Tag Archive | "Buy.com"
These Are SO Cool
I am REALLY into space-saving devices. I dislike clutter. I like my furniture with legs (Queen Anne style) because I like the airy look. I dislike knick-knacks and other clutter, too. So when I was searching around for computer monitor wall mounts and spotted this at Buy.com, it was instant love. Isn’t that cool?! The [...]
Continue reading...Good Deal on Emergency Kit at Buy.com
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
OK, have you got an emergency kit for your home and car yet? You should have one! We have had some winter car mishaps, and have had power losses from time to time– an emergency kit is cheap and, believe me, it’s very, very convenient when you need it. You can also have all the [...]
Continue reading...Rethinking My Air Conditioner Ban
Thursday, July 8, 2010
As a kid, air conditioning was an extravagant luxury, meant for stores like Macy’s and really rich people. Back then, when it was 90, 100 degrees during the summer, we sweated it out. Yes, yes! I am now old enough to tell stories of how we “roughed it” when WE were youngsters!! I’ll spare you [...]
Continue reading...Buying for the Home Business
Friday, July 2, 2010
I have a home business. Somewhere in here, lol. It’s kind of in limbo right now, because of our ongoing renovations… but I DO actually have a home office here at home. I am realizing how very, very important it is to have a quiet, tidy, and organized home office, because mine is always dirty [...]
Continue reading...A Good Toolbox Is Hard to Find
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Sheesh! Remember how– seems like eons ago– you could just walk into a store and find a sturdy, tough, and affordable tool box? I was perusing the aisles at my local Big Box store. :-p yuk. Who on earth wants a plastic toolbox? Or a nylon bag toolbox?! I am pretty tough with my stuff. [...]
Continue reading...Shopping for the New Kitchen…
Thursday, June 10, 2010
I was at Buy.com, looking around for supplies for the kitchen, when I did a quick search– out of the blue– for wall-mounted gas heaters. Holy cow, Buy.com even has those! What a marvel! I’ll have more on central heating in a future post… we’re still working out the details, but I’m thinking of going [...]
Continue reading...Searching For a Jigsaw
Friday, May 28, 2010
*sigh* Is ANYTHING made in the United States anymore?? We’ve been shopping for jigsaws. We have an old Skil saw that is, to put it bluntly, crap. We got it about 12 years ago (OMG I just realized that it was probably our first power tool that we bought!). It’s been through a lot, but [...]
Continue reading...Planning a Digital Kitchen
Friday, May 28, 2010
The best thing about tearing apart the entire kitchen is getting to rebuild it EXACTLY as you want it. And that’s exactly what I intend to do. I’m planning on wiring the entire house for ethernet, so that we don’t have to rely on wireless Internet so much. I have four teens, and I’m a [...]
Continue reading...What Women Want: DUCT TAPE
Thursday, May 13, 2010
This woman, anyway. I am dissatisfied with the duct tape at WalMart. That is, the stuff is useless!!! It doesn’t stick, hello?! Blahhh. I am a duct tape fiend. We love duct tape. I think every old house homeowner loves duct tape. It comes in SO handy: for furnace seams (temporary of course), holding old [...]
Continue reading...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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