The Basic Steps on How to Paint a Room Many people who live in apartments find themselves surrounded by drab colorless walls. If you have the means to change the color of your apartment walls, you should take advantage of it by following some basic rules. The first rule of painting is to either remove all the furniture from the room or cover it to avoid ruining it with paint splatters. The next thing you want to do is cover the floor. You can use old newspapers to achieve this,...

Hello Y'all! Just wanted to chime in to update a little.
We are now in our permanent residence (not the base house any longer!) in Palmer!!! My dream has finally come true...now I'm just "unpacking" that dream!
I also wanted to let y'all know that if your interested in whatever I have to say ((all 2 of you? Wait...not even 2? Bummer!)) you can find it here: http://www.thefasserfunnyfarm.weebly.com
It's much easier than having 6 different blogs spread all over the...

This came to me in an email today from my great-aunt. It seems perfect in every way. If I knew where it originated I would credit the person. In lacking that, I hope this posting will be a silent tribute. (If you know the source, let me know and I will be happy to fill that void.)

I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the day may appear.

I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep

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Yesterday was ugly. Mortgage backed securities opened lower and continued to fall the entire day. All lenders repriced worse multiple times as economic optimism has re-entered the markets. Stock markets around the world rallied as economic data was better than expected here and abroad which pulled money away from bonds and treasuries.

We have two economic data releases this morning. Out first was the weekly Jobless Claims. From the Department of Labor, this report tracks the...

Psalm 69:1-2 - Save me, O God,for the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters;the floods engulf me - As everyone knows, at a public swimming pool or beach a sign that reads LIFEGUARD ON DUTY means that someone is watching over the people at that place who might have entered an area of water beyond their abilities. All through the Bible we are told that God acts as our "lifeguard" when we get into a bad situation....