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Whatever Happened to New and Improved?
Remember the old days when companies in the United States wanted to build things bigger and better? Ever upward! Remember? EVERYTHING was “new” and “improved”! American companies built products with exceptional quality, just because THEY COULD do it!! I’m not so old that I can’t remember those days. It seems like a million miles away, [...]
Continue reading...Get Rid of It. Yeah.
26. May 2011
WHAT IS IT with all this crazy weather?? Will someone please tell me?! Flooding here, flooding in the Mississippi?? Vicious tornadoes and I saw that they even had snow in Colorado?? In late MAY, for pete’s sake. My area is still cleaning up from late April’s flash flooding. Everything is just so messy. Like everyone [...]
Continue reading...Real Estate Still Best Investment
19. March 2011
I still think real estate is the best investment you can make in the United States. I don’t care what the doomsayers are saying about the housing market. The brokers are biting their nails to shreds, worried that they can’t get Americans to buy buy buy this year. I read some news story (sorry, I [...]
Continue reading...Things Your Mail Carrier Won’t Tell You
21. February 2011
My husband is a part-time mail carrier. It’s not an easy job, especially in Upstate New York in the winter. Since the United States Post Office is in the news a lot right now (with all their financial problems and the threat of cutting Saturday delivery to make ends meet), I thought it would be [...]
Continue reading...They Ain’t Kidding: Toxic Sludge Candy Bar Really IS Toxic
18. January 2011
Yuk. I just read a press release regarding a “voluntary” recall by the FDA and Circle City Marketing and Distributing for their Toxic Waste® brand Nuclear Sludge® Chew Bars. Apparently, the State of California Department of Public Health discovered “elevated levels of lead (0.24 parts per million; the U.S. FDA tolerance is 0.1 ppm) that [...]
Continue reading...Pressure!
18. December 2010
Ever try scrubbing your home’s exterior siding or basement floor? NOT FUN. Our basement floods from time to time, leaving behind silty mud and a bad smell (not to mention that the cats make a total mess down there). One of my dreaded spring chores is to hose it out. I use my garden hose [...]
Continue reading...Find the Kitty 12/3
3. December 2010
Golly, where could she be?? This is her new favorite place, now. We have heaters installed for the winter (yay!!) and the house gets horribly warm. (I like it cool in the house, everyone else likes it warm). The ceilings here are over 9 feet, so the top of the room is roasting. Of course, [...]
Continue reading...Your Tiny Home Away From Home
20. October 2010
Oh my word. I was researching PDA gadgets recently, and lookie what I found! It’s an HP iPaq 210 Enterprise Handheld. A mini-mini computer! I love it! The hardest part about being a technology researcher and writer is seeing ALL these delicious gadgets. I DO SO want to try them out! I love this thing! [...]
Continue reading...New York Office Suites- wow!
14. July 2010
You can learn a lot from studying office design. While we’re working on the kitchen and dining room of the house, we are also trying to keep a mind on the future. We have an attached garage that we do not use, so I have intentions of converting it into a Conservatory (a family room [...]
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I’m Rebecca
:) I’m a married mom of four teenage children. We live in Upstate New York. We bought an old 1855 home and acre property, over 10 years ago. We've been in the slow, agonizing process of living in the home while (trying) to renovate it. When I'm not renovating, I'm a freelance writer and blogger.
We've learned to dig a French drain, plant huge flower and vegetable gardens, wire a circuit panel, install furnace ducting, understand the enigmatic complexities of the plumbing system, and more. It's been *quite* the adventure.
You can read more about us here, read up on the history of the home, and read about what we've renovated so far. Thanks for visiting!
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22. November 2011
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