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Homeowner Stories

Modular prefabricated buildings deliver unrivalled benefits

Written by: AlanR, on 05/08/2013
There is no doubt that affordable residential housing and commercial buildings are essential for many reasons and indeed required as a more cost effective solution. Modular prefabricated buildings offer a viable solution to this problem and come with a whole host of impressive benefits that include ease of transportation, construction, affordability and eco friendliness.Prefabricated buildings are as the term implies buildings that are manufactured in sections or module...

My First House

Written by: seamstressofwords, on 04/25/2013
So yesterday I did this great thing, I signed the lease to the house I'm living in next year. I don't think excited properly explains how I feel. I know it's going to be tough, living with three other people (one whom I still haven't met) but I have faith in my friend's ability to pick people I won't have problems with. I have a lot of plans as well, as far as cooking and decorating go. I'm more excited to cook, because I'll be cooking way more often, but I also feel like...

Not Ready to Settle Down

Written by: SamanthaBise, on 03/06/2013
Being a homeowner is something very far from my mind at this point in my life; I am nowhere near ready for that kind of commitment in my life. I am a poor college student living paycheck to paycheck, just trying to afford rent each month. A mortgage isn’t something I am ready to take on. Money seems to be a large source of stress in my life these days, but it’s not thing only issue to consider when thinking about owning a home. I am starting graduate school this year, and ...

Taking On A Home As A College Kid

Written by: Kwweesten, on 02/11/2013
I am a mere college student given the chance to live off campus. With a monthly rent check, I’m able to live in a house with two other girls. Although we rent this house, we rarely see our landlord. We signed a lease and gave him our word that this house would stay standing when our two years were up. So far, it’s stayed intact. But after a year and a half, we’ve had our share fair of memories built-up in this house – some good, some bad. After all this time, I can honestly s...

Julian Assange criticizes Wikileaks film: "The script is one lie on a lie"

Written by: chiverico, on 01/28/2013
Although there is still a whole year for the film about Wikileaks, "The Fifth Estate", opens in theaters around the world, Julian Assange already has a copy of it and his criticism of her has been pretty hard.Inside his refuge in the Embassy of Ecuador in London, Julian Assange continues to talk and this time as a result of the film directed by screenwriter and director Bill Condon about his emporium Wikileaks and the leaks that have both talk.Assange was able to get a le...

Helpful Tips for Moving Household Appliances

Written by: Jenn Young, on 01/24/2013
Jenn Young is a freelance writer working with Uncle Bob's. She is passionate about beautifying her home and she currently writes on anything and everything related to storage unitsIf you’re like the majority of people, when it comes to moving, you want to do as much as you can for yourself in order to save as much money as possible. Unless you’ve moved app...

The Dreaded Healthy Soup

Written by: sheila.l.smith.7, on 01/09/2013
For the third time in a week I poured out a generous serving of “the dreaded healthy soup” into a saucepan, sighing heavily. Since it had been my idea to make the soup in the first place, my husband and son reasoned, it should be me who has to eat it. So every three weeks or so I dig down to the far reaches of the freezer and extract yet another mason jar of the stuff.The ingredients cost about forty dollars and required a special shopping trip. There are people starving i...

Lint Trap

Written by: sheila.l.smith.7, on 12/31/2012
Lint-TrapUnlike the men in my household I am careful with laundry. I sort my washables into light and dark, and today the dark pile is bigger so that is what I load into the machine. Normally I check in case husband or son might have thrown a few light T-shirts or dark pants in, but it’s late in the day and I haven’t seen or heard anyone else near the machines all day. So it’s upend the hamper and into the depths drop jeans, corduruoys, favourite navy T-shirt, socks. . . al...

Stage of Life needs help taking storytelling mobile!

Written by: Nate DeRose, on 12/11/2012
Hello All,Stage of Life is proud to announce its latest endeavor - the development of the first mobile storytelling game! For the last three months, we have been putting our creative efforts into drafting Writing Race, a multiplayer story writing game for Apple iPhone where friends will collaboratively (or competitively) write a story together using their mobile phone.Our idea to expand Stage of Life’s literacy initiative to the mobile realm began as some scribbling on a...

A Love Nest For Two

Written by: Miriam, on 12/11/2012
As World War II ended, everything was scarce--apartments, automobiles, refrigerators and money. With luck, we found a place in an old house being renovated by a friend. Our $40 per month pied a terre was part of a rear, second floor addition, probably originally intended as a solarium.At the top of a curved staircase was a long skinny hallway, just big enough for a sink and stove and a refrigerator we didn’t have. At the end of the hallway, on the left, was a multi...

