New York Times reports on the economic crisis

OUTSOURCED CHORES COME BACK HOMEBy CATHERINE RAMPELLPublished: January 16, 2009A few months ago, as her family’s income fell, Laura French Spada, ... at home and cutting her hair and cleaning her house herself. And Tamar A. Zaidenweber, a health care ... his mother’s cookie-filled oven (“the new bakery”).After letting their maid go last October, Chris [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 10:19:00

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Martha Stewart’s new puppy

Martha Stewart’s new puppy Because of my extensive domestic proclivities I am often compared to Martha Stewart. OK ... for her enterprises. She wrote: Host Dry Carpet Cleaner Shaker Pack. This all-natural product is made ... , we just sprinkle the sawdust-like material over the stain and gently brush it in…. I’ve used Host Clean [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 18:02:25

Just what El Doctor ordered?

_______________________________   Mexico and Pakistan are at risk of a "rapid and sudden collapse," according to a recent report from the U.S. Joint Forces Command.   The assessment comes as President-elect Barack Obama prepares to tackle international challenges including the conflict in Gaza, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 19:38:20

Unity Peg

UP_plumbing2.jpg Unity Peg's unconventional graphics of conventional domestic products printed on tea towels and tablecloths are an easy way to ... the mundane household item modern and relevant again. Beginning with the "Wash Up" series, furniture ... and simple outlines of items like cleaning supplies and plumbing. Their acute sense for captivating [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 16:00:16

Supermom Series: THE ECO MOM

I have really been wanting to feature other Moms' tips and ideas for keeping their lives in order and their homes clean ... cleaners, I replaced them with homemade or purchased natural alternatives. This took an entire year ... - so I decided to try an alternative.I found an all-natural recipe for a vinegar based cleaner [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 23:13:00

Surviving the Holidays

Like it or not, the holiday season is upon us. Time for family dinners, parties, open houses, and stress ... of cleaning and decorating, so maybe you might want to consider only hosting one or two events. A good house cleaning before you put out the decorations is a must. Your precious ornaments deserve to be [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 11:00:51

New Laws in India Target Mothers' Workplace Equality, Leave Out Fathers

Several decades ago, urban primary schoolers grew up, through their textbooks, on a staple diet of a "normal" ... to look after the family - cooking, cleaning and (if she was adequately educated) helping children ... and then raising a family. The Indian government recently decided to give women in government service [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 01:16:26

2009 Goals: Organization and Domestic Stuff

#fullpost{display:inline;}So, as you know one of my goals is to work on being a better housewife and all that crap goes along with that :-) ... for this, so there).With this, I wanted to find an approach to cleaning and keeping my house the haven I desire ... it in excel! Click here to read more on this Snack... Household Cleaning Task ListThis is very [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:00:00

Frugal Living: Maintaining Your Kitchen Tools

Maintaining what you own can be the best way to save dollars on a daily basis. Like all good frugal living, it does take planning and commitment ... with soap and water. Polish with a stainless steel cleaner and buff dry. So, from your own experience ... don’t want soap in your food. Ugly results in the intestinal tract. 8. Stainless Steel Appliances [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 11:00:46

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19Jan09Monday Morning Randomness By TheDeeZone Categories: Family, Food and NewsTags: Black Tie & Boots Inaugural Ball, candy, chocolate, cleaning, ... Texas, Texas, Texas Fair, Wiseman House Chocolates Well, it is a Monday morning and the Big Guy ... is covered with a fine dust. We started cleaning last night. So before I attack the waiting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 14:50:26

Homeschool Room Reorganization

The Roots & Wings: Domesticities, Homeschooling...in which I whine a bit and then show you photos of what was accomplished in the homeschool room ... the house. Pity the house didn't come with a maid to quarter there. We primarily use it as a library ... this weekend.I was so proud of me November a year ago. I had all the laundry, ironing and cleaning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 21:15:00

Green Goals

The Crunchy Domestic Goddess asked us what our green goals are for this year. In 2009, I hope to: Get a new bike and a bike for McKay ... chemicals from beauty products to cleaning products. When I buy new ones, I'm trying to make sure they're ... at the thrift store and then taking it out and reusing the yarn? Much cheaper.Keep up on our car [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 15:44:34

