Author: Francis

Having access to Google and Youtube has given many of us a level of freedom that we never thought was possible in past years. I’ll never forget the frustration I had trying to learn how to solder electronics back in the late 1990s when neither of these sites existed and your only internet guides were […]

I enjoy the finer things in life and I like to spoil myself. I have recently decided to get heated floors in my basement. Now not everyone realizes that this isn’t something I am doing for no reason. I spend a lot of time in my basement. It’s where I do my laundry and where […]

I recently spent a week with a friend in Nicaragua. This was my first time ever leaving the United States. I had never even gone over the border into Canada during all of the years that I spent living in Michigan during the time when you could cross the border without a passport. My friend […]

I have zero storage in my home. I can tell the house was built by a man. There are tons of sheds and a whole room in my house that was definitely a man cave. The kitchen is small and I have no storage though. I have a pantry in the kitchen that is jammed […]

My husband and I didn’t do the traditional wedding. We actually just signed some papers and called it a day. Our families still sent us money and now we don’t know what to do with it. My husband and I both agree the money should go towards something in the house. But what can we […]