WOW!!! You surely are ambitious!!!! Are you doing this indoor work all by yourself????? I have a friend from childhood who did her whole historical house herself. I find it facinating when people can do that kind of work. I sit here and dream about doing it, as I watch HGTV!!!! You'll have to let us know more about the book, WHEN it is published. Speaking of vegetables! Did everyone know that you are to trim tomato plants, so that they bear more fruit ? I just read about this, went out to experiment on my dwindling patio tomatoes and grape tomatoes, and sure enough, I have all new sprouts, and already new blossoms showing. I may not get the fruit, but am getting the experience of pruning my tomato plants for next year :o) Tuesday, or maybe still this afternoon, I have to get out and prune the Rose of Sharon, so that all the seed pods don't explode all over the place_though nothing has ever come of it before, this would be just the year they would take around here :o). Well, Mary, it certainly sounds like you have your days all mapped out to the fullest!! Have a ball !!!! Have to bake a cake, and make a salad for tomorrow. Read you after Labor Day! :o) Lynn Mary wrote: Thanks, Lynn. Here's my plan of action so far: I actually am editing/co-writing a novel for/with a friend of mine. I have done the initial rough edit on 14 chapters and have now done the first of several heavy edits on the first three chapters. I believe he plans to have 30 chapters plus a prologue and an epilogue. Then he hopes to get a movie deal. I also have to re-do my bedroom: new carpeting, paint, and draperies (net necessarily in that order). I already have the new bed cover and pillows all made and most of the accessories purchased. I also have a 72 x 72 wall unit to build once I get all the rest of it done. After that, I have floor tile to lay in the kitchen and a 10 x 30 addition on my house to finish: taping and spackling; the next layer of subfloor; wainscoting; fabricing the walls; all the trim; and finally, the carpeting. In October, my brother (who owns his own landscaping business) is coming in to build my existing retaining wall in the back yard up two more courses, and then extend it to the left side of my property with terraces down from there and a set of steps up to the top of the back yard. Before he can do that, I need to go out and remove all the marble chips from a 40' x 2' area and move them to the front wall so they won't get buried. This all came about because we want to build a 10 x 12 shed in the back right corner, but we needed to have it dug to level. Once all the back yard work gets done, I can build the shed. I'm hoping to get one of my 4 BILs (he is a builder/remodeler) to come in and help with that so we can get'er done before snow flies. After all that gets done, I am a free agent until spring rolls around again and I can start planting the terraces. I miss my veggies and want to get some in at least one terrace. I have other huge pots for my tomatoes and a garden bench (I bought two wooden planters and built a 6' bench between them) that I use to vine my squash or cucumbers on (whichever I plant) to keep them off the ground. It works really well, too. That's the only way I can have anything growing because we have way too many critters here: deer, possum, skunk, foxes, racoons, birds of all kinds, rabbits, woodchucks, and the occasional bear. The VP for whom I worked put a 6' fence around his garden and the deer still jumped it and the rest of the critters burrowed underneath, so I'm not even going to try it. The only difficulty I see with all of the above is that I don't move as quickly as I used to. The wonderful part of that is that I don't have to move as quickly as I used to. The bad part of that is that I can't move as quickly as I used to, even though my head keeps playing that 'I am Woman, hear me roar' song...... you know the one about which I'm talking, I'm sure. Any way..... Thanks again, Lynn. I am going to do the best I can to fully enjoy the Fall of my life. And, Yes! that does include places to go, people to see, and things to do.