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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:12:06 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[15-Minute Cleanups for Every Room]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I'm not going to get off scot-free, however. I'm on cleanup patrol at my Mom's house. And while her house is certainly cleaner than mine - sorry, Mom, you did your best with me - it can use a quick once over before company arrives.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Basic Cleaning Supply List]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[My first job, as always, will be to run to the store for supplies. I always volunteer for this, as it gets me out of the first round of tidying. (I'm sneaky like that.)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[9 Tips for Speed Cleaning]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Ooh, this is good advice: "The room you always leave until last is the best one to start in. Procrastinating the rooms we hate cleaning only makes us feel worse when we say that we're done." Guess that means I'm starting with the bathroom. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The 10 Best Web Sites of the Decade]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Of course, we don't just use the Web to kill time. It's become the major way we get news, do research, even buy stuff. In fact, some of you are probably reading this on a computer ordered from an online retailer, at a job you got on an internet job board, prior to returning to your house, which you first discovered online. Makes you wonder how we ever got along without it.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The 10 Most Influential People on the Web]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[And these are the folks we have to thank for the New Connectedness. You can probably follow each and every one of them via Twitter, Facebook, and various electronic passenger pigeons. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Top 10 News Stories of the Decade]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[One thing that changed this decade: Even dedicated newspaper lovers supplemented their news diet with online coverage. These stories most likely first entered your consciousness via the Web. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Creative Gift Wrapping Ideas]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[But seriously, how bad could it be? Pretty bad, I assure you. Yesterday, I decided to get a head start on my wrapping, and got through exactly two presents. It took an hour. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Homemade Gift Wrap Ideas]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I used a whole roll of tape. And when I was finished, both presents looked like they were growing tubers or perhaps eggs out of at least one side of each package. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Make Your Own Gift Wrap and Gift Boxes]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[After about an hour, I had to lie down. My plan for the rest of my gifts? Creative wrapping ideas. After all, if I make interesting packages for my presents, maybe no one will notice that they're oddly shaped. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gifts Without Guilt]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Want to give a gift that gives back, but still give your friends and family something to open? This is your list. I might need to buy a Zambi the Baby Elephant for myself. (Don't worry: It's a doll. I know I'm not zoned for elephants.) ]]></description>
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