In your initial post you say you have left the computer switched on but it is frozen. Is that the state right now? If so you need to remove the left side panel and look at the fan on the motherboard to see if it is spinning. Perhaps this is as simple as the processor cooling fan quitting. The computer would quit to protect your CPU or processor from overheating. As you have a new computer on order perhaps we can assume this machine is a bit older. After checking the fan mentioned above switch off the computer, remove the power cord from the rear of the case and check the cooling fins underneath that fan. Are they full of dust and dirt? If so a can of compressed air will work wonders, be sure to place a finger on the fan to prevent it spinning wildly as you use the compressed air to remove all that crud. (Do this outside if it is particularly dirty, saves a lot of dusting afterwards) Your data is probably safe because the hard drive is probably still good to go. What ever happens you could use this as a wake up call and back up your data. Also if you have not already done it you should create a set of recovery disks - unless Dell provided them at purchase time of course.

Check out Pressurepro's page- he has a link listed for his website and how to order it. He also can give you more specifics about the product itself. From what I understand, it's a smaller company that has sold it's product primarily to contractors. Ken (pressurepros) has recently started getting the word out about it and selling it to the public. The guy knows his stuff- if you look at past threads in this forum he is quite well respected around here. That is one of the reasons why we went with the Baker's. Also, you've already prepped your deck, but in the future if you ever need a good deck cleaning product his Restore A Deck works great, too.

There is quite a bit more equipment in a sprinkler setup. You say you dont have a box. Do you have a pump somewhere on your property connected to a well possibly? Do you see any piping attached to a spigot outside? Depending on what kind of system they had setup you may have some buried solenoid valves somewhere that would control the separate zones. Again, depending on what type of system you could have had there in the past you would be looking to install a controller, solenoid valves, piping from valves to heads, piping from a water source somewhere. There are MANY variables. If I were in your shoes, and REALLY wanted to get this figured out, I would start digging. That is really the only way to get this solved. Once you find out what you have, then you can go from there... As far as cost it depends on what your end goal is. Watering a small yard, watering a garden, or watering a large yard. You could pick up a relatively cheap setup, from your local hardware store, that attaches to your spigot and runs to a sprinkler head. These usually have a controller and valves built in. Orbit makes one that is popular. The other item you would need to think about when doing this is the amount of possible heads you have hidden, and what water pressure/ flow rate, the whole system was setup with... Sorry there is no easy answer. Again digging will be your best friend, if you REALLY wanted to solve the mystery. Just go slow and be cautious as to not rupture a piece of piping.

The flowers on this type of hydrangea each bloom for a few weeks and then they fade. So you have to cut them when they are looking good if you want flowers for a vase. Once they fade as they are now, if you don't like the look, clip them off just below the flower cluster to tidy up the bush. It may only rebloom a bit or some or not at all depending on the variety that you have. There are very few plants that continue to put out profuse new blooms all season long, mostly annuals. What you have on your shrub shows that you had a lot of blooms this season, but it sounds like you don't like the faded look, so remove them when you find them unattractive. Most gardeners will plant at least one or two other kinds of plants with colorful foliage or flowers nearby so that when one type of plant's blooms fade and are removed, other plants will capture the viewer's interest and the plain green of the nonblooming hydrangea will just be background.