body {
 	background-image:url(images/background.jpg);
	background-repeat: repeat-x; 
	color: #4d4b4a;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	/*font-size: 12px;*/
	font-size:  62.5%;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	/*background-color: #7b6b5c;*/
	background-color: #e5e2db;
	
}
input, select, th, td {
	font-size:  1em;}

p {
	font-size:  1.9em;  /*displays test as 19 pixels */ }
	
img {border:  0}

.floatleft {
	float:  left;
	}
.floatLwithtext {
	float:  left;
	clear:  right;
	margin:  1em 1em 1em 0;
	}
.floatright {
	float: right;
	}
.floatRwithtext {
	float:  right;
	clear:  right;
	margin:  0 0 0 5px;
	}

* {margin: 0px;padding: 0px;}

.clear{
	clear:both;
	color:  #000000;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 1.0em;
	font-weight: bolder;}
	
#container {
	margin: 0px auto;
	text-align: left;
	width: 780px;
	margin-top: 0px;
}
/********************** Header ***************************/
/*top flower repeater*/
#logo{
	/*background-color: #b6ad9b;*/
	background-image: url(images/flowerborder1.jpg);
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
	background-position:  bottom;
	height: 22px;
	width: 774px;
	margin: 1px;
	padding: 0px;
	text-align: center;
}
#logo a{
	margin: 0px auto;
}
#logo img{
	border: 0;
}

/*holds Melissa pics and name image slices*/
#header {
	margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
	width: auto;
	height:266px;
	position:relative; 
	
}
	 
#nav {
/*adjusts top margin to fit under header pix and right margin for no overlap */
	margin: -2px 5px 0px 0px;
	width: auto;
	height:22px;
	background-image: url(images/navbg.jpg);
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
	position:relative;
	
}
#nav ul{
	list-style-type: none;
	display:block;
	position:absolute;
	left: 1.4em;
	top: 5px;
	width: auto;
	height: 22px;
	visibility:  visible;
	z-index:  1;
}
#nav li{
	float:left;
		
}

#nav ul a{
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 1.2em;
	font-weight: bold;
	color:  #331A4D;
	/*color: #4d4b4a; */
	text-decoration: none;
	padding: 0px 7px 0px 7px;
	border-right: 2px solid #4d4b4a;
}
#nav ul a:hover{
	color:hotpink;
	text-decoration:  underline;
}
.lastchild{
	border-right: 0px none #4d4b4a !important;

}
/********************** Content ***************************/

#content {
	/*background-color:  linen;*/
	background-color: #7b6b5c;
	width:774px;
	display:block;
	background-image: url(/images/backNforth.gif);
	background-repeat:  no-repeat;
	background-position:  top;
	border: none;
}
#Melissa h1{
	font-family: Century Schoolbook, Century Gothic;
	font-size: 1.8em;
	font-weight: bolder;
	color:  #EEB2CA;
	/*color:  #F9C1DA;*/
	margin: 0px 23px 6px 28px;
	padding: 20px 0px 0px 0px;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #bbb6a0;

}
/********************** Content - left ***************************/
#left {
	background-color: #ddd8c6;
	border: 1px solid #c2bdaa;
	width:550px;
	margin: 0px 0px 10px 28px;
	padding: 0px 2px 15px 0px;
	float:left;
	display:inline;
}
.text{
	float: left;
	width:  auto;
	margin:  5px 10px 5px 10px;
	/*width:422px;*/
}
.homepage {

float:  none;
width:  auto;
margin:  1%;
}
#left h2{
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 1.6em;
	color:  #DC5C8F;
	/*color: #4d4b4a;  brown*/
	text-decoration: none;
	margin: 20px 0px 10px 23px;
}
#left p{
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 1.3em;
	font-weight:lighter;
	color: #4d4b4a;
	margin: 6px 0px 0px 23px;
}

