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Let’s Blog Off: Where do you get your Idea’s & Inspiration from?

Ahhh, another Tuesday and another Let’s Blog Off… which asks the question, “Where do you get ideas for creating what you do?” As is our custom, we will be linking to all those participating in this week’s Lets Blog Off at the end of the article, and if you have ever suffered a bad case […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Articles Tagged With: Blog Off, HTRC Updates April 26, 2011 By SLS

Jettisoning them bad driving habits

As a reminder, in last week’s on Money Saving Tips & Tricks – Your Vehicle article we covered items directly related to the vehicle (tracking your mileage, your tires, nitrogen, fuel , additives, etc…) & slew of the most common urban myths. I do have one item to add under the Gas portion, and that is […]

Filed Under: Tips & Tricks Tagged With: Blog Off March 29, 2011 By SLS

Are you going to use your head for more than a hat rack…?

With a title like that, what else can it be but another Let’s Blog Off? This week question or topic is “The truth of the matter is that none of us gets to where we are alone. We are the products of everywhere we have ever been and everyone we have ever known. So with […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Articles Tagged With: Blog Off March 15, 2011 By SLS

Let’s Blog Off: What kind of Legacy will you leave?

Ahhh, well here we go again, with another Let’s Blog Off, this time on what is legacy… As is our custom, we will be linking to all those participating in the week’s Lets Blog Off at the end of the article, and with such an eclectic group of bloggers and viewpoints, this ought to be […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Articles Tagged With: Blog Off March 1, 2011 By SLS

Creativity & finding the right people for your project

For many people, when one starts looking at completing a “small” remodel or addition, the question arises, whom should I bring in? Do I really need a designer, an architect, a general contractor, or… Does anyone want to guess what many of those parties will say if you ask them if you should use their […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Articles Tagged With: Blog Off January 18, 2011 By SLS

RIP: Solar Powered Attic Ventilator’s

Welcome to a new series, based on putting numerous bad building practices and so-called green myths & misconceptions to rest. While I wish I could take credit for this idea, I do have to give the credit to this week’s – Let’s Blog Off. Needless to say, it was supposed to be based on writing […]

Filed Under: Myth or Misconception Tagged With: Blog Off, radon, Roofing January 4, 2011 By SLS

Let’s Blog Off: If money were no object

Ahhh, another Tuesday and another Let’s Blog Off… “For a lot of people, this week brings with it a whole host of thoughts about money and about giving. While it is true that love and time together cannot have a price tag assigned to them, in 2010 it is assumed that objects with price tags […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Articles Tagged With: Blog Off December 21, 2010 By SLS

Let’s Blog Off: Reducing Stress for Thanksgiving

Ahhh, here we go again, another Tuesday Let’s Blog Off. This week’s Let’s Blog Off revolves around “what’s your favorite part about Thanksgiving? If you have a tradition you’d like to talk about, list some things you’re grateful for, a recipe you’d like to share or an embarrassing story you’d like to get off your […]

Filed Under: Holiday & Vacations Tagged With: Blog Off, Thanksgiving November 16, 2010 By SLS

Let’s Blog Off: Laughter really is the best medicine

Ahhh, another Tuesday, and it looks like another great Let’s Blog Off topic this week. This week’s topic revolves around the question on “What makes you laugh?” As per our custom, we will be listing all those participating at the end of this article, and I highly encourage you to check them out; as I […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Articles Tagged With: Blog Off November 2, 2010 By SLS

Let’s Blog Off: What is there to be optimistic about?

This week’s LetsBlogOff asks a relatively simple question; Is there a reason to be optimistic? When I first saw the topic earlier last week, my answer was hell yes. Here comes the weekend & I was simply going, who flipping cares & why bother? Fortunately, I did not write this article during that time, because […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Articles Tagged With: Blog Off October 19, 2010 By SLS

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