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Make More Money by Planning a Multi-Family Yard Sale

April 26, 2009 By

Get the biggest bang for your yard sale work by planning a multi-family yard sale. This is beneficial to you because “yard salers” find it very appealing to hit your yard sale because essentially it is 3 or more ‘yard sales’ at one address.  More customers means more business! How to plan a Multi-Family Yard [...]

Full of Hot Air??

April 25, 2009 By

Did you know that blow drying your hair for just 10 minutes a day for a year causes so much carbon dioxide, it would take two trees almost 10 years to absorb it all!!! YIKES!!! Let’s all do our part & follow a few simple steps to cut down on all the hot air! 1. [...]

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Make Old Play Doh NEW!

April 20, 2009 By

Tired of throwing out dried up play doh? Make old play doh new again with this simple recipe.

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Save some green and be green with a vegetable garden

April 15, 2009 By

Have you ever considered the benefits of growing your own vegetable garden? Don’t know where to start or if you could do it? Let me put your mind at rest and encourage you and your family to grow your own vegetable garden this year.  No matter how young your kids are, there is something they [...]

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Green your house!

April 13, 2009 By

Green your house while saving some green at Sherwin-Williams! Sherwin-Williams is running a promotion on their new green/sustainable paint lines during the month of May, tying into the Clean Up Akron Week which is part of the Keep America Beautiful Great American Cleanup. Buy a gallon of Sherwin-Williams green/sustainable paint (Duration Home, harmony, resilience) and [...]

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TerraCycle makes Teaching Kids to Go Green Easy

March 30, 2009 By

TerraCycle makes recycling easy, fun & lets kids see how good recycling can be for the earth, a favorite charity or their school!! Sign up to collect soda bottles, yogurt containers, drink pouches or cookie wrappers (among other items as well). They will send you boxes & bags for you & your kids to fill [...]