I am often flooded with calls, emails, and voicemails asking who the best person is to ask for at an agency (let’s be honest, some people are just hard ass and think red tape is a good thing), can I do a clinical psych evaluation to get a suicidal client an emergency bed, and a host of other clinical questions. I am always happy to be a resource.

Sadly, I do not have a resource when it comes to emergencies on the home front. A reminder popped up on my computer recently that read “clean furnace, dryer vent, gutters, and replace water hose on washing machine” How I love fall. I pulled up my contacts and our furnace guy was still in business. Yet he still didn’t clean dryer vents- too small of a business.

The guy who did my gutters informed me his price had increase by $75, bringing…