The first Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day because folks decorated graves, was May 30, 1868, and was designed to recognize the sacrifices made by soldiers that fought in the Civil War. In 1873, New York designated Memorial Day a legal holiday, and by the
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As fastidious as I am about most things, something I tend to neglect is my vacuum cleaner. I can’t tell you how many times my mom has come to visit me, noticed the vacuum cleaner sitting in the laundry room with a canister full of
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Festivals celebrating mothers date all the way back to Greek and Roman times, but in the United States, the official Mother’s Day holiday began in the early 1900’s when Anna Jarvis, daughter of Ann Reeves Jarvis, wanted to do something to honor the sacrifices mothers
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As much as I love our house, it lacks two important details, the biggest one being adequate closet space. In fact, the closet in my son Gray’s bedroom holds more clothing than our closet. My husband Matt’s solution, because he was sold on this house
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When I was growing up, my parents, my sister, and I, even though both my parents worked full-time, sat down at the dinner table and ate dinner together almost every night of the week, consistently. In our household, we are lucky if we eat dinner
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I like a clean house, but I don’t actually enjoy the process of cleaning. So, I’m all about having the proper tools in order to complete the job quickly but still effectively. In this article we talk about the five most important cleaning tools.
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White shirts, including t-shirts, tops, and blouses, are staples in my wardrobe for a variety of reasons. I like the look of a crisp, bright white shirt in general, but I love how it goes with anything and can be dressed up or down. The
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Initially, I’d planned to write about caring for your overcoat, but as I started researching the topic, I realized that what I thought was an overcoat actually wasn’t an overcoat at all. In fact, what I thought was an overcoat, a garment reserved for men
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When I was a young girl, I vaguely remember helping my grandmother do laundry using a wringer washer. While I don’t remember the exact process, I remember a basin filled with water that my sister and I would hand-crank to agitate the clothes. At some
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We know that you are concerned about the COVID-19 coronavirus as are we. That’s why we are taking precautions to ensure the safety of our team and clients. We are closely monitoring announcements by the CDC, government agencies and current research by the Dry Cleaning
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In 2010, we approached one of our suppliers, N. S. Farrington, about recycling our poly bags. We’d always been diligent about recycling our hangers, having committed to planting trees in the community in exchange for our customer’s efforts to recycle hangers. Over the years, we’ve donated over $60,000 to buy trees throughout the community through this program. And at one point, we were recycling our poly bags but somehow it fell through the cracks.
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I’ve decided that I don’t like it when A Cleaner World folks retire. It’s not that I’m jealous; I still love what I do and plan on doing it for as long as they will have me. It’s that so many of us have been with A Cleaner World for so long, I feel like my family is breaking apart. So, when Mike Smith sent me an e-mail in January saying that Glenn was retiring, I immediately gave him a call.
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The best way to read someone’s character is to hire them to babysit for your kids; if they take good care of your children, then you can trust them with anything. More than 15 years ago, Jordan babysat for Chris Edwards’s children. At the time we had a few locations that needed part-time Customer Service help, so Chris asked Jordan to fill out an application, and she was hired by one of our franchise owners, David Jones.
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My husband thinks I love cleaning; I don’t. I just love having a clean house, and if I waited for the cleaning fairy to come, my house would never be clean. Given that I only like the end result, not the process, I do everything I can to efficiently manage the daily, weekly, and monthly care associated with keeping a clean house. In this article are 5 things I’ve incorporated into my cleaning routine.
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My son is 13 years old; translation, his table manners sometimes aren’t the best, especially at home. I guess I should be thankful that he makes some attempts while we are dining out. But the truth is, as I started doing research for this post
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