Research shows that turning down your thermostat by even a few degrees can result in significant energy cost savings over time. I get cold easily. I hate being cold. Turning down my thermostat even slightly means being more cold.  In my own home, I...

There are about a million things I want to do with my house.  I would like to update the kitchen and bath, refinish the floors, replace the windows, paint the exterior, and landscape the yard, just to name a few small projects. It’s not that the house...

In reading this blog, one might get the impression that I am against spending money. This is not true. I love spending money. But it’s simply not a very sustainable pasttime. Saving isn’t an end by itself.  It really doesn’t do anyone any good to die...

I wanted to do a lovely long post about gardening, and then found this book in the library and realized that they’ve done a much better and more thorough job than I ever could hope to write on the subject. If you like gardening, I would highly...

The Perfect Guest Room? Overnight guests come to the smallest of homes, and I know I have a real desire to make them feel welcome and have their guest experience really be enjoyable. In my perfect world, this would involve: A perfect, pretty little...