In our house, we have two dogs – combined weight is about 150 lbs of dog.  We are peculiar dog owners:  we like our dogs just fine – but you won’t find us spoiling them, taking them with us on trips, or treating them like part of the family.  In fact, our daughters never even [...]

There are many Top Ten lists for Home Sellers out there – and even more for Home Owners.  But, if there was a single item that we had to recommend to every one, for $1.00, it would be a small paperback book.  Not just any rag – but, “Consumer Reports How to Clean and Care [...]

Ok – I’ll admit it:  I’m a Laundry Nazi.  My routine is not to be trifled with – and that includes the use of fabric softener and dryer sheets. There’s Thousands of uses for dryer sheets – but it occurred to me one day when folding some towels, the dryer sheet still contained some “freshness”, [...]

There’s an issue that keeps coming back to haunt Home Owners in Central Texas and if you’re going to be selling your home, you absolutely must keep tabs on the local bird population.  It was a new experience for me, coming from Chicago where the only “nature” are stray cats and dog-sized sewer rats.  But [...]

Not a fun topic, but many closets are full of odors. And all of the Lysol and Febreeze in the world will not put an end to them. The only way to eradicate any odor is to find the source.  And closets are particularly difficult, as we tend to just thrown things in there.  Several [...]

One of the things I am frequently instructing home owners to do is to clean the caulk in their showers where the tub meets the tile.  Most homes seem to have the Black Mildew building up in this location, and this is a problem for two reasons.  Primarily, it’s just gross.  That’s a life form [...]