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How Does Your Garden Grow?Ahhhhh. Blue skies and full sun have emerged from the densely overcast days we've had this week. My hydrangeas are filled with flowers, making for lovely bouquets around the house. I can never decide which I like better: seeing the entire plant covered in these gorgeous ...
06/26/2011
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Smooth Moves - Right Into Your New HomeSo far in this series about moving house, we've covered planning in Do You Have Smooth Moves? and then went on to give tips about packing in Smooth Moves - Keep on Truckin' . Today, let's see how everything comes together on Moving Day. Tools You'll Need ...
06/24/2011
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Smooth Moves - Keep on Truckin'Yesterday, Do You Have Smooth Moves gave some tips about planning for moving day. Today, let's talk about how that planning sets out how you pack and label your boxes. Tools You'll Need - Black marking pens - Colored labels (large dots or squares in multiple colo...
06/22/2011
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Do You Have Smooth Moves? Your Moving Day - Part 1: PlanningIt's the end of moving day, and you're in your new place with your family and pets around you - and the boxes around everyone. You're pretty tired from all the work you've done already, but you have to get the beds ready for sleep, and n...
06/21/2011
This is such an important announcement, that I had to re-blog it. It will save me from a lot a frustration early in the evening (since I'm on the East coast, and the time given below is Pacific Standard Time) when AR will be down. While I was at it, I also subscribed to this blog so I can "stay i...
06/20/2011
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A Handful of Bliss Sunday morning, the air is sweet and cool, and everything is hushed, including the birdsong. The deck is wet with dew, delightful to my bare feet. A steaming hot cup of coffee to hand, I grab a handful of bliss in the form of the Travel section of the NY Times. Barely one parag...
06/19/2011
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Raining Buckets... and BouquetsAs Spring presses on, it continues to rain like mad here in Shelton, CT. In fact, at times it's been raining buckets. There's a momentary lull right now, and the wonderful result of all this precipitation is very apparent: it's not only been raining buckets, it's b...
06/17/2011
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Feeling Crabby and Stressed Out? Take a Hike!Spending too much time in your car, or hunched over your computer? It's enough to get anyone feeling crabby and stressed out. There's a really easy solution: put on some comfortable clothes and good walking shoes, and take a hike! Here in Shelton, CT...
06/16/2011
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Taking an Office from "Oh No!" to "Wow!"A while back, I got a call from a new client about her home office. She had more than reached her limit with this room, because her husband collects sports memorabilia and it had overtaken the room. She wanted to update the look, have more storage, and pres...
06/15/2011
Thinking of Selling Your Home? Plan Ahead - Way Ahead!Getting your home ready to sell? The basic equation goes something like this: Time + Effort + Money = Ready to Sell. It's very easy to underestimate the time, effort and money it takes to get your house ready to sell. Stint on the time element...
06/13/2011