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Mar.09.2013 "You got off pretty cheap," and other reasons not to call the plumber I splurged one year and called the heating/cooling place in the spring to hook up my swamp cooler. As a moderate do-it-yourselfer raised by extreme do-it-yourselfers, there’s usually nothing I can’t do as long as I have access to the internet and enough time (measured in days and weeks, mind...	Jan.05.2013 Leave It To The Pros A little over a week ago - December 24th - our furnace stopped operating as designed. That is, it wouldn't come on and heat the house. We called a few companies. A guy came out, did some stuff. The furnace began working. He told us what he did and presented a bill,...
Jul.07.2011 Small Miracles Anyone that has been within spitting distance of me or has followed my last few posts know that I have not been coping well with the inconvenience of being in a home that has been temporarily thrown into chaos due to a water pipe calamity. I’ve whined, and cried, and complained, and used profanity...	Nov.08.2008 my dirty little secret I have a secret obsession. It’s a dirty little secret I indulge most on rainy Saturdays. I sit on the sofa with the television tuned in to endless home repair shows. I keep the remote control nearby to mute if the phone rings or to turn off quickly should someone approach my door. Happy now that...