In the previous post we touched on the sanitary problems behind leaving a brick fireplace* in place after a flood. “…mortar and brick are porous. Brick may be salvageable if it is a higher...
We are now approximately seven months after Hurricane Harvey. As time goes on more and more remodeled homes are hitting the market. This certainly is the case for the neighborhood where my husband is...
Almost two weeks ago we increased our family by 25%. Whomever said babies cry softer after they are first born is flat wrong. This family came home from the hospital just before lunch time....
My husband and I agree not to do a search on Craigslist looking over each other’s shoulder. If I am the one with the keyboard and mouse we are whizzing through a page of...
Looking for your next set of appliances?* Do you have: young children grandchildren think you might have kids sometime host friends with kids imagine you might sell your home to anyone with a child...
So you are thinking about buying a house for the first (or twentieth time)? What’s on your “gotta-have-it” list? The problem is quite often the final home ends up being some sort of compromise...
After that last post we all see the cold hard cash value in living as close as possible to work. A guaranteed personal goldmine is your ticket to earlier financial independence. If you buy...
If you are like many who are on the road during rush hour between 7:30-9:00 am and 4:30-6:00 pm^ you are guaranteed to have the same drive five out of seven days of the...
It was officially 119° here in Mesa on June 20th, 2017, when I started writing this post. I could feel my legs frying as I biked my measly three miles home from work. Upon...
Right now a walk-in closet location in the master bathroom is a hot trend. It is a matter of convenience to slip right into a walk-in closet while toweling off after a shower rather...
