House "Cleaning"

One of the seemingly attractive things in China is that it's relatively inexpensive to hire people to do service work like cleaning ... in our temporary apartment, the new house we're moving into, and even good hotels like the Grand Hyatt has been pretty uniformly poor. According to Michelle, who has been in the apartment while housekeeping [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 10:55:16

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Owie

So… today we helped Cherie and Aric move to their new apartment.  It went pretty quick and easy and we got pizza! ... lump of blob-o these days.  How dreadful.But the new apartment is lovely and the building is nice and everything got moved so it’s just cleaning and setting and unpacking for them.  And Spain has given [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 04:23:04

[E] Weekend Update

I did my monthly spring cleaning with the help of my mighty-mop. 80% of the ‘outcomes’ were my hair!  i need help~ and oh, i won’t be needing a big house. to clean a small apartment has already gave ... apartment to a double-storey house in Kajang. Know what? The new house’s rental fee is RM350 per month! it’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 04:02:05

2 years, 3,000 miles

New essayMore photos up at the lyrical photography thing.Two years ago today, Todd was stuck in Des Moines, Iowa for the third day in a row ... California.The night before Todd left, he was scurrying to finish cleaning his apartment and get his furniture ... without stress) and cleaning products had him thinking he was Jesus. Or at least some form [more...]

Date: 2008-11-09 11:18:00

The only thing we have is fear....

I'm back from getting coffee and stopping by my parents' house to pick up the documentation for my new cell phone ... to do. I am wroking off some of my anxiety cleaning my apartment. It's useful, cathartic ... !) about a reporter at the Independent News Service who, in the course of covering Chicago homicides, often uncovers [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 16:40:00

How to Improve Credit History Fast

Mark Lauber asked: This article shows you what to do to help improve your credit rating and how to do it as quickly as possible ... . Beware of Collection Agencies Credit counseling services will suggest cleaning up past debts ... a car, getting a bank loan, leasing an apartment or getting a new credit card. Financial transactions [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 19:26:12

Purchased a Hoover SteamVac to Deep Clean My Carpets

When I first moved into my apartment a year ago, my carpets looked brand new. Even though I vacuum regularly, months of shoe and sneaker traffic, feline hairballs ... . I was considering hiring professionals, but this would be an expensive proposition. Hoover SteamVac [more...]

Date: 2008-06-23 15:00:33

HOW TO: get a shiny floor, lose 5 pounds and become your landlord's favorite tenant!

I don't think I paid much attention to the kitchen floor when I initially looked at my new apartment ... has been worn down, it's not going to help much.Before stocking up on cleaning supplies, I first did a quick ... store, picked myself up some basic supplies: Lundmark Floor Wax, some latex gloves, Scotch-brite [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 00:57:00

City Kitchen Chronicles: Potato Leek Soup with Kale

City Kitchen Chronicles is a bi-weekly column about living frugally in Manhattan. It's penned by the lovely Jaime.Since cleaning up my apartment a few weeks ago for my birthdahousewarming party, I’ve been eager ... is that most offices, including mine, close down between Christmas and New Year’s.) “ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 04:18:00

2012 Teaser Trailer

From the dude that brought you such masterpieces as Independence Day, Godzilla, and 10,000 BC, comes a new disaster movie, The Day After Tomorrow 2012. I’m not really a fan of Roland Emmerich’s movies, but I’ll admit that they do work well when watched with the volume turned off while cleaning up your apartment. 2012 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 13:32:18

Saved By The Bell Is A Horrible TV Show (Or, How I Spent My New Year’s Eve and Day)

Saved By The Bell, that iconic TV show from my high school days, is a horrible TV show. I say this with great residual affection ... are ridiculous. I’m pretty much the most style-blind guy in the world, but I look at what the cast is wearing ... ? In addition to cleaning the hell out of my apartment, I indulged a secret favorite: Cutthroat Island [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 13:00:33

Little Ways We’re Saving Money

Today we finally got our move in date- January 24th. Only twelve days away, woohoo! I can’t tell you how happy I am to get out of this poophole apartment complex. Move ins are always expensive, even if the new place is less expensive than the old. Deposits, carpet cleaning, moving [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:58:21

The Original Mr. Clean Has Made His Final Walk Into the Sunset

House Peters Jr., the actor who played the original Mr ... onto the scene in 1958 as the new mascot behind Procter & Gamble's message of household cleanliness ... . I am not one for cleaning, and as I take a look around my apartment, I think that I am characteristically unsuited [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 18:06:42

What Passes as Cleaning Up Shipbuilding These Days

Chris Cavas has a report that suggests there may be some contract trading in the works between Bath Iron Works and Ingalls Shipyard.Four years after Congress ripped apart a U.S. Navy winner-take-all scheme for building new DDG ... fabrication of DDG 1000 in February could wind up building that ship and DDG 1001, the Michael [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 16:37:00

1972: A Good Year for Ophthalmology

Cleaning out a drawer today, I came across an interesting combination of Christmas pictures taken of me, my sister Ann, and my brother Michael ... New Year’s Day, 1973: Sometime in 1972 we all went blind. I’ll leave you to pick apart [more...]

Date: 2008-06-18 00:27:55

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