good morning! and thanks for all the responses.....katt, i hope we will all work together on this.and ray.....wonderful advice!.i have been trying to start a new thread in healthy eating but it keeps disappearing everytime i submit it! i'mgoing to go there and try again so we don't take up too much space in general and so we have our own little "corner".if i don't succeed. i'll continue the thread started by sky and we'll go from there..good luck!!!!