Posted May 11th, 2012
by Clifton Washburn
I have a new favorite day of the week. I’ll give you a hint: it’s not Monday. I would assume that most peoples’ favorite day of the week can be immediately narrowed down to a choice of three days: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. As I’ve grown older, I’ve traveled through a time in my life where each of those days was my favorite day of the week.
As a child, I always liked Saturday. No school, no getting up early, Saturday morning cartoons. My mom would likely make a big, delicious breakfast, and then I’d go outside, ride my bike through some dirt, and play all day with my friends until the street lights came on. Then I was al
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Posted May 3rd, 2012
by Clifton Washburn
Ceramic serving tray; $99
Bookmark this in your “auction sites” folder. One
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Posted April 13th, 2012
by Clifton Washburn
Anyone with an iPhone or Tablet will now be familiar with the highly addictive game known as ‘Angry Birds’. If you, or your child, are a frequent player of the strategy puzzle mobile game then you’ll definitely want to have a peek at these wonderful Angry Bird wall stickers which can be attached to just about any surface in the home. You’ll now be able to aim at those pesky green pigs whilst sitting in a room with a themed décor scheme to match the enjoyable game-play.
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Posted April 2nd, 2012
by Clifton Washburn
Vinyl windows can be virtually maintenance free but occasional a window seal failure cause quite a headache! Window seal failures are usually pretty easy to diagnose once you know what to look for. In the picture below you can see an example of a vinyl window seal failure that we had to repair at our home.
A close-up view of the window shown above makes the window appear to have frost on it. At first I thought that was the case however I quickly learned there was no frost.
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Posted March 29th, 2012
by Clifton Washburn
This picture is of a house across the street from a home I inspected in Lexington, MA. Pretty, isn’t it? Built in 1737 and is currently maintained by the Lexington Historical Society.
It is the Hancock-Clarke house where Sam Adams and John Hancock met on ‘the day of the alarm’, Apr 19, 1775 (Better known to many as the battles of Lexington and Concord), and is the same house that Paul Revere and William Dawes set out to reach from their individual origination points in Boston and Cambridge.
Cool huh? My lit
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