The “OTHER” Uses of Soda Water

Soda water is apparently something familiar to us as a social drinking substance or something that can hit the spot in times of thirst. But you would be surprised at its other uses, mostly by being a solution towards cleaning certain items such as rugs, mugs or your usual room carpet. We have seen a lot of common items [more...]

Date: 2008-08-18 16:40:01

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Easy Entertaining

Good morning! Thank you so much your comments on my new Etsy shop and my treasures from the fair ... was busy with school, music lessons (we got a flat tire on the way there!) and getting our carpets ... ) Dessert: Apple crisp Beverages: Iced tea Lemonade Rocking chair Thursday -Clean House: Dust Vacuum [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 05:00:01

Nikolas Kristoff on Sweatshops

This was in the NYTimes in 2002. He favors them. They should start an international campaign to promote imports from sweatshops, ... center for carpet weaving. Ahmed, who dropped out of school in the second grade, earns $2 a day hunched over the loom, laboring over a rug that will adorn some American’s living room. It is a pittance [more...]

Date: 2008-06-26 18:42:42

Death of a Vacuum Cleaner

I don't know if I can adequately describe to you the sorrow that filled my heart when my vacuum cleaner died earlier this week. How could I have fallen in love so deeply with this machine? We have just been through so much ... my carpet lies spotted with the remnants of daily living, and I am waiting to hear the hum of a dear old [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 18:45:00

Mr. Yuk: He's in my house, is he in yours?

So this is a little embarrassing. On the one hand, I'm pleased with myself for getting the Mr ... , no errors!) Chlorine bleach (brightens whites, removes stains, cleans and deodorizes) Carpet spot ... , and includes this straightforward recommendation: Use greener cleaners & avoid pesticides. Household cleaners [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 09:22:53

Remote sensing and citizen science

Technologists and science fiction writers have long envisioned a world where a seamless worldwide network of Internet-connected sensors could ... and how fast? How healthy is the air I’m breathing? What is the pollen count right now? How long ... ? Is my new indoor carpeting emitting volatile organic compounds (VOCs)? As it stands, our phones tell [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 17:55:21

My other birthday present

I mentioned my Birthday Loot here. But the other present left was that Politically Incorrect Dog was locked in the house all day. With diarrhea. Been cleaning carpets for two days. 80 pound bulldogs make a lot of poo when they have the trots. I’m guessing the kennel fed him something not on the approved list while we were vacationing. He’ [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 13:50:52

Late night

“Earlier this week at the White House — historic. Barack Obama met with all three living ex-presidents and one current brain-dead president ... “During the meeting, Bill Clinton was impressed by the light brown carpet in the Oval Office, saying, ‘I love this rug.’ Though he did say it would look better if it was just a thin strip down [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 05:00:15

Ike victims get Texas tax relief, too

Residents of and businesses located in 88 Texas counties that were declared disaster areas as a result of Hurricane Ike are eligible for certain ... bill. The state never imposes sales tax on labor for residential repairs. Services used to restore storm-damaged property, including dry cleaning of clothing and draperies; rug and carpet cleaning [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 19:10:13

CGOTW and $50 Winner are…

Last week’s coolest gadget was a close one and for a change it was won by relatively cheap and what could be called ... cleaning robot, I used to have a Roomba (called Dexter) until it quite literally bit the dust ... and will automatically adjust from carpets to hard floors and back again. …. As always thanks [more...]

Date: 2008-09-09 16:14:03

A Guide to Flooring

by Qandishah Brown Choosing the right flooring for your home can be something very important ... but are obviously something that you would have in your bathroom. This water resistant flooring is easy to clean ... can go a long way if you know how to maintain and take care of it. Compared to other flooring carpeting may [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:40:08

The Good Ol' Days

Remembering the days of childhood makes me happy. My siblings and I have done some crazy stuff. I only wish I had pictures to prove it ... that stop us from trying again and again? NOPE!2. We created a concoction on the carpet in our house that we called MOOSE. We would start with some shampoo and conditioner, sprinkle in a little hairspray [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 01:03:00

My 2 Precious Jewels

My two children woke up very early this morning around 6:00AM, they went to my bedroom and wake me up ... the entire house and vacuuming the carpet while my in laws are not home yet. It was really a good ... an hour but I cannot go back to sleep while my other son is playing with Chester. So, grandpa came home [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 15:33:00

