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62What to Do With Fall Leaves
We have an abundance of these colorful beauties in the yard! This year, instead of just bagging them and putting them on the curb, maybe you can try these ideas: 1. Stuff an orange garbage bag "pumpkin" to put...
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8410 Ways to Use Dryer Sheets
It was laundry day and I was buried under jeans, shirts, towels and sheets. If you have a big family, every day is laundry day and you eventually go through the motions like a robot. Stuff the clothes in...
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68How to Know if a Product is Really Green
Green is the new fad. I say "fad" because people have been recycling and conserving for years, but it's only now becoming fashionable. For example, I bought reusable cotton bags to put groceries in back in...
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68Healthy Reusing 101
I am the biggest supporter of reusing and recycling all in the name of cutting down on the trash we throw away and making the world a better place. But, when is reusing not reusing? Can you go too far in not...
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8130 Uses For Old Socks
I have a sock bag. It holds all the odd socks that are missing mates. I have this dillusion that someday I will actually find the mates to all these socks and the world will be balanced again. I think I'm up to 30 odd socks by now. It occured...
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8330 Ways to Reuse Toilet Paper Rolls
Anyone who has children knows the dismay you feel when you hear, "Mom! We need toilet paper"! I feel like I buy it all the time and the price just doesn't go down, does it? Well, all that toilet paper used produces a lot of cardboard tubes. I was...
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75Sewing Machine Maintenance
Sewing Machine Maintenance I love my sewing machine! I have asked it to do many projects and it always comes through. Are you an avid sewer/crafter? Do you use your sewing machine more than your microwave oven? Is it permanently sitting on your...
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83Creative Ways to Donate to Charities
It's that time of year when I go to my mailbox and it is stuffed with charities asking for donations. I feel a little bad because I can't donate to all of them. I'd love to be able to write a $1,000 check to each legitimate charity that comes...
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65Talking to Your Child About Death
Growing up, I was exposed to a lot of death. My father was a pastor and performed every funeral I went to, with few exceptions. The first funeral I really remember, however was my Grandmother's. She was 90...
0 comments75How to Survive a Significant Cut to Your Salary
I'm in Michigan and underemployment is epidemic here. It is absolutely imperative that while things are good, we are not functioning as though it will go on forever. We have to enjoy it, but do some things to protect us if the bottom falls out of...
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