On Dream Homes

Looking for inspiration for your dream home? Are you ready to get started building? ... you a totally modernist style house on a realistic budget. Other plans that you can choose from are narrows, prairie styles, southern houses, colonial homes, new england plans, beach house and many [more...]

Date: 2008-08-06 17:06:00

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home plans

Hubby's ultimate goal is to be able to own a condo, a house and lot ;and a resort. Yes, he dreams big! ... Plans widely available in the internet. While I may find Contemporary house plans and French Country ... your new home highly functional for your lifestyle. They also offer pre-drawn house floor plans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 03:43:10

An Affordable Shortcut To Designing Your Dream Home

You have likely been making mental notes for years ... plans from which a builder can work: 1.Hire an architect 2.Make alterations to an existing house plan ... does not come cheap. An economical compromise is to modify existing new house plans [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 20:19:17

Christmas Isn't Christmas Without ... Spam

From back here on the frigid East Coast, I've been envying the reporters who drew pool duty for the President-elect's vacation in Hawaii, ... house. Evening plans? Uncertain. Jeff Zeleny New York Times ... sitting outside the club house. Asked how his game was going, he smiled and conceded: “I'm [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 12:31:48

Build your favorite home

New Yorkers are always being introduced to the new concept of house made since New York City become one consideration for people to build what type ... , the site offers construction of New York log homes. And customer can choose up to 100 floor plans which ... of house would be best home in this place. Usually there is a certain mode booming in that place [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 03:29:22

Review: Finding Stefanie by Susan May Warren

About the Book: When she put her dreams on hold to help run the family ranch, she never imagined they would slip out of sight ... a sprawling ranch in eastern Montana to make it the new Hollywood hot spot. Unfortunately, a house fire threatens his plans. So does opposition from his new neighbor Stefanie Noble [more...]

Date: 2008-08-13 07:43:51

New White House Sets Forth Its Agenda

New White House Sets Forth Its Agenda Posted by Terrie Soberg under: Constitution in Peril; Presidential Election 2008; Rejecting Herd Mentality ... Zero to Five Plan: The Obama-Biden comprehensive “Zero to Five” plan will provide critical support ... plan places key emphasis at early care and education for infants, which is essential for children [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 07:35:08

Local Color

I snapped these at the church before the social on Saturday night. The clouds were gorgeous, and the air smelled like rain ... websites for building plans for new old houses in the Craftsman and bungalow styles, some of which ... t turn out so well. Here is a charming brick house cue the soundtrack , complete with my beloved [more...]

Date: 2008-06-30 10:27:01

San Antonio Realty News You Can Use

From the Builder Housing Forecast:  new home starts in SA down to 8700 for ’08 ... Virginia and South Dakota exceeded Texas. Lackland AFB is gaining 363 new single-family and duplex units.  Developer plans to invest $142 million in the new housing starting this spring Randall [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:14:24

Global Bailout Linkfest

Lots of news breaking this weekend on the coordinated, global bank recapitalization and bailout. Here are a few headlines ( ... Funds (WSJ) • White House Overhauling Rescue Plan (NYT) • Despite New Policies, Worse Crisis (Barron's) • Morgan may benefit from latest Treasury plans (Marketwatch) • Fannie, Freddie to Buy $40 [more...]

Date: 2008-10-12 13:15:00

Luggage for My Travel

I just remember my three weeks vacation to England last year. It was a fantastic and memorable one ... was that I left some clothes and other stuffs in my friend's house. I was even planning to buy a Designer ... am also planning to buy a new luggage for short trips anywhere here in Europe. Usually [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 20:54:00

Modern Green “i-House”

I keep hearing that our current economic recession is going to spawn a new decade of affordable design ... the modern home affordableWee House UpdatedWee House Updated ... floor plan. With a smorgasbord of eco options available it looks like a pretty good deal. Let’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 05:03:22

Back To Basics Challenge

Here is another pic of those lovely baby ladybirds in our self-sown sunflower ... out storage plans or more long term goals and projects like plans for digging root cellarsA new op ... to us house. Below was one of the plants that benefitted from it. It is Balm of Gilead [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 22:00:00

Financial Shape in 2008: End-of-the-year report

It's nearing the end of 2008! Can you believe that? ... insurance plans and open an HSA. We were approved for our new health insurance plans in April ... ) for a house in 3-5 years. As of the beginning of November, this is also DONE!! When we listed off [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 15:46:35

Happy New Year!

