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Our show on the DIY network (sister channel of HGTV, Food Network, etc...) begins airing this Thursday at 10pm. We facilitated 6 productions for DIY's stable of home improvement shows this past spring and the first one launches on Thursday. We have no idea what the final edit looks like and the main show, Blog Cabin, will air in late September. That's the show we will most like be featured on.

We buy good land - in fact, I'm always on the look out for land that meets our quality and pricing tests.

I purchased this beauty with big views just a couple weeks ago, as of yet, still unspoken for. Perfect piece of land to nestle a cottage right in the trees aimed at the big view.

So, owning 3 businesses, a personal home, a shop/office, real estate, having employees and a growing fleet of trucks, life insurance, health insurance, etc..., I am inundated with ways to protect myself with various insurance policies. It's pretty fascinating all the policies I have, the total cost per year, and the ins and out of the insurance business. I actually spend so much time pricing, reading and evaluating insurance that a couple of times a month a situation arises and I wonder to myself - 'What policy covers that?' My go to insurance knowledge person is many times Eric Goldstein, of Misner Insurance. So, last night I was bored and was watching a show on PBS about snow leopards in the Himalayas, and no sooner did I sit and start watching than this big snow leopard ran across the big screen, actually scaring me it was so big - just so happens Jake the dog, who is now 95 lbs, was in the room to and took off after the cat. Question - does homeowner's insurance cover a dog attacking a big screen television? Or, what if Lucas pulled down the television accidentally, a scenario that seems increasingly likely. Answer - No, homeowner's insurance does not cover such a situation. Good to know, don't you think?

For all of our followers who like to hear me blather on, I will be on the Radio this Monday night, on our local hydro-powered, community-supported public radio station. Dick Riseling does a show every Monday night, and he invited James and I on to talk about our businesses and strategies, and how small homes insulated well just might be the greenest idea out there. His show, Connections, airs at 7:30, this Monday, August 9th. You can listen here -