The Power Of The Mini-Conglomerate

Most business owners detest marketing and do just about everything better than acquiring new customers ... carpet cleaners, for example, to consider also being in the air duct cleaning, ceiling tile cleaning, mini-blind cleaning, mobile auto detailing, pest control, dry cleaning pick-up and delivery [more...]

Date: 2008-10-16 07:27:10

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Opportunity is Knocking

What a great day to do business! Opportunity is knocking. Were you there to hear it? ... , Neighbors, Women, and other BNI Members for the purpose of providing the following services. Ultrasonic Blind Cleaning and On-Site Cleaning of Window Treatments Stone, Ceramic Tile, Grout, Shower and Bath [more...]

Date: 2008-09-27 14:42:50

Cleaning Venetial Blinds

As much as we hope it is as easy as just dusting, if you really want to get those blinds cleaned, you have got to take them down and wash them in water and detergent in the bath tub. Scrub with care [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 02:48:59

If Santa Used Assistive Technology What Would it Be? Part One:

We all know that Santa has to make his trip around the world in one night. We also know that he is overweight and wears glasses ... they get dirty and I can't see through them and then I have to clean them - except I don't have my cleaning ... impairment or are blind. Sorry - I am just thankful to have these tools for my inconvenient vision [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 14:00:00

A little Freebie for you

Hi, me again, its been a little hectic here the last week or so trying to cram everything in that I haven't done for Christmas..like shopping, cleaning getting some new blinds for all around the house (they look Great!) putting my tree up and so on and so on...lol.. so while I have been neglecting my blog I put together [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 20:02:00

The Long, Slow Journey

I had a plan for a post today that I have scuttled in favor of a more personal commentary.My mother celebrated her birthday a week ago today ... housekeeper, constantly cleaning floors, blinds, counters, driveway and sidewalks. Daddy died ten years ago [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 04:33:00

I'm still cleaning

I've been very good for the last few weeks now... I'm all hyped up and doing my Spring cleaning I've organized my pantry , my wardrobe and as I mentioned on my last post I cleaned up my home office ... This week's task for me is cleaning my bamboo blinds .. I usually dust it with vacuum cleaner using the vacuum brush [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 10:16:01

President Paul Godfrey Resigns

You can file this one under the old Charlie Hatton headline “Water is Still Wet.” As mentioned in my last post, everyone and their mother knew this day was coming. Blind men ... including whether or not cleaning house is in order. Think I’m over reacting? This is nearly the same [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 17:52:34

IS A CLEANING ROUTINE A SCIENCE?

Old Trunks has made a lot of fuss about cleaning products but one thing that has not come to mind is when to clean! ... in.Wash blinds--no sooner than six months, what a jobVacuum draperies--get rid of the drapesWash or wipe [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 12:00:00

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

Where did Saturday go?

I had big plans for today. They all vanished. I started out by running a few errands so that I could do a bunch of stuff around the house - things like hanging some blinds, sewing some curtains, sewing some gifts, cleaning, resting. Whatever. Didn’t happen. I don’t regret my morning, however. I went up to pick up some fabric I’d left [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 00:12:27

Would You Ask Someone to Pick up Their Dog's Poop?

Which public incivilities do you hate the most?Whenever I see someone drop litter in a public place I feel bad not once, but twice ... to myself. Most irritating incivilitiesMany of us, especially city dwellers, will turn a blind eye ... by the uncivil act. Cleaning up their mess costs money [more...]

