Dollar Bill
Termites On The House
Noticed a piece of trim next to our garage door that had holes in it! Upon further inspection it was apparent that termites and eaten their way up from a concrete crack that allowed the little buggers to burrow their way from under the driveway slab up the wood siding.
We have a termite company that inspects our [...]
Charging For Waste
I admit, my mom drilled into me that I should clean my plate because… ‘there are a lot of starving people in China’. So to this day, I don’t waste food.
When I go to a buffet, which as I get older is a rarer event; I do like the fact that I can try things that [...]
Selling Pinestraw To Myself
Not only did the weekend wind bring down most of the leaves; pine needles came down too. In my back yard I have 3 pine-trees than shed some of their needles throughout the year. But the biggest time in now. The pine tree turns some of its needles brown and with strong wind those pile [...]
Shopping For A New TV
My Sony television is almost 20 years old and is starting to go. So I have been looking into getting a new flat screen television.
The first thing I have to decide is plasma or lcd. The plasma would be cheaper than a comparable sized LCD. The plasma shows motion better and has deeper colors. Anytime I [...]
Failed Car Inspection
Took my car to get its annual inspection. Since my car is old, or as I like to say, vintage, all I have to get is a safety inspection for $13.
Well I was shocked when my car failed the inspection. I have never failed one; although going in I new I needed tires, but….
One of my [...]
Leftover Halloween Candy
We still have leftover candy from Halloween. It is still sitting out and very tempting to grab one here and there. There is nothing wrong with the candy, so I thought it could be put to good use for Christmas.
Our packs of M & M’s and 3 Musketeers could be put in stockings. Would that [...]
Junk The Old Mower
I splurdged in 1992 and bought a nice mower for $500. That would be about $780 in today’s dollars. Well I kept that John Deere mower for 16 years and finally it died a couple of weeks ago. I didn’t want to put anymore money into to it, so yesterday, I took it back to [...]
1/4 Of A Million Miles
I just achieved a milestone that probably won’t win me a new car, but I am pretty proud of it.
15 years ago this month I picked up my brand new Toyota Camry station wagon with 7 miles on it. I wanted a family vehicle that could lug people but also haul things. After extensive research [...]
Pinecones On The Grill
When I went on a school retreat with my daughter’s school a few years back we had to make a bonfire for the kids. There was a guy who was an experienced outdoors-man and he showed me how to build a good bonfire. The one thing I learned was that pine cones burn easily and [...]
Gas Prices: Faster Up, Slower Down
Gas prices are falling, yeah, as oil prices fall. However, I did some checking, and with oil today down to $116 a barrel, the average retail gas price is $3.80 a gallon.
Now back at the end of April as oil reached $116 a barrel, average retail gas was $3.50 to $3.60 a gallon.
It seems that [...]
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