Note, this only occurred in 2007 and there is no assurance that the
Federal Government will reinstate this exemption for the summer of
2008.

While shopping at Costco, I came across a very informative book entitled "Essential Home Skills, Your Homeowner Survival Guide.

We are not big fans of power washing brick and stone work. In fact we think it is a bad idea. How come? Well, the last time we had it done, our masonry contractor damaged the brick.

Read our new article entitled "Don't Power Wash Brick and Stonework."

Back in 2004 I blogged about Paytrust after it redesigned it's site. Today, I took another look to see if there were any new bells and whistles since Intuit took over Paytrust.

If you are doing home remodeling and home improvement projects, you are probably dealing with Home Depot and Lowes Home Improvement Stores. Do you ever get the feeling that you are being taken for granted? We do.

OMB Watch, a non-governmental organization created a new website called Welcome to FederalSpending.org. The new website provides small businesseses, non-profits and individuals with information on how the US Federal Government is spending your hard earned money.

Using energy takes money, which ususally means more time spent away from the things we want to do.

Here are nine easy to do steps that will save energy, save money and time and do something positive for the planet.

What You Can Do Today