yeah, moss would be awesome, but i think it is too sunny, plus i didn't think moss stands up to much foot traffic...? the only reason i thought maybe some kind of grass is because i have this image in my head of old cobblestone paths or streets that have grass growing in between... and i don't get the impression anyone is cutting it! in fact, i googled grass and "in between cobblestones" and it was quite hilarious what came up: loads of very romanticized references to the image... do a google image search of GRASS BETWEEN COBBLESTONES and you'll see a bunch of the kind of image i am talking about. like look at this (scroll down just a tad)-- http://www.socketsite.com/3444%20Washington%20Backyard.jpg how do you do that?? anyway, i'm totally open to not-grass, of course... Here is a link that might be useful: image of grass between cobblestones

Gardengal, thank you for that list - I will research your suggestions! To give you a better idea of the sun situation in the area, we have a couple of euonymus shrubs next to the house (in addition to the path, there's a bed about 2.5' deep next to the house) that seem to be doing fine - they are full and not leggy, but they don't grow quickly at all - I don't think we've even trimmed them since we moved in two years ago. There were also some hostas in the bed, but they did TOO well - they were a variety that was much too large for the space so I had to rip them out. The neighbor has a row of boxwoods on their side of the chain link fence, but these are very scraggly and don't look happy at all. Weeds thrive, though! Given that info, would you consider this area bright shade? If so perhaps we'll get lucky with one of your suggestions. I've also read about Corsican mint doing well in shade, so that might be a possibility? Kitasei, luckily the path is large stepping stones with just small cracks between, so I'm not too worried about the slippery aspect. I really just want something that will not require any mowing/trimming and keep the weeds out. If there is a moss that will do that I'm all ears!

I bought a SpeedClean bag. I am reasonably happy with it so far. I took apart one of my Mitsubishi high wall appliances. Off came the main cover and louvers. Removing three screws on the left and the set screw on the squirrel cage allowed pretty easy removal of the cage just like in the vid. There are three tabs and some tugging and pulling to remove the condensate tray. I removed the horizontal vane motor as well as it looked like it would be easier to get it out of the way than to maneuver around it. Two little screws and it can be pulled out of the say and taped to the side of the unit to preclude undue stress on the wire bundle. The tray and cage were pretty nasty as were the surfaces around the cage where soggy stuff was flung. That includes the safety cages around the vertical louvers. As Jackfree noted, it is pretty groady in there. I knew it would be because I had looked at the blower cage with a flashlight. Cleaning the cage was super easy and much more thorough out in the driveway. I vacuumed it off. Still looked bad. I don't know if that step was worth the trouble. I soaked everything in neutral detergent after hosing off with a typical garden hose-end sprayer. After spraying, soaking and spraying, the cage looked like new. I cleaned the main case, louvers and condensate tray with a soft brush in the same detergent. I gave everything a 10-minute treatment in diluted bleach, rinsed, dried them off with a soft rag and left them in the sun for an hour while I made and had lunch. Indoors, on went the bag. I cleaned the coil with $self rinsing foaming spray cleaner$ where stuff was visibly stuck between the fins. It took repeated applications. Some gunk came out but some never came out. Rinse and rinse. I cleaned the rest with Evap Power C that was the choice at the local supplier that sells to the public. Rinse and rinse. Why cut corners when I've gotten this far into it! Reinstallation of the blower cage was easy. Reinstallation of the condensate tray took a while. Lining the ends up to the shallow grooves to its sides that they fit into was not easy to figure out and it was not obvious what I should have checked in the fit of before I wiggled it out. The angle of attack on snapping it in is not obvious either. I must have spent a half hour at it, but it seems like hours, of course. The rest was a snap. Looking to the future, I have a couple of high wall appliances that are close to the wall on the left so I might not be able to pull the cage out as easily. I think that they will come out underneath and one of them has a big exhaust fan in that wall close to where the trajectory of the cage would naturally go when pulling it out the side. We'll see. Installation location choice should be made with attention to this maneuver. Give 'er about 26 inches on the left if you can! Back to the newly cleaned appliance. Now I have to re-set that appliance on the wall because I found that the drain pigtail goes from the right side all the way to the left side within the unit before it enters the wall. Poor drainage plan, I think. Ironically, the day I got everything assembled and ready to start, the appliance to be attended to suddenly started to rain copiously all over the floor underneath it. I got into the wall to reroute the pigtail and the hose, but the hole in the wall does not line up perfectly so the pigtail has a fraction of an inch climb before it enters the wall. I want to raise the appliance a little, shift it to the left a little. I have to straighten the mounting plate a little. Due to my ham-fisted handling of it, i bent it a little. I also need to give the whole thing a slight lean to the left so it will drain more completely. Now it has a slight lean to the right. I'll have to figure out how to support it with a ladder, or install some temporary "hooks" in the wall while that is going on. The way the tubing in the wall is chosen and arranged is also suspect and I have not been into the open crawlspace yet to check the hard pipe collectors that lead to surface drains.

Oh my goodness! I can't believe you asked this question! Seriously! Two weeks ago, my feet were really sore. I realized I had been wearing the same running shoes for almost a year. I wear them 8 hours a day at work, and I'm on my feet those entire 8 hours. The grips had worn away, so i figured it was time for new runners. I searched high and low determined to find just the right pair. They had to have thick cushionie soles. I find runners these days have NO arch support like they used to. Salesclerks now point you to the Dr Scholls inserts which cost another $20+ on top of the price of the runners. Anyways, I wore the runners to work and my left foot was still sore. I just figured it was from the bad runners and would feel better soon. That night I was in bed and my foot felt 'tight'. I pulled my leg up and rubbed the bottom of my left foot and not only did I hurt myself, I felt a big lump on the tendon in the middle of my arch! first thing I thought of was cancer. LOL Next day I googled, "lump on bottom of foot" and a page full of 'planters faciitis' sites popped up. I read everything I could, then went to you tube to see what phyical therapy I could do. I bought a set of "Barefoot Science" insoles. They retail for $50 where I work, but I get a discount. They still cost more than the $25 Dr Scholls at the shoe store.... But they are the only insoles we sell that list planters faciitis as one of the things it helps. Let me tell you, step one inserts are very soft. It doesn't bother my right foot, but holy cow, my left foot gets sore. I have to force myself to walk normally, and not on the outside of my foot. What's the point of the inserts if I don't use them right? Right? I also stretch my foot whenever I remember. (like now...) I roll my foot over a can of furniture spray. LOL I need to find a decent sized tennis ball (yeah, they're all the same size, i know. figure of speech) to roll under my foot. I've only used the inserts since Friday and IMO, the lump does feel a little smaller and it hurts a lot less already. I keep forgetting to ice it. But the thought of an ice pack on the bottom of my foot..... yeah, probably not going to happen. LOL I don't see the point in seeing a doctor for this right now. I would have to go to a walk in clinic as there is a severe dr shortage in Alberta. Sit there for hours with people who are actually sick and contagious. Then have the doctor tell me he has to refer me. By the time I get the referal, my foot will be fine. thank goodness for google and you tube!