Know when to walk away
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I never thought I would write something like this. I used to believe that it was wrong to just walk away from a home. I am not talking about taking the dog for a walk — I am talking about not paying the mortgage and leaving.
Free parking
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I spent a bit of time downtown this week and found that I can park for free. The downside it that sometimes I go to meetings with helmet hair, but heck I can’t have everything. I can get through the road construction with the greatest of ease and sometimes people even wave at me — but not with all fingers.
This is the summer to garden
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I was going to say this is the week to start the garden but most gardeners I know have their gardens prepared and ready to plant or planted already. I use a tiller for the vegetable garden and a shovel for the smaller gardens. I got an early start this year for a change because of the weather. The flower beds were planted a couple of weeks ago. Continue Reading
The bookmobile rolls on in St. Paul
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I remember the bookmobile from when I was a kid and I wasn’t aware that it was still around until I saw it parked at the West Seventh Community Center where we have one of the nicest libraries around. We have a wonderful library system in St. Paul and in Minneapolis. Continue Reading
City snake
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I have a friend who has Ophidiophobia which is a fancy word for fear of snakes. For years I could not figure out why my next door neighbor would not just help her self to my rhubarb. She loves the stuff but it turns out she too is afraid of snakes and they love to slither through my rhubarb patch. Continue Reading
Pet friendly
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For people with dogs living some place that is pet friendly is important. Many of the downtown condos allow pets, including dogs. This topic comes up often, and I suspect that there are people who would like to live in a condo but who do not because they believe that they need a place with a yard and that pets are not allowed in condos. Continue Reading
Sharing a phone
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I really wasn’t into telephones much until I was at least ten. When we wanted to contact a friend we simply walked over to the house and knocked on the door “Can Jimmy come out, Mrs. Byrne?” It worked pretty well for the most part and since we all lived on the same block; if Jimmy could not come outside to play it was just a few steps to Craig’s house, or Tommy’s. Continue Reading
Fewer vacant homes
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I check the City web site now and then so that I can see how many vacant registered building there are on the books. The number keeps going down. Right now there are 1535 registered vacant buildings in St. Paul, most are homes and a few are commercial buildings. Continue Reading
Got lead? There’s a good chance you do
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On April 22, 2010 a new law federal law took effect. Continue Reading
Free advice … just when you need it
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It happens often with first time home buyers. They conduct an exhaustive search for a home and sometimes an exhaustive search for a realtor. After months of hard work they find that perfect home.
They make an make an offer on it and after some back and forth, the buyers and sellers reach an agreement and the first-time home buyers will soon become first-time home owner Continue Reading