People are continuing to invest in their houses despite rising energy prices.

Because houses are more energy-efficient ? no cracks under the doors or windows that let air in ? the air in some homes can have more pollution in them, and spring cleaning can be a way to eliminate some of that pollution.

At Davis Properties, we buy houses, typically that need repair, do the work and resell them. We buy houses from people in all different kinds of situations, houses that are going through foreclosure, divorce, any need to sell the house. Typically we make the repairs on them and sell them with owner financing or we work hand in hand closely with the mortgage broker.

They've created a complicated scheme of making sure a lot of different profitable energy industries are going to make off like bandits, ... pad their bottom line, but it doesn't really create new behavior in the energy industry.

This one was a little special tonight. He had tremendous energy for 40 minutes. I couldn't believe the energy he had playing all those minutes.

Anything from grass to bushes to wildflowers will grow in the earth above the houses about the second year after building,