I was at a Home Show recently and saw something I’d like to get for my mother-in-law for Christmas. They looked like windchimes but didn’t have the chimey-things on them. They were made of metal and did kind of an optical illusion sort of thing in that they had cut outs of different animals (or whatever the subject was) and each cut-out was twisted a slight bit. The whole thing was displayed on a motor which turned it around and it made a really cool looking pattern.

I know this is a horrible description, but I was hoping someone would know what I was talking about and know what the name of them was or where I could find them. A link would be very helpful.

Thanks in advance.

I have a grandfather clock in my front room that my mother-in-law bought at the closing sale in 2000. It’s made of oak, about 6’5" tall, with a glass panel door. There are three weights, two for the chimes and one for the main clock. All the inner parts are brass. The clock seems to be fully functional, with a few issues of setting it (it slows down quite a bit when left alone for too long). It also has a chime function which you can set by moving a lever from silent to chime. My problem is with the day/night function: above the clock, there is a time of day meter, which can go from nighttime to daytime, and (using some obscure number system) will tell you the fullness of the moon. Although I’ve tried numerous things, my fiance and I can’t seem to make the daytime function change from nighttime back to daytime. No matter what time it’s set at, we only see the night. Does anyone know how I can fix this and return our clock to its original setting with the daytime function? We would appreciate it very much, as the clock and our piano are very old and very dear to our hearts (we are both musicians, and I wind the clock like…well, clockwork!)

If you do, would you pray for my mother-in-law Amy? She has cancer. It was in remission, but now it’s come back. The prognosis doesn’t sound good. (If you don’t believe in God or prayer, could you just please refrain from stupid and/or rude comments?)

My father in law, who is 78 years old, recently expressed discomfort saying it felt like his dose of Amitriptyline was stuck deep in his throat. The next day, he lost his voice, and his throat was very sore (burning sensation). He also started spitting up and coughing up black stuff.

My mother in law took him to GI doctor (they didn’t tell the doctor about the pill, just the black stuff) who scheduled a procedure to look at his throat, esophagus and stomach.

When complete, the doctor said that there was no sign of cancer and saw a healing ulcer in his stomach.

Now, my mother in law is wondering if maybe the black stuff was old dried blood from a burn in my father in law’s esophagus.

Just wondering — sounds far fetched to me.

I want to get my mother in law a magazine subscription for christmas, I already got her "the taste of home" magazine, but now I was one more for her. she always goes to the library and checks these out. Anyway, she speaks english just I don’t think she can ready english very well, therefore I want to try to get her a magazine in spanish… any help?

I am wanting to buy something for my Mom and Mother-in-law’s Birthday. (both have same b-day) Anyway, they both live in Florida near Clearwater. I know that the decor is different down there than it is here in Chicago. So I need some ideas and/or online shop to order it from.