Cracker Barrel Eastern Shore
We have been wishing for a Cracker Barrel within 30-45 minutes drive. Since the billboard announcement of the opening for Fall 2008, we have been patiently waiting for the day. After a long time, they opened November 18, 2008. We had dinner there last weekend and they were packed! Thankfully, we were seated right away.
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Search for a General Contractor
We have established the fact that we are “DIY challenged” when it comes to finishing a basement with a bathroom and learned valuable important lessons in home improvement. It’s a good thing that we haven’t done high cost mistakes before it was too late. We have done more work for our contractor that’s for sure. [...]
Basement Project
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
In the last 3 weeks or so I have been obsessively doing a feasibility study on whether to finish the basement or not. After all, it is a big decision to make since it translates to spending thousands of dollars. We have been faced with this decision because we do plan to sell [...]
BGEHome Water Heater Installation
Our water heater is 15 years old, it was originally installed by the contractors who built the houses in the development. I learned that contractor grade water heaters are rated good for 5 years, so we consider our selves lucky to have lasted this long and it’s still working. Recently, we have seen some of [...]
Real Estate from a Homeowner’s Point of View
I have been spending my free time watching the real estate market quite closely in the last month or two. This interest stems from the decision that we want to move due to BRAC. We will still be staying in Maryland but a little bit farther away from where we currently are now. [...]
