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DARE TO SHARE! Dryer Sheets?!

Now, we found this on social media and dare to share because it sounds like it really could help!

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Customer Service Is Not Dead

At least it’s not dead at one popular fast food eatery. We came across an interesting article that explains the philosophy of customer service at Chick-fil-a. You might be surprised.

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“An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving”

When it comes to holiday movies there are dozens, if not hundreds, to choose from that revolve around Christmas. This one, as the title implies, is about Thanksgiving.

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Hearkening Back to Yesteryear!

vector illustration of California map

Now, we know that you are not all from Southern California but also know that you would love to see these quaint little towns! Thanks to Angela and onlyinyourtown.com, we have this information.

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Chums Choices -Dairy Free

If you are one off the thousands of people who don’t do well with dairy products or just want to eliminate some dairy from your diet, but hate the taste of dairy substitutes, we’ve got some great news for you!

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Monday Sillies

We get going down the road of life and sometimes, we can be tempted to think that it is very serious business! It is really important to remember to find the “silly” in our days. Silliness usually brings with it laughter and that works really well to balance us!

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New Favorite Slipper/Shoes

Sometimes we come across great finds that we simply can’t keep to ourselves and just have to share with our chums.

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Savvy Secrets -Rolling Towels

Savvy Secrets

It’s summer! More time at the pool and potentially more house guest. Either way that can means towels will be involved. But whether you keep pool towels for your guests or just like to keep a basket or rack of extra towels for your house guests, we have a simple way to “roll” those towels and make them look neat and inviting.

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Chums Choices – Drink Up

Summer and warmer weather is on the way. In some places it’s already arrived. That means we will all be drinking more iced and chilled beverages. Whether you like cold brew coffee, iced tea, or fruit infused water we have a great find for you today!

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What Might Queen Consort Camilla Wear?

Queen Camilla’s ultimate style moment is almost here, but what can we expect to see on the big day? The Coronation?

CHRIS JACKSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Queen Camilla at a State Banquet in 2022
CHRIS JACKSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Queen Camilla at a State Banquet in 2022

Queen Camilla is about to have the style moment of her life as she prepares for the coronation.

On May 6, Camilla will be crowned Queen alongside her husband King Charles  at Westminster Abbey, wearing a recycled crown and a ruby ring that dates back to 1831, but what else can we expect to see her wear on coronation day?

The Crown

Camilla will be wearing Queen Mary’s Crown, albeit with some alterations. The inclusion of the Cullinan III, IV and V diamonds, which belonged to the late Queen Elizabeth (she often wore them as brooches), is the first clue that her coronation style could nod to the late Queen. For a more modern look, Camilla might also choose to remove the arches of the Garrard piece by wearing it as a circlet, just like Queen Mary did for the coronation of King George VI in 1937.

The Dress

Queen Camilla will reportedly wear an outfit designed by royal favorite Bruce Oldfield for the coronation. The British couturier, who was once a go-to for Princess Diana, has been in Camilla’s inner style circle for over a decade and it was his black and silver two-piece design she chose to wear to her first state visit as Queen Consort to Germany last month. While there is a sense of a more low-key ceremony, the dress will almost certainly include symbolic embroidery to represent Great Britain and the Commonwealth.

The Earrings

The crown won’t be the only sparkly element to Camilla’s outfit. The coronation earrings, which were commissioned for Queen Victoria in 1858 and have been worn by every Queen Consort at their coronation since, would be the perfect accessory. However, Camilla doesn’t have pierced ears, and according to a Vogue interview last year that’s not likely to change anytime soon.

“The grandchildren will try to persuade me, but, nothing’s going to pierce my ears,” she said.

Could Garrard, the jewelry house who initially made the earrings, fashion them into clip-ons for the occasion? Or could Camilla break with tradition and wear something from her own personal collection?

The Print Collector/Getty Queen Elizabeth at her coronation in 1953
The Print Collector/Getty Queen Elizabeth at her coronation in 1953

The Necklace

While the earrings might prove tricky, the Queen will almost certainly wear the Coronation Necklace. Originally made for Queen Victoria, its coronation debut came in 1902 when Queen Alexandra wore it to King Edward VII’s coronation and it’s been worn at every ceremony since.

The 22.48-karat diamond pendant at its center is known as the Lahore Diamond and was given to Queen Victoria in 1851. Queen Elizabeth wore it to her own coronation in 1953 and for several formal occasions after.

Getty (2) The Coronation Necklace
Getty (2) The Coronation Necklace

The Ring

Made for Queen Adelaide in 1831 by Rundell, Bridge & Rundell, Camilla will wear the Queen Consort’s Ring for the historic ceremony. Featuring a ruby in a gold setting, flanked by 14 diamonds and smaller rubies around the band, the ring has been used by three prior Queen Consorts; Queen Alexandra, Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.

