The weather’s getting warm, there’s a long weekend ahead, and you’re thinking now’s the right time to host a backyard barbecue or party, or throw together a neighborhood block party. Here you’ll find more than thirty substantial tips to help you make your warm weather backyard get-togethers memorable and keep things running smoothly. Keeping it cool & weather-proof Backyard gatherings ... Read More »
Hair dryers tend to collect hair and dust in their vents – that’s the back end with grill. Cleaning that junk out can prolong the life of your hair dryer, but not cleaning it out can, in my experience, cause it to shoot small flames out the back end. It was when that happened that I first realized I needed ... Read More »
Somehow, despite your best efforts, the holiday season beat you again: it’s the eleventh hour, and and you’ve got people you haven’t yet bought gifts. It doesn’t matter how it happened. The panicking and self-scolding can wait until later. Right now, what you need is a plan that will get those gifts taken care of so you can get back ... Read More »
Please spread the word about this. Feel free to repost this anywhere you can with a link back to me. I eventually stopped getting spam phone calls from “Heather” at “Account Services” who wants to lower my credit card interest rates, but I know from commenters that this scam continues. It’s an automated message. If you want to speak to ... Read More »
Note: this is a tried and true method that worked for me and several readers! A while back, I wrote about how there’s almost no way to escape DirecTV’s enormous cancellation fees, and it’s really not clear in the fine print that every time one of their crap DVRs breaks down and they replace it, your contract automatically renews for ... Read More »
When you’re moving, sometimes it’s all you can do to get everything packed and ready for the day the truck arrives. But you know as soon as you get to the new place, you’re going to be frustrated if you can’t find the items you most need when you need them. Just a little bit of planning ahead can make ... Read More »
Store-bought furniture polish doesn’t come cheap. It’s also not particularly environmentally friendly, and can irritate some people – you may develop respiratory symptoms, a feeling of depression or irritability, or just a general sleepiness or malaise. Those are all actually classic allergy symptoms. More and more people are looking for ways to make their own household polishes and cleaners so ... Read More »
I’ve been trying to figure out lately where all my time is going. It seems like I have enough hours in the week to get done all the stuff that’s expected of me – by others and by myself – and yet I’m always behind where I think I ought to be. I decided to stop everything yesterday until I ... Read More »
