses and other medical personnel gathered around to witness it. Â sigh My healthcare provider finally hired another Dermatologist so six months ago I changed to her. I gave her a condensed version of my story and she was amazed my previous doctor (her new colleague) had not noticed or understood what was causing all the bluing and bruising. She then looked at my ears and politely asked if she could take photos of them. With each click of the camera, she apologized again and again. I told her if the pictures get into a medical journal and help other people, IÂm good with it. So thatÂs my story. My teeth look great now but I could have bought a new car or a facelift for what they cost. The discoloration around the scar on my ankle has faded some. The bruise on my knee is almost gone now. My ears and whites of my eyes are still "bluish" but I donÂt *think* anyone would notice unless I pointed it out or you got up close and stared at my eyes. I hope that doesnÂt the next time I meet a KTer. LOL Jodi- who may be "blue" but she's happy!

I know the feeling, Shades- I'm enjoying an adult beverage right now. One of the first things I planted at our new place was 2 daffodils. That's right- two. The little church I visit up there had a sermon which related to daffodil bulbs, so each person got one in a little kit with fertilizer and instructions. I wasn't going to take one, but the cutest little boy ran up and was SO excited to give me one! Then folks I insisted I take two; one for me and one for my wife. In the spirit (pun intended) of the thing I felt obligated to plant them. We visited in February, and they were up and had buds. Alas, we weren't there for the actual flowers, but I was still excited. Two down; about 500 to go. I want to naturalize them all over the place.

I've never been attached to furniture, but I remember when I was little,we would travel from Alabama to Wisconsin every summer to visit family. We always stayed at grandmas. Grandma had this light blue shag carpet in the living room. I never really thought much about it until when I was about 18 or so, mom announced that all grandmas kids were going to chip in and replace the 30 year old carpet at grandmas house. I was very upset,and to my surprise ALL 5 of my siblings were too. She ended up choosing a light blue,non shag carpet. That helped,but not much. That house never felt the same again. She also had this big painting of a lovely Spanish woman. My grandpa was in insurance,and the painting was a payment to him. (She always called it "grandpa's other woman") I don't know why,I always loved it. Those are really the only two things that stick with me about her house. She died last year. A few weeks ago, mom and all 9 of her remaining siblings got together to clean out the house. Imagine my delight when a large box arrived on my doorstep,containing that painting. It's very big and old fashioned, and does not go with anything in the house, but it will be displayed on the hall wall with love.