Great Things Do Come in Small Packages

I'm in the home stretch of getting ready for my vacation to see the Civil War battlefields of the Shenandoah Valley and Gettysburg ... my car for the first serious road trip would be an understatement.I finished cleaning the house [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 22:20:00

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Great Things Do Come in Small Packages

I’m in the home stretch of getting ready for my vacation to see the Civil War battlefields of the Shenandoah Valley and Gettysburg ... my car for the first serious road trip would be an understatement. I finished cleaning the house [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 22:26:33

UK Window Cleaners: Sex, Jail-time, Politics & Religion

Performance in the bedroom: Women now have another reason to kick their partners out of the house and into the garden ... men could also get a benefit to their love lives from regular vigorous housework, window cleaning ... this!Window cleaner jailed over tax: A WINDOW cleaner from Melksham has been jailed for 30 days for failing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:37:00

Look what I do with MY TIME

OK so this is my life.   I get LOTS of requests asking how I do what I do ... that helps. I take one afternoon a week and give the house a full cleaning. By staying on top [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 13:50:39

Misc

I haven't had very much to blog about lately. Election is over, work is going alright, marriage is great ... for 20 people in a house of 5. This January we plan on cleaning out the back yard, this spring ... the carpet for a week to get cat smell out of it. I really hate the smell of cats. Festivus is on it's way [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 22:47:00

Feature: New Years Traditions

Yep, Today’s New Years Day. Right now, it’s exactly 12:00AM and I am excited… because I get to share the History of New Years in Asia: ... differently across Asia, common themes are family togetherness and food - lots of it. Cleaning house [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 07:00:57

Sell Your Real Estate More Quickly Using 21 Tips For Better Curb Appeal

5 Tips for selling your house When you’re getting ready to sell a property or other investment, ... and rehabs. Aside from standard cleaning, here are some of the most important things [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 08:06:09

PHERA: Bathroom Breaks - Jan 13,2009

15 minutes of cleaning up. We'll work our way through all the bathrooms in the house, starting at the top, and getting to the bottom. That mold, mildew, scum, don't have the chance. We're armed with microfiber cleaning cloths and a timer :) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 18:46:57

How Did the Banks Get Agents to Shoulder the Load?

In Virginia when you sign a listing agreement with a seller it states that the “seller retains full responsibility for the ... to make it easier for the owner. Nor would we agree to take on the responsibility for cleaning their home ... they are required to call the lenders “preferred” contractor. If an emergency repair is needed [more...]

Date: 2008-07-06 10:37:43

Unconscious Mutterings or Can she get any stranger??

Luna Nina hosts a weekly feature called Unconscious Mutterings. I've seen it before, but have never actually jumped in. This week, I thought. ... so these are all straight off the top of my head!):Luna Week 308 - Damama Week 1Luna says ... and I think ... ?Carpet :: Cleaner (Yep, Hubby got on another cleaning tear today and we had our monthly house [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 02:35:00

I've Had It with No-Show Realtors

Once again today I fell victim to an inconsiderate realtor who claimed that he or she was going to show my house and didn't. Once again I wasted half a day that I can never get back. I spent half the day Saturday cleaning ... on some clothes, dried my hair halfway, and went to work. I think that I worked up more of a sweat cleaning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 22:51:29

Celebrity Big Brother 2009 - The Race For The Shite House

Q: What do you get when you offer a middle class celebrity £500,000 to appear in a reality show? A: Complete and utter co-operation ... his fortune running a chimney cleaning service in Northern England in the nineteen eighties. The A1. Stretch [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 13:05:53

8 Super Strategies for Selling Vacant Property

Think of a house as a theatrical stage; when it is not being used and is void of props and scenery, ... routine cleaning. Some buyers get the impression [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 20:30:53

Kyle’s Coupons: I Need Some Frugal Help, Please!

My wife and I are having some problems around the house and my “honey-do” list is getting really long ... this Fall. At my local home improvement store, I have seen a bunch of different gutter guards ... up in the rain gutters? After all, I don’t want to be out on my ladder cleaning the gutters every Sunday once [more...]

Date: 2008-08-20 11:00:00

Amann Hired by Donovan: Is That Wrong?

