Energy Efficient Homes – Fixing house components

Creating an energy efficient home is essential nowadays in view of the escalating cost of fossil fuel ... . Clean or replace your furnace or air-conditioning filter monthly, or as recommended by your model ... the air feel cold. When shopping for new appliances, from ceiling fans to dishwasher to furnace [more...]

Date: 2008-10-06 07:04:48

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Forecast for 2009

Introduction       There are two realities "out there" now competing for verification among those who think about national affairs and make things happen. The dominant one (let's call it the Status Quo) is that our problems of finance and economy will self-correct and allow the project of a "consumer" economy to resume in "growth" mode [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 03:33:57

Selling the House

First - Remember the house I loved last post? SOLD. Two days after we viewed it. Ah well ... laden ceiling fan or crappy drywall patch escaped her notice and I wouldn't have it any other way. So if my posts for the next few weeks are about the virtues of various cleaning products or paint chips [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 02:36:00

MODERN WONDERS of an Ancient Art Part II (Jul, 1936)

You can read part I here. view additional pages MODERN WONDERS of an Ancient Art Part II By H. W ... iron for architectural purposes makes such a home both possible and practical. As a building material ... for a lifetime of service. In the past six or seven years, several types of buildings have been designed [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 04:22:08

FIRST Wild Card Tour: Heavenly Places by Kimberly Cash Tate

It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour ... had money and minded their own business. I didn’t know this for a fact, of course—that they minded their own business—but it sounded good and gave me one more reason to tick off in favor of living [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 17:44:41

My planned projects

I am hoping for the better for us all now. Since hubby last worked, I was trying to look for a part time job. I thought I could easily get back to cleaning jobs as he will be home for our daughter ... that include building a new house for us with modern facilities so that Shiela would not have a hard time [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 22:34:56

Busy as a Bee

I had been super busy since the onset of the year 2009. I feel that I didn't have enough time to prepare for the kids to start the school year ... has been piled and now it's right up to the ceiling. (exags - hehehe)... until last Sunday coz I decided ... . And so he spend time with the kids and while they're playing, he was cleaning up our living room as [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 17:09:51

The Use of a Piano Cover will Prolong the Life of Your Piano

by Chuck R Stewart Over the years piano owners have reverted to using many unusual items to cover and protect their valuable investment ... fading or darkening. Few owners have the financial resources to have their windows fitted with a special ... . Dust and grime on the wood or lacquer finish of the piano can be abrasive. Cleaning the instrument [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 08:34:50

Flip House pictures....

I mentioned a while back that we bought a new house to flip. We've been steadily working on it. It was nasty. Really nasty ... our previous ones too. It just needed a MAJOR cleaning. We've already demo'd the kitchen, removed all the cabinets, removed carpet throughout the house, torn down some walls. It already looks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 15:43:00

WELCOME TO THE VERY FIRST METAMORPHOSIS MONDAY!

It's here...the first Metamorphosis Monday! Yipee! I can't wait to see all the wonderful "Before and Afters!" I'll be sharing the exterior changes that took place at my home when I added on my screened-in porch. If you are participating in Metamorphosis Monday, please be sure to add your permalink below, and not your general blog address [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 03:00:00

Craft Space Revamp

On Friday evening I came to a sobering realization: My craft space was in serious need of some major organization! ... the building is old, and has plaster walls. So anything that goes on the walls has to be extended ... cleaning out all my big plastic boxes of supplies that I have in my craft space and in the coat [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:18:12

Spontaneous Service

It was the day after Christmas: Dec. 26, 2008. Family had come to town. We had plans of playing games. We had plans of doing a bit of shopping ... all at my in-laws for the day. They were house sitting an elderly neighbor’s home while she was gone ... , remember the Christmas we spent cleaning up an inch [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 17:33:00

