Amy Winehouse A Real In-The-Gutter Alcoholic

We have all probably seen this occasionally; hell, some of you may have even experienced it yourselves when you have had a night out on the tiles; ... , the alcoholic down on all fours in the gutter is none other than good old Amy have you finished that drink ... is meant to be cleaning up her act while she is there, doing yoga and other kinds of body [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 13:03:10

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Choosing natural cleaning products for your home

The supermarket shelves are lined with bottles and jugs of cleaners for the home.  “Lemony fresh!” with “scrubbing bubbles!” the labels shout ... in household cleaning. Ammonia Many name brand cleaners contain some amount of ammonia, and ammonia ... for cleaning greasy spills on countertops and stove tops.  It can also be used to remove grease stains [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 16:36:57

Reasons to choose hardwood floor as your floor covering

Busby SEO Test There are many reasons to choose hardwood floor as your floor covering. · Wood doesn’t trap fumes or dust like carpet ... -efficiently change the entire look of a wood floor from time to time with stains, paints and inlays ... , you will want to care for it to keep it as beautiful as the day it was laid. Cleaning can be a daily chore [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 14:50:20

Day 4 - The Ultimate Cleaning Challenge

Oh yes, and we are back in action and YOU got a lucky break, my friend. Thank my lame internet connection. But I'm glad a lot of you got caught up! ... the sink (you know how to do this from the kitchen)-Scrub all the tile grout (YES you can do this! Magic ... and disinfect wastebasketStill need some motivation? Here are some great cleaners who [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 12:30:00

Safer Alternatives to Hazardous Cleaning Products

I have a 3 and a half year old at home and recently we were watching "The Care Bears" ... surfaces with a rag sprinkled with baking soda.All Purpose Cleaner for spots on woodwork, tile ... but it is not toxic to you or your child. Commercial oven cleaners are severe irritants. Do not use this cleaner [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 22:06:00

DMX’s Arizona Home Robbed, Placed In Foreclosure

 In addition to his legal woes, embattled rapper DMX has fallen victim to the harshness of the current real estate market His luxurious Arizona home ... for the cleaning service that had previously taken care of the home in their absence, the home was further left ... broken windows around the property.  They also left the tile and carpet throughout the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 03:26:07

Home Improvement Week - Day 2

Well, I missed my second post yesterday because, believe it or not, we were working on another project... our play room ... ago.  It is amazing the difference tile makes in a house.  When we built our house ... .  The logical solution was to put in ceramic tile but matching it to our other tile was a bit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 16:13:35

FIRST Wild Card Tour: Heavenly Places by Kimberly Cash Tate

It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour ... had money and minded their own business. I didn’t know this for a fact, of course—that they minded their own business—but it sounded good and gave me one more reason to tick off in favor of living [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 17:44:41

Tile furniture

tilefurn.jpg Earlier this year we posted about how tile was creeping into living spaces not ordinarily associated with such surfaces, ... Dal Bianco, Marco Braga and Storage are putting the stuff on furniture. The upside: Cleaning furniture with windex is easier than steam-cleaning. The downside: Is it comfortable? via if it's hip [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 23:43:53

Mr Domestic, me...

...sort of.Spent part of today cleaning up the pad.You may now all say "big deal!" in unison ... , such as scrubbing the floors and washing some of the windows. I've never lived in a carpet-free place before; I brought a rug, but the rest is hardwood or synthetic tile, and therefore must [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 04:05:00

Help Me Pick out Tiles

First, I wanted to let everyone know that my Dishcloth class at Pottstown Knit Out went well ... tile Pros: Notice the similarity in the old vinyl flooring and this concrete tile? It matches ... : Hard Cold More labor intensive installation Option C: White porcelain tile Pros: Brightens [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 19:03:37

The Air in Our House Makes Us Sick

Yesterday I had the honor of speaking for the National Realtors Association's Chicago Office. A lively group there is initiating its in office green initiatives and had me speak for their " green lunch and learn" on the issue of indoor air quality. There are many substances around us which can affect a person's behavior and ability to focus [more...]

Date: 2008-10-10 16:12:29

Flip House pictures....

