Tag Archives: Habitat for Humanity

Habitat for Humanity HomeStore

If you are looking for a frugal and feel-good way to update, renovate or redesign your home, check out this great resource! As you know, we have a great older home nestled in two acres of woods in Pennsylvania. We love our home, but is serious need of some updating and renovation. Our next major project is going to be updating our kitchen. And of course, we don’t want to spend a lot of money. You can ready about our kitchen adventures in the Home Blog. Click here for the first article. More articles on our update will be coming … Continue reading →

Hottie With A Hammer

He’s made headlines for his acting, his looks, his choice of company and his sense of style. Now, one of PEOPLE magazine’s Sexiest Men Alive is making the news for building houses. Yesterday, Brad Pitt joined forces in Western India with former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn as part of a Habitat for Humanity program. According to Habitat for Humanity’s website, Pitt headed to the town of Lonavla to join the Carters and volunteers to help build a new house for Aziz and Sadhiya Sheikh. With masses of paparazzi documenting his every move, Pitt laid cement blocks that … Continue reading →

Hurricane Katrina Survivors Still Getting Support One Year Later

It seems to me that Americans, as a whole, generally have a short attention span. Hollywood seems a microcosm of America, perhaps having the shortest attention span of all. So I was happy to read recently that with the upcoming one-year anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy, Hollywood is still giving. Last week, a party/benefit was held for MoveOn’s hurricanehousing.org program. This program helped find housing for more than 30,000 people and these stories were chronicled in a book titled “It Takes a Nation.” The benefit brought out such celebrities as singer Moby and actresses Rosie Perez and Julie Stiles. … Continue reading →