The Key

Written by: KimParsells, on 11/19/2012
Sixteen years ago, I was wearing prescription-strength rose colored glasses when I walked through the front door and knew that this house was going to be my home. Four bedrooms, three sets of stairs and a huge backyard... What single, 24 year old woman wouldn’t need this? SOLD!I got the key, moved in and furnished one room. (Two, if you count the mattress on the floor in the bedroom.) All I had to do now was acquire things and people. I immediately became an avid yard-sa...

The weather can affect your health

Written by: AreaVibes, on 11/15/2012
Most people would agree that there are various external factors that can have a significant impact on our lives. Where we live, our partners and natural facets of the world we live in such as the weather. It is our innate ability to overcome issues and problems within all of these elements that make us who we are and how we enjoy our day to day life wherever we choose to reside.In terms of weather, there is a surprisingly diverse range of weather and climatic conditions...

Anxiety causes serious problems for many

Written by: Alix Needham, on 11/05/2012
The term Anxiety is an often quoted word that is becoming prevalent in the current era. Anxiety is the body's reaction to stress and the related symptoms which are manifested can be many, with anything from trouble sleeping, sexual dysfunction through to palpitations and nausea as well as panic attacks. It is inherently caused by increased levels of stress, which itself can be caused by external factors such as financial pressures, work issues or simply family problems. All o...

Meet Your Neighbors

Written by: warren, on 10/19/2012
Some time ago, a Stage of Life editor wrote, promoting meet-your-neighbors activities. I posted a comment, “Good thoughts. I'm embarrassed to admit that I wouldn't even recognize neighbors more than two houses away.”It’s sad how my neighbor-interaction radius has shrunk over the years. Neighbor HistoryGrowing up in Upstate New York, I knew nearly everyone for long distances up and down our very long street and for respectable distances on cros...

Ridiculous Hurghada

Written by: robapex, on 10/13/2012
I have decided to also post some of the most ridiculous and funniest things that happen or can be seen through the city where we work and live. There will be couple of posts such as these in the blog from time to time so read, have a few laughs or be shocked and amazed. Let the fun ride begin. Anyways this situation happened only a few days ago. Most of you are usually asleep during this time, depending on where you are, but it happens that I barely sleep, I rather work o...

This is Not Your Mother’s Bathroom Sink: Fashionable, Functional, and Fantastic!

Written by: Sheenak, on 09/26/2012
Talk about the different styles of bathroom sinks today and how to choose a sink that can meet your need for both style and function....

I don't own a home, but I own a car.

Written by: NateD, on 09/20/2012
I own a car. It’s a Honda Civic, so it’s not even an especially high budget car, but I have a few simple rules: No eating and don’t make a mess. These shouldn’t be too hard to follow, and yet they always get broken. I don’t know how my friend’s cars manage to stay spotless, when it seems like they are the sole reason for why I ever need to wash my own. It hasn’t rained in a week and we just walked across an asphalt parking lot – how did you manage to track in two muddy foot...

Locked Out…Again!

Written by: warren, on 09/14/2012
The Homeowner Editor’s welcome described her trials and tribulations on being locked out of her home. It reminded me that I still need to find a hiding place for our house key.Breaking InThe first time I locked myself out, I was living alone in Upstate New York. I drove into the garage, which was under the house, got out of the car, grabbed shopping bags from the trunk, and couldn’t open the basement door. I can’t recall why I didn’t have my key to open the dea...

The Dark Night

Written by: DarkStar49, on 09/02/2012
A little late to queue but better than never, thinking of a household emergency, of sort, one dark night came to mind. Years ago, living in the high sierras, it was not uncommon for us to have visits from all kinds of wildlife. We had face to face encounters with bears ....literally. We've been stood off by angry raccoons, been allowed to admire deer as they foraged on our property...the stories go on. But one in particular sticks in my head. It was a night where qui...

“Imagine” by John Lennon - The world will live as one

Written by: Imagine, on 09/01/2012
The lyrics from John Lennon ‘s song “Imagine” made me think of my household.As the host mother of foreign exchange students from all over the world for the past three years, I have had an opportunity to interact and learn about other cultures while introducing them to the American culture. I have two extra bedrooms, so I often have more than one student at a time.For many of these young girls, it is often their first trip away from their own country. It is a pleasure for ...

