My bed is 60% red cedar mulch (not nuggets) and about 40% maple leaf (leaf section is deeper than the mulch). I ran out of mulch a little over half way of covering this bed, so I had to finish with the leaves. The first thing I am gonna do starting tomorrow is pull off equal sections of mulch and leaf at the same time and mix it all up really well on my very large tarp and put back down, so in the end it will be a mixer of mulch and leaves. I won't be planting anything out until this is done. The back filling with potting soil is a great idea, but I don't have much left and I'm very low on funds. Maybe I'll see if I can wait? It may take me longer than anticipated to mix up the bed covering anyway. Melissa1977

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.

Okay, off topic, Sally, please, please do a new post, for your reveal. I do enjoy all the white kitchens but for many reasons did not do one myself; we non-Somethin's Gotta Give remodelers need more inspiration photos! Was that Costa by the way? It's gorgeous! On topic: When one measurement changed, I did not think through how that impacted the rest of the plan. Despite research on the web and the store, when I received my microwave trim kit, the cabinet needed to get deeper than planned. I figured out pretty last minute that we now had a tiny unacceptable walkway and we moved the fridge over. We were so busy congratulating ourselves on our narrow escape, but the ride wasn't over. I didn't think about the 3 upper spacious cupboards that would now be microscopic when installed. The cabinet maker cut me a pretty good deal to redo that set with fewer but bigger doors. He definitely went above and beyond, and given what everyone else has posted about contractors, I am so very grateful that it got corrected as it did. Another one I did not think about soon enough was making a Ceiling and Texturing Plan. This is not the same as a Lighting plan, although lighting obviously figures into the equation. We did parts (not all) of this project DIY. We hadn't realized some areas that we needed to mud better because they would not be covered by tile or cabinet (ie above the window) and he had to add some hot mud last minute. Given the contractor we got (a personal rec), that was only a small upcharge. Also, be aware that once your texturing is underway, the room is sealed off. You can't supervise unless you are sealed in too. I would send in a big map or go over it with blue tape that you remind him to pull off before he starts that area. Like another poster, I also did not figure out that I wanted my ceiling light hung from a different position. I will not retexture, my husband is adamant that I find a table fixture that can be hung to correct position by a chain and a hook. It is what it is. The height and exact placement of the hood was not ideal. I was adamant that it be within the manufacturer's specs so that it worked properly. However, there were several inches of leeway within those guidelines. Have everyone pretend to be cooking and see what they think. It should have been higher to avoid my husband bumping his head. He is learning. But that was definitely a mistake.

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.