I mentioned a while back that we bought a new house to flip. We've been steadily working on it. It was nasty. Really nasty ... our previous ones too. It just needed a MAJOR cleaning. We've already demo'd the kitchen, removed all the cabinets, removed carpet throughout the house, torn down some walls. It already looks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 15:43:00

Holiday Cleaning with Libman’s Wonder Mop Review and Giveaway

For years, I’ve used the old standard sponge mop…dragging out my trusty bucket and stretching my foreman’s in preparation of ... , ceramic tile linoleum and stone. It consists of a stainless steel handle with a hanger hole for easy ... Floor Cleaner Weiman E-Tronic Wipes Weiman Leather Wipes Weiman Cook Top Wipes Wonder Mop [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 06:49:16

FEELING GOOD AT HOME

“With the cut in interest rates, the savings on your mortgage may be better invested in the home than the bank.”“Buying curtains, putting up shelves and choosing colours really make your house a home.”RENOVATINGAND EXTENDINGWith the housing market so slow, many people are considering renovating or extending rather than moving [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 16:12:00

Professional Grout Cleaners

by Rick Amorey Is the grout in your kitchen getting a bit too much for you? Do you find kneeling beside a toilet to scrub grout offensife? ... , letting you down? If you’re sick and tired from cleaning your grout, then perhaps it’s time to hang up your rubber gloves and drop your mop. Cleaning of grout takes away so much time, it’s a wonder [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:49:03

If Dr. Suess designed downspouts

If Dr. Suess designed downspouts January 16th, 2009 | Category: Hardware If you hate cleaning gutters and downspouts, ... midi home theater carpet alarm tube amp Plants projector screen shower lighting electrical ... electronics aquarium garage turbo closet channel home aquarium stand Hardware upholstery granite [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:18:00

It’s 2am

and I’m awake. There is something very very wrong about that. Also in the wrong column is that I’m sick with a cold now. Shit ... cleaning (which cheer with me MelissaC!) I’m going to have a service come in and help me with. I’ ... we aren’t re-doing are the floor (tile is still in great shape) and the shower/tub surround. Not in great [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 08:24:29

WRITING: TEOTWAWKI fiction - Chapter Ninety Two - Life without the USA

It happened in Church - October 19, 1962 Chapter Ninety Two - Life without the USA John Catches Up It was a dreary rainy night becoming day. He woke earlier than usual. 4AM; not his usual 430. No sense getting back sleep. Shutting off the alarm prematurely, he stepped into his farmer john’s and put on a work shirt [more...]

Date: 2008-09-20 12:09:45

Ceramic Tile Cleaning in Charlotte

In order to care entirely for your Charlotte, North Carolina home, it’s important to pay attention to your home’s flooring. Tile cleaning in Charlotte is a helpful and necessary way to prevent damages to tile flooring that can occur otherwise. Sweeping your floor frequently is an important way to loosen any dust [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 16:20:11

Silverbell Place 2998sf REO/ Bank Owned Home On Market At $234,900 4 Bed 2.5 Bath With Very Private Lot. Great Location

If you’re willing to do some cosmetic repairs this property maybe for you. This home is in Silverbell Place (Just south of Cortaro and west of Silverbell) neighborhood in Marana AZ. The actual location of this neighborhood is south of the better known Continental Ranch however it is much closer to the new stores, shopping, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 16:05:11

thursday - monday.

so… we made it to the doctor and maddy spent some time waiting, staring at the fish tank in the waiting room while i filled out a little paperwork. (it’s so nice that she can sit up on her own…it’s really freed me up to do things like, uh, paperwork) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 02:23:03

Step right up, ladies and gentlemen …

Ordinarily I don’t do this kind of thing (and no one is paying or urging me to do so now), but today I’m going to recommend a product — this steam mop, the Bissell 1867-7 Hard-Floor Cleaner. I ordered the steam mop via Amazon.com after noting that the old-school linoleum in our future [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:13:10

Flooring Advise For Choosing Laminate Floor Alameda

As you decide for adoring your flooring, you will have various floor covering alternatives in front of your eyes ... tile floors and many more. In comparison with every possible flooring choice options, laminate floor ... to hardwood or tile, but still they have fair ornamental values. You can have multiple options in colors [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 19:45:44

