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Tickle Your Senses With Yankee Candles!

Tickle Your Senses With Yankee Candles! by: Wendy Yeager How many of us remember as kids creating our own candles from our broken crayons? We’d have mom or dad help us melt down the crayons on the stove, throwing in every color of the rainbow....

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Flower Meanings & History of Flowers

Flower Meanings & HistoryThe charming and delicate beauty of flowers has fascinated people of all nations and backgrounds for centuries. Flowers have been bred and cultivated for their decorative beauty as well as their ability to heal diseases. Flow...

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Understanding your laundry detergent

December 8, 2004History Soap has been around for 5000 years. Both the Egyptians and Babylonians used soap for personal cleaning. Soap then was a mixture of rendered animals fats and ashes. Although its basic principles remain the same, it is now mad...

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Making the Most of Motohome Parks

Making the Most of Motohome Parks by: Peter Lenkefi Motorhome camping has become one of the favorite pastimes next to resorts. It offers the convenience of a home in a camping site and with a low budget of say $120 one can have a nice motorhome ...

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Choosing The Right Vacuum Cleaner

Choosing The Right Vacuum Cleaner by: Catherine Olivia According to history, the first vacuum cleaner actually wasn't a vacuum cleaner at all, it was a carpet sweeper. The inventor was a man by the name of Daniel Hess who in 1860 patented a...

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Buying a Home - What is a Home Inspection?

Buying a Home - What is a Home Inspection? by: Raynor James Any Sally and Sam Homebuyer can look at a home and decide whether it is attractive. They might notice it is freshly painted in pleasing colors, has the requisite number of rooms, a cook...

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Resurfacing an old Concrete Patio

Resurfacing an old Concrete Patio by: Malcolm Kay A porch or patio can be one of the most useful exterior areas of your home if its covered with an attractive surface material, cleared of all excess junk and with a little thought given to landsc...

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Antique Piano Restoration - Four Of The Most Notable Factors Regarding Refurbishing Your Piano.

The four most compelling purposes to get your piano overhauled are quality, investment, lifespan and heirloom value. Looking at superiority, pianos built in the golden years of American piano building, considered by most authorities to be from the la...

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October in the Flower Garden – Preparing for Winter

A very busy time begins in the garden as the summer and autumn flowers fade. Although much depends upon the weather, the time is approaching quickly when we must put everything in order for the winter. In my part of the country, Halloween, at the end...

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BUILDING PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS

Probably the most intimidating part of building your own house is the permit process. Not only do the the requirements vary from township to township, but at times the decisions made seem so subjective that we find ourselves seething in frustration. ...

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