Window Shopping – The Final Post -The Windows Have Been Ordered

YAY!  I FINALLY ordered the new windows today!!  I ended up going with the high-end Gilkey window.  It happens to be the same window that we put into our old house.  Ok, not the EXACT SAME window.  We are leaving those in the old house.  Might get kinda drafty if we took out the windows. [...]

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Window Shopping Part 6 – Decision Time (part 2)

This is it folks.  I’m going to make a decision!  ACK!  I saw one last window salesperson at my house today.  You know, I seriously would have only had to call the guy we worked with on our old house.  I think I’m working with him again.    Why, oh why, did I torment [...]

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Window Shopping – Part 5 – Decision time (part 1)

Yes,  I need to start making a decision.  Start?  No.  I need to DO IT.  I’m asking for any help out there.  If you have experience with any of these brands, let me know!  At the moment, I am leaning toward choosing a company to work with based on the window, not the sales people!!  [...]

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Window Shopping – Part 4 – Look at the numbers

I had a construction company come out to the house today.  Eventually, we are going to rebuild the roof on the back porch.  That sounds very expensive, but I have no idea of HOW EXPENSIVE that could really be.  Since I am doing my window research right now, I called a company that has advertised [...]

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Interviewing Cats

I had to deviate from my windows theme to address the events in the Longworth family from yesterday.  I, Jennifer, am a stay-at-homeschooling mom.  I have been an Avon representative for 10 years.  During that ten years, my activity level has fluctuated some.  However, I have gained a lot of valuable experience in the various [...]

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Window Shopping Part 3- Helpful? YouTube Video

As I continued to browse around the internet for window help, I found this video.  I probably could have made it by this point, but thought it might be helpful for anyone getting started in window shopping.
How to Select Replacement Windows for Your Home
Actually, Gorell Windows seems to have a lot of these YouTube videos!!  [...]

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Window Shopping Part 2 – Replacement Window Convention?

Is there a better way to window shop instead of having each sales person come and spend 30-90 minutes in my living room?  Can’t we just line up all of the windows from all of the different brands and let me browse?  This can be quite time consuming.   Since I have had the windows here [...]

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Window Shopping Part 1

I figure this will be a multiple post topic, so I’m calling it “Part 1″ from the start!
I’m window shopping.  Literally.  I had the Pella Salesman here yesterday.  I have the Gilkey and Andersen people coming tomorrow.  There are a few folks I haven’t heard back from.  I cancelled two appointments this morning.
I took a [...]

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In case anyone is wondering…but you probably aren’t

…Introduction to the Devout Life is fine for “sitting in the 1380 am booth at the fair” reading.  HOWEVER, it is terrible “take the kids to the pool” reading!  I read a terrible hokey “Christian romance” novel at the pool last year.  It was really a waste of paper, but I got it free in the [...]

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