Date: 2008-06-25 08:03:22

My New Angel

I have just come home to discover my new cleaner G has been and gone ... you like my cleaning, if you want me to come back just call me". I rang immediately and G apologized for not cleaning the venetian blinds. Wow, what a woman! G will be coming back each fortnight and yes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 07:24:00

Odds and Ends + a Visitor

Look who came to visit yesterday. I was washing windows in my den and he flew down to the deck and sat there long enough for me to take six photos, ... in the stock market and he was hoping they'd put an end to his misery?Casa Kenju super-cleaning 2009 is coming ... frame glass and blinds? We don't smoke or use gas heat, so where does it come from? Today [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 05:01:00

[Not So] Extreme Home Makeover

Things are changin' around here. Kylie's soon-to-be work/workout/craft room and the master bedroom and bath are finally getting a little facelift ... I should open the blinds more often to see when these need cleaning. Then again, ignorance is bliss [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:50:00

"You've never seen a porn?"

Often times, I'm the first blind person people get a chance to have a conversation with ... wished you had the opportunity to ask a blind person this“Who bathes you?”I bathe myself. I clean out the tub with whatever cleaning product that I purchased. Then I run my water. Most of the times [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 01:53:00

Miami Activist Placing Homeless People In "People-Less Homes"

well, I say wtf...why not, I mean, at least they will mow the friggin lawn.....my god.. ... a recent showing. "And the living room, wow! It has great blinds." But in nearly every other ... " with secondhand furniture, cleaning supplies and yard upkeep. So far, he has moved six families [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 00:26:12

Bill Gates Donation For RP's Typhoon

I was watching an early Filipino news and Korina Sanchez was broadcasting that Bill Gates, Microsoft founder and the world’s third richest man, ... you all too blind of what's going on to your country? Start cleaning your acts, dummies! I'll just leave [more...]

Date: 2008-07-12 23:43:36

LAFF Movie Review: Loot

Photo courtesy of Loot It has been said about some documentaries that they would seem unbelievable were they not actually true ... in Arizona which even the most devout pack rat would say needed some spring cleaning. Darrel ... , complications with the search. Serious complications. Darrel is almost blind so he's not sure how [more...]

Date: 2008-06-28 01:40:57

MPs ensure themselves a friendly recession

MPs ensure themselves a friendly recession Tue, 20/01/2009 - 03: ... they, when previous requests have revealed such delights as £1600 on window cleaning (Barbara Follett, Labour ... , not all our MPs are quite so blind with power to endorse this. In particular, Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrats [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 22:05:30

How To Clear Out Mini Blinds

How To Clear Out Mini Blinds Posted in December 19th, 2008 Category:Interior Design and Decorating In order to have elongated existence of your Mini Blinds, you must ... national poll, women said their first concern in cleaning their homes was dust [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 08:56:04

My Heart's at Home Daybook-Jan 13

Outside My Window ...it's sunny and cold, but inside we're toasty warm and dark. I need to open the blinds!***I am listening to.. ... dishes. The girls are supposed to be cleaning the playroom.Mary Clare is trying to convince her sister [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 20:24:00

The Passion of the Everyday

It's New Year's Day. A day both reviled and praised for its insipid power to make people introspective and to arouse a need for revision in one's ... for me as losing ten pounds and cleaning up the basement might be for you.Two of the activities ... hero or blind race car driver, but their zeal nonetheless comes across ebulliently. Neither Julie [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 02:18:00

Guest Blogger, Barry Trebach: Dim Sum

Is this my opportunity to rant? To rave–what the hell is a “rave”? ... that will go over your heads.   I have an appointment for a cleaning in two weeks.  My dentist ... to see. I’m not (I hope) going blind but I’m sure I need a stronger prescription and another inch [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 15:21:59

Window Blinds - What You Need to Know About Caring For Them

Venetian BlindsFor normal cleaning use ordinary soft clean dust cloths, tilting the slats first up and then down,or you can use your vacuum cleaner with the soft upholstery brush, the surface [more...]

