Hostaholic2.... By "La's" Do you mean L/A hybids? I just tried looking it up and that's all I could find. Here is a link to one: http://www.qscaping.com/NetPS-Engine.asp?CCID=20000010&page=pdpprint&PID=2734 Is this the type of lily you mean? Looking for ones that have nice stiff stems and don't get too wide. What is special about the hybrids? Trying to learn as much as I can, and right now am planning on planting some Asiatic and Orietals for blooms throughout the summer. Could I replace one of those varieties with the L/A hybrid because they don't flop as much? Thanks for you help and experience! :)

HI, I just got my order. I have never been so pleased, and I've bought a lot of lillies. You can tell they were freshly dug, amazingly healthy and a good size. Many of the clearance "small" bulbs were the same size as the much more expensive bulbs I bought last year from a larger company. And she was so nice to work with and so patient with me and my many emails. One of my $5 bulbs was the biggest bulb I've ever seen, I didn't even know that a bulb could get that big! It was almost 6" in diameter! I need to pull out my measuring tape and see how many cm around it is! I'm very very pleased and only wish I could have afforded to buy more! I sure hope you're in business next year buggycrazy because I can't wait to buy more!

I was just thinking about writing a post about some of my best finds, but it seemed a little self congratulatory, but since you asked (heh)... Craigslist and eBay are obvious but I have actually made out like a bandit on these sites. My personal favorite on eBay is the lockset discounters and faucet discounters 'stores' which are actually liquidation channels for the manufacturers of Price Pfister faucets (and hardware) and Kwikset door sets. I bought 1 faucet, 1 shower set and 1 bath drain from the Faucet discounters all for crazy cheap. Shipping is a bit steep ($10) but it's brand new sealed in box stuff that has been discontinued (or is liquidated for another reason). I bought two Kohler sinks for $45 each of eBay. They were regularly $100 at HD and I have no idea why the guy was selling them cheap, but I got 'em. I bought cabinet pulls from eBay from YourHomeSupply, and paid about $2.75 for cup pulls which seem to run $3-$5 other places (like overstock.com). On craigslist, I'm currently trying to finish a sale with a guy for 3 boxes of 6 ea. of recessed lights (these ones) for $25 per 6 pack. I've also gotten an old sink to refinish and an old dresser to turn into a vanity from CL. I found a contractor who is dumping left overs from a job for very little that I keep meaning to go check out but he's 3 hours away and our build is not yet to the point where it makes sense. In general Google shopping has been one of my best tools for getting deals. I find something I like, pop it in Google and see if I can't beat the price or get free shipping or whatever. For sinks try: M R Direct I just got ORB door knobs for $7 each from True Value (with maybe $10 shipping?) these ones here: Bronze Privacy Door Knob I also bought one of the passage ones from them. For light bulbs, I was at HD the other day and noticed they have really cheap halogen bulbs for recessed lights in contractor packs (not with the usual light bulbs) but I don't know about flood CFL bulbs. And that's about it. I will definitely be back if I think of something else, but I'm looking forward to what others have found.

Ncrealestateguy, I thought I covered the bases because I waited until my buyer's buyer had his mortgage commitment, and I waited until the inspections were done and approved, plus he didn't have a house to sell. So you are saying I should wait until my next buyer actually closes on his house? How can someone wait to go house shopping until they close on their house? Don't they have to get out? I can't imagine there are many people who can move twice by renting in between deals. I have a couple of people coming in the next few days. One of them is closing on his house in two weeks. They need a place to move to. What do I do, tell them I can't accept an offer until they actually close? Won't they then go and look for another house that they can make a deal on? I thought of offering my buyer some more money off to help him pay for remedying his situation. In fact, I expected him to ask me. But he sounded adamant that his deal was over. Maybe I'll try. I will also tell him what Kathy and others said. I got the feeling he thinks his buyer's lawyer used this to try to get more money off the price though. I bet that lawyer said, "It's a buyer's market, you can get twenty grand off for this." Someone misunderstood. It's not MY house that's in a flood zone. Live Wire, I'm not getting a mortgage. The new location is attractive because I want to move back home to my family. My mother died last year and I got terribly homesick. Yesterday, my father passed out in his apartment, woke up on the floor and was vomiting blood. I don't know how he didn't hit his head or choke to death. He's now in the hospital and I'm ten hours away. I know the area quite well because I lived there for 44 years. It's my home state. We are not getting rid of the horses because they are our life--not only my daughter's, but my husband and I ride too. It's a lifestyle for all of us and not only that, we are responsible for these animals. You guys gave me an idea though of asking the seller of the house I'm trying to buy if we could rent it while we're waiting to sell this. It's empty. Getting some money would take some of the pressure off the seller and also show him how serious we are so he would maybe give us more time to find another buyer and allow us to stay in contract. I have confidence that I'll sell it again in a timely manner. I've actually "sold" it not twice, but three times since the fall. I don't even count the first lady because that deal fell through so fast (something turned up on her credit report.) What do you guys think of that? This way I'm renting, but I'm not moving twice.