The Dad’s Guide to Choosing, Measuring and Installing Nursery Blinds

The following article is a guest feature from Susan Hufton. The thoughts and opinions expressed in this post are solely those of the author. Most future dads are suddenly prompted into “DIY mode” ahead of their new arrival – with cots being carved, homes being childproofed and also blinds being fitted. It’s this last issue which we are going to concentrate on through the course of this text and if you are scratching your head …

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I Put My Kids To Work in the Yard with Rubbermaid Roughneck

This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Weave Made Media® and Rubbermaid, but all my opinions are my own. #weavemade #FallFixUp http://my-disclosur.es/RgFrEH When I was a kid, one of my favorite seasons was the fall. Not just because the candy-filled Halloween was around the corner, but because it meant one thing: leaves. Piles and piles and piles of leaves. Seriously, is there anything more fun, more carefree, more innocent then …

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The Swiffer Wet Jet Was Made For Guys Like Me

#SwifferEffect #BigGreenBox

I’m not a messy guy. I don’t have tons of garbage laying around all over the place and a zillion papers, boxes, you-name-its cluttering my desk. Sure there are more than a few action figures keeping me company, but for the most part, I’ve always been fairly neat. Clean, however, is a different story. Like most guys (except for my friend Eric who for some crazy reason loves doing the dishes), cleaning is just something …

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My Engagement Story – 7 Years in the Making

Today marks my 16th wedding anniversary. Oddly enough, it’s also Allie’s 16th wedding anniversary. Funny how that works. Don’t worry, I’m not going to write a big mushy, flowery post here because no one wants to read that (and it’d make Allie just roll her eyes at me for my Blog PDA). I will say, however, that despite it being a cliche, I do love my wife so much more today than I did when …

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No More Color Bleeding Accidents Thanks to Purex No Sort

There are a number of things I’m not allowed to do in my own house. Cooking rice is one of them. So is filling up the dishwasher. And thanks to a a few unfortunate color bleeding accidents, I’m no longer allowed to do the laundry. Seriously, you mix your whites with a few random red shirts and suddenly it’s the end of the world. Well, I’ll let you in on a little secret. I still try …

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