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    • How to Choose and Install a Programmable Wall Switch Timer
    • How to Hide Embarrassing Bathroom Noises in Your Home
    • Install These Custom-Width Blackout Window Shades From Home Depot for Less Than $100
    • How to Make Great Pizza with Trader Joe’s Pizza Dough
    • The Worst Condominium / HOA Villains and How to Deal with Them
  • Money
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    • How to Save Money on Internet Access in 2025 (at DisableMyCable.com)
    • Ten Ways To Save Money On Your Cell Phone Bill in 2025 (at DisableMyCable.com)
    • You’re Wasting Money If You’re Not Doing These Twelve Things
    • How to Lock or Freeze Your Credit Reports From Equifax, Transunion, and Experian
  • Living Simply
    • 15 Tips to Sell Your Stuff on Craigslist Fast
    • How to Cancel Your Massage Envy Membership with No Hassles
    • Maybe It’s Time to Stop Exchanging Gifts During Holidays
    • The Biggest Way to Save Energy that No One Ever Talks About
    • This White Elephant Gift Exchange Variation is Environmentally Friendly and More Fun!
  • Travel
    • How to Get Around Los Angeles Without a Car in 2026
    • Our REI Hiking and Kayaking Adventure in the South Island of New Zealand
    • How to Get a Refund If Your Flight is Rescheduled… Even With Non-Refundable Tickets
    • Seven Reasons Why Traveling by Train is Awesome
    • Your Travel Checklist – Don’t Leave Home Without Reviewing This List!
  • Gear
    • Restore the Factory User Bank in Your Alesis QS Synthesizer
    • The Ten Worst Things About the 2017 Ford Fusion Hybrid
    • The Best Way to Carry a U-Lock on Your Bike
    • Review of the Edifier MR4 Studio Monitors: The Good and the Bad
    • Top Ten Things I Love About My 2017 Ford Fusion Hybrid SE
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    • What Happens After You Die: What We’ve Learned from Near-Death Experiences
    • Seven Things My Wife Made Me Do After We Got Married
    • The Amazing Gift from God
    • Learn to Count Cards in Blackjack in Fifteen Minutes
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Household & Do-It-Yourself Tips

Household tips and tricks that I’ve discovered over the years.

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    Install These Custom-Width Blackout Window Shades From Home Depot for Less Than $100

    Updated onJuly 21, 2022
  • Our dog Coco with her tennis ball

    This Food Could Be Causing Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) in Your Dog

    Updated onSeptember 24, 2024
  • Shield Life TheraMat Far Infrared Heated Mattress Pad

    If You Hate Getting Into a Cold Bed, You’ll Fall in Love with This Whole Bed Warming Pad

    Updated onJuly 3, 2024
  • 25 Tips to Help First-Time Landlords Avoid Disaster

    25 Tips to Help First-Time Landlords Avoid Disaster

    Updated onAugust 26, 2024
  • How to re-upholster a chair

    How To Re-Upholster an Office Chair

    Updated onOctober 19, 2022
  • Pizza made with Trader Joe's pizza dough

    How to Make Great Pizza with Trader Joe’s Pizza Dough

    Updated onJune 5, 2024
  • Room & Board Emerson Dresser

    Review: The Room & Board Emerson Bed Frame, Dresser, and Night Stand

    Updated onJanuary 7, 2025
  • Mailbox

    How to Get a Digital Scan of Your Mail Before It Arrives… for Free!

    Updated onJanuary 3, 2024
  • InPlace Floating Wall Shelves by Lewis Hyman

    Liven Up a Dull Wall with Floating Shelves

    Updated onJuly 21, 2022
  • Terro vs Amdro ant bait

    How to Get Rid of Ants in Your Home: Terro vs. Amdro Liquid Ant Bait

    Updated onJuly 21, 2022
  • How to mask embarrassing bathroom noises

    How to Hide Embarrassing Bathroom Noises in Your Home

    Updated onJune 21, 2025
  • Condos

    The Worst Condominium / HOA Villains and How to Deal with Them

    Updated onDecember 22, 2023
  • Houseplants

    Six Reasons Your House Plants are Dying

    Updated onFebruary 18, 2022
  • My Touch Smart Simple Set In-Wall Timer

    How to Choose and Install a Programmable Wall Switch Timer

    Updated onJuly 3, 2024

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  • Household
    • How to Choose and Install a Programmable Wall Switch Timer
    • How to Hide Embarrassing Bathroom Noises in Your Home
    • Install These Custom-Width Blackout Window Shades From Home Depot for Less Than $100
    • How to Make Great Pizza with Trader Joe’s Pizza Dough
    • The Worst Condominium / HOA Villains and How to Deal with Them
  • Money
    • Where to Get Your Document Notarized for Free
    • How to Save Money on Internet Access in 2025 (at DisableMyCable.com)
    • Ten Ways To Save Money On Your Cell Phone Bill in 2025 (at DisableMyCable.com)
    • You’re Wasting Money If You’re Not Doing These Twelve Things
    • How to Lock or Freeze Your Credit Reports From Equifax, Transunion, and Experian
  • Living Simply
    • 15 Tips to Sell Your Stuff on Craigslist Fast
    • How to Cancel Your Massage Envy Membership with No Hassles
    • Maybe It’s Time to Stop Exchanging Gifts During Holidays
    • The Biggest Way to Save Energy that No One Ever Talks About
    • This White Elephant Gift Exchange Variation is Environmentally Friendly and More Fun!
  • Travel
    • How to Get Around Los Angeles Without a Car in 2026
    • Our REI Hiking and Kayaking Adventure in the South Island of New Zealand
    • How to Get a Refund If Your Flight is Rescheduled… Even With Non-Refundable Tickets
    • Seven Reasons Why Traveling by Train is Awesome
    • Your Travel Checklist – Don’t Leave Home Without Reviewing This List!
  • Gear
    • Restore the Factory User Bank in Your Alesis QS Synthesizer
    • The Ten Worst Things About the 2017 Ford Fusion Hybrid
    • The Best Way to Carry a U-Lock on Your Bike
    • Review of the Edifier MR4 Studio Monitors: The Good and the Bad
    • Top Ten Things I Love About My 2017 Ford Fusion Hybrid SE
  • Blog
    • What It’s Like to Get a Colonoscopy and Why You Shouldn’t Fear It
    • What Happens After You Die: What We’ve Learned from Near-Death Experiences
    • Seven Things My Wife Made Me Do After We Got Married
    • The Amazing Gift from God
    • Learn to Count Cards in Blackjack in Fifteen Minutes
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