LOL .. ya Bonnie he will show up .. he is that stupid :o) He isnt looking at a few months in custody he is looking at maybe 5 - 7 years + +. I have yet to hear for the fool .. but its only a matter of time cuz he doesnt even have any clean underwear .. yuck. I got my new kid on the 5th. So far he isnt any problem at all. But he isnt in school yet so the expectations are pretty minimal. Tomorrow I am going to start tightening the screws :o) We are going to go the Humane Society in the morning (7:30 am) to volunteer. He needs to be doing something so why not work on his 40 community hours that he will need to graduate. I would have to say that the other foster parents in our program are a bit jelouse as my kids are hand picked just for me :o) My old social worker deals with all of the kids in the group homes so she knows me well and what type of kid would do well here. It works out great for me as they are usually an excellent fit so we have little issues :o) This kid is pretty explosive (so they tell me) but I have yet to see any behaviours .. you have to love the honeymoon period :o) He really likes all of the animals in our home which is a plus as the pets tend to defuse alot of the emotions a kid feels. Laura

hmmmm.. i am in z5 ... last week was 65 to 85 degrees ... i can see the heat storage system getting somewhere.. but that was ambient air ... the week prior.. i seem to think it was 40 ish .. with night temps.. down into the 30 ... if not lower .. heck my ground wasnt even thawed when the heat hit ... how much stored heat.. could have been stored the week prior .. and how fast is significant heat stored ... come on.. admit it.. you jumped the shark .... the theory is all there.. but the fever clouded your judgement ... regardless.. you will be more hesitant next year ... which is good .. IN MARCH ... even with your setup .. as you have learned ... how about a new post.. and some pix of your greenhouse set up.. i am jealous also ... ken

Mix-ups happen with seeds too, of course! Last year "Black from Tula" was only slightly larger than a cherry. This year my "Carbon" is a RL 4-5 oz pear-shape and my "Yellow Ping Pong" is ribbed and red. All purchased from reputable growers. And then there's the 3 plants still to be shipped from Southern CA - at this point I won't see them this season. I was starting to get upset until I realized - it's just tomatoes! Not having exactly what you planned for seems to be normal and part of what makes every season different. Now that I've come to this realization, I'm getting quite curious about this large-ish RL pear-shaped thing... Two Sungolds is not such a bad thing, -JoAnne

I think you get more usable space by going with a bottom freezer. The side by side models take a lot of space because each of the units need to be insulated, etc. and that cuts into your space. I think it would also depend on how much you like to use your freezer. I don't use mine much so wanted to maximize the space and convenience of my refrigerator. I therefore went with the GE Monogram built in bottom freezer unit (preferred the Subzero 650 but it was $2K more and I couldn't justify it given our tight budget).