The new Speaker of Connecticut’s House of Representatives, Chris Donovan, has hired as a senior advisor, at a salary of $120,000-per-year, ... s buddy George, who finally gets a decent job, has sex with a cleaning lady on his desk. He is found out and called on the carpet by his new boss, who promptly fires him, eliciting the following [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 14:36:00

Birds get special flight nappies

Proving there is no problem which they can't find a bizarre solution for, American inventors have created a nappy for birds ... the house, but don't want to b constantly cleaning up after them. The bird nappy - which makers say ... your sofa is cheap. The only problem is the diapered birds may want to peck their owner's eyes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:32:00

The stink eye.

When we moved into the house, we noticed that the bathroom sink had a leak ... ...) piddled on the carpet while he pet her and he also got a real good look at the rip in the carpet ... getting the carpet repaired ASAP and that we clean up after Ripley's accidents very quickly (though [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 17:01:38

Servo switch assemblies

If you are interested in trying out some home automation, but don’t want to get into the potentially dangerous area of hacking your house wiring, consider these servo switches. These allow you to flip a switch, using a servo. They are clean, temporary, and fairly compact. You can purchase them at oomlout.com or download the designs and build [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 22:18:01

Project Purse Cake, Part Deux

a due parti/2 partRemember Project Purse Cake? The party was last night and the party girl's mom came to my house to pick up the cake ... : Ahead of the Curve Friday evening. Yup...Halloween. I closed my front door light and blinds ... ...as I was cleaning up at 1 AM.First, I couldn't get the bitter cream smooth and line-less which drove [more...]

Date: 2008-11-02 14:02:00

Ask Umbra: On bedbugs

Dear Umbra, I desperately need your help. My house has become infested with bedbugs! I'm trying to find an environmentally friendly way to get rid of them. I've tried a thorough cleaning and tried using diatomaceous earth (fossil shell flour) to no avail. The local exterminator [more...]

Date: 2008-09-08 11:09:18

Caution: Heed This Warning Before Working On Your Computer

by Kermil J. Fogarth Cleaning the hardware or checking the components of your computer require opening the case which may be dangerous to its health ... . 3. Get a grounded wrist strap from an electronics supply house and connect it to a ground before ... of a computer are meant to be repaired such as the power supply. If you determine that a part [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 08:37:43

how to take photos of objects at home

taking photos of your goodies - either to sell them online or to feature on your site - takes a bit of getting used to. tips: 1 ... - if you have a clean white wall and white bench - perfect - ditch the clutter and mess ... on setting up a mini studio in your house - making use of natural light by using a white backdrop [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 01:00:10

Why Am I Not Where I Should Be?

Liv is at a birthday party.Leon & the other two girls are at soccer.I have the house to myself.Where am I, you may ask? ... I cozied on the sofa with a hot chocolate, fuzzy blanket and a roaring fire, staring out the window ... cleaning!  Oops!  I mean...... cleaning.Why is it, that when we get some time to ourselves, we are still [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 05:00:00

Still cleaning with an introspective twist

I have made my lists of projects I want to complete this year, and here is the corresponding fabric ... . We are having a weekend virtual retreat at my house which should be enough time to finish the project ... an emphasis on getting the curtains, bedquilts, art quilts, and pillows done for the house. It could [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 20:18:00

Pet hair gets everywhere

My home has been cat free for eight months now. It wasn’t by choice ... is a bit older to get a new kitten. I definitely miss having a cat, but one thing I don’t miss is cleaning ... that I’m excited to have a cat in the house again. After my initial excitement, the next thing [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 12:30:13

Mr. Yuk: He's in my house, is he in yours?

So this is a little embarrassing. On the one hand, I'm pleased with myself for getting the Mr ... , no errors!) Chlorine bleach (brightens whites, removes stains, cleans and deodorizes) Carpet spot ... , and includes this straightforward recommendation: Use greener cleaners & avoid pesticides. Household cleaners [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 09:22:53

New Years Clean Up--Day two

Today is all about shining up the house. I've been hanging out in the kitchen first. I always start in the kitchen since it gets dirty the quickest! ... and scrub-scrub-scrub. Use your hot water, microfiber towel, one of those green kitchen scrubbers ... is really hot!I used child labor for the bottom cabinets. I did go back and clean the greasy trim [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 17:32:00

messes

When we rented our house, it had brand new carpet. So new, that it took weeks of vaccumming to get all the “new, ... and forth about how to go about carpet cleaning. First, I sprinkled the stuff that came ... like Dry Chem or whatever to come, but that sounds like we’ll be kicked out all day and it could [more...]

