Adobe software has the Creative Suite series, I believe the latest version is CS 6. I think that's what a lot of people use. however it does seem expensive. but there isn't anything this software cant do (speaking from a web design Point of view). Here is a link that might be useful: adobe cs6

I'm nobody to tell someone how to do things right, since right for me ain't right for you. I tried FlyLady and tired of the emails too. HOWEVER, reading through the website and some of the stuff, especially the "missions" and such, I found the "shiny sink" thing works for me. Can't tell you why, but it does make me feel better. The rest of my kitchen might be a mess but my sink looks far better than it did and that by itself is an improvement. The Zone thing isn't the best for me. But making a list and doing it from that does work for me. 15 minutes work is an improvement. PERIOD! You might not see it right away but 15 min done four times equals an hour of work and that usually will show something if you've concentrated it. Otherwise, maybe that hour got the bathroom cleaned (ok, lightly, but still cleaned), dishes washed, a load of laundry folded from the dryer and another load put in... you get the idea. So read it through and pick out what works for you, adapt it to your style and see if you can't find something to help. I'm sure most everyone can find something in there that helps them. Taking a short break to gather your thoughts and recharge your batteries is imperitive. Reward yourself. However is right for you. And yes, I agree about people who think a forum is an instant messenger or a text message. It's clumsy and not as efficient as they think. Typing "B" takes just as many keystrokes as typing "be"! Yes, it's much harder to read. I'm guilty of abbreviating too much too often but when I read the ones who go so far overboard, it slaps me back to reality. No offense, but please save it for the phone. I think you have some valuable info to share, but when you can't speak the language of the tribe so to speak, you won't get your point across. One thing that brought a smile to my face while I was deciphering the hieroglyphics, I remembered a few weeks back when my basement railing was very sticky. The humidity was up and I knew the railing was dirty. I took an orange wipe disposeable and started wiping it down and oh yes, it was black! After a few it made an improvement. Now I left a container sitting there and occasionally I'll wipe it down and take a little more. Sort of an adapted FlyLady philosophy: Keep going and catch up as you go. A little bit at a time... a little bit at a time. Oh, a little computer reminder program works well for me too, to remind me of easily forgotten recurring chores, spring/fall special chores, etc. Especially paying bills and the like, which I do online now to save time and money. I pat myself on the back for some successes: I keep caught up on laundry now. And I keep caught up on dishes. I also keep the living room presentable. That's three major accomplishments here. And now I can add a little at a time. I'm much better on dusting (thank you Swiffer dusters!) and on dusting the wood steps. They're almost to the point of being chalked up to major accomplishments. Let's see, the WetJet has made a big improvement on the bathroom floor and I've made great strides in the bathroom as a whole. Take a minute occasionally to reflect on accomplishments, take pride in them. It's a motivation for me. Along with these forums! So there's a little dirt and yes some germs around. Keeps me healthy and gives me a goal. You don't want to get too carried away. There's a thread in the laundry forum about the bacteria and the like transferred to clean laundry after handling dirty laundry! SHEESH! Let's not go overboard. My home is far from spotless, yet I don't get sick anywhere near as often as so many others who are nearly sterilized in their surroundings. I guess if I can keep it reasonably sanitary, I'll have to be happy. BTW (can't give up all the shorthand cold turkey!) these improvements had a big setback 4 or 5 years ago when I fell and broke both shoulders, an arm, a couple ribs and screwed up my back. A little at a time and learn to adapt!

I would think the bags would last longer if you emptied them for Winter, but fabric bags probably will survive a couple Winters, depends on how well they are made. Depends on what is more important, the bags or the soil? Buying potting soil is a high cost. You can always buy new fabric bags if they fail, but that costs also. You still have to breakup and fluff the potting soil in the Spring since the roots grow into the fabric. Could save potting soil in a 30g trash can, keep dry, then reuse. Or dump the potting soil into garden beds to break down.

I'm an image hoarder, I think 😃 I can choose where I want to save things to - I rarely access my downloads folder. I make folders for stuff like that. I have folders labelled Home, Garden, Food/Recipes, Clothing/Apparel, others for work, and so on. They're all in a big main folder labelled 'Files' that sits on my desktop. On an iMac here. I usually save to my desktop, and file things from there. I configure my Finder window to show preview images, so I don't necessarily have to remember the date, etc.. I crop screenshot images I want to save, and label them before filing. I do go through and clean up/delete things every so often, just not often enough, I think - but I've plenty of storage on the computer, and a backup hard drive too.