Graphite Sketch of SlimIn the past few years I have come to view the holiday season as a time to take stock and be thankful for all that has occurred ... and during the past week to plan and establish some new goals.Typically this mental “cleaning house” also coincides with the physical cleaning and organizing of my desk and filing system [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 01:11:00

Interview with John Mooter, Chair of EarthSave Cincinnati

Finally it is here. President George W. Bush’s last day as President of the United States and the beginning of the newly elected Obama ... his campaign and you can feel the tension and yearning for something new in city after city. From house ... what their plans were for the Inauguration, I wanted to see how a local progressive organization felt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 09:19:14

I Say “In With The Old!”

Dolores and I visiting a historic site in Tulsa this past October. Both of us resolve to see more of them in 2009. 2009 is right around the corner. As we all make exciting plans to celebrate the new year ... , the Robie House and Unity Temple. The Pui Tak Center taught me about the history of Chinese [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 13:18:03

Obama's first plan

Obama's first plan The House Appropriations Committee introduced its version of the Obama administration's American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan of 2009 yesterday. The New York Times reports that this is expected to be in the final stimulus bill. See the Committee Chairman, Wisconsin Representative David Obey's memo here [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:16:25

Security Envelops Capital; Gates Skips Town

As the crowds descend on the National Mall to hear President-elect Barack Obama take the oath of office, ... with the TSA logo; others will go incognito. Other government agencies are trying out new security tech ... . The White House announced the plan on Monday; Pentagon spokesman told Agence France-Presse [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 15:29:57

Fed Looking at Another Rate Cut, While Treasury Has New Plan for Housing

With the benchmark Federal Funds rate already down to 1.0%, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben. S. Bernanke has only so much room for another cut (although many economists are predicting an additional half-percentage-point cut at the Dec.15-16 meeting). The Fed extended the lives of recently initiated programs ( [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 13:01:56

In a Rare Event, NJ Suspends New 2.5% Tax on Commercial Development

By Adam Smith | January 19, 2009 Democrats, the champions of New Jerseys plans to subsidize more housing construction at the expense of taxpayers ... , there is a shortage of demand because there is a huge incentive not to rehabilitate a home: wait [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 01:07:38

Megan's (Jasmine) Christmas

Megan (Jasmine....one of the Three Flowers) had a blast at Chrsitmas and Santa sure found her as you can see from the pictures ... and is at the 2yr level. We already have plans to celebrate Chinese New Year - some of our friends started ... . We got them the new play house and the girls just loved showing it off to various family members [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 05:10:00

PEBO: Stimulus Package Won't Be As Big As Some Economists Want Because of Concerns About Deficits

"Today the Congressional Budget Office announced that the deficit we are inheriting for this budget year will be $1 ... ." With that the President-elect introduced his choice to head a new position in the White House ... , of those plans." Mr. Obama was asked if his silence about Gaza because of his "one president at a time [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 17:19:27

South LA Residents Getting Affordable Housing, Better Vegetables

This Monday is the ground-breaking for a new affordable housing development in South LA, ... -floor retail space. It's not clear what the other retail will be, but at least part ... for a new grocery store in the area – plans have been announced for an innovative new mixed-use [more...]

Date: 2008-07-11 22:42:39

From the White House to Your House: Change Needed in New York City

The Indypendent’s Jaisal Noor sat down with two veteran progressive journalists to discuss the impact of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s plan to run for a third term, what might be expected from the administration of President-elect ... intense effects in New York City, which is the home of these same investment banks [more...]

Date: 2008-11-15 20:41:21

Best of the China Blogs: September 2

A daily look at what we’re reading. –Environmental authorities report that August 2008 was the best month for Beijing’s air in 10 years, ... but the question on many minds is: now what? Richard Spencer –Luxury train to nowhere: plans ... In a first, a Chinese fashion house goes to New York’s fashion week. GOLDENCHINABRANDS –A firsthand [more...]

