I am never cleaning my house again
I am sitting here working while a team of four women clean my home for me. And they’re doing a better job than I would do, too ... the ones doing the vacuuming and floor-washing and cleaning of windows. They even cleaned ... had sprayed cleaning fluids on it. It seems to have taken no damage, and I will inform them that they must [more...]
Date: 2008-10-23 21:15:07
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Cleaning House and Spirit
Every year, after the presents are opened, the house starts to feel shabby to me, with very little chic to it ... well on Thursday.And after cleaning my house and opening windows (because yes, the temperature ... around like a crazy person, cleaning manically and making everyone else nuts, too.This time things went [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 18:23:00
Bidmycleaning.com: Using Technology to Keep Startup Costs Low
Bidmycleaning.com is known as the “eBay of house cleaning services”. The company’s website allows homeowners to receive multiple competitive bids for house cleaning, window and carpet cleaning services, schedule appointments, and pay for their service online [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 19:42:07
Cleaning house
I'm trying to clean house. No, I'm not dusting, wiping down the fridge, or washing windows, ... it on my living room area rug to take the photograph, because it was too large for my work table. The next step will be to dry brush various acrylics over the piece in order to obtain some cohesion. [more...]
Date: 2008-09-25 10:15:00
A Basic Cleaning List For Your House
House cleaning usually is actually preventative maintenance when scheduled properly and the schedule followed ... , cleaning cobwebs from corners, cleaning drapes or curtains, washing sheets and towels, Maintenance List ... , garbage bags and paper towels. Things to get as you run out – general cleaners, window cleaner [more...]
Date: 2008-10-13 14:10:39
Another Recession Cocktail
I had a busy weekend around the house washing windows, cleaning out gutters, shampooing carpets - and other stuff besides. Now all I have left is to get some bulbs in when we get a nice day.After I took the carpet shampooer back to Home Depot, I was ready for a stiff drink, so I stirred up another one of the recipes [more...]
Date: 2008-11-30 22:28:00
Christmas Present House Cleaning
Now with all of your Christmas bounty unwrapped, don’t forget there are some things you need to do quickly! ... like you to do more than to put it off and forget to mail it in. Returns Most stores have limited return windows ... by StarterTech.com Christmas Present House Cleaning [more...]
Date: 2008-12-25 18:35:46
Tips For Selling Your Home
by johnmce Whatever the housing market is doing, there are a number of tips that will always help your house appeal to potential buyers ... , clean Your home must sparkle and smell clean! Getting professional cleaners in can be money well-spent. Have the carpets, curtains, sofa covers and oven cleaned. Make sure your windows are clean inside [more...]
Date: 2008-12-07 16:08:43
Nano Benefits for Beginners
Here's a run-down on nanotechnology aimed at newbies; I like the headline: ... just be windows -- we'll have whole self-cleaning houses. But even that's just the beginning. How about food ... Tiny science makes socks that don't smell and windows that clean themselves Of course [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 06:13:26
Even in tough economic times, there’s fun to be had
Financial times are tough — but kids still want (and need) to have fun. Here, how to keep them entertained without breaking the bank ... or $100 having the house windows washed, have a car-cleaning or window-washing party. The key is to call [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 17:38:41
Power Mister Takes Half The Effort Out Of Cleaning Windows
By Luke Anderson I’ve always thought that spray bottles were a great invention ... , think about someone with arthritis trying to clean a house full of windows. Something like this would [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 06:51:21
UK Window Cleaners: Sex, Jail-time, Politics & Religion
Performance in the bedroom: Women now have another reason to kick their partners out of the house and into the garden ... men could also get a benefit to their love lives from regular vigorous housework, window cleaning ... this!Window cleaner jailed over tax: A WINDOW cleaner from Melksham has been jailed for 30 days for failing [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 18:37:00
Owner
Compulsory Clean-Up and Restoration Nancy McConnell www.compulsorycleanup ... i. Pressure Washing f. Yard cutting, Edging and Pruning 5. Remodeling a. Flooring Replacement ... 4. Full Service a. Full house debris removal b. Wall, Door and Window cleaning c. Carpet, Tile [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 02:01:35
How to Fake a Clean House
The holidays are right around the corner, which means you might have last minute guests delivering good cheer. If they happen to catch you between cleaning days, don’t worry. With just a few minutes, you can fake a clean house! 1. Control Odor! That means investing in a good air freshener, opening a window [more...]
