This newsletter is sent out to subscribers twice a month. Enjoy! Carol Riggles ======================== :: WORDS TO LIVE BY :: ======================== Summer is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.       --- John Ruskin ======================== :: FEATURE ARTICLE :: ======================== Say Bye Bye to Summer by Carol Riggles Hurricane Isabel has now come and gone, and I was one of the lucky ones - I only lost my phone service for a short time. My neighbors were not so lucky and will be spending most of their beautiful fall weekends repairing the damage caused by the high winds. I took advantage of the advanced hurricane warning and cleared my deck of all the furniture, decorations, toys, and all the miscellaneous clutter that had accumulated over the summer. Before I put anything back out on the deck I will be cleaning and treating the deck - an annual chore I really detest. Other projects include cleaning the patio furniture, and packing up the summer toys and decorations for another year. Finding some place to keep all this stuff isn't as difficult as you may think if you use a rotation system for storing seasonal items. The summer stuff will get put away but the fall stuff will be unpacked at the same time so that the same storage area can be used for both. You can even use the same storage containers - simply change the labels. I like creating a clear plastic pocket label holder on the storage box that holds index cards. You can make your own by cutting page protectors to the right size and taping them to the boxes along the sides and bottom with clear packing tape. Then just write the names of the months or seasons that are applicable for your storage needs and slip them all in the pocket with the appropriate card label visible. One 8.5 x 11 inch page protector should yield 8 label pockets because you don't need two thicknesses of plastic - just one. About the author: Carol Riggles, owner of Carroll Creek Remedies, provides simple, practical, and effective solutions for better health and a more organized lifestyle. ======================== :: JUST FOR FUN :: ======================== A guy took his girlfriend to her first football game. Afterward he asked her how she liked the game. "I liked it, but I couldn't understand why they were killing each other for 25 cents," she said. "What do you mean?" he asked. "Well, everyone kept yelling, 'Get the quarter back!'" ======================== :: INTERESTING INFO :: ======================== Don't Put Away Your Gardening Tools Summer may be over but there's still plenty of planting to do. Your hard work this fall will pay off before you know it. Now is a good time for small, shallow-rooted vegetables like lettuce, radishes, carrots, spinach, garlic and lettuce. For flowers, think small-statured annuals like pansy, dwarf marigold and viola planted in containers as small as 2 gallons. For your garden, you can also consider calendula, snapdragon, stock and ornamental kale for October planting. Fall is also an excellent time to plan ahead for next season's garden. If you've considered converting grassy areas into a new garden, then now's the time to do it. Find a sunny area and grab a spade and plow. Turn the dirt several times and sow a crop cover such as winter rye for extra support. By doing this now the grass will have a chance to break down over the winter months. Source: www.truevalue.com ======================== :: TIME-SAVING IDEA :: ======================== Fall is a popular time of the year for repainting things - inside and outdoors, but sometimes the paint job can't be completed at one time or in one day. There is no need to clean your paint brushes and rollers before the job is done. Simply put the brushes and rollers in an airtight plastic bag. The next day when you are ready to use them again they will still be as moist and soft to use as when you put them in there. If there will be several days between uses, you can place the bagged brushes and rollers in the refrigerator. I hate cleaning up after painting, especially after using oil-based paint. Now I can do a little bit on each painting project every day, instead of having to find a time when I can get a few hours to devote to a project. Plus, this little trick can really save some time - time that is better spent enjoying the pleasantly cool and sunny fall weather. =========================== :: COPYRIGHT INFORMATION :: =========================== Copyright 2003 - CCR Enterprises - All rights reserved in all countries. Reproduction of this material is prohibited in any form without prior permission. 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