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Get Lean While You Clean

By Kim Anthony for Discover and Play Cold winter months are often filled with holiday festivities, shopping and socializing, making it much more difficult to hit the gym or participate in our normal outdoor fitness routines. Don’t despair! What if we told you that you can get your house spic

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Things to do Around the Home and Garden

By Rosa Mendy – After the festive season is over, there are plenty of jobs to do around your house and your garden. They don’t all need to be done in January, but take a look around, make a list and start to prioritize what to do and when. If

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6 Winter Hazards to Get Ready for Now

By Jake Kalish for Completely You As anyone who’s ever survived a winter storm knows, cold weather can wreak havoc. Unfortunately, “people usually prepare after a big event”, says Jim Judge, preparedness advisor for the Scientific Advisory Council of the Red Cross. But if you prepare for adverse conditions when

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JL Leslie Reichert

Simple ways to have your home ready for your holiday guests

By Leslie Reichert – It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives sleep to his beloved. (Psalm 127:1-2) Stressing over cleaning your home is the last thing you need during these busy holidays. Instead, use

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6 Apps That Will Simplify Your Thanksgiving

By Kara Solarz for Completely You – BUTTERBALL COOKBOOK PLUS The famous turkey brand has a lot more than a bird to offer. Manage your menu with this app’s extensive and searchable list of Thanksgiving dishes and beyond. It includes voice commands so you know the next step when you’re

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Do Your Spring Cleaning Now

By Karen Cicero for Completely You – It’s a fact: Mess leads to stress. In one survey of 1,000 men and women, about 40 percent admitted that their clutter caused them considerable anxiety. And you don’t need any more of that — especially during the holidays. “Set aside a couple

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5 Steps to a Cleaner House

House cleaning is one of those dreaded but unavoidable activities that few of us actually enjoy. Most people, if given the choice, would almost definitely choose a nice dinner out with friends over an evening at home scrubbing the kitchen floor; plus, the prospect of cleaning an entire house can

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Easy Energy Savers for Your Home

Easy Energy Savers for Your Home By Lauren Mang for Completely You – Out-of-control energy bills are all too common for most homeowners. And it’s not hard to see why: Constant computer use, washing dishes, doing laundry, heating and cooling your home, cooking dinner, and even taking showers all contribute to

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Spring-cleaning Special: Allergy-proof Your House

If you’re one of the more than 50 million people in the U.S. who suffer from some type of allergy, you don’t have to resign yourself to misery this time of year. “There are plenty of things you can do to cut down on the number of mites, mold, mildew,

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Do Your Spring Cleaning Now

Completely You: Home By Karen Cicero for Completely You – It’s a fact: Mess leads to stress. In one survey of 1,000 men and women, about 40 percent admitted that their clutter caused them considerable anxiety. And you don’t need any more of that — especially during the holidays. “Set

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Prudence Lay

Christmas Presence

By Prudence Lay – Christmas is just around the corner. Does that strike a chord of gladness in your heart or do you hear the melancholy tones of somber funeral music playing in your head that sounds like “oh no, oh no, hear we go, here we go”? My prayer

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Is Your Home Ready for Winter?

With all the time spent inside during the winter, it pays to make your home a healthy sanctuary. All it takes is a handful of small changes to help protect yourself and your family against viruses and toxins, as well as boost immunity and well-being, says Dr. Frank Lipman, director

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Jackie Rouse

Make This Holiday Season One to Remember

By Jackie Rouse – Tis the holiday season once again. And while it is always enjoyable visiting with and entertaining family and friends; this year you may feel the need to do something new, something different, something extra special. If that is indeed the case then hopefully the following suggestions

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Great Get-healthier Kitchen Gadgets

As a health coach, I want my clients to cook and eat nutritiously. But I know that they won’t do it unless it’s easy and quick, which is totally understandable. After a long day, I certainly don’t want to spend lots of time laboring in the kitchen, so I’m always

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7 Kitchen Mistakes That Cause Food Poisoning

Completely You: Food By Nancy Kalish for Completely You – Anyone who’s ever had food poisoning never wants to have it again. Yet many people are unaware of some basic food safety rules — or don’t take them seriously enough. Here are the seven kitchen mistakes many people make and

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Sue West

Hung Up on Hanging Around

By Sue West – You’ve decided your closet is too full. Or you can’t buy clothes because you’re not honestly sure what you already have. Or you renovated the bedroom, so clothes are here, there and everywhere. Or your closet has become the “I don’t know what to do with

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JL Leslie Reichert

Hand Wash Only

By Leslie Reichert, The Cleaning Coach – We rely on modern technology and appliances so much that it is hard to imagine not using them, or the days when people had no other options but to do things by hand. Forget computers or cell phones, the true heroes of the

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Leslie Hoyt

A Pantry Makeover

By Leslie Hoyt – My dearest friend, Wanda, has one of the coolest pantries in town. Not only is it a walk-in room with a regular door, she had it designed so that the side that faces her kitchen (which normally would be a wall) opens with two more sets

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Speed Cleaning Tips Used By The Pros

By Leslie Reichert – When you only have a few minutes to clean, try these three tips to make your cleaning time count. Keeping up with your home is about using your time wisely. Don’t get stressed about cleaning the entire house if you only have 15 minutes. Just do

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Marta Perrone

Cleaning and De-Cluttering

By Marta Perrone – There is no better time than now to getting your house in order by cleaning it from top to bottom and finally ridding yourself of “stuff” that is simply cluttering your life. There is a great sense of relief when you finally decide to get rid

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