Browsing the archives for the House and Home category
This year we have had so much rain, sleet and snow that my yard is nothing but mud. The mud is very slippery and I have to be very careful when I walk to the car so I don’t slip. I suppose we need this precipitation to help avoid a drought later this summer. But [...]
The forecast is for snow and sleet this weekend. I will not drive on roads with the danger of snow and ice. There is just no place I need to be that is so important that I will risk wrecking my car or getting hurt because of bad road conditions. I am heading to the [...]
Christmas is not as much fun when you don’t have any little kids in your life. There is a big part of Christmas joy in the shopping of toys for kids, for the surprise on Christmas morning to find a filled stocking and a pile of gifts under the tree, and the thrill of watching [...]
I am very paranoid about mold and mildew. I have never been tested at the doctors office but I know that I am very allergic to mold and mildew and I go after ti with a vengeance. I love bleach and use it all the time to clean around the house and to get rid [...]
Today is one of the hottest days of the year and my air conditioning is not working. It started making a funny noise yesterday and then it just quit. We don’t know who is the right repair company to call – I can’t tell who installed it in the first place and I don’t have [...]