Lifestyle - 15 Inspiring Glimpses into the Future of Green Housing

What does a 21st century home look like? ... Building Materials. And to think we used the phrase "house of straw" to mean impermanent. I can't see this strawbale-packed house from Earthflow Design Works (complete with pervious concrete driveway [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 11:00:00

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Crystal ballin’ 2009

‘Tis the season, and it’s hard to resist. As I watched the usual ‘psychics’ on TV make their predictions for the year, ... to the restoration of an old folks’ home. I am turning 58 this year and my house could use a new paint job [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 12:25:42

Looking For a Unique Feel For The Old Fashioned Kitchen Area

Individuals who love cooking and eating their meals indoors, the kitchen is in all likelihood essential and as the kitchen in your house is used most ... to get huge costs when this happens. In the U.S. most people often remodel their kitchens as part [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 07:04:29

Easy Tips For Crate Training Your Bird Dog

People who own hunting dogs seldom treat their dogs like the tools (that they were intended to be) ... to ruin your furniture, it’s not appropriate for them to use the house as a bathroom and of course [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:59:13

Weather is king of the world

Dark-eyed junco, yesterday Naughty: 54, ... unused at Pease One Hampton resident is stlll heating her house with the fireplace and using ... the Seacoast leading up to Christmas Day. Power restoration crews race with next storm Nice [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 12:00:50

January Means Summer Plans are Being Made

I have a vacation club that I inherited, and we've been doing Florida a lot lately. I'm itching to go to a few different places though ... Banks a few times, and it's a nice place. My aunt used to have a house in Duck, and I visited [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 02:50:54

we hope they have the internets in michigan

all of blogtopia and yes, we coined that phrase, is agog (but not necessarily surprised) ... foreclosure lists. cbsmarketwatch: the michigan gop has announced plans to use a list of housing ... , michigan, has announced plans to assign "election challengers" to polling places to question [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 22:51:08

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

On Tuesday

Good Morning!  Some random thoughts this morning....... It's all of 1 degree this morning, which - after our cold spell - feels balmy ... go so well My computer is bogged down I need to dedicate a week to cleaning up the photos and files Did ... still not used to sleeping on that side of the house Mark woke up at 3:00 like clockwork last night [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 12:21:56

Using Eminent Domain To Acquire Mortgages Would Be Reckless And Dangerous

Just when I think that the bailout plans couldn’t get any wackier, along comes this gem proposed by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition to the House Financial Services yesterday- they propose using eminent domain to buy loans to modify them. Here’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:01:57

Churches Filing for Chapter 11: Bad for Banks, Bad for God

I have a couple comments on this article: First, I find interesting the commentary about how churches have overbuilt their assets since the 90’s ... is a function of the number of similar properties. There are LOTS of houses in a neighborhood so using [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 21:21:58

Make Every Inch Count, but Leave Room for 30 Buddhas

Efficiency. Not a word that usually makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside ... , since the Gottfrieds’ restoration of their 1915 Craftsman home elevated the house’s status ... is the like-minded program of Build It Green.) In a recent house tour, David showcased the home’s efficient use [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 04:54:38

Fiber Cement and Polycarbonate by Christopher Megowan

Posted here before, Christopher Megowan's modern annex is an addition to a Victorian home used for student housing ... living area as well as more bedrooms. Usually the older homes are torn down and replaced by apartment [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 13:05:18

George Washington's boyhood home uncovered

Archeologists in Virginia made a timely announcement yesterday that they have located the remains of George Washington's boyhood home on a plot of ... . Most of the house's wood was gone, apparently either used as fuel or reused for other buildings ... of George Washington's Boyhood Home at Ferry Farm, 113-acre National Historic Site. A recreation [more...]

Date: 2008-07-03 18:16:35

Ask Patty's Female Friendly Blog Carnival: July 16, 2008

Welcome to the AskPatty Blog Carnival, where we provide a refreshing assortment of female friendly news and interesting automotive tidbits from ... . Ecofriendlyhouse Environmentally conscious Melonie and Rich Jorgensen live in a straw bale house, use solar [more...]

Date: 2008-07-17 02:19:36

Aran Knitting Questions 1

1/12th scale Aran knitting for a dolls house using pure new wool 1. Why do Aran patterns need more wool than other patterns? ... or acrylic (see photo below), as the finished Aran design is clearer and they are not concerned [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 07:49:01

Harkin talks economy, expresses gratitude

Harkin said he has met a number of Republicans who are planning to vote for Democrats this year ... .  You have invested in me a lot of seniority in the United States Senate.”  He said he plans to use ... and Technology committee” in the U.S. House.  “Al Gore [more...]