#left ul {
	display: block;
	margin:  0 0 0 25px;
}

#left ul li {
	display:  block;
	font-size:  1.2em;
	line-height:  1.8em;
	font-weight:  bold;
	list-style-position: inside;
	list-style-type: none;
	}
	
#left a {
	font-weight:bold;
	color: #4d4b4a;
	
}
#left a:hover {
	color:#000000;
}

#happytails {
	/*background-image:  url(/images/happytails.gif);
	background-repeat:  no-repeat;
	background-position:  70px 5px;}*/
	width:  auto;
	height:  500px;
	visibility:  visible;
	z-index:  100;
	background-color:  linen;
	vertical-align: top;
	margin: -2px 0 0 0;
	padding: 0px;
}	

#fullwidth
{
	background-color: #ddd8c6;
	border: 1px solid #c2bdaa;
	width:715px;
	margin: 0px 0px 10px 28px;
	padding: 0px 2px 15px 0px;
	float:left;
	display:inline;
}


#bio {


}
.aboutphotos img {
	float:right;
	/*clear:  none; */
	border:  0;
	clear: right;
	
}	
/*.photos{display:block; float:right;
}*/
.photos img {float:right;
clear:  none;}
/********************** Content - right ***************************/
#right {
	float:right;
	width:156px;
	background-color:#dad9cf;
	margin: 0px 23px 10px 0px;
	padding: 0px 0px 6px 0px;
	display:inline;
	border: 1px solid #c2bdaa;
}
#right h2{
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 1.4em;
	font-weight: bolder;
	color: #2c2c2c;
	text-decoration: none;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	background-color:#c2bdaa;
	width:156px;
	text-align:center;
	padding: 3px 0px 3px 0px;
}
#right p{
	padding: 10px 9px 0px 9px;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 1.2em;
	color: #4d4b4a;
}
#right a{
	color: #4d4b4a;
	font-size:  1em;
	/*padding: 15px 9px 5px 9px;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 1.2em;
	font-weight:bolder;
	display:block;*/
}
#right a:hover{
	color:#000000;
}
#right span a{
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 1.2em;
	font-weight: bolder;
	color: #605c4c;
	text-decoration: none;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	background-color:#c2bdaa;
	width:138px;
	text-align:left;
	padding: 3px 0px 3px 5px;
	margin: 15px 6px 0px 6px;
}
#bio {
	margin-right:  10px;
		}
#bio blockquote {
	float:  right;
	width:  200px;
	margin:  0.7em 0.7em 0 0.7em;
	padding:  0.7em;
	color:  #666;
	font-family:  Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-size:  1.5em;
	font-style:  italic;
	border-top:  .3em solid #c2bdaa;
	border-bottom:  .3em solid #c2bdaa;
	}
	
#bio blockquote p {
	margin:  0;
	padding: 0;
	text-align:  left;
	line-height:  1.3em;
	}



/********************** footer ***************************/
#footer, #footer a {
	/*background-color: #bbb6a0;*/
	width: 774px;
	height:22px;
	text-align:center;
	padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
	font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;
	font-size: 11px;
	font-weight: bolder;
	/*color: #4d4b4a;*/
	color:  black;
	background-image: url(images/flowerborder1.jpg);
	background-repeat:  repeat-x;
	background-position:  top;
}
#footer a:hover{
	color:#000000;}
	
#footer img {border:  none;
float:  right;
clear:  both;
}

.img {
	float:  right;
	clear:  both;
	border:  0;} 

.leftimagewithtext {
	float:  left;
	clear:  none;
	border:  none;
	margin-right:  10px;
	}

#copyright, #copyright a {
	color: #F9C1DA;
	}
	
.italics {
	font-style:  italic;
	}
	
.pinkbold {
	color: #E278A8;
	font-size:  1.1em;
	font-weight:  bold;
	}
	
.tgivingbold  {
	color: #4d4b4a;
	font-size:  1.1em;
	font-weight:  bold;
	}
	
	
#glitterpoodle {

	margin:  0 25px 0 0px;
	float:  right;
	clear:  none;
	}