Protect Your Floors After the Holidays

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The holiday season can be a rough time for the floors in your home. Snowy boots, spilled wine, and don’t even get me started on the dangers of cranberry sauce. Luckily we have some help from the flooring experts at Empire Today. Start the New Year off right by giving the floors in your home [...]

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Dirty Enough to be Happy! (Plus GREAT Cleaning Tips)

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“Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.” Phyllis Diller  “Make Your Home Clean Enough to be Healthy and Dirty Enough To Be Happy.” Unknown “Housework is something you do that nobody notices until you don’t do it.” Unknown Our family is growing. Every day [...]

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How to Hold a Garage Sale (or Not!)

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Holding a garage sale may seem like an overwhelming task, but with some forethought, hard work and preparation, it can be a nice way to make some money and get rid of stuff.  Here are some tidbits of advice from someone who has already done three and is planning a fourth this summer! PLANNING Choose [...]

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Do You Freecycle?

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Elizabeth writes in again, perfect timing for getting rid of all the spring cleaning items you might have de-cluttered in your home… Today while organizing the playroom and putting together wire cubes that I bought at a garage sale for $3 I was reminded of the website Freecycle (found at freecycle.org) as I tried to decide [...]

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Are You a Trash Picker?

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Elizabeth writes for us again… I wouldn’t necessarily consider myself a trash picker, but I do follow the mantra of “one person’s trash is another’s treasure”. I honestly do not see anything wrong in stopping and picking something up curbside if it interests you. Most cities have the law that once it is placed in the [...]

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