Category Archives: Household Items

Climbing Out of the Money Pit

You know you’ve spent a lot of money on home improvements and/or repairs when your plumber sends you a thank-you gift! Sure, it’s not the first time we’ve received a gift from a someone we’ve hired.  When we installed a new furnace … Continue reading

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Let It Rain – Inside

“This house looks familiar – were we here before?” “Yeah, we did a door.  The electrician was here then, but the fence wasn’t” Actually, that company also did our bathtub overfit, but it was a different crew.  Still, I found … Continue reading

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Justice Will Be Served (Finally)

  Just off the presses this week – the crooked owner of Classic Fence Company has pleaded guilty to deliberately bilking his customers and may be going to jail (read story, here). I didn’t realize when we signed up with Classic Fence in August 2017 … Continue reading

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My [Paperclip] Cup Runneth Over

While it certainly was annoying to get to the office and discover the air conditioning had died and the interior temperature was 88° F – just two days after the AC had originally died and been “fixed” – it was really … Continue reading

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