Published in the Idaho Press-Tribune November 14, 2009

Believe it or not, Thanksgiving is already less than two weeks away. Before you know it, your home will be filled with family for our annual holiday season. Is your home prepared for the festivities?

Even I would have to doubt the ability to get much done now before Thanksgiving, you might have missed that boat! But never fear if you are...read more

This biggest movie premier of the year is happening this weekend. The second installment of the Twilight saga, New Moon, opens this Friday nationwide. No doubt, if you have read the Twilight series, you are looking forward to this with bated breath. If you haven't read the books, you don't get what all the hype is about

I first stumbled across these books because I had a teenage daughter...read more

Published in the Idaho Press-Tribune October 31, 2009

It is the last week of October, and I have officially called an end to my exterior painting for the season. First, I don't like playing the weather game, it is stressful to me and wreaks havoc with a schedule. But second, I feel I have been doing this a long time, and I have paid my dues and don't want to work in the cold! The extreme...read more

Our recent local elections held no big surprise in the overall outcome. The one huge surprise to me was the lack of civic education among our populace. It had never occurred to me that people today do not understand the difference between living within the city limits of a town, or residing in the county only

This election pointed that fact out blatantly to many people who could not vote in the mayoral...read more

Printed in the Idaho Press-Tribune October 10, 2009

To most people, the crisp days of fall means their outside home improvement projects must end. If you wanted to paint your exterior, and it still hasn't happened, it is not necessarily too late.

In today's world of advanced latex paints (latex meaning water based) a natural step for the demanding consumer is low temperature paint. Just...read more

I know we have been inundated with election information in our local area. We have both Nampa and Caldwell mayoral races, and several city council races to contend with. On top of all that, we have to make a decision, one more time, regarding building a new Canyon County jail

This election is always a hard one for me, we live between Nampa and Caldwell and feel involved in both cities. At the same...read more