Some people think that El Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is something like Halloween because it falls so near that holiday that was brought to America by European immigrants. From what I’ve learned, it has more in common with Memorial Day than...

Why would anyone paint a laundryroom the color of a military jeep?  Not the Desert Storm sand-colored variety of jeep, but the traditional dark olive green. I primed the walls twice with two coats of Kilz so far and the green still wants to come...

The funny thing is last night I slept better than I have in a long time.  I’m not sure why exactly; I guess I expected that it would all work out OK.  Yesterday, I had the final walk-through with my agent, and I thought that I would have the closing...

“Scurrying” and “a tiff” might be how I’d describe some of the goings-on today related to the final steps before closing. The corrections asked for by the VA-approved appraiser appeared to have been made. My agent had talked to the appraiser and...

It’s only one week until I close on the house.  Finally, I’m feeling that this is really going to happen and I’m getting anxious–the good kind of anxious.  The nervous kind of anxious I’ve been havin’  for so long that I can’t wait until I can sleep...