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Six Secrets of Organized Moms
A mom often wears many hats, taxi driver, cook, housekeeper, bread-winner, shoulder to cry on, and more. So, how does mom juggle it all? The following are six secrets of organized moms to help make things easier.
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Thinking About Moving to a Small Town?
Are you thinking about moving to a small town or to the country? I am. In doing some research, I discovered some assumptions worth checking out. Many people move happily to small towns and are pleased; others are surprised and unhappy. If you do the research, you can avoid being in the latter group! Use your EQ to feel out the situation and make a good decision.
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Ten Big Tips For Moving To A Small Town
Considering a big move to a small town? Here's what I learned from my own experience. Each small town has a unique personality. Do your research -- and don't stop with the Internet. Talk to people who live there. Ask who stays and who leaves.
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The Top 10 Easiest Ways to Eliminate Clutter
Recognize that each small step is a personal success and deserves to be celebrated. For every victory give yourself a reward -- a bubble bath, an afternoon nap, a long walk in the park, coffee with a friend. And maybe, just maybe, you'll discover that letting go is really all about giving yourself the freedom to truly take care of yourself and trusting that somehow the universe will provide what you need when you need it.
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Aromatherapy Begins at Home
Love a clean, fresh-smelling home, but you're wary of spraying chemical air fresheners all over the place ... and $$$ for those lovely aromatherapy candles-in-jars just aren't in the budget? Well, here are some ideas I came across from How Stuff Works. (One of the most interesting sites on the internet. No kidding, I could play here for hours!)
You know how great your house smells when there's a home-made apple pie baking in the oven? (Ok, maybe you'll need to think back to how great your grandmother's house smelled then!!) Or in the winter when there's spiced cider mulling in the kitchen? Well, it's the spices in those things that make the scent, and you can recreate that great fragrance any time you want by letting a collection of spices not-quite-simmer on the stove.
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Develop Clean-house Habits
A messy house can be overwhelming, and the habits required not only to get it cleaned but to keep it that way can seem like too much to tackle. But here's the key: I've found that it's best to use small steps in getting where you want to go. Try these habits for at least two weeks each before going onto the next.
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Feng Shui Color Chart
Re-energize Your Home With Color
Feng Shui is all about manipulating the objects in your space to create the right energy flow. Using a Feng Shui Color Chart to help you select color is an easy way to quickly and inexpensively redecorate a room and revamp the chi of your space.
In Feng Shui, colors are an extension of the Five Feng Shui Elements: Earth, Fire, Water, Wood, and Metal. Each person has their own element based on the Chinese Calendar. You can choose color to honor your own element, or bring colors into your space based on the type of energy you are striving to create. Use color on the walls for a dominant energy or highlighted in art and accessories. This Feng Shui color chart will demystify the colors and the energy they create.
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How to Create a Southwest Dining Room
Many people are tempted to design their dining room in a formal way where everything is perfectly matched, looking like they are living among Better Homes and Garden magazine pages. This style may please some, but for others, creative energies are better delighted using a Southwestern theme decor.
A southwest style dining room lends warmth and says "welcome." An important idea to keep in mind when developing such a dining room, is to bring in a casual, comfortable, and imperfect feel. While shopping for items for a Southwest dining room, places like flea markets and second hand stores can be a great source for finding just the right distressed piece.
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Calling all Packrats!
If you are like me, you are always finding some treasure in a thrift shop or garage sale. A frame, a postcard, a pillow, a quilt, or some other knick-knack that catches your eye or touches your heart. But no matter how much you like the objects you find, they can become an all-consuming avalanche of "stuff!"
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Is the Energy in Your Home Driving You Crazy
3 Principles to Create Harmony in Your Living Space
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101 Feng Shui Tips for Your Home
By
Richard Webster
We've been told that everything is vibration but what does that really mean? Simply put, vibration is reverberation, the variance between one thing and another. It's energy. It is the relationship between something and something else.
We know it easily with sound. When Paul, my mechanic, hears the purr of my 1965 Chevy pickup and smiles, I know he's tuned her just right. It's a little harder to grasp when talking about things like a chair or sofa. But I bet you can feel it, even if you can't name it or know how it works exactly.
The thing is, we all experience vibration in the place we call home. This vibration is what creates harmony or discord. Objects have energy and they resonate with us or they don't. It's part of what goes into making up your particular style, the one that is very personal to you. Here are some principles to help you create a living space that you actually want to live in.
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Setting Up A Meditation Room
When designing the perfect meditation room for your own personal use, one must keep in mind that the overall theme will be that of peace and serenity. These two words, though they have the same literal definition, have a decidedly different meaning for everyone. The perfect meditation room for one individual will likely seem slightly flawed to another.
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Zen Gardening ... Key Elements
There are two main elements to creating the perfect zen garden. Of which are rocks and sand. The rocks represent mountains and grounding, while the sand helps to represent flowing water. However, this sand shouldn't be just any ordinary beach or garden variety sand. Instead you should purchase enough crushed granite sand to fill your space. Whether it be outside or in. Of which can be found in three different shades white, gray, or beige.
You should try to avoid using light tinted granite sand in sunny areas, as it will produce glare and cut back on the zen-like feeling you wish to achieve. Instead use these lighter colors in shady areas or within your office or other indoor gardens. While you don't need a container for an out-door zen garden, you can find many different platforms for an office-sized zen garden. Whether it be online at websites such as this one, or at a local Feng Shui shop.
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Raising Backyard Chickens For Eggs & Profit
Here is What You Need to Know About Backyard Poultry!
You've been thinking about raising chickens but are not completely sure if it would be worth the effort. Here are some 'egg'cellent reasons why you should:
Free, organic eggs for your family. When it comes to breakfast nothing beats a fresh cooked egg that you picked up right in your own backyard. You know where it's been, you know where it comes from, you know how it was nourished and you know how old it is.
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