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Air Conditioning Maintenance For Cool Summer Living

Tweet How has your summer been so far? Maybe a better question to ask is this one: how hot has your summer been? If you have central air-conditioning or even

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How To Save Money, Part 3: Fun

Tweet This is the final installment in a three-part series focusing on important ways you can save money on food, fuel, and fun. So you’re not going on vacation this

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How To Save Money, Part 2: Fuel

Tweet This is the second installment in a three-part series focusing on important ways you can save money on food, fuel, and fun. Oil will soon hit $150 per barrel,

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How To Save Money, Part 1: Food

Tweet This is the first installment in a three-part series focusing on important ways you can save money on food, fuel, and fun. It doesn’t take a genius to realize

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You Can Build Your Own Compost Area

Tweet Composting is a Smart Way to Recycle Compost piles are oh so very mainstream these days. Back during the 1960s and 1970s when green living was part of the

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Condo Fees Are Up, Up, And Away!

Tweet The condominium market has imploded over the past year or two thanks to a downturn in the overall housing market and overbuilding in many local markets. Complete condo projects

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Is Your Home A Magnet For Burglars?

Tweet Our neighborhood crime watch association got together earlier this week to discuss the rise in criminal activity taking place in an adjoining subdivision. Though we haven’t been hit with

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7 Ways To Reduce Home Electricity Consumption

Tweet You Can Gain Control Over Your Electrical Bill Consumers are reeling from the sudden shoot up in fuel prices at the pump, paying $4 or more per gallon for

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Enjoying The Outdoors, One Patio At A Time

Tweet Once the month of June rolls around, homeowners are able to spend more time outside of their homes than inside. Sure, hot days, rain, bugs, and other petty annoyances

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Yard Art: Artistic Expression or Neighborhood Nuisance?

It has been said that “art is in the eye of the beholder.” Clearly, this statement must have been made by the person whose artistic ability was being questioned.

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For Sanity’s Sake, Organize Your Garage!

Tweet Your garage is cluttered and you can’t even get your car in it. Not that you imagined yourself wanting to leave your car inside the garage, but it is

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Your Mulch Primer For Fun Gardening

Tweet I am by no means an avid gardener. Though my parents had green thumbs and met while working at a seed company, I must not have spent too much

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Outside Water Conservation Done Right

Tweet My region of the country is finally seeing the end of a drought which lasted for more than one year. At its peak, all outside watering was canceled except

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Are Bug Zappers Worth The Jolt?

Tweet It happens as soon as warm weather arrives — bugs, tons of them reappear after a long winter’s hiatus. As temperatures warm up the insect population increases bringing out

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What Type Of Air Conditioning For Your Home?

Tweet Central air-conditioning is a wonderful feature found in most new homes across the nation. Even in areas of the country where hot days are few and far between, many