DIY Life

It is amazing the amount of dust I find from one week to the next. Here I am typing away, looking at the dust on the desk I could swear I just cleaned away a couple days ago. I guess it is time to change the furnace filter again. All that dust can't be good for little lungs, or any lungs for that matter.

When I went to the hardware store, I was amazed at the variety of furnace filters I found. The prices ranged from $1 to $15. I didn't realize there were so many different ones. Since I knew nothing about filters, wouldn't ya know, I chose the wrong ones! You don't have to choose the wrong ones, because Murray talks about the different furnace filters out there and the benefits of remembering to change our furnace filter more than once a season.

You'll be breathing much easier when you remember to change your filter. Check the filter at least once a month, and maybe more often if you have indoor pets and house plants, and change it if you happen to have a new layer of dust on your TV or computer screen every week. If you are kinda unsure of how to change, clean or replace your furnace filter, eHow has great tips and advise. You'll be a furnace filter changing pro in no time!

Ahhh, the joys of summer. It's my favorite time of the year, and I hate to see it go, now that Autumn is in full swing. One of my favorite parts of summer is mowing the lawn. In my household, I've declared it as my summer job. My husband mows around our little trees, and also does the hard parts of the lawn, but I do the rest. We just bought a brand new, self-propelled lawnmower for me this past spring, and I would much rather be mowing the lawn right now than sitting in the house watching all the leaves fall off the trees.

Before you put your mower away for the last time this year, there are a few things you need to do to ensure that it will start for you next Spring. It's necessary to perform winterizing maintenance, otherwise you'll be tugging and pulling on the starter, and will end up wondering why your wonderful lawnmower is giving you such a problem. All you'll need is about an hour of your time, so join me after the break to learn about getting your lawnmower ready for winter.