Author: Alan

Living in Sioux Falls, South Dakota means that I am used to the cold. I have familiarized myself with the chill, snow, and ice. It is a way better way of living. The heat is just horrible. I hate being all sweaty, dehydrated, and scrambling for AC. I visited friends down south once and realized […]

When I moved to Minneapolis, MN I was excited by the possibility of starting over. I found a great plot of land and an outdated home that sat on it. I have been slowly converting the house room by room. I scraped all the popcorn ceilings and sanded them smooth. I repainted the walls. I […]

My family plans a trip locally every year. We live in Florida and it is a big state. It makes sense to travel within the state to make everything simple. My son doesn’t do well in airports. Traveling by plane makes it tough on everyone. So we stick close to home and only go places […]

Living in Springfield, Missouri, means exposure to a wide range of weather extremes. The average temperature climbs into the mid eighties for four straight months with brutal humidity. We also experience temperatures below freezing for approximately five months. We switch between running the furnace and relying on the air conditioner with a very brief break […]

Living in South Bend, Indiana, means dealing with long and brutal winter weather. As winds pass over Lake Michigan, they generate a great deal of snow and frequently create lake-effect snowstorms. These blizzards bring temperatures in the negative digits, bitter wind-chill and white-outs. It’s not unusual for the area to experience school closings, winter weather […]

I have always wanted to own an air purifier. When I moved to Tuscaloosa, Alabama I decided that I was going to spoil myself. I always had bad seasonal allergies. The dust, debris, and hair bothered my sinuses. I planned to get the biggest, best air purifier on the market. I even found a Tuscaloosa […]

Texas gets hot and sticky. It is a necessity to have a well working cooling system in order to combat that high heat. I recently splurged to have a ductless AC unit throughout my house. This takes one outdoor air compressor hooked to multiple indoor air handlers. Every room in my house gets an indoor […]

Elgin experiences hot, humid summers and winters that are freezing cold, snowy and windy. The average temperature fluctuates from twelve degrees to the mid eighties. There is rarely a time when either heating or cooling aren’t necessary. There are times of year when my great friend and I run the boiler at night and require […]