It’s 2am

and I’m awake. There is something very very wrong about that. Also in the wrong column is that I’m sick with a cold now. Shit ... cleaning (which cheer with me MelissaC!) I’m going to have a service come in and help me with. I’ ... we aren’t re-doing are the floor (tile is still in great shape) and the shower/tub surround. Not in great [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 08:24:29

How To Clean Needlework

If you love to display cross stitch, embroidery and crewel work, ... stains. As always, first test a small area before trying a cleaning ... More Related Tips To Check ... here are step-by-step instructions for cleaning pieces that are in dire need of freshening [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 17:21:15

The Elevator

The Elevator By Angela Hunt (Blog, Website) Publisher: Mira Published on 2007 ISBN-13: 9780778327264 352 pages First sentence: ... and three women who ARE stuck in the elevator of a high-rise office building, and one man who risks his life ... marriage; and Isabel Suarez, a fugitive cleaning woman, has the darkest secret among them [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 19:56:23

Palin = PUMA vote?

Post- electable Obama lovers, welcome to the General Election!  Like it so far?  Awwww…I know, I know.  Grown-ups can be soooo unfair!  Riffing from MYIQ2XU post, this is what I found on Palin’s VP announcement by especially Salon.com’s poor imitation of Maureen Dowd, Rebecca Traister, who is verklempt. : Should Obama have picked Hillary? [more...]

Date: 2008-08-29 22:15:37

United Nations confidential reports released

Wikileaks Wikileaks has released 70 United Nations investigative reports classified “Strictly Confidential”. The reports expose matters from allegations of hundreds of European peace-keepers abusing refugee girls to generals in Peru using Swiss bank accounts to engage in multi-million dollar frauds against the UN [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:35:01

Silvester Week in Sauerland, Germany

My other half had often shared with me stories from his past Silvester Holiday ... service, maid cleaning service or dish washing machine. It a simply holiday break with his group ... hat room had magnificient view of the forest and a ceiling window overlooking the skies. I cannot count how ma [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:33:00

Michelle Obama, Americans Are the Change We Can Believe In

Michelle Obama Keynote Address at Democratic National Convention copyright ? 2008 Betsy L. Angert. BeThink.org I had the incredible privilege of hearing, seeing, and being with the glorious Michele Obama a few weeks ago. Near a month earlier, I listened intently to the speech she shared in Miami [more...]

Date: 2008-08-27 01:41:09

Missed us…

…by that much. On Friday, it was the coldest it has been all year (and past few months) in Atlanta ... was suffering water damage.  When I arrived and saw the multiple carpet cleaning vans and large pools ... that lead to the front of our apartment building. You can see the carpet cleaning van and vacuum [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 16:35:13

Winner Of The Nasty House Award

By Alice Chan Find out why Home Staging is a key part of the sales process in real estate. Does your home need an overhaul prior to market listing? Home Staging can bring out the best possible top value in your house. Here's how to utilize home staging and make it work for you. Copyright (c) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:19:05

Prolitec introduces programmable air sanitizer

New Programmable System is First to Continually Sanitize the Air in HVAC Ducts and Commercial, Medical and Residential Spaces Prolitec’s ARIA(TM) ... treat enclosed rooms one at a time, and their effects are temporary. A new chemical formulation ... enclosed spaces, ARIA is of keen interest to HVAC professionals for continuously cleaning the air in [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:10:43

Stephen Dorff Unloading in Chelsea

SELLER: Stephen DorffLOCATION: West 19th Street, New York, NYPRICE: $3,000,000 (maintenance and monthlies / $1,551)SIZE: 1,200 square feet (approx.), 1 bedroom, 2 bathroomsDESCRIPTION: ...Move right into this triple mint Chelsea duplex Penthouse with 800 square foot roof terrace. No detail was overlooked in this meticulous renovation.. [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 14:44:00

