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1. You don’t have to wait until you sell the house to do a kitchen and bath upgrade.  Do it early, so you can enjoy the upgrade and retain the value of the upgrade at the same time. 2. Bundle your fix list. 2. Get a fixed price.  Avoid per hour charge. 3. Background check.  [...]

Are you thinking of moving  or widening your driveway over a few feet and you have no money to hire an architect or engineer?  Check out this site.  There are tons of details that you can use as a guide for your project.  Page R-30 show you some basic requirements for driveway design in the City & [...]

Here is a project you can do with the kids.  A Hi-5 Recycle Encourager. It’s easy and fun. It sure makes it easier for those who dig through the city rubbish bin for those aluminum can and plastic bottles.  I spotted this one at the layover stop for bus No.13 on Monsaratt Avenue. Material: 5′x3′ [...]

Lazy man’s Hurricane preparation list cash gas pills food water containers plywood rope batteries If you are like me, never like to prepare for thing like the hurricane. Just wait for a Hurricane/Tropical Storm Watch. Usually it means that you will still have 48 hours before a possible hurricane/tropical storm that will hit in your [...]

Check out this old world business concept repackaged for the new world called Natural Capitalism. You too can run your business with this concept application. You can see fragments of the concept in our business world and it is a matter of time when it will be integrated common business practice. Replicable, biological models with closed loops and [...]

All new homes built in Kapahulu area after September 2009 will include some form of sustainable components. Aloha, home owners and developers: building (or renovating) homes that are green don’t have to be so difficult anymore. All the research has been done for you. Check out the three major green home promoters below. It is [...]

8 cheap way to protect your home from burglary Free     1. Lock your vehicle even when it is in your garage. Free     2. Lock your door leading from your garage into your home. Free     3. Lock your back door $5         4. Use a blocking stick to secure sliding doors and windows $5         5. Use blocking for hung [...]

Hot shower seems to consume a whole lot of energy compare to some of the other household activities. Shorter showers and/or cold showers can easily equate to all of the other energy saving tactics combined. Varies energy saving tactics in shower time equivalent Use Power strip to eliminate energy sneaker = 4 seconds (50kWh, $7 [...]

Pay-day-loan service for employee. They are going to use the outside pay-day-loan service anyway. Why not let the money stay in-house. And out of good will the company can use them to sponsor personal finance workshop for those who lack the knowledge. Pay-leave-loan for employee who don’t have enough vacation days. Why not give them incentive [...]

When I need to look up something on the Internet, I need to either type or copy and paste my search words in the Google search box .  Wouldn’t it be nice if I could highlight a few words on a web page.  Click on the Google Instant Search button. Vola.  Google search results listed on [...]