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Sandy lives, works and writes in spectacular West Michigan.
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  • Spring Ahead To-Do List
    The promise of spring starts on March 11 this year when most of us will turn our clocks ahead to welcome Daylight Savings Time. In the spirit of a fresh start, this is a great time for annual household inspections and maintenance tasks.
  • April Fool's Revenge
    How a friend's nasty trick on me should backfire on him by April Fool's Day!
  • Beware Battery Acid!
    Corrosive and insidious, a drop or splash of battery acid will render your clothing Swiss cheese.
  • Metallic Garments: Buyer Beware!
    Garments with shiny finish due to metallic fiber contents will wrinkle, crinkle, crunch and even shrivel with professional label-directed care. Better to pass it up in the first place unless you just love the "crunch look."
  • Silk: Sensuous, Shimmery ...And Slippery?
    The pattern on a delicate silk blouse can mutate over time due to the shifting in sequence of the individual contrasting colored threads. What do you do with a silk garment displaying yarn slippage?
  • When a Moth Hole Suddenly Appears
    When holes suddenly appear in your clothing, chances are there are moths to blame.
  • Transitioning Your Closet for Fall
    The Labor Day weekend is the traditional time to switch your closet from whites and brights to the more subdued colors of fall. Here are some tips for outfitting your closet for the coming season.
  • Country Line Dancing is a Fun Cardio Workout!
    When it comes to a fun, fast-paced cardio workout where time flies, nothing beats country line dancing.
  • Staying Fit at Home
    Turn your workout time into play time with these ideas. You'll workout if you make it as fun as a hobby.
  • Is Pesky Pilling Permanent?
    No matter what you do to remove those pesky pills on your clothes, inevitably they will return.
  • Safe Solo Living
    Suddenly you are living alone again. Whether you are starting out in a new city for a job or newly "single" from a relationship, or widowed and downsizing, your personal safety takes on a whole new importance when you are living alone.
  • The Last Facebook Holdout
    There are four people left in the universe that have not yet subscribed to Facebook. I am one of them and here is why I refuse to join... so far.
  • Winning the Job Interview
    There are many layers of dynamics taking place at the job interview. Here are five simple and basic interviewing tips that will help you convey the most important personal quality you may have to offer... your positive attitude!
  • What to Do with that Lemon in Your Closet!
    Your brand new garment just came out of the wash or fresh from the cleaners with something horribly wrong. You paid good money for a garment that is suddenly worthless. Did something go wrong in the wash, or did you buy a '..."closet lemon
  • The Insidious Forces of Wear-and-Tear on Your Wardrobe
    Sometimes we grow so attached to a special garment in our wardrobe, we assume it will last forever. So what are the signs when a garment is truly beyond repair and begging us to let it go?
  • That Little "Extra" from Your Dry Cleaner: A New Spot!
    Why do some spots spontaneously appear only after dry cleaning, and who really put them there?

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