Homekeeping |
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Don't Let The Weather Add Stress To Your Morning
Have you ever dressed the kids for school, only to realize that they are not prepared for the outside weather? Trying to get your kids ready...
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Top 7 Tips for the Aspiring Homeowner
Home ownership is certainly a blessing. Unfortunately, it also contains the seeds of what can be financial misfortune, perhaps never more graphically depicted than in a 1986 Steven Spielberg movie, The Money Pit...
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Confessions of a Clean Sweep Groupie
I hate to admit it – but I have become a Clean Sweep groupie. That’s right – I eagerly look forward to watching the show on Discovery’s TLC channel that helps a family each week clean out...
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How to Organize Your Home Without Creating Tension for Your Family
You are a person who likes your home to reflect who you are. Stately, formal, casual, or relaxed: whatever way you set up the spaces for your...
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Little Green Thumbs: Gardening Tools
When we moved into our first house, a friend gave me a set of hand gardening tools. Until then, I had been using a spoon, for pete's sake. So, all those gardening with cutlery, here's a list of alternatives...
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Little Green Thumbs: Tots in the Garden
If you like to garden, you already know about the joys associated with nurturing growth and beauty. It is natural to want to pass this appreciation on to your children. And you don't need much to do it just a...
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Gardening: Finding Your Green Thumb
Growing vegetables is something at which I always wanted to succeed. I have this perfect gardening image of standing in a white sundress, lovingly watering my lush, bug-free garden while my baby daughter sits in...
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Handmade Garden Stepping Stones
Stepping stones are a functional way to dress-up your lawn or garden and can be made into fun craft activity for the family to make for your home or as a gift idea. The basic steps for construction will be the...
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Decorating for Kids Made Easy
While there is a growing trend towards decorating kids' rooms, many parents still feel overwhelmed at the thought of redecorating. The décor team at Canadian Tire has put together some tips to help...
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Smart Shopping
Let's face it... times are tough and becoming smart with our money is essential to getting by. You don't have to be dirt poor to be a smart shopper, everyone can gain by making the most of their pay check. There...
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De-Stressing Your Move
Eight years ago, when Lily and Chris moved from Ontario to Alberta, they swore they'd never move again. Things have changed. Their family has grown to include two kids, two cats and a gerbil and their house is...
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Frugal Living - Creative Uses for Household Items
I am an admitted packrat. I am not sure it's possible to be attempting a more frugal lifestyle without picking up some stuff along the way. Part...
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Second Hand Gold
Whether you are a stay home mom or an educator working with young children you can always use extra activities to keep the children busy. You don't need a fortune to set up these activities. All you need is a...
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"Green" Spring Cleaning
If you don't already, you may want to give "Green" cleaning a try. There are many recipes for environmentally safe cleaning, here we provide just a few of the recipes our CPO community members have used...
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Turn your backyard into a child's paradise
Imagine a secret place where children can play safely, to their hearts content, without a care in the world. A place filled with all their...
