Author: Chris

I really like that my kids are older. When my wife and I first bought this house, we had a family to raise in mind. That’s why we went with the bigger house even though it needed more work. Having the space to raise our kids was more important than having the latest in residential […]

Yet, this house had the latest in residential HVAC and all the HVAC technology that makes living in the south comfortable It really did come down to the wire before we finally made the decision to relocate to the south. My wife and I started a business more than 20 years ago. We were born […]

It’s funny how so little business is actually transacted in person these days. It was pretty clear that evolutions in technology were driving that trend. It was far cheaper to have automated systems than to have real people working for the customer. But I miss it. There are times I’ll spend hours inside the central […]

Taking on a custom home build project is one of the more challenging things I’ve done in my life. I’m just really glad that I waited until I was retired before I took on that effort. There is no way I could have been on top of all the details of a custom home build […]

My parents died fairly young. Both of them went within two years of each other. And both of them succumbed to a disease that was at least mercifully quick. However, my parents loved my wife and I’m glad that she was around to know them. It’s not that way with her parents. The first time […]

It’s so nice to be deeply in love with my home once again. My wife and I had both fallen madly in love with that house the first time we saw it. After months of looking to be a homeowner, we stumbled across this place. And I mean literally. My wife was pregnant but we […]

I’m actually looking forward to the summer this year. That’s not something that I usually feel. Normally, as we move into March, I’m sad that the perfect weather of winter is ending. I love the weather here in the winter and the heat pump doesn’t get much work since the temperatures are so totally mild. […]

Being at the corporate offices and inside the zone controlled HVAC there was like the finish line for me in a lot of ways. I worked for the same company for nearly 15 years before getting to the spot with near perfect commercial HVAC. So leaving it was not at all what I wanted to […]

My kids and husband know better than to just dump their stuff simply anywhere. They all know the response this elicits from me. And we all want to avoid getting me going about the order and cleanliness of the house. I’m lucky to live in such a nice place with such great quality heating and […]

Without being able to adjust the air conditioning the way that I wanted it, I knew that I was going to wake up sweating For some reason, the air conditioning kept turning off in the hotel room that we were staying in the other night. It was so annoying! I always set the air conditioning […]