MAKE A NOTE!! -- May 3rd, 2006
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My Favorite: Books
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Knockout Roses
If you haven't seen this amazing rose bush, then you don't know what you have been missing. Knockout Roses are very hardy roses that bloom from spring until the fall. You can get them in red, pink, or "blushing" (a white w/pink hints). The bushes get completely covered with medium size roses. If you deadhead them (pull the spent flower heads off before they turn into rosehips), then they will produce even more. It's also good to cut about a 3rd off of them sometime before spring, to produce thicker growth. We have 4 in our front yard and actually have had people stop in their cars and when walking by to ask us what type of rose they are. For photos go to... http://www.knockoutroses.com Check them out at your nearest plant nursery.
POST IT...on your spring shopping list.
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Bad Contractors Website
Spring gets many of us thinking about having work done around the house. Many of us also are wise enough to know when we need someone else to do the job. ;-) Be sure to check this website before hiring any contractors... http://www.contractorsfromhell.com This website should be read by everyone BEFORE they hire a contractor. It is an amazing resource of what to look for and what to avoid, also how to handle it if you have a problem with a contractor. So check it out. Also check our Back Issue Treasure section, which will send you to an issue that has guidelines on getting a deck contractor that can be used for any type of business.
POST IT...in the front of your phone book.
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Staple Those Coupons
How many times have you gone to pay a bill and realized that you left the coupon at home? Well, if it is a drop off type of service (dry cleaners, repair, etc), where you have a ticket and then go and pick it up later, then save some money by stapling the coupon to the ticket as soon as you get home.
POST IT...where you keep your coupons or ticket receipts.
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Dad's Labels
With the kids starting to wrap up school and being home more during the summer, Dad (or Mom ;-) may discover, when they head for their favorite snack cache, that the kids have gotten there first. Kids have big appetites and sometimes their idea of what is an appropriate amount to consume at one sitting, may not be ideal. So to keep the tempers from flaring, get 2 boxes of Dad's favorite cereal (for example), and write with a marker on one "Dad's" and on the other leave it blank. Once the blank box is gone, they cannot start in on Dad's. This is also good for teaching kids to be more reasonable in consumption. Ice cream at our house is supposed to be an occasional thing, not a daily thing. But it was disappearing fast with each child claiming the other one was eating too much. So each child got a container with their name on it, and it had to last for a certain number of weeks. Once it was gone, they couldn't go into the other child's container. So who was eating it faster?...my son, who has now learned to slow down a bit to make it last longer.;-)
POST IT...on your fridge.
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Recipe: For Fun...Cola and Mentos
This is a fun way to start off the summer, but make sure you do it on a warm day so you can hose off if you need to.
 | Take a 2 liter bottle of cola (diet is less sticky) outside and place on a firm surface. |
| Take the top off. |
| Get 18 Mentos (breath chews usually available near registers), although we used a roll of 14 and it worked well, and place them in a test tube or other tube (some candy containers might work, the bulb end of a baster w/the bulb removed, or a cigar tube). |
| Place an index card over the tube end and turn upside down. |
| Rest the card on the open bottle top. |
| Pull the card out to let the Mentos fall into the bottle and get out of the way quickly. |
| The Mentos cause the cola to shoot up like a huge fountain, usually emptying most of the bottle. It's a lot of fun. |
POST IT...on your calendar for the last day of school, or maybe on a To-Do list for the summer.
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Back Issue Treasure: Multiple Recommendations (Finding the Cheapest Gas, Ultimate Moving Checklist, Finding a Good Contractor, Mother's Day Flowers & More)
There are several issues that we think you would find helpful at this time of the year. Find the cheapest gas in your area at our July 20th, 2005 issue. More tips on Finding a Good Contractor at our April 17th, 2002 issue. Our Ultimate Moving Checklist is on our web page under the Bonus Section. Mother's Day Flower Tips...go to our April 21st, 2004 Issue.
Missing: ANALYCE GUERRA
Analyce (2 yr old, White/Hispanic female, 3', 35 lbs, black hair, brown eyes, birthmark on left cheek near her ear) was last seen at her home in Smyrna, Tennessee, on the evening of April 23, 2006. The child was discovered missing early the next morning. Analyce was last seen wearing a blue jean dress with sunflowers on it. It is not known if she wandered away from her house on her own, or was abducted. For a poster and photos, go to... http://www.ncmec.org/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewChildDetail&caseNum=1042668&orgPrefix=NCMC&seqNum=1&caseLang=en_US&searchLang=en_US Or go to www.ncmec.org and enter in her name.
POST IT...in your car or business, esp. if you are in the Smyrna, TN, USA area.
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Final Words
JOKE
"I'm looking at a group of heavily armed people here. I'm telling myself 'if you're not funny, it's a problem'"
--Robin Williams doing a show for troops in Iraq (1951- ), comedian/actor/producer/director/writer
QUOTE
"Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable."
--Jodie Foster (1962- ), actress/director/producer
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