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Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Countertops are like relationships. Some are easygoing and low-maintenance (heres looking at you, quartz), while needier ones demand constant attention. And if youre not willing to put in the effort, you might grow to regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow. But soonand for the rest of your countertop's life. Joking aside, its important to take proper care of your countertops, one of the major workhorses of your kitchen. Otherwise, your investment can become scratched, cracked, or stained. "Countertop care isn't one size fits all," says JohnGaleotafiore, director...

Disclaimer: I received a FREE copy of this product through the HOMESCHOOL REVIEW CREW in exchange for my honest review. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way.This post contains affiliate links I'll admit, over the past several years of homeschooling, I've slightly neglected any formal geography studies... I wasn't sure if Let's Go Geography would work for us, but I figured it was worth a try. So we jumped right in with Let's Go Geography, Year 2!"Okay, we're going to do a geography lesson and then we'll be done with...

DEBORAH CROMBIE: In a comment last week, Hallie mentioned a recipe she'd seen in the Boston paper for a cabbage and tomato soup served with sour cream and dill. That reminded me that I used to make a similar cabbage soup called Schi, which I loved. But what, I wondered, had happened to the recipe?First, I looked in the big, messy (I mean really messy!) three-ring binder where I stick newspaper recipe clippings and appliance instructions. No luck, although a lot of stuff fell out on the floor. But I knew I had a printed recipe, so I kept thinking...

I was sitting at my desk in my home office and I wanted to turn on the room light, but I couldn't reach - I was off from the switch by about 3 inches. Being too lazy to get out of my chair, I picked up my external battery pack (exactly the same one as shown below) which was on my desk, clipped a binder clip onto it and reached for the switch. The moment I hit the switch on, the lightbulb flashed on and burnt out. I thought "ok that was weird, I guess it was going to burn...

So, you want to upgrade your bathroom a little, but youre afraid of the cost. Maybe money is a little tight or you just want to be money-savvy, then do we have the best article for you. To really give your bathroom a new breath of fresh air and save money at the same time, consider up-cycling your everyday items around the house. Everyone has old items just lying around that are taking up a little too much space, so make use of them by incorporating it into your bathroom for a new look or maybe a little organization. That...