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Can’t See the Forest From the Trees

No comments December 4th, 2009

I always pondered on this saying and don’t think I really understood what it meant until today where I fully experienced this through a situation that presented itself for me as a perfect learning opportunity. I was driving looking for an address.”I think I know where I am going,” my sister calls me on the cell phone. Here we are talking about our plans, our dreams and our future or should I say she was, because all of a sudden I find myself lost while she is talking up a storm as to “how on fire she is” with our dream. For the past year, we have worked Read more

Planning to Build the Perfect Deck? Get Advice From Oprah, Janka and Google Before you Diy!

No comments December 4th, 2009

If you are like me, you have a handle on DIY home maintenance and you haven’t called a plumber or an electrician since George Bush Sr. was in the White House. My shop is the envy of every guy in the neighborhood, and I know my way around just about any home repair or remodeling project. So, when my wife asked if we could build a deck on the back of our log home, I didn’t give it a second thought. “A quick trip to the local lumber yard and I’ll have us grilling steaks on our new deck by Sunday, I told my bride. When she hesitated after hearing my construction Read more