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This should go without saying, but when your house is on the market you should NOT be smoking inside of it.  According to a recent National Heath Interview Survey, 'only' 21% of Americans smoke cigarettes.  I think it's fair to say that most people that do not smoke, and many people that used to ...
06/15/2010
As previously mentioned, the painters had put our two khaki samples up on opposite ends of the house.  (Well, at least on opposite sides of the bay window.)  After many trips through the yard, looking from one khaki to the other, Matt and I went through their pile of stuff in the garage and found...
05/24/2010
Crummy weather has kept the painter away for a few days.  I began to fear that he made off with our deposit and shutters, never to be heard from again.  But, low and behold, when I got home this evening - there are two painted squares on the back of the house.  Matt had picked "Universal Khaki" a...
05/19/2010
The painting process has begun.  As promised, we got three bids.  One came in really low, and one came in a little high.  The guy we chose, which was a referral from Matt's aunt and uncle, was right about in the middle.  Having a personal reference from someone we know made our decision quite a b...
05/10/2010
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It's that time again.  It's staying light later into the evening (more hours of sunlight), storms continue to roll in (mostly on the weekends), and the grass is growing (rapidly). Before Matt and I moved into our current house, we had always rented apartments. (Read, we didn't have to concern our...
05/05/2010
Painters take a LONG time to return calls.  Hopefully things move a little faster once they actually start the work.  We got our first bid earlier this week.  It was emailed to me, which is fine; but I haven't been able to get ahold of the company since their estimate arrived in my inbox. The bid...
04/21/2010
This past weekend was Matt's turn to host poker night.  I figured that was as good an excuse as any to do some cleaning.  Don't ask me why I decided to clean BEFORE twenty guys came over for the evening, but I did.  I was doing alright until I got to the breakfast nook.... only the second room on...
04/20/2010
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Once upon a time (last month), there was a little, old country church.  The paint on the steeple was chipped and peeling (it wouldn't have passed an FHA appraisal).  So, the minister called a few painters from the small town nearby.  Three different painters came out to the church to assess the a...
04/13/2010
Well, now that Matt is back to work,  (after being laid off in November) we are ready to resume our house projects.  To date we have replaced the roof, removed lots of wall-paper, changed out most of the lighting fixtures, done some interior painting, purchased some new furniture pieces in order ...
04/12/2010
This coming weekend (April 10th-11th) is Realtor Nationwide Open House Weekend.  Agents all over the country are spending their Saturday and Sunday pushing open house signs into the ground, tying balloons and streamers to anything that stands still, (maybe even serving some snacks), and praying s...
04/08/2010
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