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Five Things to Consider When You Downsize Your Home
Your kids are grown and gone. Your home with room for sports equipment, slumber parties and large family meals now feels like wasted space. You’re beginning to talk about downsizing. But before you...
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Make Your Own Window Cleaner: It’s Simple, Cheap and Easy on the Environment
It’s spring. Robins are building nests, you can venture outside for the first time in months without multiple layers of clothing and when you look out the window, the world is looking brightly back at...
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Improve Your Garden with Mulch
It’s spring and a young man’s (and woman’s) fancy turns to mulch. Not exactly what poets spill ink over, but it sure makes gardeners’ hearts beat faster. Mulching fortifies and protects the soil but...
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Keep Them Clean: Wash Reusable Shopping Bags to Stop Bacteria
As more Americans adopt a greener way of shopping by carrying their own reusable bags, more cities and states are considering banning plastic bags or enacting usage fees. That’s good news on the...
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When Buying Appliances, Think Green and Save Big
No one suggests you leave behind the convenience of laborsaving home appliances, but it’s important to know they can drain your pocketbook and contribute greenhouse gases to the environment. In fact,...
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Saving Money on Home Maintenance
Saving money on home maintenance is a great way to free up money for your budget – helping to save for college or for your next vacation. Your home is like a car: Regular maintenance helps prevent...
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Safety Tips for Holiday Decorating
Add Enjoyment (Not an ER Visit) to Your Holidays Festive lighting and decorations can add fun and nostalgia to the holidays. Just be sure to also mix in some common sense, so decorating doesn’t include...
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Living with Less Stuff
There’s a movement underway. People are cleaning out closets and drawers, garages and attics in an effort to live with less stuff. Some people have taken the 100 Things Challenge and are attempting to...
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5 Tips To Get Your Home Ready for Winter
If you live in a cold-weather climate, November is the time to put the finishing touches on any home winterization tasks you have left. If you still need to put some time into winterizing your home,...
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Three Ways to Reduce Your Winter Energy Costs
Here are three easy changes that can make a big difference in your winter energy costs this year. 1. Light up the night — Winter evenings are the longest of the year, so you’ll be using more lights...
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Spring is a Great Time to Think About Safety
Spring is an opportunity to clean, organize and get rid of unnecessary items in your house. It is also a great time to check if your safety plans are in place and your safety equipment is in working...
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Tips for a Successful Yard Sale
It’s the time of year when they “Spring up” like flowers… yard sale signs, directional arrows, balloons tied to mail boxes – all directing you to those spontaneous neighborhood bargain centers....
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Protect Your Car From Theft This Summer
Every 44 seconds a motor vehicle is stolen in the United States according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). If you follow these simple steps, you can avoid thefts and...
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Four Tips for Your Next Picnic
Summertime. That can only mean one thing – picnics! July is National Picnic month and it’s a great month to be outside. Before the kids head back to school, pack up lunch or dinner and head to the...
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I Want To Be Recycled
Imagine a water bottle that dreams of becoming a pair of jeans, a steel can that hopes to someday be transformed into a bicycle or a plastic bottle that believes that, one day, it could become a park...
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As the year comes to a close, we find it appropriate to look back at the year’s most-read posts. Here are the top 5 blog posts that you loved in 2013. #5 Five Tips To Get Your Home Ready for Winter —...
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Want a ‘Super’market Experience? Visit Your Local Farmers’ Market
In June, we celebrate National Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Month – and there’s no better place to find fresh produce than at a farmers’ market. Here are six great reasons to visit your local market:...
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Learn Actions to Take Before, During and After an Emergency
September is National Preparedness Month. Emergencies can happen at any time and place, but practicing what to do in advance of an emergency makes you better prepared to handle any emergency you may...
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Preventative Home Maintenance Could Save You Money
Home maintenance isn’t just waiting for things that need to be fixed or replaced. There are certain preventative measures you may be neglecting at your peril. Heating and Air-Conditioning Units —...
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Bright Ideas for Autumn
Autumn signals the return of brilliant amber hues, gooey caramel apples and crisp mornings. It also represents the gradual decrease in daylight hours. That’s when you notice it’s time to replace that...
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