This is yet another one of my do-it-yourself adventures, like last Christmas’s refrigerator saga.

It’s dark already, and I’m just now getting around to writing today’s Journal entry.

That’s because I spent the whole day — in fact, the past three days — working on our house’s water softener. [more...]

I can hardly believe it, but this morning, I found yet another incredible deal on Craigslist.

Although I stayed up very late last night, I woke up about 90 minutes earlier than usual this morning. It wasn’t even [more...]

I’ve gotten some pretty great deals on Craigslist in the past several weeks, but I think that yesterday’s deal is the best one yet.

For the past five years, I’ve edged my lawn with a Black & Decker electric (plug-in) edger that the previous owner left when my wife and I [more...]

Craigslist is a virtual magnet (pun intended) for spammers and scammers, but if you’re smart and careful, you can find some great deals.

I made my latest Craigslist deal yesterday evening, when I bought a cordless drill/driver kit from a guy who [more...]

My local Craigslist tends to contain a lot of spam posts, repeat posts, commercial posts, posts in which people lie about what their items originally cost, and even a few illegal and fraudulent posts.

But since I generally know what things are worth and I know what I’m [more...]