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How To Get Dried Paint (and other stains) Out Of Carpet

June 23, 2012

What I’m about to show you is terrifying. Well, it was to me. We’d decided refinance our house since mortgage rates are so low. Our bank, being super awesome, informed us they’d be sending an appraiser to visit just two days later. Now, if guests were coming to visit, I’d have been fine. The common [...]

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How To Clean Trash Cans

June 22, 2012

Chances are, you don’t think about your trash cans unless they’re overflowing, or they begin to stink up your home. Nagging your husband or kids more often, or emptying them yourself, will take care of the first problem. A good monthly cleaning will take care of the second. Here’s how.

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Another 30 More One Minute Chores

June 16, 2012

When I posted my first article about one minute chores, a number of you wrote to say how helpful it was to see a list of tasks that don’t take a lot of time. The response was equally enthusiastic when I followed with another list of one minute chores. As one email put it, “Even [...]

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Organize Your Car For Summer Fun

June 15, 2012

One of my favorite things about summer: the seemingly spontaneous things we get to do with our kids. Few things delight my son like the mornings I announce over breakfast that we’re going somewhere fun. Little does he know that I’ve already planned our trip and, thanks to some time spent early in the summer, [...]

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How To Clean and Maintain Your Vacuum Cleaner

June 12, 2012

Vacuum cleaners are really the housewife’s workhorse, saving us the miserable hours of sweeping and beating carpets that our great-grandmothers endured. But even the best vacuum needs a little TLC now and then to keep functioning at its best. Here’s how to maintain yours.

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Cleaning Routine: Weekly Kitchen Cleaning

June 11, 2012

So, you’ve spring cleaned your kitchen and want to keep it clean with just a few minutes each week. Or maybe you didn’t get to do spring cleaning, but you’d like to get a routine that will keep the Health Department away. Here’s how.

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Chores That Kids Can Do

June 4, 2012

It’s a fact of life: kids complain about being bored. They also complain about doing chores. They really complain when you tell them that one way to cure boredom is by doing chores. I’m of the mind that both things are good for kids: boredom and chores.

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30 More One Minute Chores

June 2, 2012

My original post about chores that take one minute or less has become one of the more popular entries on HousewifeHowTos.com. I think we’re all trying to find ways to squeeze in a little extra sumpin-sumpin between work, errands and cooking. Quick, one-minute chores are a great way to do just that, and most are [...]

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Got A Minute? Chores That Take One Minute Or Less

May 31, 2012

Some days we’re just too busy to do any serious cleaning, or maybe we just don’t have the energy. Believe it or not, a minute here and a minute there can really make a difference in how your home looks. One-minute chores are easy enough for kids to do, too, so keep this list handy [...]

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