Stephen Dorff Unloading in Chelsea

SELLER: Stephen DorffLOCATION: West 19th Street, New York, NYPRICE: $3,000,000 (maintenance and monthlies / $1,551)SIZE: 1,200 square feet (approx.), 1 bedroom, 2 bathroomsDESCRIPTION: ...Move right into this triple mint Chelsea duplex Penthouse with 800 square foot roof terrace. No detail was overlooked in this meticulous renovation.. [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 14:44:00

Green Cleaners

About a year ago I was walking down the cleaner aisle at Target looking for my favorite tub of Clorox wipes when something else caught my eye I had ... of cleaning the mold, mildew, and soap scum out of my showers it also smells good. Now I can clean [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 21:01:11

Fiction Friday: Vinegar Cookies

Lynn is today's host for Friday Fiction. Please visit and read all the great entries this week. Don't forget that encouraging comments are welcome! ... left it. My tender footsteps on the dark gray tile floor crunched beneath the dropped cups of brown [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 05:00:00

10 Steps to an Organic Bedroom

10 Steps to an Organic, Non-Toxic Bedroom January 14, 2009Did you know that you are sleeping on a mattress soaked in ROACH POISON? If you have a new mattress then you are!!! Mattresses are required to be flame-proof, and so the BIG MATTRESS companies are loading them up with Formaldehyde, Antimony (Arsenic), Boric Acid (Roach Poison) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 04:05:44

Sticky Vinyl Floor Tile Messes? Get Free Sierra Plank Konecto Flooring Samples

Sticky Vinyl Floor Tile Messes? Get Free Sierra Plank Konecto Flooring Samples Filed under: Announcements, Internet, General, ... . You need no more than a vacuum and a slightly damp mop for day to day cleaning. There is also a range of dedicated cleaners to help with tougher spots. You can also make a plan with scuff marks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 12:56:06

Frugal house cleaning

This article is part of an ongoing series called Money Saving Monday. Each Monday, I share tips and techniques you can use to start saving money ... .  Be careful though, it will whiten any fabric including carpet.  I personally hate the smell [more...]

Date: 2008-09-06 15:04:04

Keeping Your Pool Tiles and Grout Clean

by Qandishah Brown Owning a swimming pool can really be, most especially if you live in a place like Austin ... shape can be easy if you remember to do a few things regularly. Surface cleaning is a great thing ... dirt. When cleaning the tiles of your swimming pool, remember to use a brush that is made [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 09:18:23

Nude Housecleaning

As I got ready for a shower this afternoon, I realized that the bathroom was a disaster area. As Dr ... from the floor, then mopped, all in the nude. Then I realized that we'd been tracking wall chunks ... on the premium prices that some people pay to secure the services of a nude housecleaner, and I laughed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 23:17:28

Ice Cream and Bird Seed

If you want to read this post, you must first read this post. Go on, do it. If you don't, you don't get to learn about ice cream ... came the poop. It waseverywhere: on the patio tile,the chairs, the table .....everywhere ... , pass it on; if not,continue cleaning up the poop!Hope and change. Liberalism. Socialism. Call [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 05:22:00

Modular Carpet for the Utility Closet

Hallway Closet   I'm tackling the hallway utility closet and turning it into a walk-in closet storing my surplus of Method cleaning products, ... a pattern for the floor!  Working Class Tile   I'm testing this pattern called WORKING CLASS ... , gray tiles. Corrugated Rib Tile   This one is called CORRUGATED TILE, because I think [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 15:32:50

hello, 2009

happy new year. i know—i’m just a little late to the party. i have no idea what happened to yesterday—good thing i didn’t make any vows to blog every day this year (though i enjoy immensely that other people manage it with such panache). heh. maybe next year [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 19:58:05

Gatorade verses PineSol

This picture is sourced from somewhere in google images. I got it in an email from a peer. Thank you! This post got a bit of attention this past April and I felt it deserved a re-post, sortof in the spirit of blog post recycling and all! Don't know about you, but the image above really horrifies me [more...]