Date: 2008-06-18 22:47:02

Of Mice and Me

The mouse that was in the garage apparently was not satisfied with getting into my bird food and he has now ventured into my house! ... I have a mouse again.The idea of this little booger in my kitchen makes me crazy. I spent hours cleaning ... on top of it a heavy casserole dish a pot, and inside the pot a brick from the yard.My husband [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 06:50:00

Frugal Tip#9 Get Started Get Organized

I love it when people come and visit our home ... of house organization, I would have to do either of two things: Follow my kids all over the place, put ... . OR, Reorganize and repurpose space for a quicker approach to cleaning. I think I would rather [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 11:58:38

There's nothing like waking up

to a large pile ofdog poopon the family room floor.Even better is when you have to get 3 kids up and dressed and fed around it because the person responsible for cleaning it up has already gotten in the shower on the other end of the house ... . Not today.Thankfully she chose the tile. Tomorrow night she's in her crate or the garage. No more free [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:11:00

‘Twas the night before Christmas Eve Eve

‘Twas the night before Christmas Eve Eve And all throughout my house Chaos and toys had taken over I shrugged and said, “It’s time to get soused.” The wine glasses were filled to the brim with care in hopes that a cleaning fairy soon would be there With Tate wrapping presents and I frantically dusting I suddenly yelled, “This bathroom’ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 13:36:01

How to Organize Mental Clutter

Photo: Lucia Holm Do you ever feel like you have a hundred things to get done and not enough time to do half of them? ... that has become my house, with the new puppy circling around my feet (biting everything in sight ... that I really should be cleaning and de-cluttering my living space. What I really want to focus [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 02:11:58

Nikon D3X Flagship Digital SLR gets Official

You know it’s the real deal when the leak came out of a print magazine, especially an in-house one ... , like D3, it lacks the HD video recording and self sensor cleaning feature. The latter is proven [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 06:59:23

6 Steps to Prevent Mould in Your Bathroom

Despite regular cleaning mould can always occur in areas of high humidity around the home ... of the house. Mould will not grow on a dry surface so ensure you have an extractor fan fitted ... carpet when getting out of the bath or shower can lead to it getting wet, which will keep the humidity [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 08:27:13

house stuff

Well, we've gotten the living room painted.  We chose a golden tan, and it is just perfect to go with the existing living room furniture ... , while cleaning up, that the kitchen sink drain leaks!  So it's bucket city until we get the bath redone ... filty rug in the living room, which is from the 60s! [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 07:00:11

Apple Walnut Raisin Bread Recipe

The Most Moist Apple Walnut Raisin Bread Recipe You’ll Find Get your apple a day in this yummy moist quick bread ... . It is a favorite in our house. 1 1/2 cup of diced apples. I use organic and leave the skin intact ... . Cook at 350 degrees for 50 minutes or when toothpick comes out clean. Enjoy. This makes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:14:09

House Update

I'm feeling pretty blessed because tomorrow some friends & family are driving down here to help us get our new home ready ... , if possibleSeal kitchen countersWeatherstrippingReplace furnace filterPainting is the big one. We're having ... I hope to head over before anyone arrives so I can take over cleaning & painting supplies, Pat [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 03:14:00

A Snow Snit

I usually love the view out the sliding doors in my office. I get a full view of our yard and the woods behind it ... on it. Do I really want to have to clean off my car for the third time today? Why even bother ... and ears are a small price to pay for playing in the snow.Safely ensconced in the house, my hands [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:57:00

ARAB COLUMNIST PREDICTS OBAMA WILL GET TOUGH ON ISRAEL

FAWAZ TURKI/GULF NEWS: President-elect Barack Obama may have evinced ardent support for Israel on the campaign trail, but he is no innocent abroad ... that will sweep clean and bring about "change that matters"? I think it won't be long before Obama's ... president instead ended up emulating his predecessors in the White House who traditionally [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 02:33:09

‘Californication’: Karen Gets in on the Act

"Going Down and Out in Beverly Hills" drags out Hank's anticipation of Janie Jones for yet another episode, but offers up her cleaning lady for a temp job. Karen finds out about Mia and Ashby. Charlie plays ... and that she was tired of sharing him. Hank retires to the pool house to change out of those wet clothes [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 19:15:29

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