Lawn Care
After paying TruGreen and Scott’s lawn services (at different times) to treat our lawn with unknown substances, and not being satisfied, I figured I’d try my hand at my own lawn care – here is a program referred to me Read More …
Category: Around the House
Snow Day – February 11, 2010
Yes, these are images from our house in Hurst, TX, just outside Fort Worth. Nope, not from Vermont, I promise.
Resolved: No Vehicle Purchase in 2010!
I’m not one for New Year’s resolutions. If anything is worth starting next month or next year, it’s worth starting now. Besides, I know myself well enough to know that after a few days or weeks I’m going to wonder Read More …
Fountain O’ Sparks
I found a fun activity – making a fountain of sparks in your home office. It’s fun and easy. Here are step-by-step instructions: Tools Needed: New battery for APC BackUPS 1250 crescent wrench pliers Procedure: With the old battery taken Read More …
Franklin Half Dollar Collection
I just filled in the last blank hole in my collection of uncirculated Franklin Half Dollars. I’ve been collecting coins in some capacity since I was about 10 years old. I don’t know how it started, but I remember my Read More …
Cult of Clean and the Casualties of War
I visit MSN.com several times a day to 1.) look at the red numbers at the right side of the screen signifying how much the stock market is going down, interesting and not-upsetting to me now since I have had Read More …
Shocking! (not)
Ginger was drying clothes last weekend… checked the dryness, needed to let them go longer, pushed the Start button, and… nothing! So immediately our thoughts went to the worst-case scenario: spending money (yuck!) on a dryer, and the painful process Read More …
E-mail Stewardship
I recently received an interesting e-mail, full of information about the state of the world’s economy and cultural demographics, and was asked if I could verify any of the information in it. You see, on occasion, I and others rush Read More …