Over the years, fewer and fewer homes are decorating with Christmas lights this time of year. Frankly, it’s a hassle. You have to climb into the attic and dig the lights and decorations out from where you stored them last year, if you put them up last year at all. You have to pull the ladder out of the garage and climb around the house trying not to fall. You hate to join those who have stopped

Jack admires the Christmas lights on the house across the street. Usually, he puts lights up on his house, too, but not this year, not after his accident. Leaha would like to join her neighbors in celebrating the holidays with some lights for Hanukah but, with her son living half-a-country away, at 72, it’s probably not a good idea to climb a ladder. Ron and Linda have Christmas decorations

Winter scenes fade away with dirty windows. Well, now that the cold has set in, there’s nothing to do but let the windows get dirty and wait for spring to arrive, right? If that were true, how would you enjoy that pristine, snow-covered scene outside the window this winter? Fortunately, quality window cleaning companies, such as Northern Illinois Windows, clean windows all year round. As professionals,

Every year, it’s the same thing; the gutters fill with leaves and, if someone doesn't get up there and clean them, trouble is brewing when the snow flies. When the gutters are full, ice and snow build up onto the roof. On a warmer winter day, when the snow and ice start to melt, instead of flowing down the gutter and downspout, they look for somewhere else to go. Often, that alternate root the

It’s part of your morning ritual; one of the first things you do is to draw down the blinds. It’s not that you really want to draw the blinds but you do it anyway. Outside the window, there is a wonderful panorama – trees are turning colors, squirrels are busying gathering acorns to bury and, occasionally, you might even see a deer wander by. But, you’ll wait until the afternoon to enjoy