My first apartment out of college had a consistent plumbing problem: the shower in the bathroom directly above the kitchen (which happened to be my bathroom) leaked each time it was used. My roommate and I called the maintenance department several times. Although they could see the damage to the kitchen ceiling, they could not […]
When winter hits here in Ohio, we have several months of what I call “brown sticks and mud season.” Then, the buckets of snow and freezing slush begin. The weather is predictably varied here, and we often experience freezing temps in the early mornings and above average “heat waves” in the same day. Such weather […]
As a baseball player, I have to work out a lot. Right now, I do so at a local college because I’m a volunteer assistant for their baseball team. When I’m staying at my parent’s house, I work out in their rec room. I also have friends who love going to their local gym. There […]
As of this writing, there’s a great deal of political wrangling occurring in regard to the so-called fiscal cliff. There’s a lot being said about how to fix the problem, which includes both tax increases and huge spending cuts. It’s going to be an interesting tax season — are you ready for it? In order […]
While I’ve heard plenty in the news about the debt crisis in Europe, I have to admit that I haven’t paid a great deal of attention. Not only are the roots of this crisis very difficult for a lay-person to understand, but it seems as though the economic woes in Europe are pretty far removed […]
My husband gets razzed quite often about his choice of vehicles. He can fix everything, drive anything with at least two wheels and a motor, and is a trained maintenance mechanic and autobody technician. You’d think his vehicle would look spectacular, right? Wrong. That’s because my husband is also quite skilled at squeezing a penny when […]