My Mother……

25 REASONS I OWE MY MOTHER 1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE . “If you’re going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning.” 2. My mother taught me RELIGION. “You better pray that will come out of the carpet.” 3. My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL . ” If you don’t straighten up, I’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 06:39:32

Ommmmmmmm... breath...... Ommmmmm

The noise is getting to me. My head is buzzing from this constant humming. It is like when you stay in a hotel and the wall a/c unit is just blowing. ... and realized that if the washing machine was going to be moved on Monday, I had better do ALL of the laundry ... outlets and covers and get the ceiling fan changed out! The carpet goes in tomorrow and [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 05:35:00

TECH: BACKUP, Backup, backup. Fail at your own peril!

http://cli.gs/7q2rBv Back Up Your Computer to Save Time and Money Saturday, 25th October 2008 (by J.D.) ... , you have to test the restoration. My story was entertaining. Since it was a test! If it’d had been “for real” ... they saw no reason why a test was absolutely necessary. So, I was called up on the carpet. (It was a very [more...]

Date: 2008-10-26 13:13:34

This Week's Sign of the Apocalypse: John McCain's Joke

From Indecision 2008... Sometimes it seems like everything we hear from our politicians fills us with existential despair -- and that’s ... is ecologically clean-burning flying carpets. Also... Iran Rehearses for Third World War John McCain ... just the Obama campaign. But as I show in my new book Apocalypse How, the hastening end-times [more...]

Date: 2008-07-09 19:44:55

Canada: Do Not Call List Top 5 Key Tips

Many of you are searching for “Do Not Call List” so we thought we should show our much loved readers who we adore ... political parties and their candidates, and • companies with whom you have an existing commercial ... such as a carpet-cleaning company––that company can call you. • Telemarketers making exempt calls must [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 14:18:28

of Long Days and Quiet Nights

If you follow me on Twitter, you know that I have had a bit of an adventure today in home maintenance / home repair stuff ... me that it was in no way, shape or form covered, I then received visits from a restoration company and the measuring dude from the carpet company.  The restoration guys spent two or three hours at the house, cutting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 04:38:51

Changes you should invest in when selling your home

People ask me ALL the time about what they should do to their homes before they put it on the market: i.e ... for it - HomeGain did a study in which they found a 587% return from cleaning and decluttering! Other big ... on homes that I list), landscaping (curb appeal is SO important these days), new carpet and paint, etc [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 22:22:00

Grateful

Wow.That is all I can say at this point. I am humbled by the outpouring of generosity ... attack. Yes, sadly I really did have green shag carpet in my house, in the very room where the fir ... you.For the last few days I have been concentrating on digging through the debris and cleaning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 04:29:00

Mite Nix - Allergy Free Home

More info… Make indoor areas healthy with herbal allergy relief product Are you tired of fighting asthma and ... . 3. No amount of cleaning can ever get rid of them all. Our Allergy Relief Spray deconstructs proteins ... it on mattresses, pillows, upholstered furniture, carpets and rugs, floor underlay and draperies. [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 06:45:52

My absolutely unorthodox homemaking tips

Being on holiday made me realise that some of the 'easy' homemaking or cleaning strategies that I use aren't known by everyone ... of vinegar.One cleaner I do buy is Vanish for carpets. This will clean anything I can't manage with vinegar ... baking soda mixed with dishwashing liquid to clean stainless steel. (equal amounts) - you just saved [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 08:23:00

Stress or Bugs?

Fatigue is a typical side effect of a busy mom and according to studies, microscopic bugs could be one of the reasons ... to mop first before sweeping and for carpets, treat them with eucalyptus oil 6 to 24 hours before vacuuming. It helps neutralize mite allergens. Here's how to do it: Combine 5 drops of eucalyptus oil [more...]

