Well, I got one for five dollars, so he can’t complain about that I get myself in trouble when it comes to shopping. My husband and I went to a marriage conference a few years ago, and one of the sessions was on finances. They speaker mentioned that there is usually one spender and one…

I knew that there were some problems with the hot water heater, although I didn’t expect the heating plus plumbing company to tell me that it needed to be upgraded. More importantly, the same model was not available plus I had to change. There really wasn’t a lot of room for a larger hot water…

My neighbor and I had plans to go camping last summer. The plan was to work all of July and August, then we’d head out for the trip in October. My friend and I love going on such trips in October when the crowds have left. There is a state park in the next state…

It is getting down to the nitty gritty for me as my stomach keeps growling and telling me to dump some food in it soon. Today I will make a large salad for myself and also scrub the floors with my vacuum cleaner and mop. It is Thursday and I am feeling great about this…

For a week or so, I knew I would have to leave my home alone. I wanted to have a housesitter though, because not only do I have pets that needed to be taken care of, but I also didn’t live in the best neighborhood, and so I felt a lot more comfortable with the…

My hubby plus I just got a current boiler, plus wow, has it made a difference in the temperature of our house. Our seasoned boiler started having trouble about six months ago, plus we knew that it would not be long before we would have to get a current one. One of my hubby’s best…

I believe a contemporary look will work well and to be honest, any other furniture would also work for his apartment because the aged stuff needed to go away I surprised my brother Max with a more current home office set for his birthday! Max was so blown away by the gift that he is…

When summer began, my friend requested I visit her to help her house-sit. They had just bought a property with her partner, and since her partner would be away for work for the entire summer, I was keeping her company. I thought summer in my hometown was hot until I moved to their place. When…

A few years ago, I needed some new interior design ideas for my old home. I wanted to do a total makeover for my home office and kitchen, however my sofas were old, and I had outgrown my wooden table and my kitchen area just needed a replacement. After spending some time in a rustic…

Abby was at a beach house for the elderly last week. They were having some difficulties with the Heating, Ventilation & A/C system. She was just about finished with the Heating, Ventilation & A/C system when two older gentlemen approached. They asked if they could talk about the Heating, Ventilation & A/C bill before Abby…

Late at night as I am kneeling in bed trying to sleep I can hear the scratching of pet paws above my ceiling! At first I did not know what critters they were, plus if they were on top of the roof or in the crawl space beneath it! There was no great answer to…

The room looked like it had not been cleaned in a month. My spouse plus I took a vacation plus my enjoyable friend and I traveled to the mountainous region of the state. It took 5 hours to travel to our endpoint. When my enjoyable friend and I arrived, my enjoyable friend and I were…

We made it through the craziest part of the Carnaval celebration, but there are still two more days to go before we get back to normal in this town. People come from all over the world for the ten day celebration here and a lot of the locals get tired of all of the chaos…

So, my fine friend and I did not have air conditioning for the entire rest of the trip which was seven more hours, however everyone was tepid as well as angry. Family getaways can be a lot of fun, however they can also be quite testing of one’s patience. When I was younger, my family…

The last round of storms that hit our part was entirely brutal, and rain fell at a rate of two inches per hour as well as the winds gusted to seventy five miles per hour. When morning broke the mess that this left behind was pretty intense. When I headed outside to try as well…

We have been slammed in this village with crazy partiers from all over the world. I think the population in Sitges, the village I live in, is normally about 20,000 people. But last night there must have been about 60,000 people & the village was totally crazy. Anyway, let’sget back to the talk about smart…

Summer is almost here and my fantastic friend and I are still in the month of February. I’m not sure if this is part of global warming or if it is just an early Spring, however it seems like it is much too warm already for the month of February. I know it could just…

It’s been roughly 2 years since I came to my current town for work, but i always thought I’d live in the same town I was born in for the rest of my life. My whole family plus all of my friends were there, so it made sense to want to remain there forever. But,…

I have a very old hot water boiler in my basement that takes care of all of my heating. And recently I had a major issue with it. This was totally predictable to be completely honest because it is so old, but the boiler had a leak that was starting to cause a major flood…