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I had been having some trouble with the fireplace. Some of the cement between the bricks was flaking out, and there was nothing but smoke coming into the house. There was plenty of heat, but it was also putting smoke in our eyes. I talked to the HVAC company and asked who I should contact […]

My mother-in-law was a tough cookie. She tells everyone she wants nothing done for her. She says she’ll eat anything, but she taste tests it before eating. Last week, she complained about how cold it was in her bedroom. My husband was bending over backwards to keep her comfortable. On his way home from work, […]

For her birthday, my sister bought a painting set for my five-year-old daughter. I don’t know what gets into the mind of a child, but mine can get very creative. Last year, she was making a dollhouse out of mud. She buried her doll’s feet in the mud so they wouldn’t tip over and started […]

My husband had been doing all the servicing for the air conditioning unit, ever since the warranty ended. He wanted to save a bit of money and he was good at what he did. The HVAC technician came out and showed him what to do, and told him he did everything perfectly. Last week, he […]

I said they didn’t know, but they were coming tomorrow to look at the component and make sure there were no stress cracks. I was listening to the noise last week, and they were talking about furnace recalls. Our furnace had no glitches, and we had it for three years. I couldn’t believe there was […]

When summer was hot and the temperatures were in the nineties, I remember praying for the cold and snow. I had enough of summer, and I was ready for winter. The air conditioning unit couldn’t keep up with the heat and humidity and it was miserable in our house. Cold and snow sounded like a […]

My best friends wanted to go camping one more time this year. I reminded them it had already snowed, and we hadn’t had a single temperature above freezing for the last two weeks. Jack told me it was supposed to be forty-two this weekend, and I was going camping with them. I shook my head […]