Barb, Congratulations on your Anniversary! I've been telling my sons, husband, sisters, whoever, if they choose to give flowers to me, please give some with roots! But, alas, I still get cut flowers. It's okay. It's nice to be remembered, and the flowers do look lovely and smell nice. My husband once remarked to me that 'flowers open the heart.' They certainly do soften mine. :-) Maybe that is why flowers exist.
Armylady, my sympathy to your family.
SBG, WMUTeach, I haven't bought unbleached muslin lately. Does it still have the little tan flecks in it like it did when I was younger? How is the thread count on it? Do you buy it at JoAnn's?