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Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Monday, January 25, 2010
Every year over 900,000 American's die of a blood cancer and we need to find a cure. I NEED YOUR HELP!! I am doing a 10K marathon for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society on March 14, 2010 at the Vasona Park in Los Gatos. In a couple of days I will be posting a website for all of you, my friends and family to make donations toward this worthy cause.
If you do not feel comfortable putting your credit card online, email me, and I will send you my address. You can make all checks out to: Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
My goal is to raise $2,000 for this worthy cause. I have a cousin who is a survivor of Hodgekins Disease, so this is dear to my heart. I will be blogging about my training efforts and how things are progressing so that all of you can embark on this journey with me.
Thank you in advance for your support.
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Household Tip: Grout takes up to 6 weeks to fully cure. You should seal your grout 6 weeks after installation. If you seal it before 6 weeks, you are locking in the air bubbles and they will crack your grout as the grout cures. If you wait 6 weeks to seal your grout, all the air bubbles have evaporated and you will have little to no cracking of your grout.
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Household Tip: You can conserve energy and your electrical bill by disconnecting appliances that are not in use such as your microwave. You will notice a difference in your monthly bill
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Household Tip: When installing Crackled tile, make sure you seal the tile before grouting. Otherwise the grout will go into the cracks and age the look of your tile.
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Household Tip: Glass Tile should only be installed using White Thin-set. Grey Thin-set will completely alter the color of the glass.
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Household Tips
Monday, January 18, 2010
Household tip: The best way to keep your tile and shower doors clean is to squeegy them after each use. This will prevent Soap Scum and hard water spots from building up.
Household Tip: a great way to keep stainless steele clean is by using Denatured Alcohol. It will keep the water spots off and it will keep your sinks, fridge, and stoves looking new. You can purchase Denatured Alcohol at most hardware stores.
Household Tip: Granite has natural fishers in it. You might think that the fisher is a crack in the stone. Here's how to tell the difference: If you can stick your fingernail in the fisher, it's a crack. If you cannot stick your fingernail in it, it's a fisher.
Household tip: Granite needs to be sealed once a year. Marble, travertine, limestone and slate need to be sealed once every 6 months. Engineered Stone never needs to be sealed. 511 Impregnator and Porus Plus are great sealers!!
Household Tip: Heat Resistance for natural stone (ie: granite) is only 350 Degrees and only 250 Degrees for Engineered Stone (ie: Caesarstone) Please use a towel or trivet when setting hot things on your countertops.
Household Tip: The best way to keep grout clean is using a Steam Cleaner. Chemicals will make your grout more susceptible to staining and make the grout more porus.
Household Tip: Do not use ANY CHEMICALS on Natural Stone!! You should only use a hand held steam cleaner and a steam mop. This will have you time and money and will not strip your sealers.
Household tip: olive oil is a great way to keep your leather couches conditioned. they look new again
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Household Tip: When hiring designers to help you with your home project, make sure they know the proper application of the tile. Too many designers design what is not possible to be installed. Too many times, your tile installers have to tweek your designers design to make the application work.
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