Date: 2008-07-16 13:38:21

Not Complaining . . . Just a Little Sad, Very Hopeful and Getting Better All the Time

Let’s just say I haven’t been on an ‘alone date’ (as my children would say) with my hubby since the family Christmas party in early December ... materials for laying tile in the bathroom (which has been flooded out twice in the last month)! Ain’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 23:10:22

Ceramic and Marble Tile Cleaning in Charlotte

Caring properly for your Charlotte, North Carolina home’s flooring in an important part of overall housekeeping. Keeping up with your tile cleaning in Charlotte is an easy way to prevent excess damage, and proper care of your tile flooring will extend the life of the tiles and keep them looking like new [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 16:30:12

Restoring an Atlanta Home

by Qandishah Brown Atlanta is the state capital of Georgia and home to many wonderful things ... and tend to look dull and run down. An expert can always help out with cleaning tiles and grout ... for ages so your best bet is to have an expert clean them out. Atlanta is filled with grout cleaning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 17:29:27

Armstrong SwiftLock Laminate Flooring Reduces Cleaning For Home Executives

Armstrong SwiftLock Laminate Flooring Reduces Cleaning For Home Executives Filed under: Announcements, Internet, General, ... with grout lines. The floors are extremely low maintenance, making them easy to manage ... carpeting. The companies all supply dedicated cleaners for tough spots. For day to day cleaning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 14:04:49

CES 2009: Cleaning Made Easy with iRobot

As if having a robot for a vacuum cleaner wasn’t enough, iRobot has gone even farther and created several products to make cleaning easier ... McDonald and exclusive look at the new iRobot Looj. The Looj is the gutter-cleaning robot that blows leaves ... . For those of you who aren’t familiar with the iRobot Roomba, it is a vacuum-cleaning robot [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:18:39

Spring Cleaning Is...

Chinese New Year is approaching.. I have to clean my house! Although it's about the same weather all year round in Malaysia.. therefore, spring cleaning is...To wash all the curtains in the house..To clean the dining area and wash the cushion cover..To clean kitchen top..To scrub every car porch tile and clean the store [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 02:51:00

Keeping Your Pool Tiles and Grout Clean

by Qandishah Brown Living in Austin can make owning a swimming pool a great thing ... Austin tile cleaning who can get the grout in between your tiles looking like new once again. Austin ... in tip top shape can be easy if you remember to do a few things regularly. Surface cleaning is a great [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 14:35:59

BUILDING A STRONG CONSTITUTION, ONE MEAL AT A TIME...

I've had a busy day all day today. I think this is the first time I've sat down all day...and it's 7:30! ... cleaning and doing laundry. I stripped the bed, mopped the tile floors, oil soaped the wood floors and wood ... by the dry cleaners to pick up our cleaning. The cleaning--probably 15 pieces of clothing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 02:22:22

Tom Sachs at Sperone Westwater

About time to finish off my reviews of New York art shows. Only two left. One is over -but god was it good, the other one runs until June 21. Quality, 2008 The one exhibition i could not miss was Tom Sachs' lineup of new works at the Sperone Westwater [more...]

Date: 2008-06-08 14:21:40

Who to Call for Grout

Who to Call for Grout By Rick Amorey | January 17, 2009 by Rick Amorey Tired of cleaning the grout in your kitchen? ... ? If you’re tired of the grout-cleaning process, maybe it’s high time to quit using the the yellow rubber gloves and stow away that mop. Grout cleaning takes up so much time, one wonders why you haven’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 13:19:05

Spring Cooking Program

La Tavola Marche has created a deliciously unforgettable holiday! ... , tile floors, exposed stone & cozy fireplaces!Includes~Dinners (at La Tavola Marche with house wine ... !~ Aperitivo served in every evening in the garden~Apartment rental for 7 nights accomodations (cleaning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 12:51:00

Book Excerpt: Heavenly Places by Kimberly Cash Tate

It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour ... their own business. I didn’t know this for a fact, of course—that they minded their own business— [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 07:00:03

Cleaning House

Obviously I need to do more of it, and organizing. After we had the travertine tile installed, the door into the laundry room scraped against the tile until you pulled upward on the door while ... I decided to tackle some cleaning of the cabinets in the laundry room. I was startled [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 23:53:00

Beach Houses Series #4 - Hamptons House Style

    I can't do a series on beach houses without discussing my favorite beach house ever (or my favorite movie house ever, because they are both the same) - the house from the movie "Something's Gotta Give."  For those of you who haven't heard of this movie because you have been living on the moon for the past five years or you have [more...]

Date: 2008-07-10 07:57:56

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