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President’s Day Weekend isn’t just about honoring our former leaders or scoring a great deal on a mattress. It’s also about swing dancing, at least here in Sacramento. For the 21st year in the row, the Capital Swing Dancers’ Presidents’ Day Convention was held and there was plenty of food, fellowship and, of course, swing dancing. There were also workshops that let you pick up a few pointers. As with anything, the more your practice the better you’re going to get. You might have missed this year’s convention but if you keep up with your dancing, then next year you might just take home a trophy. What you need is a partner, music and space. Junk King Sacramento can’t help you with the partner or the music but they can certainly help you with the space when you hire them for a home junk removal service.
Dancing the night away.
Whether you’re clearing out your garage, backyard or basement for a dance floor you’re going to need help. Every Junk King junk removal appointment puts two strong movers at your disposal. These will be the guys who will do the actual lifting and loading of all your unwanted items. Just as with your dance partner, they will follow your lead when you tell them what you want to make vanish. When the Junk King crew shows up put them to work rolling up carpets, moving out sofas or taking around boxes of junk. Remember, you need room to swing!
If a dance space isn’t on your drawing board, then you can still put Junk King to work by clearing out stuff from your closets. This includes all your out of date electronic products like computers, printers and fax machines. Does anyone still fax? These are the kind of junk items that need proper handling when it comes to disposal. That is exactly what Junk King provides, as they will insure your e-waste is dropped off at a certified recycling center. As for the rest of your junk, if that can be recycled or donated then Junk King will take care of business.
Gas prices are dropping all over the country. That is welcome news here in Sacramento where the prices seem to always be higher than the national average. What this means is that we should also see prices dip down at the stores as it becomes less expensive to ship goods. Additionally, you might find that friends and family members are more receptive to a road trip this holiday season. Will you be opening up your home for some overnight guests? If so, you’ll certainly want to get the place ready. We’re not just talking about putting up the holiday decorations but about clearing out the clutter.
Is this the year your teen will be getting their driver’s license? If so it’s going to mean big changes around the house. As you head into this new phase, you might want to consider a kind of parent-teen driving contract. This is an agreement you work out with your kid long before they take their first driving test. This is where you’ll go over things like curfews, who is allowed in a car and the limits of where they can go. You’ll also want to establish what happens if the rules are broken like when grades start to slip.
Here in the U.S., the day after Christmas is a lot like the day after Thanksgiving only in reverse. Instead of shoppers looking for bargains, a lot of folks are returning presents. That doesn’t mean there won’t be any sales to be had. In fact, retailers might just save the best prices for the end of the year. In England, the day after Christmas is known as Boxing Day. Tradition holds that this is the day when the Lords of the manor would give their servants presents or a Christmas box. It has evolved into a national holiday in Great Britain which makes for a bonus day after Christmas for all government workers.
As the song goes, “it never rains in California but when it does it pours.” We’ve recently been hit with some downpours which caused the National Weather Service to issue warnings to Sacramento and the surrounding area to be on the lookout for mudslides. This is the cycle of life out here in California. Wildfires in the summer and mudslides in the winter. Last summer the Chips Fire scorched over 75,000 acres near Belden. That means the potential for mudslides have increased in that area.
That next knock you hear at your front door could be some guests coming over to spend the holidays with you. Hopefully, you’ve invited them and they’re not just popping in for a weekend unannounced. In either case you should have your home ready for the holidays even if it’s just for the family and friends who might stop over for a little visit. In order for you not to be overwhelmed, you should plan ahead. This doesn’t mean you’ve got to sanitize your home from top to bottom but a good room-to-room cleaning might be in order.
Sadly, storms and weather aren’t only affecting the east coast lately. Recently, four separate tornadoes that ripped through the Sacramento area caused some major damage. Roof shingles were torn off, trees were uprooted and fences were levels. The National Weather Service clocked the winds at speeds of up to 100 miles per hour. Although small on the scale of storms, they still packed plenty of wallop.