I love my family, but they also drive me totally insane. I think sometimes we just can’t see eye to eye as adults because they still see me as being a child. It’s infuriating to feel like I have grown up wisdom to offer, but no one to hear me out. At the same time, […]
If I’m honest about my biggest fears in life, I’ve been worried most about money. I’m not from one of those situations that lets me relax. And, lord, am I stressed out all the time. Especially about the air that I breathe. I mean, these days I think a lot of us are worried about […]
I work in a pizza restaurant that makes pizza, stromboli, pasta, and garlic bread. We are rated five stars by all of the local magazines. The dining room is always full of guests. Inside the kitchen, the indoor air temperatures are always very hot and stuffy. We have two large pizza ovens running all the […]
My family has been racing cars since the 1920’s. My grandfather learned how to drive fast so he could outrun the police during the days of prohibition. We started stock car racing about twenty years later. My dad opened a car dealership in the fifties. He sold pontiacs to everyone in town. A couple of […]
When I turned 21 years old, my friends and I decided to go to a casino. It was my first time in a gambling establishment and I was totally and completely overwhelmed. I planned to play some poker, but the sounds and lights coming from the slot machines made it impossible to leave the room. […]
My wife and I have been suffering from allergies all of our life, but recently things have been really bad. A new housing development is being erected on the other side of the street. The company has been taking down trees and clearing the land. My wife and I have been suffering greatly since the […]
Saturday morning, my boss sent me to an apartment to fix a heat pump problem. It was a very cold and chilly morning, and I was wearing my boots, hat, and a pair of gloves. There was snow and ice on the roads and I had mud all over the bottom of my work truck. […]
A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I hired an HVAC technician to install a smart thermostat in our home. I certainly could have installed the smart thermostat on my own, but I wanted a professional since we have an air filtration system and our own as well. I wanted the smart thermostat to […]
Tuesday afternoon, I came home from work and there was absolutely no heat in my mobile home. I was frantic and worried and I immediately called the heating repair company in town. Two hours after I made the phone call, a young heating company repair technician showed up at my home. It didn’t take long […]
Everything had to be washed twice and hot water with lots of laundry soap and fabric softener My wife wanted to go camping for the weekend and I thought it was a good idea too. After all, the weather was chilly and brisk and it was the perfect time of the year for a campfire […]