Author: Charlotte

Gas prices just keep going up, don’t they? It makes me wish I had one of those electric cars, but who has the money? As of late I have been thinking a lot about money. There are so many things we have to buy a little at a time, so we don’t have much leeway […]

I have been working on converting my two car garage into a library. I always wanted my own reading room, from when I was a kid. I would ride my bike to the library every weekend, just to hang out in the cool and the quiet, reading books and getting lost in the worlds they […]

We’ve had nothing but steady rain for the past few days. Despite the nonstop downpour, the heat and humidity have not let up. I am extremely thankful that we finally replaced our HVAC system. My husband and I had been procrastinating over upgrading the packaged unit. Although it was old and no longer living up […]

Living in the northeastern part of the country means cold weather for the majority of the year. The spring and fall seasons are chilly, windy and rainy. The winter conditions are downright brutal. We expect long months with temperatures below freezing and aren’t surprised by sub zero readings. The wind chill makes it dangerous to […]