Date: 2008-10-05 02:25:00

Contrarian Investing: Is it Time to Buy Ford Motor Co. (F) at the Bottom?

Shares in Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) now trade for roughly the cost of a gallon of diesel. Is this the time to load up on F stock? ... who no longer can refinance or use their houses as ATMs to buy new cars and at the same time. Then, you’ [more...]

Date: 2008-08-28 20:46:57

Kishore Kumar, Unravelled.

iView Author: Kaustubh Pingle (Pune, India) Email: kcpingle@gmail ... with his own thoughts, mostly musical in nature. In the childhood, he used to run away from his house ... and peaceful. Even in his Juhu Bungalow, especially in the 60’s when he was tired of his acting [more...]

Date: 2008-10-13 11:30:59

Wow, An Inauguration Is Expensive And Stuff

Couldn’t we better spend this money somewhere else? ... her disgust to the White House. “The money could be used for other things. I don’t resent anyone who goes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 23:32:54

Simplifying versus Stewardship?

  Photo by sporkist   It can be painful to let go of things that you paid good money for, that still have some use left in them, ... under the house. What would you suggest for our situation? By the way, we have two children [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 07:53:34

Family Emergency Plans.. DO you have one?

What sort of help do you need for your food storage? Do you need help deciding what to get,how much or how to use it? ... the stake presidency. In any non-Church agency requests the use of the meeting house, approval [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 14:00:00

Frustrated with my Mom

I'm looking for outside opinions here. I'm getting older, and I'm moving out of the house this next summer as I transition to grad school. As such, my Mom is an adult who can do whatever she wants. I have no right to tell her what to. Still, I get frustrated. Outside of cleaning around the house, all she does is watch TV. She used [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 04:50:40

Field Trip to DearMYRTLE's house 24 Jan 2009

Hello everyone! This Saturday, 24 January 2009 is DearMYRTLE's Salt Lake Study Group's scheduled FIELD TRIP. At your request, the destination will be DearMYRTLE’s new house. You'll see the equipment I use ... and 13th East. My daughter Carrie will guide the caravan down to my house since she knows the way [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 23:07:25

Straight Outta Da Bunghole

Near daily discoveries in the field of wine science now elucidate once mysterious wine conundrums, ... in, he’s a hard house guest to eject.  Judicious sulfide use, complete fermentation to dryness, low [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 16:00:11

9 Ways Twitter Can Help in the Real World

We already know the networking and business benefits of using Twitter ... Warnings About to leave the house? Check those local twitter warnings to see if anything bad is going ... for a conference? Book one with a Twitter friend (or stay at their house). Don’t have anyone to go skiing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 15:52:06

Ten for Tuesday (January 20, 2009)

Hard to believe it’s Tuesday already. The three-day weekend threw me off. I completely forgot about updating the Blog of the Week. Oops ... that deferred interest payment plans have been banned. I have used these types of financing plans ... . In my house, coffee filters have ONE purpose…coffee making! 6. Larry Winget can fix America! 7. Brian [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 17:02:25

Glossy White Kitchen Design Trend

When Japanese people create innovations in dark kitchen designs, Aussies go in different direction ... it isn’t as new it mostly was used in modern house designs and mostly combined with black color [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:33:27

Thankful ThursdayJanuary 15, 2009

This week lots has happened and we have been extremely busy ... work on the house, and we all survived, so far, lol…. No really it has been pretty good the boys took a few nights to get use to sleeping at my parents house but they slept all night last night [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 12:00:05

Things you should know about Natural mold removers

Almost all new home owners have experienced that brand new house fragrance. One of the best reasons to buy a new house is to start new memories ... earth while using these mold cleaners. Could you believe that rust remover will take care of rust ... as well. Many people experience mold growth in their home and now are finding [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 20:19:41

Low-Sugar Treats: Orange Chocolate Muffins

Being a mother of a 6 year old, we often have full house ... have gotten used to ringing once and then just coming in. I cannot tell you how many times I have jumped [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 20:10:00

Sourcing low cost logo designs - PART 1

Now you’ve got a business name and bagged the URL you’ll need a great logo ... Nuvo were too busy for our next logo. So, we used a much bigger logo design  house - NetMen Corp ... for our E20portal.com logo, however for our new Aware Monitoring service logo we used 99Design’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 11:10:03

Spinning the Globe

announced the plan to begin a 5 year trip to circumnavigate the Earth by sailboat - and to make use of Google Earth in many ways ... our house and our boat will be our main home starting sometime next year. We had previously owned a nice ... the battery systems when solar power can't keep up. See specifications including floor plans. The boat [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 13:45:18