Date: 2008-11-06 15:36:38
My Green Challenge to YOU!!
Hubbs and I are trying to be as "Green" as possible and reducing our carbon footprint as much as we can ... and in the house. They make terrific cleaning rags. They leave streak free windows and mirrors and are lint free, so Hubbs uses them to dry his hands when putting his contacts in his eyes. The uses [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 16:38:00
Script Review – Hitch’s “Short Night”
Let’s go back in time. Imagine with me that you’ve been given the chance to work with Alfred Hitchcock, cinema’s great master of suspense. The job? ... for cinema’s beloved auteur that can stand next to his classics like Rear Window, Vertigo ... thought I’d first do a little New Year’s house cleaning and finish up my series on the Unproduced Scripts [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 01:52:41
Curbly Recession Busters: Cleaning Your House on the Cheap!
The wisenheimers among us might say the best way to save money on cleaning supplies is not to clean. That, however, is not an option. You can be broke and clean. (Just ask any depression-era housekeeper.) In an effort to embrace ... Swiffer Dusters too! Using newspapers to clean mirrors and windows is an old money-saving idea [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 14:31:22
A Couple More Curtains
Nothing like looming house guests to motivate you to finish a couple projects. (I can't promise clean toilets, but at least the windows are covered.) Seriously, I should have been cleaning today, but instead I spent most of the afternoon sewing these. It was way more fun.These windows are in our dining room/sitting area. The room is a weird [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 00:42:00
Do you think magazines influence eating disorders?
I am currently at school, doing my sociology coursework. I am doing whether magazines influence young girls to develop eating disorders ... and salon quality hair at home, on the soccer field, cleaning the toilet…and you have families ... single appliance, window, and pillowcase in your house isn’t Green, you might as well throw [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 19:24:27
Wake Up Call
It seems like reminders of what's important in life and where our attention should be focused always come along just when we need them ... , and when we came downstairs I found my hubby working away at cleaning the house. He was home ... dishes, vacuumed the floor and had the windows open to let in some fresh warm air. I was stunned [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 23:25:30
LIttle Helpers
Friday we were preparing for house showings on Saturday, and while I was cleaning, I tried to find little projects Caleb and Titus could "help" me with. Cleaning the windows was one, though I noticed when they were done the windows looked worse than when they started! [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 22:45:00
The Rush Out To VCs: Facebook’s Cohler Joins Benchmark
The Rush Out To VCs: Facebook’s Cohler Joins Benchmark By Rafat Ali - Thu 19 Jun 2008 11: ... and to its senior management team. Is this Sheryl Sandberg cleaning house? Benchmark has announced ... Blogmarks ma.gnolia Windows Live Tailrank Mister Wong StumbleUpon [more...]
Date: 2008-06-19 22:49:50
Nani
We were lucky enough to have our Nani from Canada here with us for a few days last week. What a lady! We enjoyed our time together so much ... she stayed with the kids. She was always cleaning and tidying the house her whole stay. One morning she asked me where the window cleaner was, and I admitted that I was embarrassed having her act as our maid [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 04:55:00
When Windows beats Linux: a cautionary tale
When Windows beats Linux: a cautionary tale Posted by Paul Murphy @ 12:15 am Categories: General, Enterprise Policy, Wintel vs Lintel Tags: Solution, Microsoft Windows, Content Management, Swiss Air, Solution Architecture, Linux, UNIX ... was house cleaning. As part of that, management promptly accepted an EDS sponsored project [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 08:15:01
sarah cynthia sylvia stout
Inspired by Mama.I love to clean house. I do it at least once a year, if not twice.Okay, seriously? ... know. There's just always something I'd rather be doing than cleaning up my mess.The greatest housecleaning I ever ... . Then I started on the windows, floors, and other people's bedrooms. At the time I thought my desire [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 21:56:00
Mama's Daybook
For more daybooks, and to join the fun, click on the image above...My Daybook ~ 22 December***Outside My Window .. ... deep cleaning***One of my favorite things ...warm spots in the house like by the corn stove, in front ... ...Christmas Eve services, Christmas brunch here on Christmas day and the 28th, with Kevin's [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 14:48:00
My Love Affair With Microfiber
I love a clean house. There, I’ve said it. I like walking into my house, breathing in deeply and smelling the pure fresh smell of Amonia nothing. Seriously, there is no odor whatsoever. My windows are practically invisible and, because I’ ... s real women don’t care about glistening windows. Yes, you do care, you just don’t want to do the work [more...]
