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A Very Moving Just the Right Thing

September 7, 2011

A very short and sweet post today. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, down in the dumps or that you can’t go on…watch this: John Lennon’s “Imagine” Sung by Alireza Soroush

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A Produce Storage Bag That Really Works

August 24, 2011
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Joan and I receive many requests from businesses wanting us to review their products and write about them. Our standard response is, “Sure, you can send it, but we’ll only write about it if we try it out and discover that it’s truly a “just the right thing.” Today, for the first time, I’m going [...]

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10 Fabulous Things You Can Do With Maps

July 28, 2011
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I love maps. The old fashioned kind…meaning paper. With a map you can orient yourself, know your place in the world and see the possibilities beyond you. And apart from using a map for the obvious there are so many wonderful things you can do with a map. I was reminded of this today when [...]

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New Additions To Our Family

July 14, 2011

I’ve never had such a hard time writing…. BECAUSE THE CHICKS ARE HERE!!! And all we want to do is watch them. Here’s some pics so far. Info: Sawyer is jealous.  A 17 year-old is jealous of the baby chicks. He’s like, “I bet you weren’t this excited before I was born.” And I’m like, “They’re [...]

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Nancy’s Summer Good Things

July 1, 2011
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I think I might be related to lettuce – in a DNA kind of way. On the news last night they said the temperature today would get to the upper 90s, so this morning I went out early to cut some flowers, water the pots, fill the bird feeders and pick the last of the [...]

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A Simple, Useful Tool for Cleaning Paint Brushes

June 29, 2011
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At my house we are in a frenzy of main level updating. So far we’ve repainted the living room, sitting room and kitchen. (Look out family room, you’re next.) Over the past 30 years, Alan and I have lived in five houses and we’ve painted every room in every one of those houses at least [...]

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Practical Tip: Removing Rust from Stainless Steel

April 14, 2011

A friend recently asked if I knew why rust is forming on some knives she’s had for a long time. It reminded me that I have a similar problem on my everyday dinner knives. For those of us who have had our knives and silverware around for a long time (ours are still the same [...]

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Love of Dogs

March 18, 2011
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I was going to write about hair. But then I saw this video of a loyal dog in Japan and it seemed silly to write about hair.

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Practical Tip of the Week: Peeling Potatoes

March 9, 2011
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We love getting tips from our readers! This week’s practical tip comes from Petra who sent us a link to this video on an easy way to remove the peel from potatoes without a potato peeler. As an added bonus you’ll recognize Dawn Wells (Mary Ann from Gilligan’s Island) demonstrating how to do it. Now [...]

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Happy Blogisversary to Us!

October 5, 2010
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It’s our one year Blogiversary! We find it hard to believe but it’s true, we started Just the Right Things one year ago this month. Over the past few weeks we’ve been analyzing our blog data and thought you’d enjoy seeing our top posts in each category; College, Food, Gifts, House & Home, Interesting Websites, [...]

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