Nice Work If You Can Get It: Estranged Wife Says She Needs $53,000 A Week To Survive

Let’s get this out of the way right off. Yeah, I’m jealous. I want $53,000 a week, too. There. Now, moving right along.... Holy matrimony, Batman! ... care ($1,000), dry cleaning ($650), flowers ($600) and a trainer ($250). A personal assistant ... for restaurants and entertainment? 8 grand a week for travel? Where does she go in a week that costs [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 21:25:18

And thus a feminist was born of Thanksgiving

When I was growing up, I lived with my family in a smallish apartment on Santa Rosalia in Los Angeles. Bouganvilla climbed the white stucco walls of the apartment building, there were hardwood floors ... from us. She was proudly southern, kept an apartment that was full of old lady smells and hard candy and looked [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 20:36:00

Buick Can't Swing Golf Sponsorships in '09

In a cost-cutting move, Buick has ended its long-running partnership with golf great Tiger Woods and drastically reduced the ... absentfrom last week's LA Auto Show -- as were GM executives -- but it's the end of the Tiger contract ... in 2009, cutting short a $40 million 5-year contract by a few months. While it seems logical [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 22:18:06

Daily Dose: 12/10/08

» AsianWeek Market Report » Robberies Targeting Asian Americans in Philadelphia Area » Unlicensed Chinese After-School Program Shut Down » Volunteers Needed for Asian Chefs Association Annual Holiday Meal » Muni Contractor Must Pay $37,000 for Anti-Chinese Harassment » New Television Campaign in Mandarin to Educate Chinese Americans About [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 20:57:41

Real Readers: One Mom’s Ecominders

Real Readers is an Earth911.com series featuring the stories of real people making a difference in the world ... shopping bag back in the car? Does your son know to turn the water off when he’s brushing his teeth ... (like a Tupperware party for eco-friendly cleaning). When she learned about the toxins that can be found [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 07:01:49

Workers take early Tet holiday due to falling exports

Several export and processing companies in the central province of Da Nang have allowed their workers to leave for the Tet holiday from January 17, ... their production, and are cleaning up their machinery and workshops. Workers said that contrary ... and network security services around the clock during Tet – even during New Year’s eve. However, this year [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 10:46:00

Crazy over Maisie

Yesterday, TCM ran a marathon of eight films from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s Maisie series—a popular film series from 1939 to 1947 that starred glamour gal Ann Sothern as a bold-as-brass Brooklyn showgirl whose frequent forays into unemployment often put her in the center of wacky adventures as she toiled in odd jobs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:45:00

Marisa Miller Talks Boxing, Grocery Shopping, Doing Laundry And What Is Sexy With FHM Australia

Just when you think the legend that is Marisa Miller can’t get any better, ... loves domestic chores. You wouldn’t even feel guilty like normal around your girlfriend/wife. Listen up ladies. This should be a lesson to all of you. If Marisa likes such jobs as cleaning crap [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 18:10:43

Domestic Diva, Marion McGregor

Living Healing Quilt Project Promoting Healing – One Stitch at a Time This post is part of the Living Healing Quilt Project that honours the ... for the younger children. Cleaning the floor was done silently and in unison which required team work ... the cleaning was polishing the floor. Dust rags were tired to the girls’ stocking feet to serve [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 17:42:42

Loose Lips Daily: Can’t We All Just Get Along?

As much local politics as humanly possible. Send your tips, releases, stories, events, etc. to lips@washingtoncitypaper.com. Yesterday, in only their third meeting since 1981, Georgetown utterly dominated the Maryland Terrapins in the consolation game of the Old Spice Classic [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 14:56:49

Married with Dyson

This post I am writing right now might seem like I am poking fun of mommyblogger promotions and giveaways, but that is not the case ... cleaning, your vacuum that you use on a daily basis, the all around ins and outs of how you feel ... clean your house will be and how convinced your husband will be to let you get one after [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 20:27:40

Best Blog Posts of 2008 (Chosen by the Bloggers Themselves)

