McGrath - Thanks for putting that poem in this thread. It was perfect. I have somewhere here a book of poems from WWI and it is not the one you mentioned. I should dig it out.

Looking way back up to the top of this thread Mousethief worried about losing his job if he picked too many daisies. That is a valid worry but you still need to play in the fields. Part of the way to do that is to make your work more like play. That requires a special group of people and a morale which is difficult to find. Fortunately that is what I have available in my office and it makes a world of difference.

Bron, I hate to ask this question but does your husband, the mortgage payer, get to pick the daisies too?

Morticia, I too am looking forward to picking lots of daisies when I get these kids off and out of here. But you have to relax NOW or you won't make it to your dream time. I have six more years (OK 5 1/2) before my younger daughter graduates from college (I hope!) After that my money is my own! I am smeling roses and picking daisies like mad right now but I will shift into a frenzy when those kids are no longer my concern. (But does that ever really happen?)