Contributed by Milford Woods

Well, I just signed my life away on a dotted line….or at least the next 30 years of my life. I just bought a house. My very first house. Am I even grown up enough to do that? I might should have let the bank know that I still sleep with a night light. Oh well. Here I am….a homeowner. Bye-bye annoyingly loud neighbors that live above me. I am so excited to not have to hear you vacuuming your floors at 1 o’clock in the morning. I still have a few things left to buy to decorate my new house but hopefully all the furniture from my apartment will fill the rooms in my house nicely. I just need to transfer all my services to my new house, except my internet provider. I had a friend at work tell me about http://www.wildbluedeals.com/ so I am going to cancel my current account with my internet company and switch to them. Once I get all settled in, I’m going to beg my brother to agree to come cut my grass once a week in the summer for a nice, home-cooked meal.

Guest Post: First House

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Guest written by our friend Mason Abbott

My wife and I love our neighborhood, but there has recently been some suspicious activity in and around our home. The people in the house three doors down from us keep very odd hours, and they are always having people over at the strangest times of the day. It is not that they are having parties. They will have one or two cars stop by at different times all day, every day. On several occasions I have walked out of my driveway on the way to work to see police cars parked in front of their house. My wife and I decided to buy a home security family plan because of this activity. We love the house we live in and the neighborhood as a whole, but I want to ensure the safety of my children. We are very good friends with our next-door neighbors, and we have had several discussions about this issue. We are all concerned that this activity may bring down the overall quality of the neighborhood. My hope is that these neighbors will move out soon, and we will no longer have to deal with this issue.

Strange Neighbors

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Guest written by our friend Mason Abbott

Saving money is tough but my husband and I decided we were going to find a way to make it work. We really cared about being able to put something away for our kids and although things have gotten tight at times it’s crucial for us that we get a college account going for them to use when they get older. We looked into Texas Electricity Providers and Information and actually considered moving into a smaller home to save on the mortgage but the market’s too bad to sell right now. I stopped getting coffee out and we’ve been cooking at home a lot more so all in all it’s been a really downhill battle for us to out away a couple hundred dollars a month. I think I should be getting a raise soon and that’s going to really help when it comes to putting extra away. We decided we’re not even going to touch that money, just store it in the account so it’s there for the kids.

Times Are Tough

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The Author of this post is Velma Baird

Who would have guessed moving into a new townhome would be so much work! I figured that with a one bedroom I wouldn’t have that much stuff but when I went to pack this place up I realized how many things I’ve accumulated over the last 5 years! I had to do so much work to purge all the junk I didn’t need and in the end I called some movers to help me box the rest up which was the best $1000 I ever spent if you ask me. It took me a long time to get the new place all set up and decorated (thanks for the help, mom!) and I went online to Compare WildBlue and Dialup when I moved in and was deciding on internet. I’m glad I spent so much effort getting it perfect, though, since I really like being there now and I can’t imagine living anywhere else. There’s nothing like being a homeowner and if anyone asked me I would say it’s totally worth every bit of hassle you have to go through!

Guest Post: Moving to a New Townhome

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Exercise, what’s that? Oh yeah, the thing that cures diet pills, uh huh.

Well, the Hubs just assembled, primed and painted two new Adirondack chairs and — let me tell you — they are some of the most comfortable chairs ever. I wrote an article on them last month. The history is fascinating. About a hundred years ago, a wealthy vacationer (to the Adirondacks, you guessed it!) named Thomas Lee suddenly found himself devoid of lawn chairs for his large family, and attempted to build his own. He created many prototypes, asking his 26-member family to try them all out and vote for the best. The family unanimously voted for this type of chair: the back reclines slightly and the knees are elevated above the hips. Wide armrests beg to hold big icy glasses of tea or lemonade. His chair was a hit. Lee gave his design to a local carpenter, Harry Bunnell, who needed some work for the winter. But the carpenter patented the design himself and started a business, building and selling the chairs, flourished with his own signature. Not very nice. Bunnell manufactured Adirondack chairs for 20 years, made from local hemlock and inscribing his name on each. I suppose the chairs, if any exist, are collector’s items, eh?

Mine are made in China from cheapo pine. But they are comfy nonetheless.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a lot of lounging to do. Happy weekend.

Sedentary Exploits

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