Hypothetically speaking, say you have a really nice neighbor that lives downstairs. You’ve talked to him a few times and realized that he’s a really pleasant dude. You know he smokes weed every now and again, but you don’t really care, because he does it outside and it doesn’t bother anyone. But then all of [...]

There once was a lovely couple that lived in Northeast Minneapolis. They were in love with their quaint little duplex, because it was basically perfect for their family of three plus an assortment of pets. And then all of a sudden the landlord turned into a little bit of a d-bag. For a while, he was incredibly [...]

We moved into our current abode about a year ago. We haven’t received any type of notification to renew our lease, but I guess I’m not really complaining. We’d sign another lease in a heartbeat, but I guess it’s not really our responsibility to remind our landlord that we need a new lease, is it? Besides, the [...]

Looking into ‘10 and after being on a salary freeze for all of ‘09, I’m gonna buckle down and focus on finances. I’ve needed to for quite some time, but I’ve always managed to sneak by with some type of disposable income. My disposable income of years gone by has been, well, disposed of in [...]

When we moved into this duplex in February, we were immediately worried we’d be the loud neighbors. We’re not small, The Kid walks around like an elephant, and we have two 80 pound dogs. I think we’re a recipe for annoying upstairs neighbors. Add random dogs coming in and out like it’s a halfway house [...]

Now I know we don’t own our current residence, which prohibits anything past just thinking about it, but two of my favorite co-workers have either bought a house or just had an offer accepted on a house (as of today), and looking at pictures of new kitchens is something I’m currently obsessed with. Nope, I [...]

Jenni brought a contest/challenge type thing to my attention last week and I couldn’t really say no to it: 5 A Day to Keep the Clutter Away. Here are the guidelines straight from the website:

Find 5 things a day that you can get rid of. Size doesn’t matter. It could be a spoonrest or an [...]

Over the last two weeks, I’ve been reminded that I hate to sweat. A lot. We reside on the second floor of a duplex that was built… a long time ago. In the winter, we were rarely cold, because a) hot air rises and b) we have this ridiculous furnace that could probably heat all [...]