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Lessons From Harriet Carter — Part 3

And now for week 3 of The Series: If you don’t have enough pet hair on your couch, you can get it in just 3 easy steps. Doggy Stepsâ„¢ Why waste another day worrying about that ugly septic pipe in … Continue reading

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Lessons From Harriet Carter — Part 2

And now for week 2 of The Series: If you purchased all of the organizers and devices in the catalog, you would need an organizer to hold all of your organizers. It appears that the catalog itself is an organizer … Continue reading

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Lessons From Harriet Carter — Part 1

Dan and I love getting the Harriet Carter catalog and devour it like we’re reading the color funnies. But more than an entertaining page-turner, the Harriet Carter catalog is also an educational tool. The next 4 weekends, I will share … Continue reading

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Tip Tuesday — Save a Penny

With a leettle expert advice, we’ve decided the new roof can wait for a few years while we save up to pay for it in cash. If things get really bad, we may send Laylee and Magoo to live in … Continue reading

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Pigs Feet in My Pantry

Yesterday Dan was microwaving his lunch at work when a woman walked past him into the lunch room, removed his food halfway through its heating cycle and started nuking hers. He was so dumbfounded by this that he just waited … Continue reading

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Tip Tuesday — Black Thursday

In an email about the Day After Thanksgiving sales, a friend asked me to do a Tip Tuesday about it. She said: This is the first time I’m going to brave the crazy American tradition and I’m not sure how … Continue reading

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