X10 Noise Filters, would they block the noise of children?

I was just looking at The Home Automation Store website.  I enjoy browsing this website and seeing all the neat ways to automate a home.  This morning I came across the XPF 20A Wired-In Noise Filter and the XPNR Noise Reducer.  The X10 Noise Filter and X10 Noise Reducer are filters to help with the [...]

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Looking for Home Remodeling Services in Gaithersburg, MD?

For most of us—the teachers, especially—this time of year is all about the end of summer and the beginning of a new school year. For just about every decorator and remodeler in Bethesda, Maryland, though, this is the time to gear up for the holiday season. This is the time of year that many people [...]

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Wire Baskets by Three M Tool for Precision Optics Cleaning

Remember the first time you noticed that fine print in your favorite novel was starting to look a little fuzzy? Or maybe you were speeding down the interstate, looking for your exit, and realized you couldn’t read the signs from as far away as you used to be able to. Many people don’t keep 20/20 [...]

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SVAT Home Security Video Monitoring with the VISS7500

When the house you own is loaded with the priceless treasures and memories that you have collected over the years, it is a time that one considers about a security solution for them. A solution that works for you when you are there, and also when you aren’t. We are all privy to the uncomfortable truth that [...]

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USB Drives Simplify Life for College Students

I can remember the frantic hassle of adjusting to college as a freshman. First, I arrived on campus with boxes and bags and suitcases full of everything I would need to survive the next few months of the semester, everything from soap to notebooks to the iron to my computer to my handy USB flash [...]

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I’m not gettin’ a pie in my face!

What was I thinking?  Our church is having Vacation Bible School this week and I have the fun job of heading it up.  One of the tradional parts of VBS (at least when I was growing up) is to raise money to give to a missionary.  So, that’s what we’re doing this year.  Now in [...]

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Dipping Baskets Customized to Your Dream Specs

Last Christmas was the first that we were married and, therefore, giving gifts as a couple. As finances were rather tight and I had plenty of time at home, we opted for home-baked goods for the majority of our gift-giving. My absolute favorites to make quickly became the no-bake options, especially the simple melt, mix, [...]

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Options for securing the home – Part II

In one of my earlier posts I started talking about the products I found through X10 for home security.  I must say that it really is interesting to get out there and look at what is available. To be quite honest, I always thought the only do-it-yourself kind of security involved a dog or a 12-gauge [...]

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Options for securing the home – Part I

Growing up I never feared that anyone would break into my house.  What child does?  Unfortunately I’m sure there are some children who do have this fear as are there adults who are afraid.  Growing up I knew nobody was going to get past my dad.  he had his own form of security that nobody [...]

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Two Ice Cream Makers are Better than One

We now have two ice cream makers, and that is a wonderful thing. You see, with our first, we could make only one quart at a time, which was fine for just the two of us. Now, though, there are three of us, and our third seems the type to eat far more than her [...]

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