Of Vivian's house

Small talk: Not to be rude to post this in a post that is titled " Of Vivian's house" but this one is classic!!!!! Canto swearing ... entrance (pun intended). We were walking around the house and we went to the maid's balcony area (yes, they have maid's balcony) and we can see the house below it. That's when you'll [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 12:58:00

7 Quick Takes Friday (vol. 17)

--- 1 --- Ugh. Honestly? It hasn't been a great week. Other than some very bright spots like one dear friend cleaning my house and another bringing over some delicious homemade meals for me to keep in my freezer, it was one of those weeks where I felt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 06:00:00

is this rude?

as you know, i have lived in the south. in texas. the red river kind of south. not the south-south ... s driveway is next to my driveway. i see it when i leave. when i come home. when i go on my deck ... up into a replica of pike’s peak. at one point, he had creatively made a budweiser-duct tape-sticks [more...]

Date: 2008-08-29 20:46:45

What do YOU think about this ?

Read below….and post your comment: Child maid trafficking spreads from Africa to the United States By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI, Associated Press Writer Rukmini Callimachi, Associated Press Writer IRVINE, Calif. – Late at night, the neighbors saw a little girl at the kitchen sink of the house next door [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 04:06:27

SNOW DAZE!!!!!

It actually snowed today!!!! It was around 10:30 when the beautiful white stuff started falling. I was cleaning up after my Sunday School class and one of the kids ran in to tell ... that hangs over the bar. It has been bolted to the ceiling for 28 years! It was hand crafted and very [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 05:28:03

DC/NY Political Industrial Complex Is All Confused And Angry Over Palin

A beautiful thing happened in American politics this last week. The iron grip of the arrogant, hyper-partisan political careerists with terminal God-complexes have become confused and angry because America intruded into their little echo chamber of disaster in the form of Sarah Palin [more...]

Date: 2008-09-06 14:10:32

Because Every Office Needs a Little Sophistication

Last night, BusyDad posted this picture to Twitter with the caption "Wednesdays at work." (Go ahead, click on over and pop on back. It'll be worth it ... ergonomic mesh chairs and with a whole lot more dark wood paneling, floor-to-ceiling bookshelves [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 12:56:00

Beauty in the Dust Bunnies

This week's devotional comes from a question posed in a book that I, along with other women I know, find both inspiring and thought provoking ... to this party!) So of course, come New Year's Eve, I am still cleaning, cooking, shopping [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 13:22:11

Senseless

.fullpost{display:inline;}Everyday no one is spared by reports about children killed by preventable diseases, natural calamities, traffic accidents, ... , cleaning their surroundings, provide better environment, prevent them from playing in the streets, ensure [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 23:29:00

karma and gratitude: 6 events in 3 months

Every two weeks, since October 14, I have experienced a plumbing problem ... staff.  The shower knob was missing and not repaired until I called the building owner. I communicated that I did not have any hot water to the office and to the manager. The first time I was told to let [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 08:53:11

monday, tuesday, wednesday.

***monday*** birthday week 24/52 for madeline. every week it feels like she was born just hours before. but i hold her and she no longer fits in the space between my palm and my elbow, so it has to be that she was born months, not hours ago. doesn’t seem possible. none of this does [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 09:07:53

THE WORLD today!

———————————————————————————1. Barack Obama wins Presidential Election and becomes the 44th President of the United States starting January 20 - Hope for a Change - Yes we can -130 Million Americans, more than in any other election since 1960, voted for a change and choose Obama, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 00:33:08

Rotonda Home for Sale. House FSBO in Rotonda, Florida 33947 (USD 219,900)

Rotonda home for sale, Florida, 33947. 3/2/2 Pool Home in Rotonda West Broadmoore. Home has 3 bedrooms,2 baths, 2 car garage an a familyroom ... ,with side by side refrg, ice and water in the door, self cleaning range,microwave rangehood,dishwasher,disposal, pullout faucet, granite countertops, recessed lighting and more....All tile floors carpeted [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:35:55

Spring Cleaning Is...

