Todd Dietrich

Month: September 2011

  • Choosing An Insurer

    Today I chose who I will be using for my home and car insurance. After making inquiries into a few insurers I got a pretty good idea of what rates were for the house I want to buy. I was also surprised by how some agents (including my current car insurance agent) weren’t interested in…

  • Hard To Feel Sorry

    It’s not my place to judge how anyone else chooses to live their life, but sometimes it’s just hard to feel sorry for someone when they complain about how rough things are. I’m not talking about the typical first world problems of no 3G coverage for someone’s smart phone or that McDonald’s serves lunch starting…

  • The End Of Summer

    With today being Labor Day I see a lot of chatter about how it’s the end of Summer and how that stinks, etc. Maybe it’s just me, but looking back, I can’t say that there is anything about the Summer of 2011 that made it special or memorable. I guess it’s my own doing, or…

  • Annoying Salespeople

    At the suggestion of a few friends I decided to visit a few places that sell furniture to try to get some room decorating ideas. I wasn’t looking to buy anything and I’ve never really shopped for furniture before so when I walked into a furniture store and was pounced on by salespeople it was…

  • Determining My Decorating Style

    When I asked for tips on how to decorate the house I’m in the process of buying the most common tip I received was to pick a style and buy slowly and intentionally. That idea makes sense until I realized that I have no idea what different styles of decorating are, let alone what my…