We are slowly replacing all our of regular light bulbs with compact florescent bulbs or CFLs. The first CFL bulbs we bought about 4 years ago. Two of the three recently burned out. I replaced them but knew that CFL bulbs contained mercury and had to be properly disposed of. So I turned to the [...]
We have very limited space and since I have a laptop, I thought I would just break down my desktop. We built both our desktops a few years back. The other day I moved the monitor to my husband’s PC. It’s so nice to have two monitors.
His video graphics card can handle two monitors, so [...]
When I run the washing machine, I smell something like rotten eggs. After an Internet search, this could be sulfur since we are on well water. Today I’m going to try a few of the suggestions to get rid of the smell just in case it isn’t sulfur.
One suggestion is to use bleach. This makes [...]
It has been raining for the past four days. We usually have problems with ants. Those suckers are always in the yard, on the porch, and make it into the house - usually in the bathroom. It is just so frustrating.
This summer I plan to do all I can to beat down the ants. I [...]
We have an old green couch that has seen better days. It’s falling apart so we have finally decided that it is time to say goodbye to the couch.
Now we have to find some type of furniture to take its place. What we really want is a comfortable recliner since it will take up [...]
While it may not feel like it outside, (we had light snow yesterday!) spring is right around the corner. March is Spring Cleaning Month as many households look to clear the clutter and dust from their lives. We have a few major spring cleaning projects. Most of ours involve clutter and storage. My goal [...]
It seems every year I have at least a half dozen ornaments that do not have a hanger. What happens to these hangers? I have no idea. It’s not like I remove them each year when I store them.
Packages of hangers are really cheap but are a mess to keep up with. They just seem [...]
This year we stayed close to home for Thanksgiving. Usually we travel to visit with my husband’s family. I have to admit that it was probably a good call since it stormed Friday and Saturday. It would have been terrible traveling weather.
We spent most of Thursday eating and watching football. All those carbs came [...]
The predicted low by the weekend is 31 degrees. It’s getting downright chilly and that means it is time to get ready for winter. There are a few things that we do each year to winterize our home that helps to save energy and cut down costs.
First we check for drafts. We live in a [...]
This week I have my motivation for cleaning my house - the DirectV installer is coming Thursday. Now I have a strict deadline for getting my house finally in order.
Monday I worked exclusively on laundry. With the weather turning cooler, we need less summer clothes readily available. So I sacked up a lot of summer [...]
