Brenda Harmon's (cstex99) Blog

We are remodeling our house.  It used to be an old restaurant.  It was built in 1968.  We are refinishing the kitchen cabinets (all wood).  It has a large, old stainless steel sink. Would you replace it with a new farm apron stainless steel sink, a copper sink or what? You know I will probably ge...

  We are remodeling a home.  I should say my husband is remodeling our home. My fingers won't close around a hammer or paint brush.  I told him this going in and he wanted to buy it anyway.  We bought a tankless water heater.  They are smaller than a suitcase and you don't heat the water all day ...

One of my favorite stores for cards is Half Price Books.  They have unique postcards and notecards. They usually have a rolling bin of clearance cards. Today I bought- 10 bookmarks with tassels 1 Box (15 notecards)- Hello Kitty 1 Box (15 notecards) Peeps (you know the easter candy) 1 package- 20 ...

Remember the children's nursery rhyme? Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jumped over the candlestick. (It's been a while, I think that's how it goes) It got me thinking about today's market. You have to be flexible (nimble) and raise above the crowd. You have to be quick (don't sit around waiti...

Watching Inside Edition on television today. They had a man spray painting brown, dead grass green. They said it was a non-toxic product that usually runs about $300 per yard. The reporter stated that realtors and Banks were using his services to stage a house and give it good curb appeal.  It is...