Date: 2008-09-28 23:37:59

Nuts and Bolts of the 2009 Chevy Traverse

It’s been nearly two years since the first of GM’s full-size crossovers, the Saturn Outlook, hit dealerships ... ; and two-piece side mirrors that show more of the Traverse’s blind spot. These are “little things” ... weren’t using the hooks to hang their dry cleaning; instead, they simply hung their clothes [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 12:14:50

January 12th Police Reports

January 12th Police Reports Larceny Occurred between 2:00PM and 2:44PM(01/12) ... of their building. Two suspects rang the doorbell claiming to be the cleaning crew. One of the tenants let them ... like to advise citizens to keep their blinds down and if they see any suspicious activity [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 09:02:56

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

Sunday Window Cleaning News

Maintenance worker Larry Scott cleans the windows Thursday at the entrance of The Farmers State Bank and Trust Company in Jacksonville. Mr ... accused of stealing from blind customer: A Mitcham window cleaner has been accused of stealing after money ... . Scott said he noticed they needed cleaning when he saw the sun shining through. “I just couldn’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 18:49:00

Bad Mother Lost

Yesterday, I got lost. Badly lost. Like, lost as in take the wrong train and end up a station with a name similar to the one that you were aiming ... of stairs that took you twenty minutes and the assistance of a blind man to get down, what with the infant ... the passport offices with an on-duty Jamaican cleaning lady and a half-dozen teenage goth [more...]

Date: 2008-07-16 13:57:30

Innovation Tactic: I cleaned my office today

I cleaned my office today: organized my papers (threw most of them out, hurriedly filed the others for later review) ... -read or about-to-be-read, vacuumed (yes, I do that myself), straightened the blinds (opened them ... , when I can no longer prepare a to-do list of any meaning, I’ve found cleaning my office settles the mind [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 16:16:30

The list review

Some of you may have remembered The List Challenge organised by Simple Lovely and Doobleh-Vay ... cleaning recently, and am very happy with the results. 7. Finish painting my living room ... with neutral-coloured blinds at some point in the future - probably in about five years.12 [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 09:00:00

oh baby.

are there words for the way you feel before you deliver a baby? if so, they are not in this girl's pocket ... when the sun rises through the slats of our blinds and i suddenly remember about my boy and the belly ... up each itty bitty moment before he arrives. and cleaning like crazy and listening to a lot of canon [more...]

Date: 2008-08-15 09:14:00

Wretch in Peace?

September, 1857. Getting a new man-servant is an awful ball-ache, you know ... he was blind, deaf, mute and had wooden hands. Naturally, I was all set to return the defective ... in his duties, especially when cleaning my various trophies, gold-plated trinkets and diamond [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 00:05:04

This message brought to you by Tweek Coffee

I decided to try the book recommended by Jeannie that was recommended to her by Nathen, “Speed Cleaning” by Jeff Campbell and the speed cleaning team. I think what I like about it, as much as the time-saving, is that it makes cleaning ... in the past week, and let that be a lesson to you if you feel like approaching me from my blind side [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 06:48:13

iStik New 4G iPod nano Case

iStik has developed this case some time ago for 2nd- and 3rd-generation iPod nano and now they finally released the case for the 4th-generation of ... you want it to stay in. It doesn’t matter if you’re at home cleaning your place or in the gym doing ... to Arrive Later this Year (0) Silicon Touch Brings the iPhone to the Blind (2) Rumored: Apple to [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 01:20:51

The "Little Things"

The holidays are so delightful in so many ways. The opportunity to pause for a few weeks and give a renewed focus to Christ and to family.. ... now. Yes, cooking and cleaning may prepare you to have your own house; but it is pleasing to God ... of our lives now, though our impatience blinds us to it.When my smallest brother gives me a gentle little [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 16:08:00

It’s Already Been Brought’n

I should probably warn you that I have had a LOT of caffeine this afternoon, ... -cold, blind variety is my most favoritest kind. So, to summarize, here are our plans for tomorrow: 1) football 2) football 3) nervous cleaning that accompanies watching my beloved Bulldogs play [more...]

Date: 2008-08-30 00:30:34

Dear Obtuse Person I live With...

