The House of Representatives has just voted to pass the Senate’s new unemployment benefit bill, which passed the Senate Wednesday, 98-0. Attached to that bill is not only an extension — but expansion — of the homebuyer tax credit. The president is expected to sign this bill into law. Here are the details as they existed in the Senate bill: (Please note: we haven’t found a lot of details about the House passage. We’ll publish all confirmed details when we find them.) Buyers must sign a purchase agreement before April 30, 2010 to get one of these credits The credit... [more...]

The city of Cincinnati and Rumpke have announced new recycling guidelines. Due to the installation of some new high-tech equipment, Rumpke is now able to accept more items. The new equipment will be able to electronically scan items and determine their type. The new acceptable items are as follows: Pizza boxes (must be free of food residue) ALL plastic bottles and jugs, regardless of number (caps removed — NO butter tubs or plastic bags.) The new equipment will be installed in Rumpke’s St. Bernard Material Recovery Facility early in the new year, but the company is accepting these... [more...]

Would you like to live in a 100-square-foot house? What if you could buy it for $50,000, pay no mortgage or no utilities? Believe it or not, this is attractive to some people! Sure, it’s small group, but it is gaining in popularity. One company at the forefront of this trend is Tumbleweed Tiny House Company, and its founder Jay Shafer has been living in houses of this size since the 90s. He now runs his own company and sells these homes (either plans or the whole house), and they run in size from “tiny” (65 – 140-square-feet) to “small” (250 – 840-square-feet).... [more...]

Every year I get my Thanksgiving turkey from Tewes Farm in Earlanger, Kentucky. I go back every year because their turkeys taste the best! We emailed Tewes for some insider info about their turkeys. Why get a turkey from Tewes instead of the grocery store? “You’ll know where your turkey was raised, you’ll see them outside so you know they don’t live in cages.” Tewes told us. “They don’t have hormones and they are larger, so more mean and less bones. They are fresh and juicy unlike frozen and thawed turkeys.” The farm is run by a local family and has... [more...]

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