Help Wanted: Orientation Service

Written by: Miriam, on 08/23/2012
It is my fervent hope that my dearly beloved, departed husband is satisfied. For months before his demise, he worried about how I would fare without him. He urged me to be practical, suggested I leave the home that he had carefully planned to meet every need and to move into an independent living facility. A smart wheeler-dealer, he would have been more or less satisfied with the agent’s negotiated price in this bad housing market, but he would marvel at how expertly our ...

The Assurance Of Insurance

Written by: DarkStar49, on 07/30/2012
Have you checked out the details or done a price comparative with your homeowners insurance lately? Recently, I was all too happy that my auto policy and home policy was now with one, leading nationwide company, and as a result I had saved a little over $300 a year by adding the two in with the same company. For a change, I felt like I was truly "in good hands”! Boy, was that a short lived feeling.Exactly one year later, I had received a renewal notice that both ou...

Air Conditioning

Written by: warren, on 07/27/2012
I had a manager who judged air conditioning to be the greatest technological invention. I got that secondhand, so I can’t vouch for the superlative, greatest; but I’m sure he ranked AC way up there. Me? Not so much, though I sure missed it for a week. The DerechoMy wife, Vicki, and I were escaping to Wisconsin. Our meticulously laid plan was to depart dark and early on a Sunday morning. On Friday night, however, we were introduced to a derecho. “Derecho” to me is...

Refinancing

Written by: warren, on 06/22/2012
We refinanced our home mortgage last month--again. Financing or refinancing mortgages is becoming old hat for us, though it’s always a “You’re kidding!” moment to see the number of pages and lines to be signed or initialed. I bought my first house 40 years ago. I’m pretty sure it was all done with one page. If there was an application, it was probably a matchbook cover. For last month’s refinancing, the application alone had 45 pages. 45! We only had to sign or initial abou...

I’ll Just Pull ONE More Weed…

Written by: NancyMyMoves, on 06/13/2012
I’ve mentioned the scary state of my landscaping before and the resulting inertia from even sticking my head outside to look at it. It’s totally overwhelming. When we bought this house, we put in every garden bed, tree and ornamental grass in the yard, err, acreage. That included planting three, six-foot white pines without the assistance of machines. I used to love it and keep up with it each season....

Remodeling advice: Just Chill

Written by: pammlofton, on 05/31/2012
The best advice I can give any new homeowners facing remodeling issues is to take your time and do it right. And I’m not just talking about the quality of the work. Not that that isn’t important. But there are other things that you should consider that are just as important if not more so. First, look around at EVERYTHING and talk to EVERYBODY. Yes, this will take time. But, in the long run, it will save you time and grief. If you have a friend in the design or architectur...

How Should you Approach for Financial Help on a Mortgage

Written by: michael, on 05/26/2012
These days, under the present economic crisis, many homebuyers are experiencing tremendous financial crisis and seeking help with their mortgages. If the economy is going downward, people are becoming jobless and losing every possible source of income, it can lead toward massive foreclosures. Therefore, today many homeowners are seeking help with their mortgages. If you want similar kind of help, there are several sources t...

Remodeling: Gratitude Projects

Written by: languageartsqueen, on 05/25/2012
I’m enviable among women since my husband, David, is one of those guys who can fix, remodel, and/or build anything. He even takes over delusional projects that I started and untangles, rewires, or patches without irritation or complaint. So, I live my life in a constant state of gratitude. The words, “thank you,” show up a lot in our House of Sawdust but, they aren’t always enough. Now, I’m not devaluing verbal thanks. I once lectured a guy at a fast food restaurant about h...

Slowing down

Written by: justcallmemom, on 05/16/2012
Now that we are in our sixties, our home maintenance has slowed to a crawl. Part of the reason is the weather, part of it is our financial situation, but mostly it has to do with just getting older. The man of the house is now 66 and drives an hour to work and an hour back home. He is tired when he gets home and doesn't have much daylight left to do outdoor work. Weekends seem to fill up quickly with babysitting for grandchildren, trips to visit our children and relatives, go...

The Tackiest Styles Out There (and How to Avoid Them)

Written by: TheHouseGuest, on 05/10/2012
Have you ever walked out of someone’s house and said to the person you were with, “And did you see that potted, multi-colored – what was it? A tree? - in the bathroom? It was taller than the sink! I had to keep pushing the branches away just so that I could wash my hands!”Not those exact words, of course, but something to that effect. In other word: have you ever been to a house that had the tackiest look in the world?How embarrassing for the person that lives there...

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