Date: 2008-10-11 17:28:00

busy weekend

Our weekend was spent helping the stepdaughter move to her new house ... in the inside. It was not really that bad but there was not harm in cleaning it some more. And yesterday ... have to get it tonight because I need to clean our carpet. It looks nasty. But it can wait a little :) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 14:21:51

A Different Way of Working

Friday night I worked as a drone building a temporary competitive gymnastic facility on a local high school basketball court ... of work hours to be completed.  These hours are mostly spent setting up, cleaning up and staffing ... of carpet velcro-ed together), as well as setting up the uneven parallel bars (stablized [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 19:23:13

The AUSTERITY CODE & POWER

In hard times, it's suddenly not so hard to think of ourselves shampooing the dogs, or washing and waxing our own car(s), or steam cleaning our own carpets, or doing some home wiring/plumbing, or even packing lunch to work and eschewing the Big Mac, or whatever. Perhaps instead of tossing out that pant, a little [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 19:43:00

Celeb Style: Zoe Kravitz

While her peers are figuring out what to wear or are drenched in generic trends from head to toe, ... , mixing and matching, and far out daytime gigs, she effortlessly manages to pull off a cleaner, more mature look for the red carpet. We love this little style icon who wears whatever the hell she feels [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 18:35:01

‘My favourite room in my house’ (a ‘meme’)

This is my first ever ‘meme‘. Thanks Ellen at ‘To The Max’ for introducing me to the concept.The topic is ‘your favourite room in your house’ ... that has threadbare carpets, a broken griller, a shower door that doesn’t close properly and a living area that is an oven in summer and a refrigerator in winter.It’s not all that bad. It’s clean and it’s [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 11:01:48

Demi Lovato’s Rep Is Lying

In response to these pics of Demi Lovato sporting what look to be self-inflicted scars on her wrist, her rep has issued a statement: “Demi was wearing gummy bracelets just prior to her appearance on the red carpet and, because ... this shit under the rug like it’s so shameful and embarrassing and awful that we’ll throw out a Hail Mary [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 01:48:20

Australian Stars Rave About Obama at Black Tie Gala

ET was on the red-carpet at Australia Weeks signature event, ... to the entertainment industry, but Obama and inauguration plans were all the talk on the red-carpet [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 10:38:00

Piss & Vinegar

October 14, 2008 at 6:41 am | In drivel, everyday frustrations | “What happened to you right there? ... before the carpet cleaners arrive. And the vacuum wasn’t just over 6 months old. So after three floors ... ! I managed to get a very nice customer service agent at the AT&T store (hi Callie on Broadway) who hooked [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 14:41:02

Emily’s Tips

Now, I’m certainly no expert on just what it takes to make it as a SAHM. However, I’m a firm believer in the School of Hard Knocks ( ... Clorox’s new Green Works cleaners.  They power through grease, dried-on egg, marinara sauce, and smell ... flooring, and its clean scent was just what the living room carpet was lacking. One bottle of bubble [more...]

Date: 2008-07-15 16:51:20

Zoo, Askew: THIS IS YOUR LIFE

My day started out with one of my dogs yakking on my bed, and then all over the carpet. Awesome. By mid-morning I had decided to tackle cleaning under and behind the stove. Disgusting. I also did a little at-home cleaning of some jewelry that had become tarnished. I lined a pan with aluminum [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:45:22

Another Set Report

Thanks to Suzanne for the heads up. I know there have been alot of filming spoilers recently, ... in a van that had _________ Rainier Carpet Cleaning written on the side, ( Sorry, I can't remember ... but facing opposite directions. They filmed a scene with the chauffer talking to Ben through the vans [more...]

Date: 2008-09-27 20:53:43

Jessica Alba Parties for “Declare Yourself”

Hot mama Jessica Alba was another Obamista who glammed it up in the name of democracy this weekend, hosting the Declare Yourself “A New Birth of Citizenship” event in D.C. Jessica and hubby Cash Warren walked the red carpet at the Renaissance Hotel yesterday, where acts like John Legend, Maroon [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 18:43:47

Cabled Cormo Hat

First off, the shop is back open. Thanks for your patience, everyone! I’ve moved it to a big new server all on its own and things are looking good ... that’s over our heads (plumbing, electrical, etc.) but lots of carpet to rip out, paneling to take down [more...]

