Growing up, I had a lot of concerns that I would never own anything.  My parents were (and still are) poor and though they worked hard, it was apparent that they would always be poor.  You know, there are just some people you can tell will never make it very far and they were [...]

For most of my life, I have never really been someone who wins draws.  In fact, except for winning a free coffee once, I have never really won a prize in my life.  But, I have been persistent and have still tried to win any chance I get in the hopes that I would get [...]

The replacement window that I was most concerned about was my bay windows.  I had one both in the front of the house, and one in the back of the house.  The other windows I was concerned about were the casement windows.  These were on the sides of my house.  I chose my house specifically [...]

I really don’t know if it is just a sign of the recession or what, but it sure does seem that all of a sudden there is a lot more land for sale in Washington. Maybe all of this land for sale was actually for sale all along and I just didn’t notice it. But [...]

Having a house built from the ground up is a very big deal. It’s also an investment in your future. When my husband and I decided to go this route, we opted to go with a custom builder for a number of reasons. Rather than scour  homes for sale in Florida for a resale we [...]