thank you, nel! that will work nicely for me as i finish up all the other stuff i'm supposed to be doing while i'm on-line teasing brat. but it is so much fun! hope dusty'smomma's ear is doing ok. all three of my kids had ear tubes and they helped tremendously! if i'd only known it was my smoking that was causing them all the trouble i'm sure i would have been motivated to stop. my poor kids! well, they all 3 have made it to adulthood and seem to be having interesting good lives, so what's a few earaches? gosh, i really hate thinking about it! well, really, no time to think! must go sew!!