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Bed Bug Information

We have been hearing a lot about bed bug infestations. They are finding them in places other than hotels;  they have shown up in many retail stores and brought back to your home on...

Did You Know?

The fifty-two playing cards in a typical deck represent The fifty-two weeks in a year; The four suits, the four seasons....

Did you know this?

Play-Doh was originally formulated as a compound to clean wallpaper....

Costs Then and Now:

Interesting Trivia: In 1970 Home Cost: $23,450 Ave. Household Income: $9400 New Car: $3450 Gallon of Gas: $.36/gal Postage Stamp: $.06 In 2010 Home Cost: $214,000 Ave. household...

Did you know…..

That one can of oil can contaminate 2 million gallons of drinking water! Please recycle your used oil:  Take your used oil, antifreeze, and other household chemical waste to a...

How to Permanently delete private data on your computer

If you are donating an old computer to a charity or just want to make sure that sensitive information is deleted forever, there are a few things you can do. For PCs, try file shredder...

Recipe Search Engine

Since people are always on the run, here is a way to put something together  at the “last minute” without eating at the usual killer fast food chain. It finds dishes you can make...

BETTER CREDIT SCORE, CHEAPER HOUSE PAYMENT

If  a family put a 3.5% down payment on a $172,900 house with a resulting loan of $166,850.  Here is what their bottom line would look like… Score Rate Monthly Payment Total...

How is your FICO Score Calculated? And how can you Improve it?

Payment History (35%) How often you are late and by how many days, set up automatic payments to guarantee you’re  never late. Pay your bills on time and you will improve your...

FICO Scores and your Credit Report

 The Fair Credit Reporting Act guarantees you access to a free credit report from each of the 3 nationwide reporting agencies – Experian, Equifax and TransUnion – every 12...