Survive the shopping season with your budget intact
McClatchy Newspapers
11/24/2008, by Mary Cornatzer
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - The Christmas Countdown has begun. Black Friday is just days away. For the next month you will be charmed, pitched and enticed. Your emotions will be tugged upon. Eyelashes may be batted. And that's just from retailers. There's no telling what your loved ones may try ...
When to wean them off wheels
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11/21/2008, by Heidi Stevens
Chicago Tribune (MCT) - When is a child too old to ride in a stroller? You can't swing a Pop Tart without hitting a new report about the childhood obesity epidemic. And recess and gym are no longer a given at many schools. So building in exercise whenever you can is a must, says pediatrician ...
For flipper, journey from project to plum is the highlight
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11/21/2008, by Nancy Stancill
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Elizabeth Keller loves houses, but doesn't have a home. She and her husband are living in a spectacular house she built on Sterling Road in the Charlotte, N.C., neighborhood of Myers Park. With five bedrooms, six baths, 5,700 square feet and a carriage house apartment ...
Pine cone flowers festive for fall
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11/19/2008, by Kathy Van Mullekom
Daily Press (Newport News, Va.) (MCT) - When your family is bored with nothing to do, send them to the yard to gather freshly fallen pine cones. Instead of bagging the cones for trash, recycle them into hand-painted flowers you can arrange in a vintage container or hot glue to a grapevine ...
Lego project turns into dream home for Wisconsin family
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11/19/2008, by Lisa Jones Townsel
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (MCT) - What began as a father-and-son project with Lego blocks the summer of 2004 turned into the inspiration for architect Fred Dahms' dream home. The house he built in 2005 is almost an exact replica of the toy model he created with his son, Max, now 5.
"It sat on a ...
For family, life is free without debt
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11/19/2008, by Elizabeth Leland
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Travise Smith got fed up with being in debt, and decided to do something about it. The first thing you should know about Travise is this: When she decides to do something, she's hard to stop.
Like the time she packed up and moved from Charlotte, N.C., to Greenville, ...
Finding bargains for the home: They can be inexpensive and still perfect
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11/19/2008, by Stacy Downs
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - If you have Champagne taste during these beer-budget times, no problem. There's plenty of chic home decor available for cheap prices. Luckily, some places are a bargain bonanza. For example, the Kansas City, Mo., area's underground storage caves hold treasure troves of ...
Bringing fall indoors
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11/19/2008, by Mary Lou Aguirre
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Long evenings and the warmth from the fireplace are among the things Kristin VanderVeen loves about autumn. "I love the colors and the smell of fall," the Hanford, Calif., resident says. "I start decorating for fall in September."
Decorating for fall and through ...
Middle-school boys' invention worth its salt
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11/19/2008, by Rick Barrett
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (MCT) - Why didn't we think of it? That's how engineers from lawn and snow products manufacturer Ariens Co. reacted when they first saw the snow-thrower accessory invented by sixth-grade students Matt Moran and Sam Hipple.
The students from Davenport, Iowa, built a rock ...
With a couple of places to work, plus a family, this dad really cooks
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11/19/2008, by David Nicholson
Daily Press (Newport News, Va.) (MCT) - While many chefs rarely cook at home, Richard Carr enjoys time in his light-filled kitchen with his wife, Terry, and teenage daughters, Casey and Kelly. "I started a file in the computer called 'home cooking,' and as we make things, we put them in there," ...
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