It’s a beautiful day in Anaheim, CA, but after last night’s festivities, all you want to do is stay in bed for the foreseeable future. It was a long night of conversations and copious adult beverages around the campfire with friends. As you lay in bed contemplating how many activities yo...
The day started off as a beautiful Los Angeles, CA, morning with barely a cloud in the sky and lots of sun. As the morning slipped into afternoon, large, ominous storm clouds began developing. Sitting on your back deck you watched the clouds move slowly across the sky and continue to build. Wh...
It’s been a chilly spring in Lompoc, CA. The wind has been blowing and the winter rains just don’t want to end. Since you’re really craving grilled burgers, you’ve spent the better part of the last few hours trying to figure out how to make that a reality. You came up w...
It’s a beautiful day in Simi Valley, CA. You've been airing out the house and finishing the spring cleaning that you hadn’t had a chance to get done. Your final chore for the day is cleaning the basement bathroom. This bathroom is used only a handful of times during the year, and b...
It’s a beautiful spring day in Irvine, CA, and you’re busy working away on your yard getting everything to look perfect. You have a few flower beds around the house and then a few more beds around your detached garage. Your plan is to be done with all of the planting today and spen...
It’s a beautiful Glendale, CA, day, and your spouse has spent the entire morning in the bathroom working on the toilet. For the better part of the week the toilet has been running non-stop, so today's chore was to get the toilet back to working order. You had originally thought about st...
It’s a beautiful spring day in Santa Maria, CA, and you’re in high spirits. Your spouse is finally coming home after a month-long training for work. You’ve spent the entire week cleaning the house and getting prepared for their homecoming, which included watching every cooking show...
It’s been one of the longest Easter weeks you can remember. You’ve been working hard all week at work plus spending your evenings preparing and cleaning your Oxnard, CA, home before the relatives arrive for the holiday. Luckily, or unfortunately, depending on when you’re thinking a...
It’s just another day in your Anaheim, CA home. You made supper, cleaned up the kitchen, and filled and started the dish washer. As you're sitting in the living room working on your latest needlework project you catch an odd scent, as if something is burning or melting. You look around,...
It's early morning in your Los Angeles, CA, home. Normally you’re not up this early, but you have a breakfast meeting to get to. You stumble your way into the kitchen, brew an extra strong cup of coffee, then hustle to the bathroom for a hot shower. As you stand under the spray of the...
Your Santa Maria, CA home is spotless, and every candle you own is either in the living room, dining room, or hallway in between. They're all lit, bathing each area in the soft, flickering, romantic glow that comes only from candlelight. Tonight is going to be perfect and will be a night that...
You’ve spent the entire day scrubbing and cleaning your Oxnard, CA, home. It’s almost spotless, and the only room left is the living room. You’ve been trying to think of a way to get the room cleaned as quickly as possible so you can tackle cleaning the centerpiece of the room - a...
The Anaheim, CA, spring has brought with it an abundance of spring thunder storms. The lightning show has been amazing to watch as it dances across the sky and touches the earth. You’re sitting in your living room sipping your tea and settling in for the night watching the show through your pi...
You’ve been working doubles for the last month and you’re exhausted. You make your way back to your Lompoc, CA, home and slowly drag yourself into the house. All you really want to do is go to bed, but you know you need to eat. You decide a frozen pizza will be the easiest and make...
The temperatures in Simi Valley, CA, have been warmer than normal for February, reaching the 80's easily. The kids didn’t have school today due to a teacher work day. You had thought they were old enough to watch themselves and the house, but after the phone call you just received, you realize...
Irvine, CA, has seen it’s typical winter weather for February - upper 60's with plenty of rain. As you’re driving home through the steady rain your brain is focused on the extremely long ‘to do’ list at work. Really, you could live at work right now and still not have e...
Your family has come over to your Glendale, CA, home for the weekly family barbecue. You’re not entirely sure how it’s your turn to host again as you just had everyone over last week, but you’ve given up questioning such things. It’s been rainy out so your brother has placed...
Some people enjoy driving to an office building and socializing with coworkers. Others, however, get their joy from sitting in an office at home and working without interruptions. If you’re one of those individuals who prefer working from home, you may not be aware of the responsibilities that...
The winter months in Thousand Oaks, CA, have been unseasonably rainy and wet. The low-level hill at the edge of your backyard seems to be over-saturated. The forecast for the day is more rain. As you sit in your living room looking out the window gazing at the rain, you hear a loud crash from your k...
You’re in Santa Ana, CA, and it’s been raining on and off all week; you’ve been miserable. It’s made getting to work and engaging in other activities difficult. All you want is for the rain to stop and for everything to dry out. It’s Saturday morning and the forecast ca...
