Good luck with the exam...the same thing has TOTALLY happened to me before too - I had spent the day studying with intermittent procrastination breaks on GW...when I finally went to bed at 3am, I had vivid dreams in which I was this overlord person, controlling a billion different culture requirements for the orchids at this computer, adjusting light, humidity, temperature, etc..and all these judges named after GW aliases were observing me and making sure I was doing everything perfectly. When I was younger, I would have this reoccuring dream after helping my mom buy bulbs in the fall...I would be at this amusement park playing games and winning tokens, which I would use at this huge vending machine that had every possible bulb you could think of...there were billions of buttons, each with it's own neat little picture of the bulb, the flower, the name and the cost. Things like crocuses would be really cheap, but things like amaryllis would cost a whole bunch of tokens...and I would always win the jackpot so I could choose any bulb I wanted.

Thanks for the tip about SAMS I am orginaly from North Carolina and I send my parents to SAMS to get lillies and elephant ears to send back with a friend of mine thanks again for the tip :-))))))

We finally found a place to rent that has 3 bedrooms and isn't insanely expensive, Yay! I've been playing with the ideas off and on while buying new cars, visiting potential rentals, and working on the house. I talked with the family about converting our 4th bedroom to expand bath and move laundry. My kids were aghast! Where were guests going to sleep? Where were we going to put the desk top (they watch movies on it occasionally, too)? Middle kid thought that it was going to be his room when ready. So, we've decided to keep laundry in the original place. I'm still stealing some of the 4th BR for our MBA, though. The island plan looks fantastic but I kept wanting more storage options once the laundry room had to stay. Also, there is significant cost savings by not digging out concrete for plumbing and installing a beam for the load-bearing wall. Some ideas I had: 1) Widen the existing 32" doorways from garage and into kitchen to 36". Those doors are a huge pain when moving large items through, like the washer/dryer/fridge etc. I can use a barn door or pocket for the kitchen entrance. This will shorten the pantry a bit (measurements are existing on drawing are existing). 2) 1-2 d/w in clean up zone. Bring the existing pass through to counter level so kids can help put dishes away on DR/FR side. Maybe have space for cookbooks under that counter, as well. 3) 30" deep counters 4) Love to keep Mamagoose's 3 panel doors to the patio. With the wall shortened over there, it will bring a lot of light into the house and northern light isn't so bad in the South. I'm not sure what to do with the cabinets between the fridge and sink. I'd like to plan for the future and have some kind of narrow pullout to the left of my 32" all fridge that can be removed if going bigger. The wall on that side can be shortened for french door swing and the pantry remain as sized. Maybe a narrow pantry using cabinetry and store packages of paper towels, grocery bags, etc, above the appliances in the laundry...or in the garage.

His price for our floor plan design, and house position on our lot is $4,250. Does this sound like a decent price for the work that will be done? Keep in mind, we have never done this before, so just asking for advice from people who have. Thanks!