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Replacing My Roof – Part 2 – Getting Estimates
As I said in the previous post, I reached out to friends and social media to see who they recommended as a roofer. I also looked around online a bit, but after my experiences with Angie’s List being ridiculously spammy when I was a member a few years ago I decided not to bother with…
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Replacing My Roof – Part 1 – Facing The Inevitable
This past winter I went up in my attic to put some things away and noticed that water had been dripping from the wood near my roof vents. There was still a foot of snow on the roof, so I put down some plastic sheeting and bins in the attic to catch the small leaks.…
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What’s More Important?
There’s something about Presidential election cycles that gets people talking. Sometimes it’s good. Often it’s ridiculous, but it’s almost always interesting in its own way. Lately the conversation seems to be around how Bernie Sanders isn’t a real Democrat and that he’s not doing things to help the party as a whole, so if you’re…
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Everything is Going to be OK
Anyone who knows me knows that I worry. A lot. About everything. Is my house going to be all right while I’m out of town on a business trip? Is my car going to break down and leave me stranded and then be so expensive to fix that I can’t afford it? Am I going…
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The Opposite of a Fair Weather Friend
I think everyone is familiar with the idea of a fair weather friend, someone who is only around when things are going well, but as soon as times are tough, they’re nowhere to be seen. Lately I’ve realized that I have a few people in my life who are the exact opposite. When things…