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Your Home Maintenance Seasonal Checklists
The biggest investment that most people make is the purchase of a home. Maintaining your home is crucial to keeping its value where it should be. It also goes a long way in helping your family enjoy all that your home has to offer. With a little planning, home maintenance does not have to be overwhelming. Here are checklists that will guide you through each season. Simply pull out the list when the seasons change, do what you need to, and your home should stay in good condition.
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Welcome Ladybugs to Your Home’s Garden
Ladybugs are one of the few bugs that don’t scare many people. The ladybug’s colorful body and friendly disposition makes her a favorite insect of adults and children alike. Even people who are terrified of insects often find themselves smiling when a ladybug lands nearby. There are many myths about the ladybug and most of them end with the shiny bug bringing good fortune and luck.
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House Cleaning Tips for Busy Mothers
Nobody loves cleaning. Well, maybe some women do, but most of us have better things to do than spend all day wiping down walls and scrubbing toilets. Many of us are gone all day at our jobs. When we’re home, we have kids running around, begging or our attention, and if there’s time left after their care we take a few moments for ourselves to relax. Thankfully there are a few tips you can learn to make your life easier when it comes to taking care of your home. Read the following ideas and try implementing at least two of them this week.
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Simple Fall Decorating Ideas for the Home
Autumn is upon us and with that comes a reminder that the earth is preparing for a time of hibernation and rest until the spring when all that is wonderful about nature is new again. With the changing of the leaves, the approaching holidays and children in full swing at school, there is little time left in the year to enjoy before we usher the old out and the new in. Before the year closes, take the time to update your home to reflect the changes Mother Nature is making outside. Using what the earth has provided, you can bring the beauty of autumn inside your home and create a fresh, warm and inviting look for yourself and anyone who calls upon you this season.
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Home Improvement Ideas to Keep Your Budget in Check
Even though the buzzwords of this decade seem to be about saving money, being frugal and minding our budget, that doesn’t mean you can afford to let home maintenance slide by the wayside. Keeping up on home improvements can seem like an impossible task and can become costly as well. Home owners are looking for inexpensive, yet easy home improvement projects that will not only improve the value of a home but also help keep repair costs to a minimum.
Latest Fashion & Lifestyle Discussions
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Baby shower gift ideas
I am attending a friend’s baby shower next weekend.
Any good gift ideas? Apart from the usual.
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Eyebrow/body hair grooming
The thread about superstitions got me thinking:
How do you all keep your eyebrows in check?
Tweezing and threading are really painful (maybe more like irritating) for me. Never done wax on them - just seems really scary (nevermind the fear of my eyebrows never growing back if too much is taken off.) I’ve tried one of those little shaver things (http://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j00QMtaGEYcBlkh/Eyebrow-Razor-EBRA2038-.jpg), but it sometimes left weird eyebrow stubble. So at the moment, I’m tweezing, but I really hate it and would love to hear other options, if they exist.
Also, in your…
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What is My Body Type?
I need help ladies! For the past few days I’ve been researching my body type and I’m confused because I can’t seem to find what exactly fits me. Maybe I’m a combo, I don’t know. So here’s the info:
1. Weight 250
2. Height 5’4”
3. My bust measures 50”
4. My waist (or what I think is my waist) is 52”
5. My hips (including all the belly fat) is 63”
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Best Way to Tan
What is the best way for a fairly light skinned person to tan? Should I use tanning products or just let the sun and water do its work?
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To tan, or not to tan?
I was just wondering what you girlies do?
I have never actually been that bothered about getting a tan and actually quite enjoy being bright white! :D
Do any of you feel the pressure to bake in the sun? Or spend a lot of money on fake tan?
Btw, this was prompted by a pic of me and my best friend that was taken a couple of days ago where I look like I glow in the dark - it was the flash, even I’m not that white!
