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Toby - My Whirling Twirling Sheltie
[Pets] Five years ago this August a funny little puppy came to live in our home. He was tiny, blue-gray and white colored coat, skinny tail that hurt when it hit you and the biggest bat ears I’d ever seen on a puppy.

Save Money & Time... Plan Home Decorating Projects
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Why is planning home decorating projects important? Let’s start by asking the following question. What do the following have in common? 1) Boxes of odds & ends collecting dust in the basement 2) Bags of discarded curtains, bedspreads and pillows in the attic 3) Half empty paint cans stacked against a wall in the garage

Keep Things In Order With A Written Home Decorating Plan
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Begin your written plan by choosing one room to start with. This helps keep you and your budget focused on the project. Which not only guarantees it’s completion, it’s going to save you money.

Craft Projects - A Home Decorating One Of A Kind Look
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Have you been in a craft store or maybe gone to a fair and noticed booths filled with home made crafts such as embellished wreaths or pretty decorated boxes and thought it might be fun to make something like that.

Halfway Through Summer - Are We Having Fun Yet
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Today is Thursday the 23rd of June and we’re almost halfway through the summer can you believe it. It seem to me that you wait and wait to get past the winter (at least here in the Northeast) then some years a wet soggy spring and finally your rewarded with sunny warm weather.

Rock Gardens - A Different Kind of Garden
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Planting a Rock Garden is a great alternative to the normal flower and vegetable garden...

The Hosta - A Shade Loving Perennial
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] My first introductions to Hostas were four small green and white clumps edging a small section of my mother-in-law's driveway. I was not terribly impressed, they looked more like scraggly lettuce plants with a few sticks growing out of the middle plus their size never seemed to change from year to year.

Hummingbirds ... Attracting Those Little Flying Powerhouses
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] It’s early in May a beautiful fairly warm day so I’ve decided to enjoy it and sit on the front porch. While relaxing in a rocking chair with my eyes closed, just enjoying the sun and early warmth I begin to hear a sound off in the distance. At first it’s not recognizable, sounds almost like a hum from a model airplane.

Decorative Garden Accents
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Think of your garden like you would a room in your home. After planning the shape, tilling the soil, choosing the right plants the last step is to add those personal touches. And just like indoors this is accomplished with accessories.

May 8th - Mothers Day, Show Her How Much You Care
[Home-and-Family] Mothers Day Even though we love Mom all year long, May 8th is a wonderful time to go all out and show her how much she is appreciated. If my Mum lived closer to me here is what I would do to put a smile on her face.

Home Decorating & The Smaller Place
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] “Big Things Come In Small Packages” We’re all familiar with this quote, it’s normally associated with gifts not home decorating, but it should be. A one or two bedroom house, apartment, condo or townhouse can be just as impressive and grand as something with fifteen bathrooms,

Four Tips For Clearing The Clutter
[Self-Improvement:Organizing] Spring…. Fresh breezes through open windows, sleeping trees come awake with bright new leaves, flowers begin to bloom and the grass becomes green once more. Now along with the obvious, there is another sign that the season has arrived, our yearly pledge to clear the clutter and organize our homes.

A Hidden Jewel In Home Decorating, The Powder Room
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Typically a small space consisting of just a sink and toilet, you most likely know them by a more common term “half-bath” or “guest bath. Ever wonder where the term “powder room” came from? It’s derived from Victorian times, when women needed to “powder their noses”. Why consider them a jewel when it comes to decorating, also why bother decorating them, it is after all only a bathroom.

Spring & Home Decorating - A Fresh New Look
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Open Windows … Curtains fluttering from a warm breeze … The air smells fresh and clean … Buds on the trees are beginning to open … Tiny flowers are popping up threw the ground … Finally that little bird with the red breast is back