Archive for the ‘Homemaking’ Category

Yahoo! Answers

Sunday, August 13th, 2006

A Shameless Plug

I’ve recently discovered the joys of the Yahoo! Answers program, and I think there’s some potential here to keep How to Get Rid of Things advice in the public eye. I signed up a couple of weeks ago, and not too long ago I was picked as a best answer for the service they offer in the U.K. Here is the question and my answer. Apparently spiders are a problem in the United Kingdom as well. I offered her a link to a book I’d bought about spiders in Minnesota (the north woods), not thinking that she would actually appreciate a book detailing spiders only found in the most northern parts of North America. I also linked here to the wikipedia article about spiders, and back to How to Get Rid of Things–which brings me to my point.

If you happen to be all about answering questions and getting pseudo-rewards for them, I strongly recommend that you  check out the Yahoo! Answers program. It’s easy to sign up for, and it’s actually a bit of fun. Not only that, but you can brush up on your rhetoric skills by seeing just how many times you can lull a couple of readers into thinking you really do have the best answer to their problem.

Oh, and if you find the occasion to link back to getridofthings.com at the bottom of your Yahoo Answer page, please do.

Link to Retro Housewife

Saturday, August 12th, 2006

I think some of our readers might be interested in a certain website dedicated to housewifery in the 21st Century. She’s got loads of advice about shopping, cleaning, relaxing, and a number of other things that women stuck at home may want or need to do. She may be setting the clocks back on feminist progress some 50-100 years, but at least she’s funny about it.

Get Rid of Dust

Saturday, August 12th, 2006

How to Get Rid of Dust

Are you wondering how to get rid of dust or why you should get rid of dust? Well, there are two reasons: first, some people are allergic to dust mites (house mites) and mites thrive on dust. Second, some people (asthmatics and allergy sufferers) are simply dust sensitive and need to keep their houses free of dust in order to breathe normally. I can identify because I’m dust sensitive myself. In fact, before I did some research on dust collectors, dust removal, and dust control, I used to clean my house with a dust mask on and just pray that I wouldn’t get a sinus infection. So for those of you with the same problem, here is what I’ve done to get rid of dust.

Please, if you have any suggestions for our readers about how to get rid of dust, leave a comment here.

Get Rid of Mildew

Friday, July 28th, 2006

mildew illustration

Natasha just completed an article about How to Get Rid of Mildew. I’ll let her explain herself to you when she finds the time. Until then, read the article and if you have any suggestions or comments, please feel free to leave a response.