Sure, everyone has had Gatorade before but I bet you didn’t know that, when used properly, this magical beverage can save you hundreds of dollars a year or more and win you friends for life! I’ve employed this technique many times and it never fails to bump my karma and put money in my pocket. In fact, I’d be willing to bet that I’m on a first name basis with at least one person in any major residential service a homeowner could call upon and I owe it all to Gatorade. (more…)

Quite possibly the worst part about owning a home is keeping up with the yard and flower beds. My raw seething hatred for mowing the grass, edging, weed eating, and weeding is rooted in my childhood. Join me as I share with you the misery of my traumatic experiences in lawn care! (more…)

Most new homeowners are set on doing things themselves and I was no exception. I soon found out that many projects are too large, time consuming, complicated, or require specific skills for someone like me to do. (more…)

Yeah, I’m talking about dog poop! We have a 100 pound black lab and a 40′ish pound corgi terrier mix and between the two of them they more than adequately cover our backyard with their output. The question is, what to do with the stuff? (more…)

Hail is a fact of life in North Texas. During the 2008 spring we were hit with a massive hail storm that destroyed nearly every homeowner’s roof on my street, but shingles and roofs are not the only casualties. Virtually anything you might keep outside uncovered could be at risk during a hail storm. (more…)