A Goldish Touch

#fullpost{display:inline;}As is pretty clear from the header above, the name of this blog is SerandEz ... women's headbands. She had lots of accessories around the house to get started with, used her creativity [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 21:48:00

Gift cards: The gift that isn’t really

I wish you could see the huge stack of unused gift cards I have in my drawer, many of which are for massages and other spa services ... , in his house that he’d received as a present and never used. We decided to use it to take some friends out to dinner who’d helped us with the funeral. Well the gift card was kind of old and the steak house [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 13:11:17

50% Hike in Gas Tax Pushed

From Philly.com:A 50 percent increase in gasoline and diesel-fuel taxes is being urged by a federal commission to finance highway construction and repair until the government devises another way for motorists to pay for using public roads.The ... they lost control of the House and Senate in the 1994 elections.President-elect Barack Obama [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 01:13:00

GOOGLE EARTH->The Latest Islamofacist Propaganda Tool

Isn't technology grand? When my cousin Ben (yes I really have a Cousin Ben who used to be a spy) introduced me to Google Earth it was a fun toy. I looked at my house from the sky friends houses etc. I soon lost interest and have used it rarely since except as a tool, [more...]

Date: 2008-06-26 18:33:39

Not Repeating The Past

Not Repeating The Past January 20th, 2009 Filed under: Emotional Me, Grandma Rulez, Baby Talk, Just Me, Parenting Perspectives, ... for me if I ignore it long enough. After being used and left dirty all over the house, bottles will magically pop [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 05:08:08

The Benefits of Bamboo Floor

Nowadays, more and more people are beginning to appreciate the beauty of using bamboo floors ... can easily be housed with different types of insects mostly because it can absorb mold, mildew, and moisture [more...]

Date: 2008-07-05 02:17:29

The Lazy Perfectionist

I mistreated my shower. We don't have a window and I had this fabric that I used in my dining room in our old house ... of what I do is simply good enough--my cleaning, my cooking, my hair, proofreading my blog. I only [more...]

Date: 2008-07-14 04:00:00

8 Ways to Green Your Inauguration

The Presidential Inauguration is estimated to be one for the history books ... campaign sign lying around the house? Try using it as the backboard to advertise your upcoming [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 07:01:45

Saving mother earth by using Black mold cleaners

When purchasing a new house one of the best things about it is having that smell of a new home when you walk in ... that are turning some heads as well. Many people experience mold growth in their home and now are finding out that these toxic black mold cleaner are destroying their mold problem without posing any threat [more...]

Date: 2008-12-25 15:49:09

Somewhat Recent Script Reviews

Hey guys,Below are highlights of sorta recent TriggerStreet reviews of mine.Hope you enjoy them ... was worse than the monster, and used the monster's access to houses to play pranks on his friends [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 05:00:00

One tiny apartment, dozens of rooms

Hong Kong architect Gary Chang has renovated his tiny apartment four times since he's owned it ... . Chang's Suitcase House uses many of the same principles as his apartment. (link) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:52:34

Local Market Observations!

What do you see in your housing market this weekend? Speculation? “Peter - not his real name - had his dream. Five years ago, he and his wife sold their bungalow in south-west England for £270,000. They used half of the proceeds to buy a house in Britain for their two sons, and reserved half [more...]

Date: 2008-07-26 17:38:19

Toxic Housing

Toxic Housing "Black Mold" is a term commonly used to describe a slimy, greenish-black substance which can result in serious... [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 14:23:41

The Photensity: PV, Solar Thermal, and Light Bulb All In One

BrightPhase Energy, a Denver-based startup, has created the solar equivalent of a one-man-band: The Photensity ... . Secondly, thin fluid-filled pipes absorb thermal energy which can be used to heat a house’s water [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 20:34:18

The Photensity: PV, solar thermal, and light bulb all in one

BrightPhase Energy, a Denver-based start-up, has created the solar equivalent of a one-man-band: The Photensity ... . Secondly, thin fluid-filled pipes absorb thermal energy which can be used to heat a house's water [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 20:34:18

Update on UK registrar: Argument that equates a Christians belief in marriage to be between opposite sexes to Terrorism wins in the UK for now..

Update on Lillian Ladele that I reported on earlier at: What do these three black women have in common and what does Obama have to do with it? Religious rights trump gay rights vs Gay rights should not be used to harass people of Religious beliefs? UK: House of Lords recognizes dangers of hate laws to free speech and religious liberty [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 16:01:00

2009 Sales Compensation Trends Survey

I recently talked about a few salary and incentive compensation surveys, ... solution such as a spread sheet or data base and that 29% use a custom in-house solution to administer [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 06:02:31

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