Home Safety- Smoke Detector Maintenance

27 May, 2010

What is a Medical Pendant - Additional Home Security Equipment

21 May, 2010

House Sitters - A Reasonable Vacation Expense

17 May, 2010

A friend of the family was putting together vacation plans a couple of months ago when I suggested to her she hire a house sitter to watch over her place while she was out of the country for two weeks. At first she balked. After all, a person's home is their private domain, and inviting someone in to essentially have the run of the house for a fortnight is even less appealing than it sounds. At least on first blush.

Home Security Means Preparing for the Unexpected

10 May, 2010

What I've discovered is this: robbers and burglars, by and large, aren't a very smart group of people and will do some very stupid things. Herein lies the problem. When putting together a home security plan to protect you, your family, and your personal property it's hard to factor in "stupid criminals".

In a Fire, Don't Just Take the Money and Run

6 May, 2010

We all, at some point in our lives, have said to someone, "I've got some good news and some bad news. Which do you want first?" A Syracuse, New York man got some firsthand experience with this Tuesday night.

Poor Water Quality in Boston and Nashville Becomes Dangerous

6 May, 2010

I'm sure you've seen the news stories by now about the water main that burst near the Metropolitan Boston area. Not only were millions of residents without water while the broken main was fixed, but when it came back on it was deemed undrinkable for nearly two days. How about all the heavy rains that led to river flooding in Nashville? Residents there, as in Boston, have suffered from the same problem. Boiling water just to have make it drinkable gets tiresome very quickly, and bottled water quickly becomes a scarce and an expensive commodity in these situations.

Be the 'Wrong' House

5 May, 2010

Here's a story so sad and wrong and strange it just has to be true. A woman in Denton, Texas was busy trying to figure out what to do after a demolition crew wrongly tore down most of her house. Wrongly, because it was the house across the street that was due to be demolished. The owner of the house, Francis Howard, told the media, "I don’t have the words to say." The 69-year-old woman said that the family has resided in that home for 47 years.