Think Safety Before, During, and After You Move to a New Home – Part 1

Think safety when selling or buying a new home or moving

Precaution is better than cure. ~Edward Coke Safety is a cheap and effective insurance policy. ~Author Unknown Safety never takes a holiday. ~Author Unknown Danger never takes a vacation. ~Author Unknown While on a ladder, never step back to admire your work. ~Author Unknown OK, I admit it. The last quote doesn't have much to do with my topic today of safety when you move to a new home - but it did make me laugh and I'm hoping you are chuckling too. The rest of the quotes, all via Quote Garden, DO have something to do with my topic - safety is important even during the moving process. … Continue reading...

Resources and Ideas to Tick Off Those Pesky Ticks!

Chickens can help multigenerational caregivers multitask by eating bad bugs like ticks 300

As much as I dislike the creepie crawlies and other irritating members of the insect world, they are a fact of life. So before I totally leave the subject, I have one more irritating pest to discuss - Ticks! Would you believe it, I never even HEARD of a tick until I was an adult. That's when they first discovered Lyme Disease - caused by a bacteria transmitted by these tiny pesky dangerous little bugs! Unfortunately there appear to be ticks in every state of the union - though not all carry diseases and not all carry the SAME diseases. The CDC has several graphics to explain which ticks carry … Continue reading...

Keep Those Bed Bugs From Biting When Moving Into a New Home

Cute and cuddly bears on a slightly messy bed will help Kaye Swain keep the bed bugs away

"Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite." For decades, parents used to end their good nights to their children (including me) with this "cute" little poem. Now that bed bugs are again in the news because they are being found in more and more places, I have lost ALL fondness for this little saying. And yet, my grandkids even know it and love to say it to their great-grandma before SHE does. :) According to Wikipedia, "Bed bugs have been known as human parasites for thousands of years. At a point in the early 1940s, they were mostly eradicated in the developed world, but have … Continue reading...

Around the Country with Family Fun for the 4th of July

Patriotic fun for our multigenerational families are usually right in our own home towns

The 4th of July! One of my favorite holidays! It's full of festive red, white and blue everything, rousing patriotic music of all kinds, and exhilarating fireworks - large and small! No matter where you live, there's bound to be some kind of celebration somewhere or, if caregiving or other issues of life are keeping you close to home, you can buy your own fireworks, crank up the music player - be it iPod or a senior relative's tape player, and enjoy the festivities in your own yard. Want some examples? Check these out: The Melaleuca Freedom Celebration Schedule July 4th - … Continue reading...

Welcome to My New Site

As you can tell, on the first day I posted this was definitely, a work in progress :)   But now it's going good. So if you're ready to check things out, just go to KayeSwain.com/blog. Or if you'd rather search for homes for sale on the mls, just click here now.               PS For Cloudflare   cf-verify-yd4837t93 … Continue reading...

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