Miss Barbara, My word Gurl, I needed a fresh page just for you . . . temptre . . . enabl . . . Dear Friend. ♥ All jokes aside, The orchids and I faired well over the winter, and I will let them know you are thinking of them. You already know that your influence is scattered throughout my collection, and here you go again enabling me more !!! However, I’m not sure if you remember, last year when you baited me with White Elephant. It was right before I left to visit Hallson’s. As a result of your post, I ended up picking out one right then and there !!! It was haggard looking last year, what with a move across 5 states and then too much rain and shade. Here he is, in 2013. And again this year, looking much better. Pic taken today. Ooooo all that white sends my heart a flutter. :P But about this Lionheart business, I will reserve my comments to the actual post, so check back later. :) And Bless your heart for sharing your wind chimes. I ended up spending a half hour perusing that website, listening to all the different models. Your Earth Song is gorgeous !!! But I had to laugh when my ear settled on the $ 660.00, 8ft tall, Himalayan Echo . . . figures, I couldn’t swoon for one of the smaller more reasonably priced models. I would die to have one that big, though. Hang it somewhere high in a tree in the back yard and just let it resonate. I’m sure you could almost feel the vibrations if the wind picked up enough and really got it going. But I won’t be hearing it’s song for a long time at that price . . . good to set long term goals for yourself, right ? I was inspired by your link and ended up finding out more information on the one I just bought. I updated the original post if you want to go back check it out. This is actually my second one. The first, was a gift from my Mother almost 6 years ago after I graduated college. I had it hanging on my porch when I lived in Indiana, PA, but never made it out of the box once I moved to Philly. That is all changing this year as I have plans (or rather a grown adult with a big drill) to attach a huge hook to the roof of the front porch overhang. It is a 42 inch Arias. It does not have a theme or name like my Windsinger and definitely sounds more like cathedral bells. But still just as pleasing. Plus, I think of Mumma Bear when I hear it. ♥ Here is a link to a vendor that sells them, but it also includes an audio clip if you want to hear what it sounds like, as well. Arias 42 Inch Wind Chime Thank you for thinking of me, and I hope to be able to post again soon with more updates. Give hugs to the husband, birds, and little furry ones for me. ♥ Yours, Ludi

Hey Jakvis...thanks for coming back. OK...understand better what you said this time. Still don't quite get the starting out cold idea, though. I certainly don't see any machine at any location starting at 120 or even 110 because of the instant heat-loss from the incoming water as soon as the spraying starts. The only way I can see that is if the machine and it's contents get pre-heated. Example: I have new Whirlpool which, in this way, is exactly like the 9-year-old version it replaced. Both machines fill, spray, drain, then refill before the detergent compartment opens. My tap-hot water at that sink runs about 120 - 125F and I run it hot before starting the machine. After first fill and spray the water inside the machine is about 90-95. After the second fill and spray -- detergent compartment opened, now -- I get 100-110 depending on the season and how much heat loss I get from the pipes. I still haven't figured out when the heat boost begins but I can tell you the element is not energized in the beginning. I've come back 1/2 hour later and felt the same tepid temperature. I suspect it boosts only at the end of the cycle and I suspect the dwell time is short. I know it does it eventually because I've checked it at the end of the wash cycle and in the rinse cycle. I suspect you would know the sequence better than I. My point is, accepting the information you've given about enzymes and their active temps and periods, I still don't see a reason to worry about it -- at least not given the way my machine works. Seems to me the enzymes will have sufficient dwell time to do whatever they're supposed to. I don't know what's going on with this OP's Bosch but I'm strongly suspecting something with the machine as opposed to products being used or even dosages -- although, from what was written I am also suspecting substantial over-dosing. For whatever reason, they seem disinterested in exploring themselves. Hopefully the service person coming Monday will put it to bed. I hope they come back and share the news.

