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Is It Time To Plan A Yard Sale?

The current economic climate is casting a pall over family finances, but there is one surefire way you can pull in some much needed cash while clearing your home of

Home Tips

A Child’s Bedroom: Imagine The Possibilities!

A child’s bedroom can be a disaster area or it can be well organized with everything put in its place. Our children’s bedrooms are smack in the middle of those

Home Tips

You Can Save Money On Home Appliances

Ask most any homeowner what are some of the most important attributes of their home’s interior and you’ll get comments such as, “the vaulted ceilings in the living room” or

Commentary

Why Your Local Business Closed Shop

Two years ago we purchased a pair of well made bicycles for our children, choosing to give our business to a local bike shop. Previously, we had made the mistake

Home Financing

Your Mortgage Options? Never Better!

My, oh my how quickly things can change. No, the economy is still in the doldrums and with Congress and our new president on an unprecedented spending spree, there is

Achieving Success

Achieving Success BLOG

BLOG postings: (link to Achieving Success BLOG for PDF downloads) Execute Success: The Evaluation Process I saw a fleet of fishing boats . . . I flew down almost touching

Home Tips

You Can Choose A Polyethylene Shed!

I must admit that I am smitten. Smitten as in a recent visit to a local big box retailer which put me in front of the nicest looking shed that

Home Tips

Smoke Detectors & Your Home

Because time changing has gone from every six months to intervals that are approximately four and eight months apart, that little reminder to check smoke detector has fallen to the

Home Improvement Home Tips

Shed Organizing 101

When we moved into our current home five years ago, tucked into one corner of the backyard was an aged aluminum shed. Five years later, that shed is still standing,

Home Tips

What Will Inflation Do To Soft Goods Prices?

This past February we posted a pair of articles about food safety — Managing Your Food Storage Space Wisely and Should You Stock Up On Groceries In Advance Of Inflation?

Home Improvement Home Tips

Invigorate Your Yard With A Garden Path

When I was a teenager, my town had a volunteer organization – Youth Employment Services (YES) – which helped local youth find temporary work with homeowners and small businesses. I

Achieving Success

Achieving Success BLOG

BLOG postings: (link to Achieving Success BLOG for PDF downloads) Execute Success: The Evaluation Process I saw a fleet of fishing boats . . . I flew down almost touching

Home Improvement Home Tips

Maintain Your Deck To Extend Its Life

When it comes to outdoor enhancements to your property, I can’t think of anything better to have with a home than a deck. With a deck, you are able to

Home Buying Home Financing

Historically Low Mortgage Rates Are A Golden Opportunity

You hate to tell someone that this could be a “once in a lifetime opportunity” but in the case of mortgage rates that statement may very well hold true. Home

Home Tips

What’s New In Outdoor Living For 2009?

Warm weather continues to spread across America, getting people outside for longer periods of time each day compared to just a few weeks earlier. Soon, backyard barbecues will be fired