How to avoid drain clogs and sewer backups
One extreme truth about drain clogs and sewer backups: They only happen on weekends and holidays when it is either expensive or impossible to get a…
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Paint colors for 2020 reflect nature, calm
Thinking of painting and missed the annual announcement about the hot colors for 2020? We’ve got you covered. Here are some paint companies’ colors of the…
How to clean your washing machine
Have you neglected to clean your washing machine? It can seem counter-intuitive at first — this is the machine that CLEANS things, so shouldn’t it, by…
Better conversation on Thanksgiving
What can be trickier than keeping all the side dishes hot on Thanksgiving Day? Keeping heads cool during dinnertime conversation. If your family or dinner…
How many calories are in Thanksgiving dinner?
Oh, baby. We just went there. Forewarned is forearmed, right? Or something like that. You can stick your head in the sand, or you can have some facts and…
Schedule for cooking Thanksgiving dinner
If you want to do it right and avoid undue stress, you’re going to need some sort of schedule for Thanksgiving dinner. This is old hat to some, and…
Just when you had enough of Halloween and costumes
The idea of parading around in costumes and asking for goodies has been around in North America for two centuries. Except it used to be on Thanksgiving….
Fibonacci Day 11-23 (Get it?)
Here is an idea by 12th century mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci of Pisa that even those uncertain about math can understand. Although it seems simple,…
American Diabetes Month: Turn a card, take a walk, lose a pound
What connection could there possibly be between a card game and diabetes? The Royal London Hospital reports that for every two hours you spend watching…
Diabetes: The disease that affects every part of the body
Until now, you may not have thought much about diabetes. You probably know people who have type 2 and they seem to be OK. It makes you wonder, “How…