>I've actually noticed an extending of the timeframe of available statements online, from the past, which was kind of a short time period, imo. For personal accounts, yes, but as someone with a small business, when my big bank got consolidated into a bigger one, the amount of stuff I could get online went way, way down. I can't access anything older than 90 days online now. I have a fancy expanding file folder for the current year and everything goes into that by month. At the end of the year they don't take up all that much space and it's amazing what all you can get into one. Just be sure it has a good quality band to keep it together. Scanning is too time consuming for me. I find it easier when reconciling to sort through paper, and I know that if I get audited the IRS is mostly kind of backwards thinking, too. If you don't have a huge number of receipts, Homegoods often has very attractive monthly expanding files.

I hate to say this, since I just bought an Electrolux fridge and love it, but if I lived in remote northern Canada, there is no way I would buy an E-lux range (or any of the $800+ GEs, or Maytags, or Frigidaires, or...). The reason is they're too complicated; they're chock full of electronics and computerized parts, which makes them much more prone to failure than a basic, all-mechanical (as opposed to electronic/computerized) range. And while that's something you can deal with easily in a major metropolitan area, it would REALLY not be good in a remote part of northern Canada. If you want to avoid that, then you need a range whose only electronic part is electronic ignition (my understanding of that is that electronic ignition is safer, because it doesn't have a pilot light that can go out, and also cheaper because it doesn't have a pilot light constantly burning, and if your electricity fails you can still light it the old-fashioned way with a match). So I second Jgopp's recommendation of the Bertazzoni, and actually before reading it that's what I recommended in this same thread over on the Appliances forum. On the other hand, there is a much less expensive solution... see the last paragraph of this post and the links below. If you want to go REALLY basic, then you can also avoid electronics to some degree by getting a very, very cheap range--avoid the insanely cheap ones ($300-$400), because they typically have pilot lights instead of electronic ignition, which is a safety issue if the pilot light goes out (although here's a $359 Summit that has electronic ignition: http://www.ajmadison.com/cgi-bin/ajmadison/R301W.html). But here's a much cheaper solution that frankly will probably make you just as happy. The link below is to a very basic (but not too basic, i.e. it has electronic ignition instead of a pilot light) GE gas range that is $450-$550 depending on color, but looks like a VERY VERY good deal in that it has continuous grates (very handy for moving things around while cooking), a huge oven, a simmer burner and one burner with 15,000 BTU for fast boiling. However, you can tell by the number of knobs and the way the backsplash is set up that the oven controls are electronic. If that goes out, you have no oven. But that being said, compared to the $2300 Bertazzoni it would be vastly VASTLY less expensive to get this $450-$550 range and a Breville full-sized toaster oven ($249), to be used for snacks and also for baking if/when the GE oven controls go out and you have to wait for a part to arrive. Everyone who has a Breville seems to adore them--literally, there are 456 reviews on Amazon and it gets 4.5 out of 5 stars: http://www.amazon.com/Breville-BOV800XL-1800-Watt-Convection-Toaster/dp/B001L5TVGW Here is a link that might be useful: Good basic GE

Thanks sue36. Hydroair was actually the first thing he recommended. The problem is that the new AC ducts are on our vaulted celing - and that's not the best place for heat vents! We have one air handler in the attic for both first and second floor. He did say hydroair is the way to go - unfortunately we did not have the same guy do heating and AC. An issue that comes back to our GC and one that we aren't happy about but it's done so can't change that. Radiant heat in the LR is not an option - we aren't going to be taking the nice wood floor up and the room in the basement below has a finished ceiling. Any other options ? Are radiators a possibility? Where should I look for answers? Any help is much appreciated! I linked my question on the other forum. Thanks! Here is a link that might be useful: link to my question on Heating and AC forum

thanks intially i planned for cleats but saw the rope in a blog and thought i would try it out but i should know better than to emulate blog deccor ;). The white box is my GC's idea to cover plastic plumbing while i wait for metal pipes to be installed. it slides in and out of place and is temporary. I think I might use the rope and cleat idea in my play room to clip art from because in the right setting i think it might be cute.