Maintaining your home involves performing ongoing repairs. Some issues that crop up are minor, while others are significant repairs that can be time-consuming and expensive. While the average homeowner in the United States spends over $3,100 a year on household maintenance, this amount doesn’t include unexpected repair costs. Repairs can cost tens of thousands, but …
Purchasing a home is a major milestone in many people’s lives. First-time homebuyers are particularly excited about the transition that will see them immediately disappear from the rental market and emerge as property owners in the blink of an eye. Yet the joy of buying a new home extends far beyond the first experience in …
Love can be a wildly unpredictable beast. Maybe your spouse ends up expressing unforeseen and severe grievances towards you during a particularly intense session of couples therapy. Perhaps it’s a troublesome matter of infidelity that has left you feeling like the world as you know it is about to implode. The point is that just …
The mood swings and angst of adolescence are cliches for a reason—nearly every teen will go through a “phase” of some sort at this stage. Still, it’s just as possible that something more severe may be at work. Teen depression and other mental health issues are prevalent in adolescents and all too often overlooked as …
Welcome to Spending Notes, where we do a weekly deep dive into how our readers spend their cash. Today: a truck driver who makes $75,000 Occupation: commercial driver Age: 42 Location: Bellefonte, PA Salary: $75,000 (approx. $2,885 per pay period) Day One I’m not on the road this week. Instead, I’m taking care of errands and tasks …
In the past, our society strongly held the belief that the career you choose in your early life is the career you have to stick with until you retire. For older generations, this might have been the easiest option, but there are many factors at play today that make this impractical. Now more than ever, …
Remodeling your home takes a team of experts. No one can do it all on their own, there are just too many different aspects of a home to tackle the entire project as a DIY job. With the help of professional services in your local area, bringing together the best available technicians and contractors to …
When you turn on the air conditioner or heat in your home, the air circulates through the room creating comfortable temperatures. Very little thought is usually given to the process that is delivering the air to the home. Once the HVAC unit pushes the air out, it travels through several filters and a network of …
Birthdays are a special event for many kids. It’s their favorite time of the year, and understandably so. A birthday is a day dedicated entirely to celebrating with friends, satisfying their sugar appetites, and feeling special. While many parents intend to give their children a special birthday party, they often don’t know where to begin. …
Moving is a challenging thing for many homeowners and renters. Beyond the logistics of it all, there’s also the matter of feeling that you belong in your new home. No matter what type of property you are taking up residence in, making your new space feel like home is a primary concern for all movers. …
