Author: Sally

My wife and I decided that we wanted to build a sunroom. Our back porch always felt like it was missing something. We wanted a means of better appreciating our big and beautiful backyard. We decided the house could really do with a sunroom addition. We decided to make sure that the sunroom was at […]

I’ve often wondered what the temperature is in many of the retail stores that I visit. One big box store in particular that I visit nearly every week always seems to be frigid, no matter the time of day or the season. I wonder what their reasoning is for practically trying to freeze everybody out. […]

What is the ideal temperature to set in a retail store? Well, it depends on the season. Although every individual customer may have an individual preference for where the thermostat should be set at any given time, there are general guidelines that a retail store owner can follow to ensure that the most people are […]

The days are getting shorter and the nights are getting colder. That’s just fine with me. This last summer brought with it an uncharacteristic heat wave for our area. I had never gotten so much use out of my air conditioning system before. Most of the time in the summer, my house is completely comfortable […]

I used to work two jobs, one during the day and the other in the evening. The reason for taking two jobs was so that I could afford to buy my own home. I grew up in an orphanage, and when I was not in an orphanage, I was moving from one foster home to […]