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My Reebok Jets Slippers Ripped

My Sister and family bought me NY Jet Slippers for Chanukah this past year. They are really comfy slippers and I really do like them. The issue is, soon after I got them, they started to rip at the seam. I showed in the picture above, where it began ripping. The thread that kept the

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Two Inches Too Long: Snap, Klick or Easy Lock Sukkah

To continue my Sukkah shopping experience, after having purchased and planned the Sukkah, I thought perfectly, I was two inches off. Why you ask? Well, I (we) didn’t account for the extra inch the vertical connecting bars add to the length of the sukkah. Here is a picture, as you can see, the vertical connecting

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Buying a Sukkah & Planning

The other day, I described my Sukkah shopping plans. I wanted to let you know, last night, I placed an order for my first Sukkah. I put a lot of work into planning the Sukkah and emailing those plans to Sukkah vendors. First, I wanted to tell you that I purchased the Klick Sukkah from

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Sukkah Shopping

So I have been in the new house almost two years now, and this Sukkot, I hope to finally build my own sukkuah. What is a Sukkah? See over here. What I did was measure my deck, which is typically where people would put their sukkah, if they have a deck. I had my wife

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My Lots Are A Mess

Talk about a vague blog post title, “my lots are a mess.” Well, that is the case. When I moved to my new home in October 2007, I discovered I had four property lots. One main property lot and the other three were like less than .1 of an acre each. Normally, I wouldn’t care,

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I May or May Not Have The Flu

Yesterday morning I felt sick. I decided to leave work early, at about 3pm, to head home and rest. This morning, the doctor called to tell me he has an opening in the afternoon. So I just got back from the doctor and he said, I may or may not have the flu. My temperature

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Good Old WD-40 For Squeaky Doors

Since I had my first kid a bit over two-weeks ago, I been noticing that some of the doors in my house have been squeaking. The squeaking door is probably less of a problem and annoyance for my kid then it is for me thinking it is annoying my kid, but it the concern of

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I Am A Failure

Last night, I attempted to add TV hookups to a couple rooms in my house. I went to Home Depot, not the new Lowes (in my area), and I bought the materials. I researched everything online and was all ready to go. I head up to the attic and start scoping things out. What I

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Considering Networking Coaxial TV Cables & Jacks

Since I was successful at doing some plumbing work, I think I might want to try to do some networking work. I currently only have coaxial TV jacks in the master bedroom. I would love for every room to be TV ready (not that I will have my kids watching TV) but it would be

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Accidently Setting Off The Burglar Alarm

My home is on lock down all the time. We have a pretty good home security system and we use it all the time. When we are home and awake, it is set. When we go to sleep, it goes into lock down mode. Basically, if you are awake in my house when I put