Date: 2008-08-18 19:45:37

Herding Pure Wool Shag

If you’re allergy- and pet-free and in need of some volume to warm up your chilly hardwood floors this winter, ... of friendly fluff at designer carpet stores, and they can run up to $5,000 for anything bigger than ... to its undyed wool products, such as the ivory colored, ultra shaggy rug (below). The blond lady [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 11:00:39

DJtv’s Weekend Roundup

I was surfing the Internet to find some things to do this weekend, and thought it might be fun to share some of them. I’ve always had an affinity for witches. When I was a kid, I was pretending to be Wonder Woman in my Wonder Woman underoos and tripped on a piece of shag carpeting, flew through the room and hit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 05:38:52

CES Gadget: USB Plant Sensor EasyBloom (Video)

Upon her first visit to my less-than swinging bachelor pad, the woman who was to become my wife was most impressed by (in addition to the absence of dirty socks on my carpet) the lush green houseplants posed in leafy contrapposto beneath windows facing Park Avenue South. For folks interested in potted aphrodisiacs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 02:54:57

Dear Car Thief

Dear Car Thief, This morning I woke up to find my driveway empty. You took my car sometime after 11PM after I got back from walking my dog ... . If you really wanted to impress someone with the dog hair covered seats, the worn carpets perhaps you should ... ? I am forever curious how you were able to take my car in complete darkness w/o the keys?? Of [more...]

Date: 2008-11-22 21:45:14

Carters and Carpets

This is just around the corner from my flat - I've never properly looked at this building despite passing it everyday - it's pretty nondescript but the pub is my local, if indeed I drink there regularly enough to call it my local. Just before Christmas there were 80mph gales and I got blown off my bike just down the road from here [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 17:33:00

Glamour Reel Moments--A Final Recap

I'm afraid there are really only two events in my life right now--the remodel on the house and my recent Hollywood adventures. I'm afraid the rest is just macaroni and cheese and cleaning bathrooms so if you'll forgive ... us on the red carpet--or rather what it all looked like from behind the photographers. Our driver [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 08:00:00

Taleb vs economists

Everyone seems to be hailing Nassim Nicholas Taleb as the man who saw the crisis coming. I have a problem with this ... at self-deception by burying the possibility of a large, devastating, loss under the rug” I thought: “ ... , carpet-chewingly, moronically cretinous, can they?” I suspect most economists thought my way [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 12:57:16

there are things in that paper which nobody knows but me.

i just got home and opened the door to the smell of cat spray and blurted out 'i'm beginning to think i don't deserve good things' ... and cleaning and probably after i have shampooed the carpets ten times. okay, lets get the happy ... my mental health with it's floral green flooring and freezing single paned windows. ever read [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 09:00:00

Cleaning Safety

Housework is an easy, simple job, right? Just sweep floors, wash dishes, do a little laundry… ... are the three accepted methods of cleaning a floor. If it is carpeted, it may need an occasional steam clean ... on the broom or floor area. Some of the chemicals can be fairly strong-even toxic to household pets [more...]

Date: 2008-10-19 13:12:19

Knowing How To Choose Your Flooring

by Qandishah Brown Choosing the right flooring for your home can be something very important ... will ensure that it lasts. Its also wise to clean up sills to avoid staining and odor. Carpets ... but are obviously something that you would have in your bathroom. This water resistant flooring is easy to clean [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:21:04

Increase the Value of Your Home With a Few Simple, Affordable Changes

There’s a lot you can do to get your home into shape so that it can command a niftier price tag once you decide to put it in the market ... that are the result of minor settling Sealed leaks in the home and painting away the stains caused by those leaks ... of cubic space that was four times our 2 car garage. It was shameful! Cleaned our carpet for the [more...]

Date: 2008-06-14 16:58:24

New Vacuum

A few weeks ago thanks to a kind benefactor, we bought the vacuum that we have been thinking about for a few years. So far, it’s pretty impressive actually - if impressive should be used with regards to a home cleaning device.  The first time, I did the classic test - I ran over the carpet with our old vacuum [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 16:16:34

Cleaning and Stain Removal for Bachelors

This post is a little different. I mean, usually we write about tech stuff, software and online tools ... shirt, mold in the bathroom or wine on the carpet. What would you do? Call Mom? Noooo! You’re mature ... to be) masters and mistresses of the household who may need a little help in the cleaning section. Here [more...]

Date: 2008-07-01 17:48:28

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