The bed bug situation has gotten out of control. I rented out my house for a year when my sister’s husband died and moved in with her, long story. I could only stand it for 4 months. Rented a 1 bdrm apt for 8 months till my tenant’s lease ran out. When I took posession of my house it was loaded with bedbugs. We are talking 4 double hand fulls of the things in one bedroom. I paid an exterminator almost ,000.00 total and was still having to call him back to exterminate again. I personally think this is a racket and we are being bilked money. They spray and within 30 days you are calling and asking them to come again. The trouble with that is that it was getting increasingly more difficult to get an appointment because the damned bug is everywhere. So I started doing Research. Do bedbugs drink like a cockroach? No, they absorb moisture out of the air. A dehumidifier will inhibit them somewhat. Then I found FOOD GRADE DIATOMACEOUS EARTH. It is an off white powder, kinda looks like boric acid but, not the same thing. Diatomaceous Earth totally sucks the life right out the little buggers. Totally dehydrates them completely.
After the exterminator told me they were all gone. I moved back in my house, only to find out that we still had them. Needless to say the fight was now on. I put double sided sticky tape on all legs of the furniture. I ordered the bedbug interceptor cups and put under every bed leg and coated the legs of the bed with vaseline so they couldn’t climb up. I had already encased every mattress and box springs in heavy plastic, just in case, I am very glad I did. I have had up to 27 bites on me at one time. Since one bedbug will bite you in three places every time unless interrupted (Breakfast, lunch, and dinner) That means 9 of them were on me at one time. This freaked me out and I got mad.
The Diatomaceous earth will make your house a mess, dry your feet out and etc. But it is well worth it. I got mine in a huge bag for .00 at "The Dog works" at 195 thurman avenue, columbus ohio. Phone 614-449-0045. It is totally organic, safe for pets and children, safe to use except you might get burning of the eyes and cough a little but, Hell, I don’t care the damned things are gone. Need me, email me sherrybrobst@ymail.com

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I moved from Minnesota to Florida and am living in a furnished condo until my lease runs out at my apartment in MN where my boyfriend is currently living. We will be selling most of our stuff, but we really want to keep our bed. It was very expensive and I just can’t part with it and most likely will not get any money for it.
Can anyone recommend a service that can ship just one item to my current residence in FL?

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Is the Sleep Number bed worth all of that money? Or is it more of a gimmick?

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The pull out bed in my couch isn’t very comfortable. Would a foam mattress topper help? Or should I not waste the money?

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I’m taking a domestic Delta flight. They charge 23 dollars for the first checked bag so I don’t want to check anything in…

Can I bring a rolled up sleeping bag with me in addition to a luggage bag?

I can put the sleeping bag under the seat and the luggage bag in the overhead compartment. This makes perfect sense to me but you know how nit-picky the airlines are, always trying to make money off of technicalities…

So, has anyone had experience with this?

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I need to buy a bed – I have looked at the Sleep Number, and I like the Sweet sleeper from the Sheraton hotels. It is such a big purchase, I would really like some advice – I am willling to spend the money if it is worth it!

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I bought evenflo comfort select dual electric breastpump about 2 ago and now the suction is not working properly i have checked that everything on the pump is on correctly but i cant even pump 1oz i’m planning on giving evenflo co. a call but i don’t have the receipt has anyone gone through this will they still refund my money.

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A. I Mac Computer (2,500.00)
B. Sleep number bed (2,500.00)

What else should I do with the money?

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I live in a 3 rood apartment with very high ceilings. We have a central electric air conditioner. I was just wondering what way would save us more money. What we have been doing is turning off the air during the day when we are not home and turning it on when we go to bed. The problem is that the apartment gets up to 86 degrees F. sometimes. We usually cool it to 75-78. My question is it cheaper to do that or to leave it at a consant 75-78 degrees. Because someone told me that it takes more energy for it to bring the tempture down from the 80′s to 75 then it does keeping the air at a consant tempture. What way would be cheaper for us to do?

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We left for our honeymoon and was gone for 2 weeks, came home and poof, our house is infested with bed bugs and we don’t have money to spend on a terminator. Any suggestions please. We have tried bug bombing the house and it did not work.

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