What lies beneath? - 07/31/11 08:20 PM
What lies beneath? No I’m not referring to the movie were Harrison Ford plays the adulterous, murderous husband. I’m referring to the crawlspace your house is sitting on. Most people have no idea what’s going on in their crawlspace. They’ve never been down there and have no intentions of going down there.
Now stop and think about this. The crawlspace is the area between the ground and the first floor of your house. The air quality in your crawlspace affects the air quality in your house. The very supports that your house is built upon are in your crawlspace. Now take … (9 comments)

What a drag. Active Rain’s not responding again. - 07/31/11 09:09 AM
What a drag. Active Rain’s not responding again. It was about 4:20 this morning when I posted my 10th comment for the day that it happened, Active Rain stopped responding. It was terrible; I was having so much fun. I had just commented on Susan Neal’s post: Speechless Sunday: Nighttime visitor in Fair Oaks CA 
So what are you left to do at 4:30 in the morning when AR gives up on you? Well, you throw together a quick post worth 225 points, and then you turn off your laptop and go to sleep. On Active Rain even a disappointment can be … (18 comments)

Be careful or the bears may get you! - 07/28/11 10:46 AM
Be careful or the bears may get you! My daughter in law has been warning son and their kids to be careful when approaching the woods because of the rising bear population. I’ve been telling my children to be very careful when walking down the road as we live in a wooded area and we have a large bear population.
Well, my daughter-in-law, her husband and the kids were picking berries in the back yard when she heard a too familiar sound. She told my son and instructed the children to walk, not run slowly back into the house. My son … (28 comments)

Do you feel like you’re going over the edge? - 07/21/11 12:39 PM
Do you feel like you’re going over the edge? I hear that there are no jobs out there. Real Estate isn’t selling. Builders aren’t building and those who did are sitting on their homes. Contractors are working for less than before or not at all. Home inspectors have given up and left the field. So, do you feel like you’re going over the edge?

Despite all the bad news in the media these days I firmly believe that the sky is not falling. I’ve found that persistence does pan out in the long run. Look for a special niche in … (18 comments)