Author: Anna

I had no plans to move back to our hometown in our mid 30s, however I’m an only-child and our parents needed help with particular tasks as their health issues regressed and worsened. The 1 saving-grace was the cheap real estate market at the time. I found a 2-study room house with an average-sized yard […]

I had an aged used car in high college & college that only survived as long as it did because I was diligent about the repair & care. That meant taking it in for oil swings & liquid top-offs. Usually the mechanic would do a quick inspection as well to see if there was anything […]

I wasn’t focused at all on the weather when I was young & in college. I didn’t easily care if there were hurricanes poised to hit our area or if the two of us were going to have freezing temperatures overnight & into the following morning. Whenever I wasn’t at apartment letting our parents worry […]

Handling money got a little easier for myself and others after I obtained a marker board for our apartment to list all of our rolling expenses each month plus any abrupt or 1-time expenses. For instance, I had to replace an old as well as faulty shower head for our bathroom as well as had […]

I needed a certified air duct cleaning company to scrub our metal ventilation system, but none of the air duct cleaning companies that I found in our searches had any proof of licenses or certifications I had no plans to transport back to our hometown in our mid 30s, but I’m an only-child as well […]

I can’t afford to let the service as well as repair of our HVAC unit falter or I will freeze to death in our near subarctic Winter weather I had an old used car in school as well as school that only survived as long as it did because I was diligent about the repair […]

Being a kid who grew up in the northern midwest, I was shocked as well as amazed when I visited the ocean for the first time as well as swam at the beach. The surf was mild that day as well as the water was surprisingly scrub as well as free of algae as well […]

Staying in a rental cabin on the lake is easily different from renting a hotel room… When you stay at a hotel, you suppose the maids will be coming in every single day to tidy things up. There is a particular level of debauchery that is accepted, even encouraged, in hotels & motels, however renting […]

It is good respected sense to not leave your expensives out where they are easy to steal. Maybe you don’t need a safe for some things, however you should still put them out of sight, so people aren’t tempted to take them. I guess everyone understands to not leave a pile of money on the […]

The ranch home had been resting empty for about 5 years when every one of us moved in. I can’t get into the particulars of the deal, because every one of us were living off the grid. A acquaintance of a acquaintance provided to let us stay in an old, abandoned family cottage while our […]

I savor going to police auctions! My last more than 2 cars have come from police auctions, as well as many of our lake home appliances. How it works is that in this state every one of us have a rule called “asset forfeiture” which basically means if you get busted for being a drug […]

Staying in a rental cottage on the lake is absolutely weird from renting a hotel room, however when you stay at a hotel, you think the maids will be coming in every single day to tidy things up. There is a particular level of debauchery that is accepted, even encouraged, in hotels and motels, but […]