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Recap: 3 Easy Interior Projects for the Holiday’s or anytime…

Got the whole family coming over for Christmas, Thanksgiving, or a reunion and you want a conversation piece? Can’t figure out what to do or get for your significant other, or… Maybe you are just like us, needing something to fill a dead space or just meet a special need – well you are in luck because one […]

Filed Under: Around the home Tagged With: Holiday, Slider December 12, 2014 By SLS

Custom Scrabble Tile Wall Art

Want to add a special touch to a room, can’t figure out what to do with a wall, or… Well if you like Scrabble or just the look, you can create your own personalized wall art. There are numerous options of how to do this which includes just simply applying stencils to the wall or buying […]

Filed Under: Around the home Tagged With: Christmas, Holiday November 21, 2014 By SLS

Merry XMas & a Prosperous New Year to All

Wow what a year it has been. I got to admit parts have been very tough, but it was all for the best and I can’t wait to see what 2014 brings. I hope everyone has had a more peaceful & wonderful year, you all have a blessed Christmas (or whatever you celebrate) & here’s […]

Filed Under: Holiday & Vacations Tagged With: Christmas, Holiday December 23, 2013 By SLS

Happy Holidays – 2012

In keeping with tradition (2009 / 2010 / 2011) here are a few of our favorite parodies, light displays, etc… With that and no further ado, from my family and all of us SLS Construction / AlaGBS, we would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, a Bountiful New Year. This year’s Best Gingerbread […]

Filed Under: Holiday & Vacations Tagged With: Christmas, Holiday December 24, 2012 By SLS

Updates, Happening’s, and some Festive Cheer for all…

Ahhh Christmas time & the end of another year; where everyone it seems to want to take a few minutes to look back fondly on. Personally I am more for looking forward and hopefully spreading a little festive cheer. The HTRC: This will be our 140th post for the year and also the last one […]

Filed Under: Holiday & Vacations Tagged With: Christmas, Holiday, HTRC Updates December 22, 2011 By SLS

Safety Sunday: Happy Holidays – Top 5 Safety Tips & Reminders

Ahhh Christmas, it is just around the corner & many are scrambling to get everything done, so they can hopefully find some time to relax. Fortunately this year, both Christmas & New Year’s happen to fall on a Sunday which eases some of the pressure many maybe feeling and leaving many with a real present […]

Filed Under: Holiday Safety Tagged With: Holiday, Safety Sunday December 18, 2011 By SLS

Let’s Blog Off: Thanksgiving Leftover’s

Gee’s it Thanksgiving, I wonder what this week’s Let’s Blog Off topic might be about? And wow, I have never seen Rufus (aka @DogWalkBlog) so excited; his tail & ears have been perked up like you wouldn’t believe, so it is must either be about naps, going for a walk, or FOOD. I get a […]

Filed Under: Food Safety, Holiday & Vacations Tagged With: Blog Off, Holiday, Thanksgiving November 22, 2011 By SLS

Safety Sunday: It’s the most wonderful time of the year

With snow falling in the Rockies & in parts of New England, who couldn’t help but think of that song. Ok, maybe after a few thoughts of so much for global warming & isn’t this October still? With this early wake up call, Daylight Savings Time coming to an end, and Halloween coming up tomorrow […]

Filed Under: Holiday Safety Tagged With: Holiday, Safety Sunday October 30, 2011 By SLS

The 4th of July, the BarBie, Smoked Lemonade & BBQ Etiquette?

July 4th, 1776 — We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of the Perfect Barbeque… err Happiness… In all seriousness, before we get to the BBQ fun, 235 years […]

Filed Under: Food Safety, Holiday Safety Tagged With: BBQ, Holiday July 4, 2011 By SLS

Happy Holidays to all and to all a little festive cheer…

From my family and all of us SLS Construction / AlaGBS, we would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, a Bountiful New Year, and hopefully some festive cheer with some of our favorite parodies, light displays, etc… Let the parodies fly… Twas the Night before Christmas – DIY version (2009 – The HTRC […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Articles Tagged With: Christmas, Holiday December 23, 2010 By SLS

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