A Traveling Rule of Thumb: Clean Your House

This morning is a very busy one. In fact, it’s a bit of a madhouse around here, thinly veiled in a single word of truth that has become my, and I’m willing to bet many others lives–procrastination. You see, in just a few hours my partner and I will begin driving from Northeastern, Pennsylvania to Kent, Ohio. It’s a business trip, although thankfully having nothing to do with my business. I don’t think I could take that kind of pressure after three days of making sure we had the right hotel booked for the right dates, picking up last-minute, needed items for the house, particularly items that ease my mind when it comes to leaving my two cats home for two and a half days by themselves, and making sure every inch of the house …

Tassimo Valentine’s Day Special: 20% Off Brewers and Free Hot Chocolate Treats

As a very proud owner of a Tassimo T20 Brewbot (read our review) which I love immensely, I wish I could give every one of you readers one to enjoy for yourself. But I can’t. That would be beyond expensive. What I can do, however, is tell you how to get one for yourself, and at a discount no less!

As part of a special Valentine’s Day promotion, Tassimo is giving you a reason to get a new brewer for your coffee-loving sweetheart, or even as a special holiday gift for yourself. 20% off Tassimo brewers and free hot chocolate.

When I received my Tassimo T20 Brewbot, I received two free T-Disc packages; one Starbucks Cappuccino Primo and one Gevalia Signature Blend coffee. When you purchase as part of the Valentine’s Day …

Tassimo Brewbot Review and Giveaway [Closed]

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I love my coffee. Well, that is a bit of an understatement. I really, really love my coffee. It is always the right time for a cup of coffee, always, and each cup is just marvelous. The smell of it while it’s brewing, pouring some into a mug that is about the size of my head, and that first sip. Oh, it is fabulous, and there can never be too much of it. Have you ever heard someone complain that they have too much coffee in the house? No, you have not, and if you have, those are the people with a problem! In fact, I would recommend you get them some counseling. I have never been the kind of person who gets jittery or anxious after drinking coffee, not …

16 Uses for Nail Polish Remover…Other Than the Obvious

This is a guest post from FreeShipping.org, a website dedicated to digging up all of the best free shipping codes from your favorite stores.

There’s a lot more to nail polish remover than noxious chemicals, a deadly odor and naked nails. This handy house-bound acetone is the WD-40 of the cosmetics world, able to tackle all sorts of nasty jobs without requiring you break out tankards of toxins.

As with all poisons, however, keep nail polish remover out of the reach of children, remove all traces after using and avoid inhaling the fumes. Also remember to apply acetone gently as you don’t want to ruin or remove the finished surface of whatever you’re cleaning.

Without further ado, here are 16 unusual uses for nail polish remover that don’t involve you-know-what.

1. China Stains
Company is coming, you …

Spend Less at the Grocery Store — Eat Before You Shop

I tend to do my grocery shopping very spur of the moment. Being one of those people who is constantly engaging in the vicious cycle of using spare time to figure out when I will again have more spare time to go out and do things that need to get done, like grocery shopping for instance, I tend to run most of my errands very spur of the moment. I’ll finish working a little earlier than I had planned, look at the clock and then go running to my partner saying “Hey look! I’m done working and now we must go run errands because who knows when we will have this time again!” And off we go to the store. Because of this, we often make a very grave mistake before heading out to the grocery …

Tackling the Dreaded, Disgusting Bathroom

Have you ever walked into someone’s house and immediately have to urge your judgmental meter to give it a rest as you see the stocked up piles of laundry, the sink-full of dishes, pet fur forming entirely new pets in the corners of rooms and if you need to use the bathroom, the minute you walk into it you want to run out screaming? That’s my house!

I have good intentions–really, I do! I intend to do a lot of things around the house and I make plans to tackle a boat load of housework every week. It usually just doesn’t end up getting done. When you work from home, you are never necessarily away from work and when I find myself with an hour or two to spare, my workaholic meter goes off and I end up answering emails and setting up future blog posts …