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Home for the Holidays – A Family Survival Guide

The holidays are right around the corner, and as such, many of us are in panic mode. Our to-do lists are longer than the novels we have...

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Your Home Should Be Your Comfort Zone

Home is where you often go to relax and de-stress after a long day. Sometimes though, home can be the cause of our stress. This happens to...

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Urban Living: The Urbanite's Guide to Grocery Shopping

Need food? There comes a day in every grown-up’s domestic journey when they open the fridge to the realization that no one else does their...

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Fall Fun

Fall is the perfect time of year to get out of the house and experience the beautiful outdoors. Grab a friend, significant other, or your...

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Urban Living Series: Health Benefits of Living in the City

This blog covers a debate that could go on forever: does one’s health improve after a move to the city? Arguments both for and against each...

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5 Ways to Save on Heating Costs

Winter is coming, as the popular series Game of Thrones reminds us. Ready or not, our budgets can start to feel the pinch in the form of...

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How to Keep Common Household Pests Out of Your Home

The cool temps of autumn have arrived, and as we are busy looking for those cozy sweaters we packed away last spring, there are armies of...

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Make Your House a Home: Tips Based on Your Personality Type

Regardless if you find great value in personality assessments like the famous Myers-Briggs indicator, believe them to be old-fashioned...

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Urban Living Series: How to Do the Backyard Things When You Don’t Have a Backyard

The backyard barbecue is the hallmark of Americana. Grown-ups at the grill, kids on the swing set, and a four-legged little buddy running...

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Parenting Hacks: Old Tricks in a New Age

Runny noses, makeshift tents, messy rooms and an extra set of car keys each represent the many frightening joys of parenting. Whatever your...

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