Royals.UK The Coronation Rings Including the Queen Consort's Ring
Royals.UK The Coronation Rings Including the Queen Consort’s Ring

The Shoes

Just like Queen Elizabeth, who wore her favorite go-to brand Rayne for her 1953 coronation, Camilla will want a pair of trusty heels she knows she can rely on for the two-hour ceremony. A huge fan of British brand,  Sole Bliss (she has worn their Ingrid style with its almond-shaped toe and two-inch block heel over 80 times!), founder Lisa Kay says she would be overjoyed to get the commission. “It’s been a great source of pride seeing Her Majesty wear our shoes over the last five years and the coronation would be the cherry on the top!” she says.

The Coronation promises to be quite the affair!

Grateful to be able to share these details which were originally written by Monique Jessen of Yahoo.

Time To Make A Cut

If you’ve never owned a really fine pair of scissors, now is the time to get yourself some.

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A Return to Glam

After several years of lack luster gowns and more funky dress and suit styles at Hollywood’s big night, last night was a return to more traditionally glamorous attire at the 95th Academy Awards.

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All The Presidents

It’s Presidents Day as you are surely aware. So today we want to share with you a fun way to help your children, or help yourself for that matter, identify and know a bit more about each of the former gentlemen we have called Mr. President.

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Pillow Talk


If you’ve never tried sleeping on a pillow covered in a silk pillow case it’s time you tried one.

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Another Great Children’s Book!

This is a wonderful, funny books for the Littles. If you are not familiar with it, get it! It’s worth sharing with your Littles, for sure.

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Loving Lucy

This weekend, October 15th, marked the 71st anniversary of the first airing on CBS of one of the favorite TV shows ever made…I Love Lucy. It was an instant success!

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Etiquette Mores

Don’t we all want to know how we are expected to do things the right way?

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Easy And Satisfying – Who Knew?

Ever wish you had something simple that helped give you sweeter breath, helped you stay healthier, and might even help you lose a couple of those unwanted pounds? We’ve got that!

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Did You Know?

Stars! Michelin Stars!

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The Southern Belle

Word Genius furnished us with these “Southern” quotes and we knew you would absolutely love them.

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Table Manners!

According to Maureen MacKay, a Florida-based etiquette expert has a bone to pick when it comes to many Americans’ eating habits.

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Savvy Secret -Summers Coming

Savvy Secrets

Before you know it summer will be here. In a few weeks it will be time to break out the sandals from your closet. But will your feet be ready?

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Chums’ Choices

We received this rather wonderful note from one of our chums which we felt we should share:

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The Hiding Place

A man will be as a hiding place from the wind,
And a cover from the tempest,
As rivers of water in a dry place,
As the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
–Isaiah 32:2

Today is part of the holiest of days in both the Christian and the Jewish faiths. Today is Good Friday for Christians and the beginning of Passover for Jews. Both observances, in their own ways, revolve around the subjects of mercy and forgiveness and God’s love. “What might this have to do with the woman pictured here?”, you might well ask.

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In Honor of My Darling Dennis – ELVIS!

Oh golly ! No-one loved Elvis like Dennis A. Page!

Here are some wonderful Elvis quotes!

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Words of Yesteryear!

These words spoken by many in the years gone by certainly bring a smile to one’s face!

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Chums Choices – Toaster Bags

This item we share with you today just might change the way you eat your lunch or make snacks for your kids, or even heat up that leftover piece of pizza for your own midnight snack.

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Chums Choice – Belfast

Its almost time for that most famous Irish holiday…St Patricks Day. Time to celebrate the Irish. But even if it wasn’t we would be telling you about this lovely film…Belfast.

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Chums Choices – Hourglass

Every girl loves a new lipstick now and again. We found a beauty!

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Savvy Secrets – Why Didn’t I Think Of That?

If you know us at all, you know we love helpful hints which we happily call Savvy Secrets. So here are some fun ones for you that will have you asking yourself. “Why didn’t I think of that?”:

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Style – LBD

It’s Monday. Let’s start the week off in style…literally!

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Famous Jewels

Oh golly! Your Two Chums do love beauty and a lot of jewels, especially the famous ones, exemplify that quality!

Look at these famous ones!

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Savvy Secret – DIY Stain Remover

Savvy Secrets

Stains. We all get them from time to time. But figuring how to get rid of them without ruining whatever they are on can be tricky.

