> 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. > 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 My Dearest Pat, You know that you do, indeed, have all of my support in your ongoing struggle to overcome many years of wayward training, and I am just simply amazed at the progress that you have achieved in the last few months. You are even allowing the indoor plants to grow in dirt!! Who would ever have imagined this just a few short months ago? Your determination and growing zeal for gardening is just the the most wonderful thing! Yours truly, Bambi---:-) Coastal NC--where we are up in the 70's today and the verbena and Bradford Pears are just beginning to bloom!