Date: 2008-07-24 19:46:40
Windows & Doors...
Ohhh~ It's a busy busy day for me today, woke up at ard 1pm, which is EARLY since it's a Saturday, to do my laundry and had to wake Dillie up to go lunch and do spring cleaning ... for cleaning those nooks & corners of the house and those uneven surfaces, I am so going to use it again [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 16:39:00
I can't feel my toes
It is cold here. Yeah, I know...it's cold everywhere, and certainly colder in some places than it is here. But I'm spoiled ... frigid air into the house, maybe some caulking for the windows. I need to find out how much it would ... just do something about cleaning this office...My niece called tonight to say that she will have another sister [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 02:05:00
Why Am I Not Where I Should Be?
Liv is at a birthday party.Leon & the other two girls are at soccer.I have the house to myself.Where am I, you may ask? ... I cozied on the sofa with a hot chocolate, fuzzy blanket and a roaring fire, staring out the window ... cleaning! Oops! I mean...... cleaning.Why is it, that when we get some time to ourselves, we are still [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 05:00:00
Lost: Christmas Spirit
Recognition Archives Reviews Contact Lost: Christmas Spirit December 16, 2008 We do not have any decorations up yet ... your house has been without power for four days, to include cleaning out the refrigerator and immediately ... of windows is not a “genuine version” Except [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 18:21:09
Christmas 2008: a media blitz!
How about skip all the small talk and make with the happy family pics already? I will do that. But FIRST! ... : Moxie In preperation of my family's visit, I donned the latest in house cleaning equipment ... upstairs and said something about it being warm and opened the window. Once the bell was opened [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 02:28:12
CHILLS AND THRILLS ABOUND
It's chilly, but Miss Daisy finds it thrilling. When we took her for her long walk this afternoon, she wanted to RUN ... at Tuesday Morning for just $9.99. I have it hanging right outside the windows by my breakfast ... filters around the house~putting new batteries in all the clocks ~watering plants~cleaning my desk [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 21:03:00
a beautiful sight.
Jump to Comments My friend BurghBaby has organized a show off your Christmas Crazy link-a-thon at her site, ... and then cleaning the house. Yeah. We’re crazy. Our routine in the old apartment was pretty set, after ... had to make some adaptations — different size porch, upstairs windows that need some kind of decorations [more...]
Date: 2008-12-21 05:38:11
My Saturday
You would think that cleaning the house on a Saturday would be the worst thing possible, but… The windows are open I live at the beach It’s 70 degrees outside and its December Im watching Jack Johnson & Friends: Weekend at the Greek A tall Moon [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 17:30:14
Double standards a threat to democracy
THE Rudd Government has some heavy holiday reading for punters this summer ... . However, genuine reform will require the Labor Party to do its own house cleaning: kicking its addiction to union money and its reliance on union election campaigns. Anything less is window-dressing [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 11:31:34
More Spring Cleaning
2009 is already shaping up to be a massive house cleaning for me. I've let go of so many things. Tangible and intangible. Feels good ... on Windows, AD and virtualization already. Sold off some hardware too. Lean and mean. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 03:03:00
Protect Your Sinuses
By Keith MarkensenDon't you hate waking up in the morning to congestion, runny noses, and such? I do too ... floating around your house could be the real culprit. If you're not keeping your windows thrown wide ... on it. Vacuuming and cleaning or using hepa filters regularly will do the rest. While you can't eliminate [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 08:56:00
Cellar Adventures Continue!