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A Little Bit of History

Your Two Chums tend to love history and, for this reason, we are sharing this recounting of Elizabeth I, the child of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, and her cousin, Mary Queen of Scots.

It is a rather long recounting but well worth the read!

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Old Dog New Trick

We all know the proverbial saying “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks”…or can you? In this case the “old dog” is any of us who has been accustomed to adorning a present for someone with traditional paper gift wrapping. The “new trick” is a Japanese method for gift wrap called “furoshiki”.

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Old Made New

If you knew you could spend roughly a little less than $13 on a product and refresh your wardrobe, bedding and upholstery would you do it?

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A Reading Nook

If you like a good book, having a cozy place to curl up and read is always a joy. But it isn’t just adults who can enjoy such pleasures. Children too, can travel to distant places in their imaginations when they are encouraged to spend time reading.

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We Told You So!

A couple of weeks ago we did a post about some fabulous sunglasses Jackie had found and bought for a group of our friends.

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Shades For Everyone

Need a new pair of good looking shades…a.k.a. sunglasses… as this summer season gets underway? We’ve got just the thing for you.

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Chums Choice – All Creatures Great And Small

If you’ve not already seen the delightful program, All Creatures Great and Small on PBS, this weekend would be a good time to start.

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GF Tasty Bites

If you’ve been following Two Chums for a while you might have guessed that at least one of this weeks posts on some of our “favorite things” would involve food in one way or another. So today is the day 🙂

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Nite Nite

Summer is fast approaching. When it arrives wouldn’t it feel good to get in bed in a new comfy, cool nightgown? (Sorry gentleman, this post is clearly for the ladies).

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Lovely Locks

There would seem to be almost as many hair care products on the market as there are heads of hair to use them. And each and every one of them will tell you they are the best, or, at least, why they are better than the others.

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Clean Cut

We thought this would be a good week to share some good finds we’ve made recently, to share some of our favorite things with you, our chums. So yesterday we shared our ring sizer find and each day this week we will be telling you of another favorite thing.

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What Size Are You?

We are all shopping and buying things from home more and more both for ourselves and as gifts. But some things are more difficult than others to get right. Buying a ring can be one of those things.

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Wall To Wall

We all have probably hundreds, if not thousands, of photos on our phones. Or even older photos stuffed away in shoe boxes hiding in the closet. Every few years we pull them out, look through some of them and smile at the happy memories they represent.

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JOY

Seeing the title of this post, this may not have been the JOY you were expecting. Last week we brought you a post about the beautiful and famed perfume, Chanel No.5 Today we have some very interesting info about JOY that you may not have known.

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A Good Read – The Duchess

My darling chum, Jackie, recently gifted me with this terrific book.

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A New Glow

Skincare products are available everywhere you look. Natural skincare, the kind you can make in your kitchen, is not only a healthy alternative, it is more and more popular. It is cost effective, easy to make in most instances, and healthier and many of its chemically produced alternatives. We came across some great info from Susan Patterson for making natural skin care on a site called alternative daily.com Here are some of the ideas for facial masks using egg whites she recommends:

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A Perfect Score

“What does a perfect score have to do with this device?”, you might well be asking. Read on.

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A New Cup Of Joe

Do you love a really good cup of coffee as much as your Two Chums do? If your answer is “Yes” read on!

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Continue The Gratitude

Just because the day we call Thanksgiving Day here in the USA is behind us for 2020, every day going forward calls for more gratitude!

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Happy Birthday, Yosemite!

On this day in 1890, an act of Congress created Yosemite National Park, home of such natural wonders as Half Dome and the giant sequoia trees. 

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Perfect Lipstick With a Mask!

Want to keep your lipstick looking wonderful even after you have been wearing a mask?

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Savvy Secrets -Home Hacks

If you know anything about your Two Chums, you know we love to get and share Savvy Secrets. We have some good ones for you today!

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A Good Read

Today marks the 75th anniversary of V-J Day. It was on this day in 1945 that the Japanese signed the surrender document that officially ended WWII.

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Unwanted Ant Visitors?

Yesterday, we posted about inviting ants in. Today we are posting about keeping ants out!

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Hawaii Joins the United States

It is hard to think of Hawaii and not think of it as being a part of the United States.

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Zipper Up

Have you ever struggled to zip or unzip a dress when you’re by yourself at home, or in the dressing room at a store?

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Unorthodox

Today we have yet another TV show recommendation for you. OK we aren’t pretending to be Siskel and Ebert, but we believe this is a program you will truly enjoy.

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Game Time

In case you aren’t familiar with this very enjoyable game we’ve been enjoying, we want to introduce you to it. It’s called Mancala.

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Cars? Or Tractors?

