How To Feed Your Lawn And Manage Fall Leaves…Naturally

October 10, 2010 By 4 Comments

Get your kids to do it! Just kidding. I still have a few more years before I will have my very own landscaping crew. But seriously, this is a way to feed your lawn with leaves and grass clippings. It saves time, reduces the need for watering, provides a free source of fertilizer, and cuts [...]

Filed Under: Exterior, fall, How to

How To Make A Hostess Gift

October 7, 2010 By 14 Comments

The weather is turning cooler and the holidays are on their way. Do you have your hostess gifts ready? Hostess gifts are a great way to show people how much you appreciate being invited into their homes. And nothing is more thoughtful than something you have made by hand.  They really don’t need to be [...]

Filed Under: Entertaining, fall, How to, Local Shopping

How To Keep Your Drains Happy

October 7, 2010 By 8 Comments

Do you take your clear drains for granted? We use them happily every day without much thought. Expecting them to keep draining no matter what we shove down there. Then one day it stops draining and we gasp in horror, how could this happen? Or better yet a terrible smell starts to waft up from [...]

Filed Under: bathroom, fall, How to, kitchen, Monthly

Fall Front Door: The Big REVEAL!

September 30, 2010 By 37 Comments

Have you ever wonder what the meaning of a red door was? In both Chinese and American History it means Welcome, and a pineapple knocker? Hospitality and Welcome. So in order to bring our front door a sense of both meaning and timeless style…. you guessed it.  Front Door Before Half Way. I wonder what the neighbors thought. [...]

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How To Make A Safe Home Bug Repellent

September 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Tee Tree Oil With fall comes SPIDERS! The weather starts to cool off and they move into the house. I don’t really have a problem with spiders but I don’t want to see their webs all over my house! I am also not a fan of pesticides, especially with the little ones crawling all over [...]

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Fall Nesting

September 17, 2010 By 6 Comments

I know I said that there would be no fall decorating until all of my fall cleaning was finished. But I couldn’t help myself! The boys and I were playing in the yard yesterday and noticed that our lovely oak trees had started to drop their acorns! The boys thought it would be great fun [...]

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How To Clean Your Stroller

September 16, 2010 By 4 Comments

Our family is always on the go. And since they are all still little we use our strollers A LOT. In fact we have two. A double stroller that lives in the car for quick trips into stores and a triples stroller for walks to the park that stays in the garage. Let me tell [...]

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