Date: 2008-09-01 18:52:00

Also in News…

There’s been a nice slab of movie-news the last couple of days. Time to do a catch-up on those stories we may have missed ... some weight to her frame for the new “Transformers” movie Sources in the film industry said that plans ... ? Christopher Nolan talks! An international trailer for the new Anna Faris comedy “House Bunny” has hit [more...]

Date: 2008-07-18 02:38:18

The Global Economy Is Reeling - What Should Be Done?

  By CNNMoney.com staff Last Updated: September 30, 2008: 9:13 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The Senate plans to vote on the $700 billion bank rescue plan Wednesday evening - two days after the House failed to pass it. The bill adds new provisions - including raising the FDIC insurance cap from $100,000 to $250, [more...]

Date: 2008-10-01 18:38:01

U.S gets a new President, White House launches new web site & blog…

Being a Canadian, I can’t think of ever being so interested in and passionate about U.S politics as in the last 4 years; Clearly I’m not alone ... to get to where he is today, but rather what he plans on doing starting tomorrow. More specifically, I’m interested as to how President Obama will continue to leverage social media under White House [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 23:40:50

An Investment in the Future of Noe Valley

Click the image above to view the full photogallery. As it currently stands, 469 Clipper St. is probably the house that all the neighbors hate ... plans for a new home, designed by ZAK Architecture. Actually, if the 3,500 sq ft renovation is built as designed, the neighbors will probably start fuming about the "ugly modern thing" that's ruined [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 21:32:10

How To Build A House, Construction Check Off List

2565422169_b230d1ab69.jpg Ok, here we are. We have a building lot that has been cleared and pilings are set for our new “ocean style” house on pilings in Holden Beach, NC but how did we get our construction to this point? As a builder, it’ ... House plans must be submitted to county for approval and permit. Costs are around $800 If you [more...]

Date: 2008-06-10 00:40:14

Buy a New Mattress

I have a plan to buy new mattress for my guess room in my house. Now, my father and mother often stay in my home ... is absorbed by the foam and never even reaches the side of the bed. Memory foam will molds to body [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 05:34:47

Spoil Your Own Country BROWNSKI Not Ours’

Immigrants Have Taken 40% of all Homes Built in Last Decade December 4, ... European immigration since 2005. The Brown Government plans to build three million new houses in the UK ... by the Home Office. Nearly 600,000 properties have been needed to house immigrants since 1997 — [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 17:31:20

Phone calls and vacation plans

Whatever was wrong with my thumbs and hands appears to have gone back into the hole it crawled out from ... to function. I’d probably never leave the house. Drew agrees. I like to think that we’ve developed ... on what renovations to the house (new insulation, new [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 02:42:05

Inauguration Festivities Under Way In Wicomico Schools

Inauguration Festivities Under Way in Wicomico Schools, Many Learning Activities Planned for Jan ... about why new inhabitants of the White House often redecorate to best represent themselves ... more about their country's government through hands-on activities, and participate in the swearing in of a new [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 12:16:00

The Early Word: Focus on the Budget

The Early Word: Focus on the Budget By Michael Falcone (Photo: President-elect Barack Obama in his transition offices Tuesday. ( ... the possibility of “trillion-dollar deficits for years to come,” he plans to discuss budgetary issues and introduce a new White House position, chief performance officer, at a press conference in Washington [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 14:29:02

A fall wedding for Jamie Lynn Spears?

jls.jpg OK! Magazine is reporting that Jamie Lynn Spears and Casey Aldridge are working on their wedding plans ... ! The ceremony will take place at the couple’s new house in Liberty, Mississippi. With three acres ... at some luxury resort in the Caribbean or a hotel in Beverly Hills. Her own backyard with just the people [more...]

Date: 2008-07-31 11:10:57

AT&T Releases New (Still Expensive) Roaming Data Plans

Have an iPhone on AT&T and want to travel internationally without re-mortgaging your house to pay for the data roaming? You’re in luck… mostly. Engadget says the USA’s exclusive iPhone carrier has just released two new plans to help mitigate ... Given the poor marks AT&T’s network received in Wired’s survey when compared to European [more...]

