Editor’s note: Barry Courter has a 26-year-old son who is a college graduate and a 21-year-old daughter who is a junior in college.
Q: Dad, what should I do when moving to a new house?
A: Find out where everything is – the electrical breaker box, the water shut-off valves, including the one by the street and any under cabinets. Better now than when the electricity is out or water is flooding part of your home. Live with bushes and trees for a year or so before cutting any. What’s ugly now might turn into something nice.