The Lighter Side
The Lighter Side: American products – Everything’s shrinking (except the prices)
I got out a new roll of toilet paper the other day and saw that it was noticeably narrower than what has always been the standard size. What the heck?
The Lighter Side: It’s fall! Time to winterize your home and yard!
Ah, fall in Colorado! Sunny days with cool, crisp air, blue skies and colorful foliage. Unfortunately we never know how long this weather will last. Thus now is the time to winterize your home and yard.
Talking to our pets, our selves and our imaginary friends
Recently I received an email from a reader named Randy from Loveland. He noted that since becoming petless he has started talking to imaginary friends from his childhood. He said he wasn’t sure what this says about him. I’m sure his imaginary friends are probably more...
The Lighter Side: Get it right! Five tips for buying a sofa or sectional
“How hard can buying a couch be?” you ask. Well, you can really screw it up. I suggest trying to buy a piece you actually like. Thus, consider:
The Lighter Side: The pee garden: A “garden” only little children could create
Most all gardens are wonderful, but some hold a special place in your heart. For my husband and I, this was our sons’ pee garden.
Post quarantining: Are you suffering from socialization reentry stress?
Have you felt a wee bit of socialization reentry stress? Answer these questions to assess your status.
The Lighter Side: Brain blips – Losing things around the house
How can it be that an organized person such as myself spends so much time combing our house, trying to remember where I have set things?
The Lighter Side : Ask ML- Answers to your pressing home-related relationship questions
As relationships become increasingly complex, more than ever people are turning to advice columns for answers.
The Lighter Side: Have we had enough of the wall signs with quotes?
One home trend on the downswing is the popularity of wall signs with inspirational or saucy quotes. You know, those signs that say things like: “Live every day like it’s your last,” or “It’s wine-thirty somewhere!” Thank goodness!
The Lighter Side: Post-pandemic problem – still waiting for some home goods
Many of us thought when the pandemic (mostly) ended that things would just snap back to normal. Unfortunately, this is not exactly the case buying home goods.
The Lighter Side: What’s with all the critters this season?
Something strange is going on here this summer. Besides our foliage initially growing like it was on steroids, there are more critters in our neighborhood.
The Lighter Side: Do we need to slick up because of our increased home values?
While pondering our new home appraisal, I started wondering if we need to slick up our house to match its new value.
The Lighter Side: Home inspections – They’re not as scary as you think (but they can find weird issues)
If there’s one thing that strikes fear in the hearts of homebuyers and sellers alike, it’s the home inspection.
The Lighter Side: The simple joy of a properly labeled electrical box panel
So many things in life should make you happy but don’t. Then there are the unexpected pleasures that surprise you. For me, one of these is our electrical box panel labeling which is both functional and attractive.
The Lighter Side: The weirdness of my grandparents’ home
When you’re a kid growing up, you don’t think too much about how your grandparents live
The Lighter Side: Post-pandemic – Can we give up our new home-related conveniences?
Staying at home for so long has changed how we live. We’ve become rather used to our new home-related conveniences. Why should we give them up now?
The Lighter Side: The creatures around our homes that freak us out
But as much as we know that all creatures are doing their part in nature, we just can’t help hating some or at the very least being freaked out by them. People seem to fall into some very distinct camps in terms of who gives them the willies.
The Lighter Side: How do we get so much home stuff? Mystery solved!
If there’s one thing quarantining at home has made abundantly clear, it’s that my husband and I have way too much stuff. This got me thinking: How do we all get so much stuff in our homes?
The Lighter Side: Post quarantining – Complete this checklist before socializing with real humans
Thanks to vaccines, soon we’ll once again be socializing in person without masks with fellow homo sapiens. Thus it’s time to take stock of what bodily mayhem has occurred during the last year of our pandemic isolation.
Managing the unmanageable: Our ever-growing abundance of cords and cables
Recently I was FaceTiming with my son Nick who was showing me his new apartment. When he got to his desk area he said, “Ignore my cable management. I haven’t done that yet.” What? Cable management? This is a thing? And indeed, it is a thing.
The Lighter Side: That amazing moment when your child volunteers to do housework
Life transitions: Sometimes you see them coming, sometimes you don’t. The last time our youngest son Nick, 25, stayed with us, he volunteered to clean the house.
Thinking of selling your home? Here are the things Realtors want to say but are too polite
Along with spring, the start of the big home selling season is here. Thus I’d like to give homeowners some advice to help sell their properties quickly while maximizing profit.
The Lighter Side: Pandemic homestretch – Time to finish up those small home projects
With this end in sight I have a new found enthusiasm to finish up home projects, some of which I began when we initially quarantined.
Ask ML: Answers to your tough home-related relationship questions
As the world and relationships become increasingly complex, more than ever people are turning to advice columns for answers.
Gardeners beware: Spring fever is on the rise
I’ve been very focused on not getting COVID-19 during this pandemic which is probably why I recently fell prey to another affliction: spring fever.