Chinese New Year is approaching.. I have to clean my house! Although it's about the same weather all year round in Malaysia.. therefore, spring cleaning is...To wash all the curtains in the house..To clean the dining area and wash the cushion cover..To clean kitchen top..To scrub every car porch tile and clean the store [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 02:51:00

Monitor System Memory and Speed Up Resources with MEMORyAL

MEMORyal is a free application that allows monitoring and control of system memory and speed resources ... This freeware tool does a good job in cleaning your RAM so you can use your computer’s memory at full ... -commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 12:01:09

Spring cleaning takes a modern twist

When the Lunar New Year approaches, there’s loads to do (especially when you don’t have a maid):1. Spring clean the house For the tenth time, I question the rationale behind spring-cleaning the apartment/house a week before CNY. Why do we only take down those curtains, remove ‘em sofa covers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 07:13:53

Trapped in a Mormon Gulag

By Eric Norwood Republished with author's permission Further info at Mormon Gulag This story is about Eric Norwood's personal experiences at a ... when they employed its services in hopes of corralling their spiritually wayward son. Being kidnapped [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 17:14:26

I Hate New Jersey

It's true--I hate New Jersey. I have for years. Ironically, ... ? TRASHED. New Jersey Beyotch seemed to think that the other five of us were her cleaning ladies ... about being neat and cleaning the seat? Yeah, she had never heard it. Sooooo gross. As time went [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 03:34:37

Tracker Offices Burn Down

Tracker is a national vehicle theft recovery and tracking service. Their head office building is next door to where I live, and they used to run a 24 hour call centre from the top floor. At 2:50 am today my wife woke me to say that the building was on fire [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 03:46:00

Photography Troubleshooting: No More Bad Photos

Running into problems when taking photographs over, and over again? Here’s a handy guide that will help you troubleshoot your problems, and improve your shots all at once! Rather than stretch this out over several articles, [more...]

Date: 2008-09-03 15:00:18

Book Excerpt: Heavenly Places by Kimberly Cash Tate

It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour ... their own business. I didn’t know this for a fact, of course—that they minded their own business— [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 07:00:03

United Nations confidential reports released

Wikileaks | January 14, 2008 Wikileaks has released 70 United Nations investigative reports classified “Strictly Confidential” ... No. 0618-05), 30 Jan 2007 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: Investigation into Allegations of Mismanagement at the office in Member State 1 and Misconduct on the part of Senior Official 1 (ID [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:30:52

Can Yelling at Your Kids Be Good?

Can Yelling at Your Kids Be Good? By Lisa Belkin Anger and Stress (Illustration by Barry Falls) I never lose my temper ... my voice from shrieking about the dang clothes left all over the darn floor, well, boys do have active [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 17:55:50

Saturday's Stream

Hubby and I are in our respective spots, drinking cawfee and playing on our laptops. Typical Saturday morning. No cartoons.. ... -cleaning the airstream and getting it ready for storage. We're both kinda sad, but we knew this grand [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 14:06:00

Piano Covers Should be used to Preserve Your Instrument

By Chuck R StewartOver the years piano owners have reverted to using lots of crazy things to cover and protect their valuable investment ... do homeowners have the extra money to have their windows fitted with a special ultraviolet protective film [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 08:35:00

Villa Sembilan

Villa Sembilan is located in the heart of the fashionable and trendy Seminyak area off Jalan Laksmana, right opposite The Samaya Villas Hotel on Jalan Laksmana, near the well known La Luciola beach Cafe, Ku De Ta restaurant and The Legian Hotel. Villa Sembilan has been recently completed as a bali private villa residence and is now available for [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 03:59:54

I need a maid

Since my husband was home from work last week I wasn’t able to get a whole lot of housework done. So I have a lot of work to do today. I have a lot of dishes that need done (finally I have unfrozen pipes in the kitchen), tons and tons of laundry that needs folded, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 15:00:20

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