Last year my compilation of what bloggers chose as their own best posts of the year proved so popular, at least with the participating bloggers' mothers, that I have decided to make it an annual affair. But enjoy it while you can. When the Obama Administration institutes its secret plan to extend the Fairness Doctrine to the Internet, this blog, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 21:00:00

Bobby Brown: Bobby Brown unsurprisingly crazy in new biography

This week saw the release of a biography of Bobby Brown, titled Bobby Brown: The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But…, ... , I'm guilty of getting upset and flying off the handle a little," Brown said of the domestic strife ... be responsible for cleaning up or having the wall repaired. What people fail to realize is that Whitney [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 19:34:27

Biodiesel and Its Impact on the Environment

Matt Oconnor asked: Biodiesel has been getting its share of interest among people in the search for alternative fuels ... diesel products. That's why fuel filters becoming clogged with residue particles as the biodiesel does its work of cleaning the engine has become so common. A change of filter after running 600-800 miles [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:51:35

There Are The Laws When Times Are Good And There Are The Laws When Times Are Bad. Are China's Bureucrats Shock Troops Against Foreign Business?

One of the things I love about being an international lawyer is using outside events to interpret the law. Now I know this is going to anger a lot of people, but non-lawyers generally do a terrible job interpreting the law. This is true worldwide. Examples of this abound: Non-lawyers tend to look for "the law" that applies to their situation [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 01:36:37

5 Ways Women Must Care for Themselves

As modern women, we are a walking a tightrope, barely able to balance the needs of others and attempt to care for ourselves. Women that work outside the home must come home and do the ’second shift’ of cooking, cleaning, and nurturing. Wives who stay home are often left feeling isolated and lonely. Stay home moms very [more...]

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

US Marine Killed; Zaidi Will not Apologize for Shoe-Throwing; Alleged Conspirators Freed

Reuters reports: '"The U.S. military said in a statement that a U.S. Marine died on Sunday after being wounded in fighting in Iraq's western Anbar province. MOSUL - Gunmen killed two people in a drive-by shooting in eastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 07:49:11

Coral Bleaching and Global Warming

Scuba divers and marine biologists observed that the global coral bleaching event had taken place between 1997 and 1998 ... , industrial, domestic and even individual. The success of these actions lies on the changing ... industry can play a leading role in cleaning up the beach and underwater environment. Resort and hotel [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 03:56:00

My Domestic Agenda

For the past two months, my parents have been zooming around in their little, red sedan on some sort of “Oh, Screw It, We’re Retired” road trip ... a household. All by myself. My lack of domestic ability has been the big family joke for most of my life [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 17:17:00

What do YOU think about this ?

Read below….and post your comment: Child maid trafficking spreads from Africa to the United States By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI, Associated Press Writer Rukmini Callimachi, Associated Press Writer IRVINE, Calif. – Late at night, the neighbors saw a little girl at the kitchen sink of the house next door [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 04:06:27

Korean housewife develops greener clean floors without mopping

Korean housewife develops greener clean floors without mopping Haan steamers My sister got all of the domestic goddess genes.  I could fully understand why a Korean housewife would look for an alternative to constantly mopping her floors.  I am a firm believer in finding a better solution to house cleaning, especially [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 22:35:58

China in 2009

China in 2009: a year for surpriseKerry BrownThe problems of China's economy and the discontent of its people are worrying the Beijing leadership. Its response over the next months could be bolder than many expect, says Kerry Brown. The first weeks of 2009 find China consumed by the same anxiety as the rest of the world [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 22:15:00

Today’s Science Policy News for January, 15th 2009

A look at today’s science and health policy news: House Votes to Expand Child Health Insurance Washington Post– The House easily approved an expansion of government health coverage for low-income children yesterday, a top priority for President-elect Barack Obama. Gray wolves to lose endangered status L.A [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 16:31:02

Memo Monday: Preparing for the New Year

For list makers, New Years Resolutions aren’t that difficult to write down… but I don’t know anyone who would say that resolutions are easy to KEEP. After all, if you have to get ‘resolute’ about doing something, usually that thing is not something you find easy or fun to get done [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 20:20:34

