Part 2 – Getting ready for the Holiday’s While most of us love the holiday season, we can easily do without the crowds, the commercialism, and the associated pressures. While we have some of these items listed in our Monthly Maintenance Checklists, we designed the following Holiday Checklist specifically to help you organize your life […]
De-cluttering your home – Getting ready for the Holiday’s
Part 1 – Getting ready for the Holiday’s It’s that time of year, in a few days many of us will be celebrating Veteran’s Day, followed by Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years while others may be celebrating Hanukkah or Kwanzaa. As if travelling to visit family or having family come visit you was not stressful […]
Composting Leaves – a quick guide
In the November Monthly Home Maintenance Checklist, we recommended composting your leaves instead of simply disposing of them. Why, wouldn’t it be easier to just rake them up and either burn them, or just bag them and send them off to the landfill? Well, not really, when you think about, besides you do not get […]
November – Monthly Home Maintenance Checklist
Welcome to the last full month of fall. Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years are just around the corner and most of us have probably gone from looking forward to the leaves changing colors to hoping they will just hurry up and fall off already. For most everyone here, the gardening days are now going on […]
A quick, easy, and safe way to clean your gutters
Ahhh autumn time, the leaves are changing colors, it is getting cooler, and the Holidays are just around the corner. While that all sounds nice, the flip side is – it’s cold, the leaves are everywhere including in the gutters which I just cleaned out last month, it’s about to rain, and we still need […]
Everything we owned…
“Everything we own…” was lost during a simple trip to a grocery store for a Vinemont family this last Tuesday. The culprit? The fire appears to have been started by an electric heater located in their living room. Unfortunately, we will be hearing or seeing more of these types of stories as winter starts to show itself. According […]
Building and Remodeling is it a Commodity?
Most homeowners and even some builders believe that there is a “going rate” that applies to building houses, remodeling bathrooms, installing flooring, etc… Homeowners, governments and business are encouraged or in some cases required to get three bids – assuming that the workmanship and quality will be the same. Is this the case; are the building and […]
In case you missed it; October is National Energy Awareness Month & a quick primer on the Energy Tax Credit
Ok, I admit it, I had no clue and this is its 22nd year of it being observed. Obviously though I am not the only one, as one site that lists all the different “National Fill in the Blank Month’s” has over 30 listings just for October and not one of them is about energy. […]
About Time: Truth about endorsements required for bloggers
Well ok, its effective December 1st – but the FTC has now come out with guidelines governing paid endorsements made by bloggers and others (FTC article & link below). Personally, I think this is a good idea and in some ways, I am glad to see it arrive. The other part of me worries about […]
Granite – Maintenance, Upkeep and a Geiger Counter?
Besides laminates, granite is one of the most popular materials around for countertops. What isn’t there to love about it? It is a durable product that can last for centuries. It can easily handle a hot pan being placed on it. It does not chip or scratch easily, and no one else will have one […]
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