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I need a weekend from my weekend. ‘Course, it’s my fault for trying to do so much at once.
For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been preparing to paint my house. (The outside, that is.) I should have painted it last year, as my home inspector suggested (see Meeting with the Home Inspector), but I [...]

I get a lot of hits to my site from people looking for information on Rug Doctors. I’m not sure if they’re looking for where to find them or how to use them. So I’m going to cover both topics, just in case.

I’ve often heard it said that there’s nothing like the sound of pitter-pattering around your home. This weekend, I found that sometimes this sound isn’t so nice. Like when your hot water heater is leaking.
I noticed it in the early afternoon on Saturday, shortly after the third load of laundry had finished in the washer. [...]

On Canada Day, most people take the time to go do something special, like visit events in their local community or town, possibly visit one of Canada’s majestic national parks (which are free today), or visit the local taverns and have one of Canada’s national beverages with friends.
Me? I hang around with trains.
Okay, before everyone [...]