At 11:22 PM 2/18/98 +0000, you wrote: >. > >> Catharine and Bambi question the "Empress of Clean" >Please don't tell me its too late for me to reform. >As a recovering neat-freak, your pity-empathy-sympathy-encouragement >are needed as I make my way (hopefully in mud stained boots) through >the 12 Steps. > >Actually, at the moment, I have a potted azalea, an enormous cactus, >several philodendron plants, and two poinsettias growing in pots, >with dirt, in various living areas (not counting the screened >porch).. Only the azalea is enthroned in pretty paper with a bow (the >way it arrived as a Valentine); the others are all old residents. A >small Step, it is true, but give me time. One day I'll bring the >artichoke and lupine seedlings into the living quarters. > >So what's a couple of roses in pots? Think of them as a decorative >statement. Pat > Well, there goes Catharine's last good reason for general housekeeping. Looks like the dust bunnies will get the dog next. George, grinning and picking