...All I wanted was a little lie-in. Just one. I'm tired. I have been lifting heavy furniture, moving heavy boxes and cleaning new and old houses all while ... caulk. Caulk won't wait until 9? You relented, didn't set the alarm, but did blind me awake with lights [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 18:12:00

business mind or business blind?

I've always wondered how certain business owners choose the type of business that they own. Are the owners of dry-cleaning businesses obsessed with tidy clothing? Do fast food restaurant owners have clogged arteries themselves? Are automotive franchise owners living vicariously through [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 09:13:40

Idiots of the Week Winners: November 19 2008

Top Idiots Of The Week Nancy Morgan RightBias.com November 19, 2008 Statue-tory Rape? ... shots of vodka while cleaning his gun. Oops, he accidentaly shot to death his 6 year-old daughter ... warned they’ll place a lien on a blind 74-year-old’s house unless she coughs up a penny by Dec. 10 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 17:27:23

City Slickers

We become part-time city dwellers. The situation was absurd. Mike was driving 70 miles each way from Wickenburg to Tempe for work every weekday ... . I was trying to operate a helicopter charter business in a town where the retiree population was far ... . All my business was in Phoenix, Scottsdale, and Glendale, making me wonder why I’d even bothered [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 14:57:49

40 Things Every Drunkard Should Do Before He Dies

A man is, ultimately, the sum of his accomplishments.Each culture, of course, has a different idea as to what rates as an accomplishment. Muslims, for example, put a tremendous amount of stock into making a pilgrimage to Mecca, while generations of Frenchmen have taken great pride in not tripping over their discarded rifles while fleeing the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 10:50:00

Fun Monday - Looking in your front door!

This week, Fun Monday is hosted by Julie from Another Chance Ranch, and she would like to take a peek inside our front door!She says.... ... myself and left the mess right where it was! Really I am very obliging when it comes to NOT cleaning ... something in its place!Okay so it was not SB, it was Ninjaboy! He went out and got a loan to buy a car [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 22:36:00

One Room at a Time

They say that unpacking is best done one room at a time. I think cleaning is the same way, so this weekend I attacked the living room. Violently. Besides dust bunnies, I found some neat things. In the course of moving a couch (in order to make room for three plants to be near the window) I found a Third Eye Blind poster from a show [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 22:10:44

(bump) A whole post about cleaning

I'm making great progress in my cleaning! My house is looking sparkly (at least, while the kids are asleep!) and it smells fresher in here ... now that what my house needs is a good deep cleaning. I've decided that in order to get that done, I need to move from one room to the next, cleaning top to bottom. I'm not going to set a timeline for getting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 21:51:34

How to get a Publishing Deal #3

by The Lone Ranger As Kathleen pointed out last week's tip on how to get a publishing deal only made it to the lift of the ... to be: The publisher's window to his office. Remember just posting off blind loads of letters, a synopsis ... that is likely to be interested in your type of work, you also need to find out which window cleaning [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 16:00:49

Increase the Value of Your Home With a Few Simple, Affordable Changes

There’s a lot you can do to get your home into shape so that it can command a niftier price tag once you decide to put it in the market ... that are the result of minor settling Sealed leaks in the home and painting away the stains caused by those leaks ... of cubic space that was four times our 2 car garage. It was shameful! Cleaned our carpet for the [more...]

Date: 2008-06-14 16:58:24

So Let’s Talk about Sex

This week we’ve been posting on some hard things we are seeking to do in our marriages.  ( ... (which I was blind to at the time) manifested itself in manipulative ploys to drop hints ... s been a few months of working full time and cooking, cleaning and doing laundry for two.”  Or, “Poor [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 10:00:28

Another day, another snowfall

Winter, winter, winter. It's just unrelenting this year. More snow falling. The temps really fell, it's freezing, single digit temps, brrrrrrrrrr ... one.Starting the lacey mohair scarf will be my project tonight.I was cleaning out my stash the other day ... the light blue and the brown together.So I'll be on my couch knitting tonight. If I close the blind [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:00:00

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