Recently I was speaking with a Home Security professional and I realized not everyone can get a professionally installed home security monitoring system. Might be due to financial reatraints, or it could be a resistence to yet another contract;…
It’s been a busy month for me in more ways than one. Lots of stuff happened, good and bad. I will keep the bad stuff for later, but the good thing is that we have had a gorgeous summer so…
The motor came to a sluggish stop, fourth time that day, as it tried its best to suck the mucky green water and spit clean water out , a futile attempt. The decomposing leaves from the fall broken down by…
Remember I posted an article on how to upgrade your bathroom for less? I had a L8H reader email me recently to ask about ideas on how to upgrade the kitchen for less. After my In my kitchen post, I…
I remember hosting my first ever dinner party. I cooked for about 20 people. The food was sufficient for about about five at the most. It was the most embarrassing affair of my life. Back in the days when I…
A few days ago I had posted about how we bought our first house and how ‘bathroom’ had been one of right on top of the list of my priorities before reality set in and we settled for more house…
I have had quite a few queries from my readers on pool installations since my post on Salt Water pools here. Now, we bought this house with the pool already installed, and I have personally never seen a pool installation…
A cousin of mine is a known miser. Whenever it comes to giving gifts, he is known to count pennies and work out something that would touch the lowest rung of acceptable gift for any occasion. He recycles a lot…
This weekend, we had hardwood floor installed in our formal living room. It had a very expensive, but a very ugly carpet for a floor. After a long, hard deliberation which lasted for over 3 months, we finally decided to go…