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How to: Give your Dyson Vacuum a “Haircut”

February 19th, 2008 by Elaine · 2 Comments

If anyone in your family (or even your pet) has long hair, you’ve probably had trouble with your vacuum cleaner getting weaker or losing suction. It’s even happened to our powerful Dyson, which claims right on the vacuum that it’s “The first vacuum cleaner that doesn’t lose suction.” We have the Dyson DC07 Bagless Vacuum […]

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Tags: Gadgets · Hack · HowTo · Technology

How to: Keep Your Bottled Water Cold

May 31st, 2007 by Elaine · 3 Comments

Drinking water is one of the best things you can do for your body. Water is a natural appetite suppressant, has zero calories, prevents dehydration, and is great for the skin, kidneys, liver and digestive system. It is very important for everyone, especially pregnant and nursing women, to drink plenty of water.
I always […]

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Tags: Hack · Health · HowTo

Easy Child Security Hack

April 7th, 2007 by Elaine · 2 Comments

We took the kids to the Chicago Children’s Museum at Navy Pier today. Since it’s Easter weekend and Spring Break for some schools, we knew it would be fairly crowded. We were concerned about accidental separation from one or both of the kids. As a precaution, we wrote our cell phone numbers […]

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Tags: Family · Hack · Parenting

Review: Swiffer Carpet Flick

February 28th, 2007 by Elaine · 4 Comments

My son Sammy just loves to watch me vacuum. He pretends that many of his toys are vacuums (toy weed whacker, golf clubs, etc.). As soon as we saw the television commercial for the Swiffer Carpet Flick, we knew we had to get it for him.
To Sammy’s delight, the handle comes in […]

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New Use For That Baby Monitor

February 12th, 2007 by Elaine · 1 Comment

If you have a baby monitor, put the base in the laundry room so that no matter where you (and the receiver) are in the house, you can hear when the washer or dryer is finished!
Our laundry room is on the second floor. Without the baby monitor, I couldn’t hear the buzzer when […]

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