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Shutters

On: July 14th, 2008 at 9:14 am | Number of Comments » 0

I think that exterior shutters give a house a “finished” look.  Similar to a woman putting on a pair of earrings before she goes out of the house.  A house just doesn’t look “done” without shutters.  And the shutters have to be in good shape, or the whole house looks neglected.  Our house needs new shutters.  Larson Shutter [...]


Environmentally friendly gifts and gadgets

On: June 17th, 2008 at 7:06 pm | Number of Comments » 0

My nephew sent me the link to a website, www.ecogeekliving.com, telling me that he thinks that I would really be interested in the shake flashlight that they sell from the site.  He was right!  The flashlight is an LED light that you shake for one minute, and then you get thirty minutes of light from the [...]


Toxic shower curtains

On: June 17th, 2008 at 7:00 pm | Number of Comments » 0

I want to redecorate my spare bathroom.  The redecorating would include buying new shower curtains.  My sister was telling me that she read an article about how a lot of the new shower curtains give off a toxic gas for an entire month after they have been opened!  She emailed me a link about the [...]


Used prices

On: June 11th, 2008 at 8:45 pm | Number of Comments » 0

There is a website I’ve discovered that I can use to determine what the fair prices are of used items.  The website is free and easy to use.  If, for example, I need to know the used equipment value of some used power tools that we don’t use anymore, I just click on the power tools [...]