Tina | August 17, 2010
Guest post by Jewel Cole Usually on Mondays, I have to take my daughters to cheer leading practice. Sometimes it is a bit harder to juggle their sporting events and my work life, but normally, I have to use a calender to keep up. One thing I must remember to do at all times is [...]
Tina | August 3, 2010
One day I’ll be able to live in the kind of home with the furnishings of my dreams. I really didn’t think that it would take as long as it has to just get to where I currently am around the place. I’m grateful that my parents allowed me to take as much as I [...]
Tina | July 25, 2010
One of the things that I find most telling about the economy is how many homes have signposts in their yards that advertise that they use some kind of home security system to deter burglars. As more and more people are losing their jobs and falling off of the unemployment benefits roster, more and more people [...]
Tina | July 24, 2010
Yet another day of extreme heat today. I was hoping that this weekend was going to bring us some decent weather for once. I have a lot to do outside, but the heat just makes me crazy and I’m so sick of it. I usually adore the summer months but I have to tell you [...]
Tina | July 24, 2010
I can’t believe that I let such a pile build up in my bedroom of junk, like old newspapers, magazines, the local yellowpages, old expired coupons and the like. I’m glad though that I do recycle and that all of these are paper products that can be recycled when I go into the part of [...]
Tina | July 12, 2010
My poor vegetable garden has been looking so pitiful lately since we have had any rain in so long. I do once in a while take the garden hose to it, but I really can’t afford a huge water bill. The whole point of planting a vegetable garden was to save money on my grocery [...]
Tina | July 9, 2010
My hubby and I have always enjoyed watching the birds in our backyard. I can remember one year we video taped an owl that was perched on our bird feeder – he was there for a good ten minutes or more, hunting mice. We especially get excited when we see a bluebird; we don’t see them very [...]
Tina | July 6, 2010
It is good to see that rain barrels are coming back in style. These rain water barrels help in so many ways and with so much emphasise on going and becoming as “Green” as possible, rain harvestings is a wonderful concept. We are now hearing that we are entering a drought and the restrictions are [...]
Tina | June 30, 2010
I was thinking about buying some Subway tiles and painting some pretty flowers on them and use them as Christmas presents this year. A few years ago my mother-in-law decided to buy some new tiles from a local home improvement store to use as a back-splash all around her kitchen. She asked me to paint strawberries [...]
Tina | June 22, 2010
This is a guest post written by Carmella Borkholder. When I moved to my neighborhood over a year ago I was impressed with how everyone welcomed me. Within the first two weeks I was invited to a neighborhood watch meeting and I knew I had to attend. At the meeting everyone offered up new suggestions [...]
Tina | June 15, 2010
It looks as if the same birds that built a nest in our garage last summer have returned to build another nest this year. That is most annoying to me because I don’t like leaving the garage door open all of the time. But I don’t want to prevent the birds from reaching their nest, [...]
Tina | June 15, 2010
This guest blog compliments of Hugh Vallecillo. If you have been thinking about remodeling your kitchen, but are worried about the cost than you should consider getting your cabinets refaced. When my wife and I were completing a kitchen remodel recently we knew that the ceramic flooring was going to run over budget and there [...]
Tina | June 2, 2010
Sue’s moving to a new townhouse next month. She’s renting it with the option to buy. The townhouse is in pretty good shape, but she wants to personalize it by installing a really unique ecco mailbox. One of her hobbies is decorative painting, so she is thinking about buying either a Victorian style ecco v6 [...]
Tina | May 27, 2010
Guest post by Linda Bradshaw When my hubby was injured in my car accident in 2007, I tried to get my mortage company for our house in New England that we were trying to sell to grant me a hardship forebearance. Since he wasn’t able to work due to my injuries, I was hopeful to [...]
Tina | May 20, 2010
Well, I decided to just keep the new home page for a while and see what interesting stories pop up. I did see a link to an interesting advice video about caring for washers and dryers. I’m going to show it to my hubby and suggest that he do what the video is advising! Might [...]
Tina | April 27, 2010
I recently met a woman who has an “off the grid” type of house. She’s a very nice lady, and she invited me to join her for tea at her place. I didn’t realize when I accepted the offer the type of house she had – it was a complete surprise to me. She lived [...]
Tina | April 2, 2010
Erica was telling me that she spent last weekend with her new boyfriend Ray at his weekend cottage. She said that he had a wonderful Swim Spa in a room off of the master bedroom that was amazing. She said that in addition to having the traditional water jets that give you bubbles and a massage, [...]
Tina | March 28, 2010
My niece had a baby just two days before Christmas. What a cutie pie she is! I’m worried about them because they have to move out of the house that they have been living in. She has already been looking for another place to live for the past four months, but hasn’t been able to [...]
Tina | March 28, 2010
Sometimes I worry that I keep too many things from my past. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not such a big hoarder that I’d show up on those hoarder television shows! But I am, admittedly, a packrat. I just find it difficult to let go of things that I’ve owned. I don’t understand how I [...]
Tina | March 28, 2010
Several years ago I bought a Rubbermaid storage shed for our back yard. I asked my hubby to install it on a bed of gravel. But he decided that he’d just put it on the ground. As a result all of the shelves that I try to put on the walls keep falling down. When [...]
