I've had a migration of snow fleas over the last couple weeks because of the heavy rains forcing them out of the soil. They look like microscopic tiny fleas ranging from bluish-to-gray-to-blackish in color. Essentially they're harmless but they will, over time find a way into your house/garage and they go from being a nuisance to being outright gross. Any pesticide you choose to kill them will also kill out the plethora of other beneficials in your yard as well, including the earthworms. Ultimately they're a "good thing" as they consume decaying organic matter and convert it into nutrients more readily available for your turf and other flora in the yard. Under normal circumstances you'd have never known they were there because they tend to stay underground for months/years and only surface when migrating to a new locale - typically only several feet - where they can start the process all over again. However with the rains we've been seeing in our area they've been forced out of their homes and they've been on the sides of my house and on my patios for the last two weeks. As it warms up they'll go deeper and deeper and we'll be done with them but I definitely feel your pain in terms of "grossness", lol... Damn buggers managed to get into my garage made their way to my greenhouse because of the fluorescent lighting I use. grrr...

No question it's addictive. I was only going to try it with 12 half gallon milk jugs. Then Token sent me 20+ seed packs. Container count went up to 60. Then Gardencrazy, Connietn, just1morehosta, and several others sent me more. The winter went by so fast! I'm at 430 jugs and still going strong. Nearly 100 are already sprouted--Shasta daisy, rudbeckia, lupine, poppy, Cupid's dart, globeflower, mallow, geum, foxglove, feverfew...the list goes on and on.

We have a Sleep Number bed, so old that the company was still called Select Comfort. It must be at least 20 years old, maybe 25. It's king size but has two air mattresses inside, so each can have the firmness they desire. My side has a slow leak that is getting worse, but the pump still works fine so I can reinflate it whenever I want. They have lots of models including ones that stay cool and ones where the head can raise and lower. We love it, and when we finally decide to replace it we'll probably get another one. Donna

I think there are limited options in the space. Where the marketing plan has 2 chairs, what if you had one that looks like a ‘normal’ chair but swivels so you can face the tv? A projection TV can be a space saver too. It looks like you have a place to lounge the projector on th exterior wall across from the marketing tv. The person on the sofa could sit longways to watch. We had a similar set up once and it didn’t feel too sideways.