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Prepare for Warmer Weather with These Home Maintenance Tips

Make this the year you do a home inventory. You’re taking steps to protect your home, which also helps to protect all of the stuff inside it. But what if something happened and you lost everything? Would you remember everything you had? Spring is the perfect time to do a home inventory — while that doesn’t protect your stuff, it does make replacing your possessions a whole lot easier after a disaster. If you’re handling spring-cleaning duties, take some time to jot down some notes and take pictures of your stuff (or better yet, use an app). If you’re not quite in spring-cleaning mode, try starting an inventory anyway; you just might be inspired to get organized!

March 22, 2018
Easy Quiche

Ingredients: 3 oz of Real Bacon pieces; 1/2 cup finely diced onion; 5 ounces shredded Swiss cheese; 1/3 cup shredded Parmesan/Romano cheese (i.e. Sargento); 4 eggs, lightly beaten w/ a pinch of salt and pepper; 1 cup half-and-half cream 1- 9 inch deep dish frozen pie crust Directions: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F . […]

March 8, 2018
Stinky Riddles March 2018

Are you smarter than Stinky? You have five pieces of chain each consisting of three links. It costs 25 cents to open one link and weld it closed again. What is the minimum it would cost to make one straight chain, 15 links long? Email your answers to Stinky by April 6, 2018 and if you […]

March 8, 2018
Do I Need to Tell My Insurance Company If My Dog Bites Someone?

You probably don’t think your dog would ever bite someone, let alone cause a serious injury. But dog bites are more common than you might realize—4.5 million occur every year in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And most victims are young children. Those injuries also have a bigger impact […]

March 8, 2018
March 2018 “Give Back” Referral Rewards

Each of the referrers will receive either a $10 Regal Entertainment card or a $10 Starbucks card. A matching $20 donation was made for each February referral, totaling $240, and to the Seattle Children’s Hospital Research Foundation. “One of the nation’s top five pediatric research centers, Seattle Children’s Research Institute is dedicated to providing hope, care, and cures to help every child live the healthiest and most fulfilling life possible.”

March 5, 2018
Considering Joining a Car-Sharing Service? Four Things You Should Know

Today, as car sharing has grown in popularity (well over a million people are members of various services in the U.S., according to the Transportation Sustainability Research Center (TSRC)), the number of options has grown, too. You can borrow a company-owned car (think Zipcar or Car2Go) for a few hours at a time or for […]

February 19, 2018
Stinky’s Riddles February 2018

Are you smarter than Stinky? What do the following represent: a. 1001-A.N. b. 54=C. in the D. (with the Js) c. 29=D. in F. in L.Y. d. 24=H. in a D. e. 26=L of the A. Here is an example: 13=S. on the A.F. represents 13 Stripes on the American Flag. Email your answers to […]

February 8, 2018
February 2018 “Give Back” Referral Rewards

We would like to thank the following people for referring to us in January: Gina Baxter Christopher Chand Paul Henry Gina Hodge Amadou Jawara Brandon Matthews Harvinder Phagurha Jeff Poe Marina Savitkaia Jagjit Singh Katrina Stuckey Michael Stufflebeam Rachel Sturm Ed Tasca Bonnie Whitlock Thank you for all the referrals! Your referrals are the […]

February 8, 2018
Protect yourself from Carbon Monoxide—at Home and Work

Every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hundreds of people in the U.S. die from carbon-monoxide (CO) poisoning—and the invisible, odorless gas sickens thousands more. The numbers seem even more tragic when you consider that most of these deaths and illnesses are preventable. Here are tips from the Consumer Product Safety […]

February 5, 2018
How to Keep Your Trees Healthy — and Upright

They’re trees. And as with so many things in life, proper maintenance is critical. Keeping your trees healthy will allow you to continue to enjoy them and their benefits — one of which is providing enough oxygen for four people every day! Maintenance also will reduce the risk of a tree falling on your home […]

January 16, 2018