Home Maintenance for May

As the outside temperatures rise, the air inside needs cooling, and de-humidifying.  Now is a good time to have your units serviced and change the filters. Local HVAC experts also recommend running a ceiling fan to boost the cooling effect.  “When the breeze from a ceiling fan blows across your skin, it speeds up the evaporation rate…

Summertime… and the living is easy!

If your family will be cooking outside more frequently, now that summer time is on it’s way and kids are getting out of school or returning from college, it’s time to deep clean the BBQ. Weber – world renowned for it’s grills has two short videos with easy clean up tips for both charcoal and gas…

Outdoor Spring Clean-up

My life this week!  Now the Live Oak leaves have finally stopped shedding and the pollen dusting has finished, we can turn our attention to cleaning up outside, after a chilly winter.   Tasks include: Power wash the driveway, paths and patio or deck. Gentle spray wash the exterior of the home. Clean Windows, Screens…

Organizing Tasks On April’s Hit List

In the Garden Outdoor Spring Clean-up Dirty Little Jobs Temperature’s Rising Calm the Paper Chaos Featured Room – Kitchen In The Garden By no means do I have green thumbs!  I love to be outside in my garden. I have got down and dirty with a small vegetable patch, I love to harvest my own…