Posts Tagged ‘home’
Things to do at home
Voluntary homelessness for me means packing a small suitcase with jeans, sweaters, boots, and three or four soul-nurturing books. I’m not going to live in the park or in my car. But I am going to experiment with my life, live close to my granddaughter, and see what happens. Vacating the space that has held my hopes for so long, I’m going to transform those hopes into a more solid reality than a physical home could ever be.
A bumper sticker tells me, IF YOU LIVED IN YOUR HEART, YOU’D BE HOME NOW. I believe that. With the wings of the Almighty as shelter, I am taking flight, rising above what I thought I wanted, to a brand-new vision of home.
Do the repair
Fluorescent fixtures improve the lighting in your mobile home and save you money as well. You get more light with less electricity consumption than with incandescent fixtures. But whenever fluorescent bulbs start to flicker, it’s time for replacement or repair. The flicker fatigues your eyes badly.
To remove a fluorescent tube from a fixture of the slotted variety, give the tube a quarter-turn in the slot and pull downward. With a spring-loaded fixture, push the tube toward one end, free the opposite end, and then remove the tube. Be careful not to drop the tube. Its glass and the internal gases are toxic.
HOUSE RENOVATION
My husband is planning to renovate our house and we try to get the actual prices of the materials needed for the renovation. We have been planning to do the renovation almost a year now but we had to save enough in order for us to be able to do it. Now we have save enough money from our salary and we are now ready to start buying the necessary stuff that will be needed. We have talked to the persons that will be in charge to do the job. Renovating a house is not that easy because you need to spend a lot too. I and my husband made a marketing plan in buying the materials needed. We tried to compare the prices from different hardware in order for us to get the reasonable price for each items to be purchase. We have agreed to just purchase in bulk so that we will be able to avail a big discount. Our friends were able to help us to find the workers that will do the renovation. Our children were very excited about our plans because it will make their room more spacious and cozy to stay with. We are planning for a house party once the renovation is finish.
A Frustrated Dream
When I was a kid I have always wanted to be an architect or engineer, because I wanted to be part of people’s lives. I really opted to know the concept on how to build buildings or houses for people to live or settle in. But as time closes out on me, too bad I was not able to pursue my dream. Instead I studied on how to be a carpenter, because my parents were not capable of sending me to college. But in these sense I could still be part of some ones life, by building it for them. First I started as a helper to my uncle’s friend who is an expert handy man, from him I learned what skills I have right now. My first project with him was remodeling a rest-house by the lake. It was not an easy job for us to deal with. Because the owner of the house wanted so much change that it almost required us to rebuild the whole house itself. Home improvement takes a lot of ideas that you should be particularly aware of, especially on what or how it could possibly look like after the work has been done; or else or if your not satisfied with the outcome of it, it would only cost you double job.
