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361) Keeping Your Child Safe On A Bunk Bed
Author:
Don Vanpelt
Category:
Home and Family
There is something universally pleasing about bunk beds. For parents, they represent a versatile, space-saving lifesaver. To children, bunk beds are almost as good as having a mini-playground right in their bedroom. But whether your children use their bunk beds for make-believe castles, or just as a way of creating their own private space, bunk beds are stacking up to be a popular way to help your kids get a good night's sleep.But despite their kid-pleasing design, parents need to be...
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362) Bathroom Stretching Ideas For People, Big Families and Small on Bathrooms
Author:
Lorrie Flem
Category:
Home and Family
"It's weird," I thought. "We have ten people in two bathrooms at home. At the beach we often have 20 people using one bathroom. Why is it that half the number of bathrooms for double the usage goes more smoothly? It seems like it should be terribly clogged." Pun intended of course.Over the years I pondered this situation and saw over and again that it is true; one bathroom at the beach works even better than two at home. By implementing these bathroom-stretching ideas learned from the...
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363) The 5 Magical Modes of Handling Visits at YOUR House with Your "MIL!"
Author:
Sally Shields
Category:
Home and Family
There is a distinct set of rules to follow when you are expecting a visit from your husband's OTHER favorite gal. Yes, these rules take effort, but well worth it! Let's begin.1. Before Your MIL Comes for a Visit, Make the Bed with Her Linens and Put Her Towels in the BathroomIf your MIL enjoys storing her own linens, pillows, blankets, comforters and towels at your house for use when she visits, make sure you have them ready and put them out upon
arrival. Although you might g...
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364) LCD Versus Plasma - Which One is Best?
Author:
Leon Drell
Category:
Home and Family
A new television is high on everyone's wish list. Who wouldn't love a brand new fifty-inch flat screen TV hanging on their living room wall? The makers of televisions are taking advantage of ever-changing technology by creating scientific marvels that can produce clear pictures and lifelike colors in just a few inches of depth. But all of this technology means that buying a TV is harder than ever. These days, the battle between LCD and plasma is on, and choosing sides can be hard. Which one sho...
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365) The Empty Nester
Author:
Len Roe
Category:
Home and Family
What is it like to be an empty nester? What does it mean to a parent?Our nest has been empty for many years now but when it happened it was a very traumatic moment.In one swift blow my happy home became empty and lonely. Our home was the home of twin boys. It was a home filled with the unexpected.What would happen next? Which one would be next to have a broken heart and need some family consultation? Who would be the next one taking us to the emergency room?Would...
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366) Supermarket Adventures
Author:
Shawn Drewry
Category:
Home and Family
As with many bloggers, creating original content may potentially consist nothing more of what their day was like, or an experience while outing. While shopping at the market for some household goodies, the magazine section is always a must to stop by. Why so? Because magazine covers are not only attractive according to their style of digital image marketing, and newly discovering how companies who don't cater to certain consumer markets tend to jump in at any given time.Skimming throu...
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367) Fireworks Accident and Injury Statistics
Author:
Christopher M Davis
Category:
Home and Family
Fireworks can be the most dangerous explosives and are best handled by trained professionals.It is hard to imagine the Fourth of July without fireworks. More people ignite simple or homemade fireworks each year than attend large-scale fireworks displays. But simple fireworks such as bottle rockets and sparklers are the most dangerous manufactured explosives. And M80 and M100 cherry bombs the most dangerous type of fireworks.According to the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commi...
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368) Candles for Spring
Author:
Dawn Casale
Category:
Home and Family
Spring has sprung. It's time to change the air in your home from the hum-drum of winter and brighten things up a bit.For many people, spring is a time to open their home to friends and family and start to enjoy the fact that it's warm enough to head outdoors once again.It could be a time to appreciate the first flowery blooms of the season, and enjoy teatime with the ladies.No matter how you choose to welcome spring into your home, there are a lot of ways candles and can...
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369) Too Intense? I Think Not
Author:
Fred Nicklaus
Category:
Home and Family
I'm about 8 years old and I'm playing a new game at my favorite hang out, the Milwaukee Boys Club. The game involves flipping football cards. One person puts up the number of cards that he is willing to play and the other person matches it. The picture of the player is heads and the back side with the stats is tails.The object of the game is to match what the other player throws and then you win all the cards. This was the first night that I learned how to play the game. I wasn't very...
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370) Trash To Treasures - 10 Tips For A Successful Garage Sale
Author:
Deborah Taylor-Hough
Category:
Home and Family
Spring cleaning is a wonderful accomplishment. Everythings fresh and clean. Doesn't it feel great? But what do you do with all those odds and ends unearthed from your closets and the back recesses of the garage?Making a few extra pennies by holding a Garage/Yard Sale could be just the ticket. After a number of successful sales over the years, here are some of my favorite tips for making the most of your time and effort:1) When choosing what to sell, don't sort things out accor...
