(ARA) – Homeowners can scratch off one more concern from their list when tackling a painting project: Nearly every paint manufacturer now offers no-odor or low-odor alternatives. Combined with sensible steps to reduce odors and speed drying, painting today doesn’t have to be the stinky business your parents experienced. Home improvement expert Gordon Blickle notes… Read More
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A Zen Workout You’ll Really “Dig!”
Fitness centers are fun, but in no way comparable to Disneyland. Why then, do we find ourselves dishing out high monthly maintenance fees on gym memberships consisting of long lines? Or, better yet – sweat-stained equipment, annoying music and gawking eyes? Do you wish there was an alternative solution that would offer the benefit of… Read More
Give Your Child a Priceless Party: The No-Gift Birthday
By guest blogger, Chris Bird of MamaBirdsBlog.com. If you’re having some post-Christmas guilt right now as I am about going a little overboard in the consumerism department, have heart. There is redemption. Maybe it’s because I’m new at this parenting thing as the mother of a three-year-old, but for the third year in a row,… Read More
Shower Yourself to Health
Shower to shower each day… help keep odors away! Do you remember that song? You may be keeping odors at bay, but have you ever thought about the chemicals, and more specifically the Chlorine, that you may be dousing yourself with each morning? We agree nothing beats the exhilarating feeling of a warm and tantalizing… Read More
What Lies Beneath? Furnishing a New Concept of Change
Climate change. It’s all around us. But, in addition to the environmental climate, I am also referring to the economic climate. We have all been affected in some way, shape or form to the economic conditions of today. This affects the downturn of home sales and many, who were considering selling, are now choosing to… Read More
Don’t FALL this FALL into deceitful Marketing Webs: The Dark Side of Chocolate!
If you read our most recent post, Tips & Tricks for a Healthy HalloGreen, then you are familiar with ways to make your Halloween, and more importantly your entire holiday season, healthier for you and your family. One such example is to support local farmers by purchasing your pumpkin from these hard working, conscious farmers… Read More
See the Light! Soy candles can ‘smoke out bacteria’
What is the first thing you do when you see, or smell for that matter, a candle at a boutique or shop? You pick it up to inhale the fragrance, right? What you may not realize however, is there may be more to that smell than meets the nose. Although the bouquet of freshly cut… Read More
The Fossil Fuel Connection
If you are familiar with, or have ever read, Our Stolen Future, then the name Dr. Theo Colburn should ring a bell. The popular book was co-authored by Dr. Theo Colburn with Dianne Dumanoski and J. Peterson Myers. We are fans of Dr. Theo Colburn, who has written and lectured widely on the human health… Read More