Thanksgiving Day is behind us, I’ve had countless leftover turkey sandwiches, and now the focus is on decorating the house for the Christmas holidays. My house is a 1927 craftsman beauty, with lots of wide wood trim, a staircase, a bow front window, and a corner fireplace. It just screams “decorate me!” during the holiday season. It also begs to be adorned in a particular style. No pinks or blues, no modern art pieces or crazy digital displays. No sir,…
As I travel to and fro on the back roads and byways of my community – you know what I DON’T see a lot of these days? Swimming pools. Above ground, in ground – whatever. I just don’t see a lot of homes with swimming pools anymore – especially in new construction. Growing up, it seemed that friends who had a pool were to be envied. Their house had it all. As a kid, if only I could have stepped…
Now that Thanksgiving has come and gone, I too can get into the Christmas spirit. It begins with the annual decorating of the inside and outside of the house, which if you have kids, you quickly realize is one of the many highly anticipated events of the holiday season. Mine have been bugging me to trudge up into the attic and drag out the Christmas boxes ever since the turkey platter went cold on November 23rd. We were out of…
Ahhhh – the American dream. For most people, it consists of a family of four, two cars, a comfortable house, and a yard. Three of these things I like and enjoy, while one brings week after week of frustration, dread, and annoyance. Yes, I’m talking about the yard. With the unseasonable warm weather over the past weekend, I was reminded that it is once again time to undertake my weekly chore that is lawn care and maintenance. I got out…