After the note from Ben last week letting us know about the possibility of termite swarms, I received the following from Aida and Pedro Perez: FYI to our neighbors, we had Pestban come in today due to having termites come inside the house a week ago Tuesday.Apparently the builder’s crew left some wood around the […]
Change to Recycling Schedule
You should have received something in email and mail about the change to the schedule for our recycling pickup. From their email: Beginning February 22, 2024, you will be on our A-week schedule pickup. We will continue with your B-week schedule until Thursday, February 15, 2024. This means you will get back-to-back pick-ups for two weeks in […]
Termites
A note from Ben Rivera: From now through May is swarm season for termites. Our homes are approximately 5 years old, settled and ripe for termite invasion. Some of our neighbors have already had a swarm and they can easily be confused with flying ants. You might want to call our pest control company for […]
Time for New Batteries
The start of a new year (or the end of one) is a good time to replace the batteries in all your smoke detectors. As I learned this week when one of mine started chirping, there are more of them than I remembered. If you don’t want to hunt for a ladder and batteries at […]
Time to Reverse Your Ceiling Fans
That’s assuming they are currently spinning counterclockwise as they should during warm weather. Now the weather is turning colder, you should set them to spin clockwise per this article. Image by PublicDomainImages from Pixabay
Be careful Out There
From Len Sanchez: Sofia and I were at Kroger in Town Lake this morning around 8:00 when we came across a woman standing in the aisle with one of her shoes in her hand and looking very frazzled. She explained that two very young teenage boys, in her estimation aged 12 or 13, had tried […]