[Courtesy of Quiz Daily]

Start your engines: Ferruccio Lamborghini, the founder and namesake of Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., didn’t always make cars.

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We Highly Recommend It!

If you have not already seen it, we highly recommend, on Netflix,

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Shop Your Smile

Things have certainly changed over the last several months. One of the biggest changes is wearing masks whenever we leave our homes. Do you miss seeing other’s expressions whenever you are out? Or wish others could see yours?

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Heartland

We are all home more these days and consequently, watching more TV. So perhaps you are running out of ideas for things to watch. We’ve got a great suggestion for you today, a great place for you to visit…Heartland.

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A Savvy Secret!

But just one!

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Really? Goats?

We found this really interesting…

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Olympics 2021

A big announcement by the Olympic Committee!

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Favorite Finds

Have you ever been baffled as to which chain to pull on the ceiling fan? We have the perfect answer.

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An Unexpected Find

Sometimes you fond things in very unexpected places. This is one of those times.

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Favorite Finds

Oh, how we love our Favorite Finds! Here is a wonderful one that everyone who has a house with a sink should have!

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Favorite Finds

Every kitchen needs at least one of these!

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A Must Buy

For anyone who wants to know which fork to use when or how to write a thank you note and how to introduce a Duchess to your best friend, get this book!

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Favorite Finds – Sweater Joy

When the weather turns chilly and the air is crisp, can there be anything more enjoyable to have in your wardrobe than a cute warm sweater?

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Favorite Finds

Well, golly, we found these wonderful, inexpensive “jogger” pants that we just have to share with you!

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Be Sure Tp Get Your Christmas Crackers!

Christmas crackers are a traditional Christmas favorite in the UK.

They were first made in about 1845-1850 by a London sweet maker called Tom Smith.

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Savvy Secrets

Oh yes! Just a few!

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Wreath Season Is Upon Us!

It is hard to believe, but the season when most homes have a wreath on their door is upon us. Starting with Halloween wreaths, then Tahnksgiving wreaths, and then that wreath for Christmas or Hannukah!

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Are They Real?

Are they really there?

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Favorite Finds

Twinkle, twinkle little star!

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Simple Spray Fire Extinguisher

Gosh, this is such a great thing to have at least one of in your home….

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Don’t Forget….

…to put your lipstick on! COMMIT!

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Favorite Finds

If only we had a young child’s room to make beautiful!  This is really a super fabric to use. Read more

Get Ready For The Bugs

Well, summer is here and with it, often, come the mosquitos and bugs. Read more

Favorite Finds

For those of you who are decorating a girl’s room, we have a darling find. Read more

A Savvy Secret

We have just one Savvy Secret for you today but it is a good one. Read more

Off To The Beach We Go!

Your Two Chums love being at the beach and, gosh, now is the start of that wonderful summer season.  Here are some rather lovely “beach quotes” we wanted to share with you. Read more

Need A Summer Hostess Gift?

Well, we saw this great idea on BuzzFeed and wanted to share it with you! Read more

Favorite Finds

This is THE BEST way to save space in your closets. Read more

Oh The Places They’ll Go!

At this time of year as the school year is coming to a close, we are usually thinking about gifts for teachers.  Make no mistake, we certainly believe they deserve our admiration and appreciation.  But today we have a different gift idea that we think any parent or grandparent will love knowing about. Read more

Favorite Finds

Oh glory!  We have found a darling little, old-fashioned looking, iron that we MUST tell you about! Read more

Favorite Finds

And it seems most appropriate that we should show you where you can get this! Read more

A Savvy Secret-Spring Cleaning

By now you may have already begun that time honored tradition known as Spring Cleaning.  After cozying in all winter the days get longer and warmer there is something that just feels good about cleaning up and clearing out. Read more

Favorite Finds – Voila – A Great Idea For Your Wall

Often times, a wall calls for a collage of family photographs, or any photos for that matter, but how do you start to put them up in a way that will look professional and fun? Read more

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

If you haven’t seen it in a while, or maybe you have never seen it at all, this weekend would be a good time to rent or buy this movie.   Read more

Favorite Finds – Dress Your Shoes UP!

Want to change your plain shoes into party shoes? Read more

Charles At 70

Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales and the future King of England, has reached a landmark birthday and the BBC has made a wonderful documentary commemorating the event.   Read more

Words of Wisdom

We came across an old post from Ann Landers’ advice column and thought our chums would appreciate it as much as we do.   Read more

Favorite Finds

Look at this Favorite Find of ours!  Every house should have one! Read more

We LOVE Lucy!

Lucille Ball – who doesn’t love her? Read more



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