Another Recession Cocktail

I had a busy weekend around the house washing windows, cleaning out gutters, shampooing carpets - and other stuff besides. Now all I have left is to get some bulbs in when we get a nice day.After I took the carpet shampooer back to Home Depot, I was ready for a stiff drink, so I stirred up another one of the recipes [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 22:28:00

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I’ll Have a Green Christmas

And by “Green Christmas” I don’t mean the kind of “green” Christmas advocated by the Heat Miser, ... to a nursery/garden center. Give an act of service: Offer gutter cleaning, house repair, or pet [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 19:55:28

Kyle’s Coupons: I Need Some Frugal Help, Please!

My wife and I are having some problems around the house and my “honey-do” list is getting really long ... this Fall. At my local home improvement store, I have seen a bunch of different gutter guards ... up in the rain gutters? After all, I don’t want to be out on my ladder cleaning the gutters every Sunday once [more...]

Date: 2008-08-20 11:00:00

Village waiting for electricity

By ALLISON WOOD Staff Writer As power crews worked to restore electricity throughout the county on Tuesday, ... from her refrigerator and cleaning up her backyard. She, like everyone else, lost power on Sunday ... just down the street and her brother’s house next door received gutter damage from a swaying tree. “ [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 07:04:38

Jim’s Mowing so successful, don’t need new customers!

Having moved into the new house we are slowly getting around to setting up all of those regular things that need doing and I flatly refuse to do.   Look my time is valuable, I work all week and generally these tasks take me double the time of a professional.  Things like cleaning the gutters out, hydro bathing Baxter and of course the big [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 02:32:32

De-cluttering in 2009

There's too much stuff in the world. Too much clutter. My closet, my fridge, my desk, the gutter, Target on the weekend, Macy's at Xmas, my parents' storage shed, and this blog. So, I'm cleaning house a bit. I hope you like it. Next stop, that darned [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 09:20:25

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