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Ashes to ashes
Since Chuck’s cancer fight, we have given thought to stuff that, well, most of us don’t like to think about – like what to do with our, uh, earthly remains once we’ve shuffled off our mortal coils. We have discussed this from time to time, and were agreed that cremation was the green thing and
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A cautionary tale
File this under: if something appears to be too good to be true, it probably IS too good to be true. A month or so ago Chuck was at a party and got to chatting with a fellow who was just wrapping up (keep that in mind for later) refinancing his home using a company
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Customer Service
Any of you who read the blog on a regular basis know I don’t post very often. After two mediocre encounters with customer service folks recently I felt a need. My gut level is customer server has gone the same way as the Dodo bird. My first foray into the customer service world was with
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Rebooting
When a computer slows down, freezes, or generally starts behaving in a funky manner, we all know what to do: reboot! Well, this past week Chuck and I have been attempting to reboot our systems. Not because we were freezing up or had a virus. No, our reboot had to do with making some mental
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Transformation
It took almost exactly twice as long as expected, but the money pit has been transformed! It’s now a green house with red accents. Here’s the before and after:
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The continuing adventures of life in the money pit
When last we left our intrepid home improvement saga, we were gearing up to paint the house. Well, here we are a couple of weeks later and we are still gearing up to paint the house. But we’re getting closer! Â Selecting colors proved more arduous than certainli I had expected. First, there was our own
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