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Loving Home

Keeping House: Live Like Company’s Coming

July 6, 2010

I love to be a hostess, having company, throwing a dinner party… that’s my ideal Saturday night. I love the preparation with my husband, getting the house ready, preparing the food and sharing an evening together with friends and or family. Lately we’ve been extremely social, every weekend someone’s coming for dinner. This has caused [...]

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The Art of Loading the Dishwasher, an Unexpected Commentary on Life

June 18, 2010

I love to load the dishwasher! It is the one household task that I can do breathlessly without thought, consideration or effort. I could stand in my kitchen all day and load and reload our beautiful stainless steel GE domestic device. I’m quite good at it; my husband gave up loading the dishwasher years ago, [...]

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Lilacs, Love and a Little Marriage Inspiration

May 29, 2010

We’ve spent the last few weekend puttering around the house; doing yard work, creating new gardens, spreading grass seed, planting bulbs, trees and flowers and of course a little spring cleaning. While I was working in the backyard, I stopped to cut these lilacs and bring  them inside the house. As I was arranging them, [...]

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Garden Confessions: Welcome Spring Flowers

April 14, 2010

Finally spring has come into full bloom! There is something so encouraging about this time of year; everywhere you look there are little promises of summer and whispers of new life. I never thought I would consider myself a gardener – the idea of being on all fours in the dirt and muck was not [...]

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Loving Home: Do you clean on schedule?

March 25, 2010

Do you have a strict weekly or monthly routine for cleaning that allocates what needs to be done and when? I’ve heard myths about people who follow a cleaning agenda according to the days of the week and the weeks of the month. For example: Monday – Laundry, Tuesday-Dusting, Wednesday-Bathrooms, third Monday of every month [...]

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Loving Home: Your Spring Cleaning To-Do List

March 18, 2010

The time for spring cleaning is coming near. I’m getting ready for my own spring cleaning, I can’t wait till it’s warm enough to open all the windows, air out the house and clean my oven… it’s in some desperate need of some TLC. In my preparation I found this great spring cleaning to-do list [...]

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I like it… I love it: My Williams-Sonoma Microplane Gourmet Paddle Grater

March 17, 2010

If you know anything about me, you know that I love to cook… it is a way for me to be creative and one of my favourite ways to relieve stress and relax. I also have a love for gadgets and tools; it could be something high-tech, something to assist me in cleaning or something [...]

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Loving Home: The first signs of Spring

March 11, 2010

Months ago I shared that I was waiting for spring; the story of planting our first bulbs and a slight oversight on my part that resulted in planting over 30 bulbs in a flower bed filled with nothing but rock and sand. Although it is still winter here in Ontario (as you can tell from [...]

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I like it… I love it: Swiffer Wet Jet

March 10, 2010

In my post about the art of cleaning the floor a few weeks ago, I confessed my strong aversion to buckets and  mentioned one of my favourite household domestic products the Swiffer Wet Jet, so I thought it was a natural selection for my next I like it… I love it. What is it? The [...]

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Loving Home: Your Home, Your Haven

March 4, 2010

Is your home your own personal haven? As I walk towards by my car after I’ve put in my 8 hours, I’m already planning my evening at home. As I make my 40 minute commute I contemplate; what’s for dinner, what do I need to do tonight, what movie could hubby and I watch, which [...]

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