Filed under: kids, seasonal, craftsSmall children and babies are so often fascinated by the twinkling lights and beautiful colors of the holidays. Unfortunately those things are sharp, too small, or just downright dangerous for a baby to hold or touch. Martha Stewart offers a simple solution for bab…

Filed under: household hacks, miscellaneous, preventative maintenance
It’s been a miserable year for allergy sufferers: everyone I know who has problems with ragweed, including me, felt sickly for months.
Now that it’s nearly December, it’s just about duration for everyone to come down with colds a…

Filed under: seasonal, weekend projects, craftsYeah, yeah, Halloween is so last month. But we figure that not everyone is interested in the winter holiday rush, and furthermore, posting solely about winter holiday topics stands a pretty good chance of making all of us writers feel precisely like ret…

Filed under: electronicsOver a million Americans have purchased the Apple iPhone and are probably using it every day for phone calls, music listening and web browsing. With all that usage comes a nightly battery re-charge for many of you.But, due to the nature of the iPhone, the internal battery can…

Filed under: seasonal, crafts, toolsThe problem with writing about holidays on a DIY site, particularly one-day holidays, is that: by the day the best new info pops up on the World Wide Web, the holiday has been by for at least a few days. So, what do you do when someone writes about their complex, …

Filed under: backyard science, food, kids, recreation, seasonalSince snow is now covering the ground where I live, I haven’t seen too many birds. whether I don’t put out some special food for them, they will find somewhere else to find their food, and I won’t be seeing much of them until next spring…

Filed under: home decor, household hacksWhen the Swedish furniture company, IKEA , opened up in New Jersey it was like a celebration for me. Not only could I shop for inexpensive projects to put together, but I felt like my house (and my husband’s office) was about to get a whole lot more efficient …