Why do things always have to happen on the weekends?  If something in your house is going to break, malfunction, or flood, it always happens on the weekend.  My latest disaster was a stool that didn't work properly and flooded my hall bath and part of the hallway.  I didn't even know about it until my dog woke me from a sofa doze in front of the tube and wanted out.  That is when I heard the water running.  My first thought ws that my Mother, she is 93, had left water running in the sink.  Oh no, the stool had been running over for at least an hour, and squish squish squish went the carpet as I went in to discover what the problem was.  It is now 9:00 on a Saturday evening.  Fortunately I have quite a bit of experience with this type of thing having worked for several years for a Disast... 11/20/2011

It was warmer in Alaska today than it was in Lakeside, Arizona.  How can that be?  We are in the deepest deep freeze I've seen since I moved to Arizona in 1972.  Even in Phoenix it got down to the low 20's last night and we in the sunny State of Arizona just aren't used to this cold stuff.  Maybe those midwesterners are okay with it, but we are freezing to death.  Citrus and Fruit Trees are in danger, all those pretty winter flowers in Phoenix probably are black and ugly today.  Enough already, it's time for the cold stuff to go back where it belongs, up North! The only ones happy about it are the Plumbing Contractors because they are very busy fixing busted pipes.  It's time for this to GO AWAY!   02/03/2011

I was just thinking today that much of what we do in this industry to bring in new business is tedious at best and time consuming besides. Case in point, the Christmas Card ritual.  Yes it is a pain, yes it takes a lot of time, but....it reminds all those previous customers that you are still in the business and they appreciate that we remember them.  I even have folks I send cards to that weren't even my clients.  They were just really nice people who made things easier for my clients and were just a real pleasure to work with.  I want to remember them too because someday, they might remember me too. 12/23/2008

  Now There is a Happy Hound! Yes, it is White and there is more on it's way.  Glad I am not planning any travel for the Holidays since we received about 18" of snow last night with more on the way for Christmas Day and the Day After. We could quite literally be snowed in for the Holiday and for a couple of days after.  Our highway crews are not the best and it takes them a long time to get roads cleared after it snows.  The latest forecast says we could get two more feet of the White Stuff before it is all over, and the last time they said that we got 4 feet here and as much as 6 foot higher up.  The skiers will be happy, once they can get to the slopes that is!  Just glad I've got my shopping done and my freezer stocked and my fridge full.  I may get cabin fever being snowed in, but ... 12/23/2008