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Housekeeping Editor: Theresa Lansberry  

Housekeeping Editor Theresa Lansberry


No More Toys Underfoot! PDF Print E-mail
Housekeeping
Written by Theresa Lansberry   
Friday, 02 May 2008
Spring is the time of new beginnings. What better time to get toy clutter under control? If you want to cut down on the number of toys hanging around the house, but are meeting resistance, you have options! Try one of these ideas.
Tags:  getting rid of toys unwanted toy clutter spring cleaning
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Marriage and Family: Balancing the household chores PDF Print E-mail
Housekeeping
Written by Lindsey Clair   
Friday, 02 May 2008

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"There's no place like home" these are the words of eager Dorothy to return home from her colorful dream. This phrase definitely is the truth for many of us no matter how big or how small the house may be, but the house isn't what makes the home, it's the family that dwells within it. With this gift there come household responsibilities and duties. How to balance these duties and keep the house from utter chaos will all determine who is willing to chip in and stick with their specifically assigned duties.


Tags:  House home chores jobs duties tasks family kids children adults
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Junk Mail Clutter: 3 ways to get it out of your house PDF Print E-mail
Housekeeping
Written by Theresa Lansberry   
Tuesday, 22 April 2008
Junk mail clutter, photo copyright Christophe LibertMuch of our paper clutter comes in the mailbox. It's so easy to let stacks and stacks of it accumulate around the house. All you have to do is set it down, thinking "I'll take care of this later." Don't do it! It will only take seconds to sort through it immediately (if you don't get distracted by that note from Aunt Josie). If you aren't urgently needed somewhere right away (I know, that's a big "if" for a mama) sort the mail on the spot.
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Real Life Guide to Cleaning Hardwood Floors PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Theresa Lansberry   
Thursday, 17 April 2008
If you read directions on how to care for a hardwood floor, you might start to think that hardwood is an extremely high maintenance, high strung kinda flooring. These directions will caution you to use only the special cleaner especially designed for hardwood floors with your type of finish (mostly polyurethane, nowadays). They will warn you to eschew water coming in contact with your floor, and claim that your hardwood floors must be cleaned with a dry mop (though some concede that getting the mop slightly moist might be alright). Don't believe everything you read, friends! Hardwood floors are really a hardworking, blue collar kind of flooring. In real life, they can meld well with an active family life. Read on for a real life look at cleaning and maintaining your hardwood floors.
Tags:  hardwood floors cleaning clean flooring wood recipe cleaner
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Going Green: The chemicals in our home. PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Kari Neri   
Thursday, 03 April 2008

We all want our homes to be clean right? But how safe are the products we use? I want everyone today to go to their kitchen and look under the sink. Once you’re there pull out you most commonly used spray cleaner, you know the one that you use for just about everything, now read the back. Feel free to skip over all the things you can’t pronounce but make sure to read all the warnings. If you’re like I was you have several of these bottles and some contain little or no ingredient information. So what’s in them?


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Ridding Stuffed Animals of Dust Mites PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Theresa Lansberry   
Friday, 28 March 2008
stuffed-animals.jpgWhen my daughter took her allergen sensitivity test, it was pretty easy to tell that she was sensitive to dust mites. A big red bump raised up quickly where they had scratched her skin with the dust mite allergen, and it didn't take special training for me to realize she was very allergic! The first place to start with ridding a house of dust mite allergens is the allergic person's bedroom. Usually at least 8 hours of the day is spent there, often much more. If you can make the bedroom a place of respite, then allergy symptoms should decrease.
Tags:  stuffed animals dust mites allergies cleaning cleaning for allergies rid stuffed toys dust mites
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Cleaning with Children PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Meshell baylor   
Tuesday, 11 March 2008
Cleaning with Kids, photo copyright Sanja GjeneroThis article is just a couple of helpful hints for cleaning with your children. We as mothers tend to handle all the duties and wear the pants. It's time to take a stand and make some changes in cleaning up the household. There is nothing more beautiful than a family that cleans together.
Tags:  Housekeeping cleaning with children Making Cleaning enjoyable getting kids to clean
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