I recently became aware of something called a life hack. My nephew is always posting pretty interesting stuff that he finds online. Last week, he shared with me one of these life hacks, which in this case was a tip for heating two bowls in the microwave at the same…
Northern California winters are kind of a unique thing, if you ask me. The vast majority of us in our area don’t really live up in the mountains. No, we tend to live down in cities like Sacramento, Folsom, Roseville, Vacaville, or somewhere in between. That means we don’t get…
I have a lot of fun associations with wintertime from back when I was just a kid. Yessir, when I think of the winter, I think about spending weekends up in Tahoe, or drinking hot chocolate after coming from a cold day at school. Sometimes, I even think of the…
When it comes to making sure that none of the conditioned air that is being produced by your HVAC system is escaping through your windows, you probably know by now that having energy-efficient windows is what matters the most. You probably also know that the right windows, combined with the…
I’ve always had a whole lot of respect for people who can do a thing themselves, whether that thing is car maintenance, woodwork, or even plumbing. In fact, I think it was that high level of respect that first drew me to become a plumber way back when; a useful…
California is not a place typically associated with rain, at least not like the other West Coast states of Oregon and Washington. No, here in California, we’re associated much more closely with sunshine and nice weather than we are with rain. And that’s a pretty accurate description of places southern…
Recently, we had a problem with our garage door. The mechanism that makes it open and close with just the push of a button stopped working. Now, we could have just forgotten the dang thing and started operating the door manually, but this thing has one simple job to do:…
Have you ever heard that old cliche that folks like to throw around: There’s more than one way to skin a cat? Now that I think about, it’s kind of a morbid saying, really. I love cats, and I’d never ever hurt one. But I actually think about that saying…