Date: 2008-08-27 14:55:32

What are your New Year Plans?

My friend has a farm house in the foothills of the moutains surrounding Pune. We (friends and families) are going to his farmhouse in the evening, eat, drink and dance and then sleep over. We intend to return back in the morning. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 11:49:58

Home Again, Home Again Jiggity Jig

Ah, we’re home. I do like being home. Even though there is that whole real world adjustment thing. Unpacking. Going back to work. Sorting mail ... s the beginning of a new year. Time to make plans, get organized, make changes. Declutter the house. I SWEAR ... :Sleep Number Bed Setup Great Joy at Kacey’s House Travel Day Next Time I Get to be the Male [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 09:33:24

Boys and Toys

We have a decent amount of new friends around the blog these days, so I thought it might be time for a round-up ( ... . And of course, little houses for all of us.We're currently making plans to replace the old house ... more pleasant. Ideas have ranged from a cabin to a simple house to a park model RV to a ...Well, this is where [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 16:31:00

House Dems outline $825B recovery plan

House Democrats outlined an estimated $825 billion two-year economic recovery plan Thursday that includes about $275 billion in new tax cuts and ... for clean water, flood control and environmental restoration projects; • $54 billion for energy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:53:04

Bush On Global Warming: Decider Or Dissembler?

President George W. Bush once famously declared: “I’m the decider, and I decide what’s best ... from the White House Rose Garden to consider new climate change strategies, the president set ... . Unfortunately, the president offers no actual plan for achieving the new goal, instead calling [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 05:08:07

Obama’s Hope for our Country

Welcome to Your New America Image by Stewf via Flickr On this historic day, ... , that explains why he chose to take them onthe campaign trail that led to a new, white house and a new ... to fill my heart and light up my day. And suddenly, all my big plans for myself didn’t seem [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 11:06:55

Home Loan

When I went home for a vacation last month, I met some of my old friends again. It was so nice seeing some of them ... and distance! So we were chatting about our life, family and our plans. One friend shared how she wants to have her new house early next year. And since they are still applying for a home loan, I think the said [more...]

Date: 2008-07-31 14:06:38

OBAMA’S CARBON ULTIMATUM

Liberals pretend that only President Bush is preventing the United States from adopting some global warming "solution," ... with his climate agenda, says the Wall Street Journal. The complaint has been that the White House blocked ... bludgeon. He plans to issue an ultimatum to Congress: Either impose new taxes and limits on carbon [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 13:35:55

New White House Website Lays Out Obama Administration’s Radical Leftist Agenda: Plan Includes Commitment to “Support for the LGBT Community” and “Reproductive Choice”

From the newly remodeled WhiteHouse.gov: Filed under Civil Rights: Support for the LGBT Community “While we have come a long way since the Stonewall riots in 1969, we still have a lot of work to do. Too often, the issue of LGBT rights is exploited by those seeking to divide us. But at its core, this issue is about who we are as Americans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 22:57:14

Afternoon update 12.16.08

Facing lockdown, Assembly to vote on new budget plan – Assembly Speaker Karen Bass announced Tuesday that her house would vote late this afternoon ... , starting Feb. 1. The monthly bill for a typical home, using 850 kilowatt-hours, will rise about $12 ... casino's proposals for park – Proposals by an Indian casino for Lost Lake Park, including possibly [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 23:58:19

If U.S. Attorneys Resign When A New President Is Elected, Why Did Clinton Fire 93 Of Them?

Think Progress is in a tizzy because U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan has no plans to resign: Indeed, when a new president is elected, U.S ... off the House Post Office investigation of Ways and Means Chairman Dan Rostenkowski. The network ... mentions, with only NBC noting the Rosty angle. Only NBC’s Garrick Utley kept the old outrage, declaring [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 07:05:01

Dream House Dreaming

It’s New Year and I am so into long range planning mode now, you see as an inspiration, ... or whatsoever. I also read that even the richest man in the country loves the house and the designs inside ... house represents, it clearly defines one to the other, you’ll never get tired of looking and scanning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 01:33:01

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