Did you know that there are national parks in 49 of 50 states & most of us live within 100 miles of one? Did you know that national parks include everything from seashores, battlefields, to historic homes? Did you know that the country’s highest peak, lowest point, tallest tree, deepest lake, and longest cave are
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As scary as it sounds I remember when blogs where originally called V Logs or weblogs and the idea of them actually being anything more than just entertaining or sad was almost ludicrous. Nowadays it seems like almost every site out there has a “blog” and if it doesn’t the marketing &/or SEO folks are
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Just as a reminder, this is the second part of a guest piece by Jay Preston on: A contractor’s oversight turns into my first big project? When we left off last week, the dreaded while we are it disease kicked in & besides rerunning the vent line, he had also decided to swap out a
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The next two weeks we have a guest blogger joining us for an interesting spin on a DIY project. While we generally don’t do articles like this, he agreed to let us use his project to help draw a few lessons out as it relates to industry standards & codes. The guest blogger is Jay
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Sometimes looking back is good for the soul & necessary, but looking forward is how one moves in that direction. With that I thought we would take a quick stroll down memory lane, take a look at where we are headed & ask you all for a little help. Today marks the start of my
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In keeping with tradition (2009 / 2010 / 2011) here are a few of our favorite parodies, light displays, etc… With that and no further ado, from my family and all of us SLS Construction / AlaGBS, we would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, a Bountiful New Year. This year’s Best Gingerbread
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Isn’t it amazing how just one simple statement can give one pause & go, no way… to shoot, you know you might be right… Well in this case it came from a blog posting by Elisa Wood on the Home Energy Pro’s where she says “I know what you’re thinking. An energy agency and humor?
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Last week I did a guest post on Building Moxie where I gave a “semi-interview,” (aka I interviewed myself) mostly as my way of saying thanks & to answer a few popular questions. Well while I was at the Remodeling Show & Deck Expo, JB & Barry did a real one with me which went
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What’s this, another logo change for Building Moxie? Well no not exactly but it sure is an interesting story. As you may recall I originally met JB at the Remodeling & Deck Expo back in 2010 which was being held in Baltimore. The next year the show was in Chicago & the Building Moxie crew
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As I sit here writing this over 2100 bloggers from around the world are participating in this year’s Blog Action Day on the “Power of We”. Founded in 2007, Blog Action Day brings together bloggers from different countries, interests and languages to blog about one important global topic on the same day. This will be
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