Well I’ve got most of the work done! I am in physical pain from my weekend travails ... house, some new windows are being put in on the top floor, I know, bad timing! Not terrible but I don ... loose bottles, cleaning out some working space and planning my attack on this, cellar building 2.0 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 01:37:26
My Daybook for 01.19.2008
Outside my window...sunny and it is suppose to be 60 degrees today.Hard to believe it is January! I am thinking... From the daycare room.. ... deadlines and pressure! I am hearing..."East to West" by Casting Crowns on Pandora Radio. AWESOME song! Around the house...zone cleaning (upstairs/girls room), organize 12x12 patterned paper, edit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 15:46:46
Christmas Meme
Pinched from Liv N Laf...care to play along?Candy cane or peppermint patties? Candy canes.Sugar or gingerbread cookies? Sugar cookies ... in the windows of the houses we passed.Log Burning Channel or real thing? Is there any question? REAL!!!Cards or e-mails? Cards… it's like sending a small gift in the mail.Shoveling or cleaning off the car [more...]
Date: 2008-12-27 04:07:00
Happy New Year 2009!
I'm a little late, but wishing everyone a creative and wonderful New Year ... . We just got home last night and I've been doing laundry, cleaning house, reading mail, getting groceries ... Year's Day we had breakfast in St. Helena before heading home. I loved the windows in the front [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 05:48:00
Home Sweet Home
I know I wanted one even before I got married and I am not giving up on that dream. I know someday I’ll be decorating my own house, furnishing my own bedroom, cleaning my very own ... to wish for something you want for yourself right? See the fireplace? and the high windows? Reminds [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 17:32:00
For Today ~ 19 January 2009 ~ Simple Woman’s Daybook
FOR TODAY … 19 January 2009 Outside My Window… Sunny, very cold morning. I’m here at work on my day off ~ only for a while ... construction workers.Around the house… it’s clean…we did some cleaning over the weekend.One of my favorite ... . But the construction guys are out back. Banging and beeping and hammering away [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 16:38:12
Post-Vacation
Around the House Originally uploaded by PatL I’m in a post-vacation, post-relaxation, post-Montana mood right now ... of keeping the house up, and cleaning up a lot, but there still are these echoes of disuse ... for a week. Bookmark and Share del.icio.us Digg Google StumbleUpon Windows [more...]
Date: 2008-08-28 00:46:23
It is Up to MPs to Restore Their Reputation
Yesterday the Leader of the House of Commons Harriet Harman brought further shame on the institution ... of the successful author, Ken Follett, and Labour MP for Stevenage claiming £1,600 for cleaning the windows of her London home.Now none of this will become public, and all existing FOI requests [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 10:07:00
Heads-up to OPML Editor users
... to do a house-cleaning of the menubar and of the Tools folder. Ideally the new editor will ship ... . This should make it possible, for example, for there to be a FlickrFan release for Windows, since [more...]
Date: 2008-07-26 16:38:12
I Think Townhall Should Hire the Cockatoo
For those of you keeping track of these things (that would be, oh, nobody, not even me), here are the latest additions to Animal House: 1. Three former feral kittens that were found abandoned in a window well. I got them ... (I spent all day cleaning it, but it still smells mildewy [more...]
Date: 2008-11-02 02:21:20
PC Performance: 5 Steps To Make Your PC Perform Better
I cant begin to count the number of times that I have gone to my mother-in-laws house only to find myself cleaning up their PC ... the instructions. 4.I ran Ad Aware and Registry Mechanic making all recommended changes. 5.I ran Windows built [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 12:50:57
Happy New Year!
I hope everyone had a safe & wonderful New Year's Eve ... to get some cleaning done around the house. We took down the Christmas tree, vacuumed ... some reorganizing of my scraproom. My paper storage cubes were on the wall in between the 2 windows, which [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 04:00:00
