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You want what, by when??? Thanksgiving, Christmas, Beating Ole Man Winter

Ahh what a great time of year, the grass isn’t growing like weeds, it is starting to cool off &… Oh shoot, I want to get my windows or front door replaced before the cold really sets in. Oh man, we really need to get cracking on this kitchen or bath before Thanksgiving or Christmas […]

Filed Under: Remodeling & Renovations Tagged With: Thanksgiving September 21, 2015 By SLS

Turkeys, Pies, & Carbon Monoxide (CO)?

Wow how quickly this year has passed; with most of us getting ready to sit down and enjoy a great Thanksgiving dinner next week followed up by the Christmas Baking season. With that we would like to remind everyone with a gas stove to please use the exhaust vent (or open a window if it […]

Filed Under: Carbon Monoxide, Holiday Safety Tagged With: Thanksgiving November 19, 2013 By SLS

Thanksgiving: Getting ready in a rush?

Full confession; we are nowhere even close to being ready for Thanksgiving this year. That nice “getting ready for the holiday checklists” that I created & have honed over the years – yeah, I just barely pulled it up with 5 days to go. (Fortunately we aren’t traveling & the guest room is always ready) […]

Filed Under: Holiday & Vacations Tagged With: Thanksgiving November 17, 2012 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

Let’s Blog Off: Reducing Stress for Thanksgiving

Ahhh, here we go again, another Tuesday Let’s Blog Off. This week’s Let’s Blog Off revolves around “what’s your favorite part about Thanksgiving? If you have a tradition you’d like to talk about, list some things you’re grateful for, a recipe you’d like to share or an embarrassing story you’d like to get off your […]

Filed Under: Holiday & Vacations Tagged With: Blog Off, Thanksgiving November 16, 2010 By SLS

Thanksgiving Day – A quick moment for safety & to say thanks

Less than a week to go & most of us will be sitting down and enjoying a nice meal with family and friends. On this day of thanks, let us all hope that at the end of the day were not thanking our lucky stars that it was not as bad as it could have […]

Filed Under: Fire Safety, Food Safety, Holiday & Vacations, Safety Third? Tagged With: Thanksgiving November 20, 2009 By SLS

Holiday Checklist – Getting ready for the Holiday’s

Part 2 – Getting ready for the Holiday’s While most of us love the holiday season, we can easily do without the crowds, the commercialism, and the associated pressures. While we have some of these items listed in our Monthly Maintenance Checklists, we designed the following Holiday Checklist specifically to help you organize your life […]

Filed Under: Holiday & Vacations Tagged With: Christmas, Halloween, Holiday, Slider, Thanksgiving November 9, 2009 By SLS

November – Monthly Home Maintenance Checklist

Welcome to the last full month of fall. Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years are just around the corner and most of us have probably gone from looking forward to the leaves changing colors to hoping they will just hurry up and fall off already. For most everyone here, the gardening days are now going on […]

Filed Under: Fall Maintenance Checklist Tagged With: Holiday, Thanksgiving October 29, 2009 By SLS

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