I guess my perspective is a bit different. Maybe I've been more fortunate in the two GC's we've worked with. The GC for our initial remodel generally took responsibility for the work of any work that he arranged for. We never had a change order because one of the workers made a mistake that needed to be corrected. There was an allowance for cabinet hardware (pulls) and it would have covered a reasonable choice such as the Amerock pulls that we considered. We decided to use the larger Schaub higher end pulls which went over the allowance so we had to pay for that, but the original allowance wasn't out of line with good materials. He generally kept us informed of the plans for work ahead of time. He and his workers did a good job of ensuring that our home and the prior parts of the work were undamaged by work - e.g. putting hardboard down on the wood floors which we weren't replacing to protect them from cabinets and appliances being installed, doorways were masked whenever there was messy work. Before work started, they went through the house and asked us to take pictures down from the other side of walls they would be working on so I felt they were pretty cautious about taking care of our things. I can't recall any damage occurring. Junk or dirt was never left around at the end of each day. They would sweep the floor if necessary, consolidate their equipment into a part of the room we didn't need to walk through, etc. I guess I didn't notice whether they locked up when they left for lunch breaks and we weren't home. My husband is retired and I work from home so generally one of us was there. They had a key and did lock up if we weren't there at the end of the day. They weren't perfect. On the down side, we did from time to time notice something that they were doing that needed correction. We checked progress every day and let the GC or the worker know right away and they would correct it or explain satisfactorily why what was done was correct. Sometimes we would spot a potential problem before the contractor and workers were aware of it. For example, the back side of our island had a row of 12" wide cabinets facing the ends and 12" deep cabinets facing the back. It turns out that the cabinet manufacturer makes 12" deep cabinets a tiny fraction of an inch over 12" and the 12" wide cabinets are spot on so a small shim was needed to even them up. That broke down at the very end over issues with the vent hood. The roof jack they installed was too small for our high CFM hood and we felt that they hadn't mounted the hood securely. They didn't agree that either was a problem so we brought in an appliance installer who agreed with us and changed the roof jack and mounted the hood properly. The GC got in a huff and terminated the contract. All the rest of the work was pretty much done at that point (final inspection was complete) and final less than $2 K payment that we didn't have to make covered our costs for the appliance guy, roof jack, roofing guy and some minor paint touch up. While our spotting things and helping come up with ways to correct them saved them some time and cost, there were clearly times when dealing with such hands on involvement stressed them out.

Update on May 6th: Offer list: No trade requested. Hosta, green with with edging, very common type Daylily 'Sammy Russell' (great thanks to Signet). blooming little later than old Ditch orange lily, similar high, reserved by Dinie Lily of the valley, reserved by Serendipity helianthus tuberosus, either tubers or plants Trade list: Oriental Lily bulbs, 6 varieties available, 1 bulb per trade Lilium “Acapulco”, 1 bulb, reserved by Ross Lilium “Casablanca”, 2 bulbs, one reserved by Flowergirl, one remain Lilium “Stargazer”, 2 bulbs, one reserved by Flowergirl, one remain Lilium “Sorbonne", 2 bulbs, reserved by Ross and Flowergirl Lilium “Tom Pouce”, 1 bulb, reserved by Flowergirl Lilium “Muscadet”, 1 bulb, reserved by Flowergirl Tulip bulbs, 3 varieties available, 3 bulbs per trade (left from last fall planting, storage in cold room whole winter) 'Pays-Bas', 6 bulbs, 3 reserved by Flowergirl, 3 remain 'Mount Tacoma', 6 bulbs, reserved by Flowergirl and Ross 'Aveyron', 3 bulbs, reserved by Flowergirl Iris: 'Victoria Falls', 10+ available, 1 rthzorne per trade, 5 reserved by Blueiris, 5 reserved by Mauritiana, few tiny pieces left Dwarf bearded 'baby brown eyes', (picture available) limited to 1 trade, reserved by Serendipity Pixie Dwarf Lily: Red, small bulbs, 2 available Colchium: autumnale, 2 or 3 bulbs per pot depend on size, 2 pots reserved by Blueiris, 2 pots reserved by Dinie Hostas: Honeybells August Moon, reserved by Dinie Fire and Ice, reserved by Dinie Bleeding Heart, pink Daylilies: Stella De Oro Tall bearded, flower is slitily larger than orange ditch, yellow with red centre (picture available), 2 small size clumps available Looking for: Pixie Dwarf Lily in any colour except red Gaint Hostas, any tall and huge leaf varieties Irises, any except yellow water Iris Columbines, any varieties since I have no left even those I received from last year trade due to husband's 'mistake' Phlox except pink Echinacea, such as 'Pink Poodle', 'Pink Double Delight', 'Secret Lust' Daylilies, prefer any varieties which blooming within 2 feet high Dwarf Bee-balm