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Setting The Water Temperature Have you ever checked your water temperature? It is easy to do, and if you have children around, you have good reason to check -- children's skin is particularly easy to scald. You can use any thermometer you have available (even those to test meat or used to make ca...
01/02/2011
I love my neighbors. They are incredibly sweet, and when I moved in about 12 years ago, made me feel part of the neighborhood right away. Over the years, we've been able to meet their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Their children live a couple hours north of us, and the grandchi...
01/02/2011
Humidity And Your Home Humidity in a house affects both your health and the health of your house. We've all experienced personal discomfort when the atmosphere is too humid... but the building products inside your home are affected too. And then, there is that nasty four letter word... mold. If t...
01/02/2011
Ringing In The New Year With A Victory Yesterday, January 1, was a terrible day for Michigan. At least as far as football is concerned. Our Michigan State Spartans were knocked off by arch-enemy and former coach Nick Saban and his Alabama squad. The loss was awful, 49-7. The the Michigan Wolveri...
01/02/2011
New Years Eve isn't a huge deal at our house. Since our group of friends has young children, we've been hosting an early New Years Eve party for the last seven years, starting around four and "toasting in the new year" around seven. Then everyone goes home and puts the kids to bed... or the brave...
01/01/2011
Achieving the Goal: 100,000 Points Before 2010 Ended! I arrived here on ActiveRain just before Labor Day, one of the home inspectors that took up Russel Ray's standing invitation to join up and be a part of the AR community. And what a fun four months or so it has been. I have thoroughly enjoyed ...
12/29/2010
Toasting In The New Year While Enjoying A Toasty Fire One of my favorite things about a Michigan winter is the opportunity to get a fire roaring in the fireplace. And judging from my neighbor's woodpile, I am not the only one who loves using the fireplace. But before we light up the New Years Eve...
12/29/2010
Fires are awful events. And winter provides extra opportunities for fires to spread throughout the house. Kentucky's Erby Crofutt shares some great -- and easy to follow -- advice that will keep your house off the evening news.Watching the news yesterday and today reminds me that, once again, sev...
12/27/2010
Michigan's Household Allergens   Many of you know that awful feeling... the sneezing, the runny nose, the watery eyes, the... well, you get the idea. Allergies are a common disorder here in the United States. In fact, around 50 million Americans suffer from either seasonal or chronic allergies, i...
12/26/2010
Preventing (Or Dealing With) Ice Dams On Michigan Roofs Most ice dams form at the edge of the roof, where it is colder. Approaching the top of the roof, the temperatures rise, heated by the warm air rising through the house, into the attic. In a house, heat moves through the ceiling and insulatio...
12/26/2010
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