One of the top ten Christmas songs of all time is “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”, this popular holiday song was written in 1963 by Edward Pola and George Wyle. It first appeared on Andy Williams Christmas Album that same year. The song is about celebrations that occur this time of year with family …
After the holidays are over, you realize what a toll entertaining family and friends have done in your home. When you look around, you realize it needs a little TLC, but where to begin? You’ve had parties, house guests and holiday feasts and now that everyone has gone home and the new year has begun, …
Growing up in the city and taking the bus and train everywhere, I can always remember my mom telling my sisters and me to be careful where we sit on public transportation. She didn’t want us bringing home other people’s smells, dirt and debris. We used to think she was crazy until we got older …
September 1620 – The Mayflower left England, carrying over one hundred people. Some were looking for a new home where they could freely practice their faith and others were led by a promise of prosperity and land ownership in the “New World.” The ship dropped anchor near Cape Cod, then made its way to what …
You know the scene all too well. The big Thanksgiving Feast is almost over, your guests are slowly getting up from the beautiful no-longer-perfect table, the laughter is faint as everyone walks into the living room to watch some TV or continue the conversation and you look around, proud of another year, a great meal …
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The fall season brings on many festivities, from fun activities to scary decorations, the most popular event in October is Halloween. One classic Halloween symbol is of a black cat. You see them everywhere, as statues, candles, and lawn signs. This is the only time of year that black cats are everywhere! Black cats are …
There is a plethora of fall festivals and festivities throughout local towns and cities which all start in the month of October, from pumpkin patches to Autumn-fests to Corn mazes to apple picking, bonfires, end of season barbecues, and finally Halloween. And with all these wonderful times come big messes, dirty carpets, and roughed up …
Silly putty and slime are no friends to carpeting. They are both fun to play with and both a pain to clean up. Slime is the chemistry of stuff made from a chemical reaction between a polymer (glue) and an activator (sodium borate, borax powder, or boric acid). Most slime also contains food coloring and …
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Spills then spots, Spills then spots… what to do with a spot on my upholstery?! It is practically impossible to avoid spots on your upholstery. Food falls, drinks spill, it’s unavoidable, but I am quite sure a responsible furniture owner knows that any spill on upholstery should be cleaned immediately before it turns into a …
Why Smells Linger In Your House It happens, you walk in your home and there is an odor, a smell that you can’t place where it’s coming from, so you spray air freshener and yet the smell still lingers. You make dinner and the scent of home cooked food masks whatever smell there was, until …