Cancer in Cats and Alternative Treatments

Cancer in Cats and Alternative Treatments January 18th, ... if you are not watching. These products are deadly to him when he gets into cleaning supplies, fertilizer, poisons ... . It can be effectively treated with antibiotics and supplements which restore the natural PH [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 15:01:29

Breed Spotlight:

Breed Spotlight: January 19th, 2009 Toy Manchester Terrier Height: 10 to 12 inches. Weight: up to 12 pounds. History: The Manchester Terrier was developed as a rat hunter in nineteenth century Manchester, England by a man named John Hulme. The Manchester was considered to be the best vermin hunting breed of the day [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:04:39

Twenty Questions Answered Part 2 of 3

My Three Sons said...Okay, here is my question. I know that you cannot possibly have 20 bedrooms in your house (I know, a little overboard) so who shares room with who? Oldest two boys in one, youngest two boys in another, middle two boys in another, all girls in a super 2 room suite [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 06:02:00

THE WORLD today!

———————————————————————————1. Barack Obama wins Presidential Election and becomes the 44th President of the United States starting January 20 - Hope for a Change - Yes we can -130 Million Americans, more than in any other election since 1960, voted for a change and choose Obama, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 00:55:08

THE WORLD today!

———————————————————————————1. Barack Obama wins Presidential Election and becomes the 44th President of the United States starting January 20 - Hope for a Change - Yes we can -130 Million Americans, more than in any other election since 1960, voted for a change and choose Obama, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 00:33:08

Best of MAKE Last Week: Robot Gift Guide, Art on Wheels, and More!

Here's the best of the best last week from our friends over at MAKE: The ultimate robot gift guide from MAKE In the last few years, ... Mindstorms, the Robosapien line, Japanese mini humanoids, and iRobot's cleaning machines, robots ... information and idea exchange. The next generation of engineers and industrial designers who'll build [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 18:00:03

Search Warrants Released in Wone Murder Investigation

Prosecutors this afternoon released search warrants and supporting affidavits in the Robert Wone murder investigation, revealing the interest that investigators had in electronic communication, cleaning materials ... BMW 325 at the Swann Street home where Wone died, hoping to find cleaning materials used to wipe down [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 23:24:27

Hints From Heather

When my husband and I were dating, he complained to me that the new black socks he had just purchased were turning his feet black ... by reading, so during my first year of motherhood, I read every book about parenting, cooking, cleaning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 14:02:00

Farmworker Justice

by: jackie @ americasvoice Thu Dec 11, 2008 at 21:29:26 PM EST Cross-posted at America's Voice ... Michael Chertoff has had undocumented workers cleaning his home for over four years: Chertoff ... cleaning company before they entered the house of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 08:15:48

this post from last week where I wrote about the things I felt called to reflect on as I write my yearly list of resolutions ... for me to take a big step back and look at where I am compared to where I need to be. I need to schedule [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 22:06:42

Confessions of a cleaner

By Michelle Guest In 1876, the Old Government Building in Wellington became the first building in the world to have a smoke-free policy ... surrounding cleaners. Inwardly I giggle that I’m sharing frothy coffee and Tim-Tams with this rugged, big [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 01:43:25

Olga's Girls - The Indentured Daughters of Nepal Pt. II

Meredith May, San Francisco Chronicle, for the Pulitzer Center, photos by Carlos Avila Gonzalez NEPAL – To the casual passerby, ... at age five or six, and spend their childhoods cooking, cleaning and babysitting instead of going [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 18:37:03

The Simple Woman's Daybook-January 19,2009

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*For today~ (January 19,2009)...Outside my window... A thick blanket of white is covering the ground. There are tiny little snow flurries falling and every tree branch is outlined in white.I am thinking.. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 14:39:00

I wanna be a Dyson Domestic Diva!

A Little picture story to tell you why I want to be a Dyson Domestic Diva! So...what am I doing about this? I'm singing up to try a Dyson through Momdot's Dyson Domestic Diva program! (Maybe, just maybe ... and then come on as a Dyson Domestic Diva and give everyone the lowdown on it. Comparing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 22:20:00

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