House Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/house/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Tue, 21 Jun 2022 15:17:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 An Exciting Discovery (Cartoon) https://smthingscount.com/2020/04/20/an-exciting-discovery-cartoon/ Mon, 20 Apr 2020 16:16:33 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9088 Enjoy all the interesting things you’re learning during this stay-at-home period.

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]]> Saving Can Be Cool in the Summer https://smthingscount.com/2019/06/22/saving-can-be-cool-in-the-summer/ Sat, 22 Jun 2019 18:03:32 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8208 Here are a few hints to keep your house–and so yourself–cool this summer: 1) Open up the window coverings when sunlight isn’t streaming through, then

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]]> Personal: My Mom https://smthingscount.com/2019/05/11/personal-my-mom/ Sat, 11 May 2019 15:49:27 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8037 My mother had three kids, kept a spotless house, worked in the family business, dealt with laundry down steep cement steps in a dank, unfinished

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]]> Repairs & Clean-Up–Too Much! https://smthingscount.com/2018/05/08/repairs-clean-up-too-much/ Tue, 08 May 2018 16:39:40 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6878 WHAT A MESS!  The weather’s getting nicer, but there’s too many repair and clean-up chores.  What to do?!!!  Help yourself and someone else’s family by

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]]> Get Rid of Ants Naturally https://smthingscount.com/2017/09/23/get-rid-of-ants-naturally/ Sat, 23 Sep 2017 16:23:15 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6267 Use natural substances to fight ants in your house.  Place one of these where they’re getting in (or just place along baseboards): bay leaves, cayenne pepper,

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]]> Add Boxes https://smthingscount.com/2017/06/17/add-boxes/ Sat, 17 Jun 2017 15:53:02 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5990 Beautify your patio or deck with planter boxes.  Grow your own organic veggies, or flowers to cut and bring in to perk up the house. 

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]]> Hope for Pregnant Workers https://smthingscount.com/2015/05/13/hope-for-pregnant-workers/ Wed, 13 May 2015 17:44:48 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3768 There’s hope for pregnant women.  They’re often fired from their jobs because of “unreasonable demands,” like taking bathroom breaks, needing to keep a bottle of

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]]> Steve Jobs No; Selma Yes https://smthingscount.com/2013/09/24/steve-jobs-no-selma-yes/ Tue, 24 Sep 2013 18:40:02 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=2085 They’re trying to make Steve Jobs’ childhood home a monument.  Why him?  Just because he’s rich and famous?  Yes, he achieved a lot, but so

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]]> The Jesuits are Selling Me https://smthingscount.com/2013/08/14/the-jesuits-are-selling-me/ Wed, 14 Aug 2013 17:14:03 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=1971 I just realized that I’m being sold at El Retiro, the Jesuit Retreat House in Los Gatos.  Well, not me, exactly, but my book, Small

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