| Clutter Diet for Toys
With the holidays comes an influx of toys and the clutter they create. If you are ready to turn down the volume and keep toys & art supplies from turning into clutter, here are 6 neat ideas to get you started. 1. Sort everything. Start by separating toys into categories such as dolls and doll accessories, cars and trucks, crayons and craft supplies. Use this time to weed out toys that are broken and hazardous or on the recall list. With so many toys on the recall list it is a good idea to sign up for the consumer product safety email list at www.cpsc.gov 2. Set Limits. Children get overwhelmed when they have too many toys. They take better care of their things and enjoy them more when they have fewer of them. Let your child pick his or her favorites within the limits you've established and set the rest aside to donate.
Attic mold removal a high headache
Q: I am getting a lot of mold in my attic, which contains an air conditioning unit and hydro air that provides heat and air conditioning to the house. The mold is extensive, mainly on the roof sheathing. Two companies have offered to get rid of the mold, one for $2,000, another for $12,000. One man suggested taking up the insulation on the floor, which is not moldy. Why would that be needed, and how in the world could mold removal cost so much and with such a huge difference? What should I do?
TERRIFIED A: The $12,000 cost is due to the need to use protective clothing and taking many precautions while working, plus the removal of the mold itself, which may be a toxic mold. See if the $2,000 job will remove the mold, and if so, then you can do other things.
No, Kosovo is not on the St. Lawrence
I think someone from the UN is there, maybe the UN secretary-general. Things are portrayed as very hot on the Ontario/Quebec border. Canadian troops have been deployed and are facing off with Quebec troops, likely the police and maybe some Quebecois army units. They are confronting each other and one misstep may lead to war. The Quebec Premier's wife gives a long impassioned speech about why Quebec wants to leave, why they are different, why they need to be maitres chez nous. The Quiet Revolution is not so quiet anymore. There are religious lines, Catholic Francophones, Ontario Protestants. At the end of the film, a waiter shoots the Canadian PM who just a moment ago arranged for the Quebec Premier to be falsely told that war had broken out on the border to shake him up and to shake us the viewer up too.
'48 Hours' Last 20 Years; 'We're Happier Than '60 Minutes''
Zirinsky's crew has also helped produce documentaries and specials on everything from major news events (Sept. 11, Hurricane Katrina, Iraq) to pop stars past and present (Britney Spears, Tyra Banks, Elvis Presley). "Look, we're not to the manor born," said Ms. Zirinsky. "That's just the reality I live in. I admire 60 Minutes. Would I like to do 60 Minutes at some point? Yeah, that's not going to happen. But I feel incredible pride in what we do. … I think we're a lot happier than 60 Minutes." Ms. Zirinsky said the expansion of 48 Hours' duties dates back several years, to when her crew was working on the CBS ground-zero documentary "9/11." At the time, Mr. Moonves was directly overseeing the project. "I formed a personal relationship with him because he was really running that show," said Ms.
They unpaved Paradise and took out a parking lot
Apologies to Joni Mitchell. This was the scene on Saturday, just a couple of weeks since the train station lot at Lafayette Avenue and Morris Street was closed. Heavy equipment was out in full force to begin an 18-month transformation of the three-acre space into the $75 million Highlands at Morristown Station, billed as one of New Jersey's premier residential/commercial "transit villages." Don't worry about parking. There will be plenty once the bulldozers are done. A 722-space garage is expected to rise from the dirt, providing spaces for tenants while expanding commuter parking. (More photos below.) .
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