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371) Different Organic Products
Author:
Nelson Taylor
Category:
Home and Family
There are many different types of organic products available on the market today. Most food, both human and pet food, is available in an organic variety. There are organic fruit and vegetable choices, organic breads, organic cereals, even organically grown meat. Beef or pork that is grown without using any antibiotics or growth hormones are labeled organic. Toiletries such as soaps and shampoos have product lines that advertise themselves as being organic. These toiletries are made of natura...
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372) Common Wireless Burglar Alarm Misconceptions
Author:
Wayne Smithton
Category:
Home and Family
Having a wireless burglar alarm for your home can provide protection, safety, and peace of mind. Every home can benefit from a wireless burglar alarm no matter where the home is located or the value of its contents. Break-ins can occur anywhere, in any house, and they only take seconds, so securing your home should be top priority. Many people think that wireless burglar alarms are expensive, complicated, and unneeded, but these are common misconceptions.
Many people think that a wireless bu...
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373) Renaissance Costumes Surge in Popularity
Author:
Chris Robertson
Category:
Home and Family
While many people associate costumes with children and the Halloween tradition of trick-or-treating, increasing numbers of adults are rediscovering the joy that comes from dressing in period costumes. Thanks to the influence of Renaissance Faires and the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), adults are embracing costumes and accessories that hearken back to the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance of the 14th through the 17th centuries.Historic CelebrationsDuring the Renaissa...
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374) What Makes a Good Role Model? 7 Characteristics that Make a Real Impact
Author:
Dr Robyn Silverman
Category:
Home and Family
Role Models are people who others imitate, emulate or look to for guidance. There are good role models who inspire greatness in others and bad role models who are what we call "bad influences." There are even anti-role models, pegged by the media as "bad girls" or "bad boys" who serve as good examples of what NOT to do if you want to become a successful, respected person.Every parent wants their children to have positive role models who have the characteristics that inspire them to w...
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375) Dinner Can Be A Special Gift
Author:
Victor Epand
Category:
Home and Family
You have just a little money and don't know what to get that significant other? Look no further than the kitchen. One of the easiest, most thoughtful and, yes, romantic gifts you can give to that special someone in your life is a home-cooked dinner of all their favorite foods.What holidays are perfect for the home cooked meal gift?Mother's Day is the best day to show mom you love her by serving her breakfast in bed. Moms love the opportunity to stay in bed while the kids make b...
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376) Ten People Killed in Pennsylvania House Fire - Learning From Tragedy
Author:
Albert Zorn
Category:
Home and Family
A fire consumed a home in Brockway, Pennsylvania early Thursday, April 3, 2008 killing 10 people and forcing one of the survivors to jump from the second floor. Eight people, including 5 children, were killed and two were missing and presumed dead. Two others escaped unharmed. This tragedy is a sobering reminder of how quick and lethal fire can be.Despite public awareness campaigns and fire safety programs, fatal fires still happen. These events, although tragic, can be turned arou...
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377) How to Obtain Copies of New York State Vital Records for Births, Deaths and Marriages for Genealogy
Author:
Richard Hillenbrand
Category:
Home and Family
The New York State Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, at the state capital in the City of Albany, NY, is the official repository for the original certificates that were issued for Births, Deaths and Marriages for almost all of Upstate New York locations, (other than the cities of Albany, Yonkers and Buffalo prior to 1914.) The filing of certificates was required by law commencing in 1881.The information written here does NOT cover the major metropolitan New York City areas...
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378) Home Entertainment Products
Author:
Monty Alexander
Category:
Home and Family
Entertainment is an activity in order to give pleasure or relaxation to an audience. The audience may participate in the entertainment passively as in watching opera or a movie or actively as in computer games.The playing of sports and reading of literature are also a kind of entertainment, but these are often called recreation, because they involve some active participation beyond mere leisure.Examples of entertainment include the following:
Animation: Animation provides...
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379) How To Help Your Child D-Stress
Author:
La Donna Jensen
Category:
Home and Family
Is your child unusually sensitive, both to their own feelings and those of others? Does your child feel easily overwhelmed? Does your child pull back, frown or look worried? Is your child overly quiet? Does your child show signs of anxiety when facing change or a situation that is unfamiliar to them?Children who have a tendency to worry more than usual, have often been born with those tendencies. Parents sometimes are not sure how to handle situations that may arise and may even...
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380) Should You Always Let Him Pay
Author:
Jon Elton
Category:
Home and Family
In the world of dating, man faces an important question of who should pay for a date. The woman always allows the man to pay on a date. Should the woman always let him pay on a date? This question is fairly easy to answer, but that is not the case anymore. The evolving social norms and beliefs have made it quite difficult on deciding who is responsible for picking the bill. Today, equality and egalitarianism have become a part of our lives especially in the world of men of women. In dating,...
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