Ahhh spring cleaning time… what a wonderful time of the year, when your significant other & the kids scatter like mice… Besides the whole house getting a major clean out (once you find all your helpers), the pantry, under the sinks, medicine cabinets, garages (maybe we can get a car back in there…) & sheds 
This week is Severe Weather Awareness Week & today is dedicated to tornados. Unlike hurricanes where one generally has at least a days’ notice if not a week or more to prepare, a tornado can strike with little to no warning at all. While today’s technology is getting better, some tornados can occur without a 
It just seemed like a really odd day where everyone was dragging just a bit and the show was a little quitter than usual. The last two days were almost non-stop, while today many people were actually checking their luggage in at a special TSA desk for later flights in the afternoon. I had never 
Today started off in the Outdoor Pavilion with the award breakfast for the Building America program hosted by BASF. Sam Rashkin was the keynote speaker & in typical Rashkin style, even though he had a script, he managed to go off on a few side tangents. I think the best on was the shot he 
Wow, people weren’t kidding when they said you needed at least a few days to walk the whole show. I only managed to walk about a third of inside aisles today and then there still is the outside pavilion. I did manage to catch a couple of the classes, and I must say they are 
For the third year in a row, we have been nominated to Construction Marketing’s Best Construction Blog Contest. This year there are a total of 30 blogs listed & the competition looks to be pretty tough. With that said, not only would we love for you to vote for us, we would like you to Based on a few requests & comments, we are proud to provide you with two new checklists. The first one is for those moving into a new house. The second one is a shortened & condensed version of our regular Monthly Maintenance Checklists which we still encourage you to check out and come up with 
Well, well, doesn’t time just fly by? It seems like just a few days ago we were doing our final post for 2011, preparing for the Holidays & now we are already a few days into the New Year. This week the Let’s Blog Off crew asked a pretty simple question, “What are you looking 
Ahhh Christmas time & the end of another year; where everyone it seems to want to take a few minutes to look back fondly on. Personally I am more for looking forward and hopefully spreading a little festive cheer. The HTRC: This will be our 140th post for the year and also the last one 
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