This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Joseph Ahrens, a 39-year-old plumbing superintendent based in San Diego. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I was born and raised in Southern California. My mom started her career in healthcare client management when I was a baby, and she still works at…
First Person is a daily personal piece submitted by readers. Have a story to tell? See our guidelines at tgam.ca/essayguide. Open this photo in gallery: Illustration by Catherine Chan Last summer, as temperatures around the world exceeded the limits of human endurance and wildfires wiped out Canada’s forests, the kitchen sink backed up. As disasters…
My motto is work smarter not harder because I’m lazy. One way to work smarter is to spray paint or dry brush a batch of small items together, especially if you are painting them all the same color. That is what I did with this batch of thrifty decor. I painted or dry brushed all…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with R.J. Fenton, 40, about how she opted to reskill as a plumber after she became a single mom during the pandemic. The following has been edited for length and clarity. Business Insider has verified her previous and current employment. Over the past 18 years, I’ve built…
One of the joys of moving from an apartment in New York City into a real-deal house in Madison, Wisconsin, was getting a yard to call my own. Finally, a space to be outside that was relaxing and private! I found there were aspects of yard work and gardening that I genuinely enjoyed once I…
GUANGZHOU, China–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jun 1, 2024– Coinciding with the Chinese Year of the Dragon in 2024, in order to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the establish diplomatic relations between China and UAE, the world’s light painting master Roywang, as the Chinaâs premier light painter, the content partner of Xinxingshe, and the creator of three Guinness World…
LL Flooring’s headquarters at Libbie Mill Midtown. (BizSense file photo) A familiar suitor is taking another crack at buying LL Flooring, but this time it wants a discount. The publicly traded Henrico-based flooring retailer formerly known as Lumber Liquidators disclosed this week its receipt of a takeover offer for all its outstanding shares for $2.50…
Photo: istockphoto.com Our methodology: To determine the popularity of flooring projects, we reviewed how our readers have engaged with our flooring content over the past two years (all of 2022 and 2023 so far). We defined “popularity” by focusing on topics with a higher-than-average number of readers, clicks out to our vetted and recommended professionals,…
