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Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 8 Apr

Ah, what a day. I don't know how long has been, but it's been a LONG time since I had my air ducts cleaned out. Well, today, I had that done. My house is older, built in 1950. It would be extremely expensive to get new ducts...

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Thankfully it was not something really bad

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169489) • United States 29 Oct 17

It is easy to imagine the worst. We tried calling my dad all afternoon Saturday, to let him know our plans to bring food and spend time. We eventually drove about 45 minutes to check on them. No one answered. Usually his wife...

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Here's An Interesting Lesson....

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 26 Jul 16

As I have mentioned, my daughter's boyfriend has helped with both our heating and our air conditioning, which we've had trouble with both lately. Our neighbour, after having seen J's work truck here so many times wandered over to...

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About our deck...

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 7 Jun 16

I really want to scream right now, but I'm posting on here instead. Hubby has purchased the wood to build a deck. Like I have said before, he hasn't a clue what he is doing. He did say he would have to "paint" the wood first. I...

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First it was the furnace...

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 28 May 16

You may remember that my furnace broke down around the time of the ice storm, during the coldest week of the season. We went 4 days without heat. I tried to sleep next to the gas fireplace one night but it wasn't very comfortable...

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Home maintenance help...

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 10 Aug 08

My husband is away and I can't get a hold of him. We have been having rain off and on for days here and the grass is really long. It needs mowing badly. We have a gas mower. I just checked outside. The sun has been shining all...

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For My Daughters: Creating A Household Binder

thehsmomof2 @thehsmomof2 (145) • United States 22 Oct 07

I homeschool my daughters. They are each creating a binder of useful information for when they move it out. We just finished up a childcare unit where they added important information to their binders. We are now working on money...