Operation: Quiet Comfort launched the Sea to Shining Sea Competition to help send care packages for soldiers. The goal of the contest is to collect as many empty printer ink cartridges. The collected cartridges will then be sold and the money will go towards the cost of shipping care packages. These packages are for injured soldiers who are being treated…
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Cool Teachers Rule With Cool Teacher S Rules
An out of control teacher: This is either scary or a highly entertaining venue for students. Let’s consider the latter. How many students can deny that they get a quick and amusing thrill out of comments like this? “This year there are going to be two types of students in my class – good students and bad students. Who’s bad…
Be Cool Feel Good And Save On Utility Bills
Besides staying cool when the warm weather rolls in, not getting hot under the collar when the utility bills arrive can be a challenge. The goal is to find an air-conditioning system that looks nice, makes you feel good and operates efficiently. How To Measure Cooling Efficiency Recently enacted federal legislation helps with the efficiency issue. All central air conditioners…
Holiday Decorating Tips Christmas Candles
How to Light Up Your Home for Joy Do you love the winter holiday season or does this time of year cause you stress? One way to lower your holiday stress, using fewer decorations, decreases your “just have to much to do” list. However, you still want to display Christmas candles because these decorations bring smiles to you and your…
Why Stay At A Bed And Breakfast On Your Next Vacation
1. Exceptionally prepared home cooked breakfasts Like the name suggests a bed and breakfast will serve you breakfast! Most bed and…. breakfast owners take great pride in their breakfasts offering a wide variety of dishes to fit your needs or requirements. This may include fresh fruit, hot meals, cereal or other delicious foods. Make sure you let you host know…
A Desperate Matter Spirituality Information
Tom was a wonderful human being. He was kind, caring and helpful to all those who sought his assistance. The only problem was that most of us did not like to be around Tom. Much as he tried to be a “good” person, there was always an aura of doom and gloom around him. It didn’t matter whether he was…
Meditation Techniques That Anybody Can Use
Sometimes those of us “regular people” get intimidated about the idea of learning meditation techniques even if they will do us a lot of good. For a lot of us, when we think of meditation techniques, we get an image of a white haired guru sitting on top of a mountain, not of an ordinary run of the mill person…
The Top 3 Canine Behavior Problems And How To Solve Them Part 1
A Word about Dogs, and One of the Top 3 Canine Behavior Problems; Excessive Barking Dogs are wonderful; just ask any one of the millions of canine owners world-wide. They make terrific companions, are loving, loyal, protective, entertaining, and obedient. Well, most of the time anyway. As with humans, no dog is perfect – including my treasured poodle, Muffy. She…
Refreshing Your Relationship Spend Quiet Time Together
Our lives are so busy that work and family responsibilities preclude very much quiet time with our mates. We are so weary when we finally fall into bed that we seldom take the time to really talk to each other or to nurture that specialness that is ours alone. Look at your schedule and see where some quiet time together…
Don T Build A House Without Bathtubs
As an architect, of course I have strong feelings about elements that should never be left out of any home building project. For example, I believe that no home should be built without bathtubs. I know, bathtubs sounds like a strange thing to be so concerned about, but it is true. I always advise my clients, regardless of their age…