Sunshine and blue skies. Warm weather, sort of. With the change of season we all know to change the batteries in our smoke alarms, right? But we should take this opportunity to do a couple more, easy things.

Check your furnace filter. Unless you are truly cold nature the furnace is still running. Keep the efficiency up by changing dirty filters.

Make sure you have an up-to-date fire extinguisher in the kitchen and in the garage! Fires start in these two places 10 time more than anywhere else.

Finally, check out the old lawn mower. If it needs service, do it now. In another 3 weeks … get in line.