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The 5 Essential Ingredients to Achieve Academic Success

Being a student comes with many challenges. From choosing the right courses, to passing exams, to all kinds of deadlines, succeeding in school can sometimes feel like an insurmountable goal. But with all the “old-school” resources that can be found on campus and off,...

The 5 Essential Ingredients to Achieve Academic Success

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Nerds Go Back To School

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Grateful though I am to my alma mater, the University of St. Thomas, my Liberal Arts degree turned out to be less satisfying to me than I'd orignally hoped. And with the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic bringing some new clarity into my life, Joe and I made the decision...

Dalworth Rug Cleaning Scholarship Contest 2021

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Joe and I are dog people! Our dogs, Mousse and Eleanor, are our family and we love them dearly. But sometimes with dogs, nature calls before we can get outside and so...accidents happen. When they do, I don't fret too much because I know some creative ways to remove...

Between Wind and Water

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Bring me that horizonFirst Mate BreeEulalia finally returns to the bay after being stuck in the slip since July 2019 when we broke her. Captain Joe and crew get their sea legs back after a over a year of land-lubbering on a gorgeous winter day!I was nervous that we...

Happy 17th Birthday Mousse!

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Mousse celebrates her 17th birthday!That's like 119 in dog years!We had a very nice birthday party for Mousse. I made party hats for the girls out of paper and yarn and Joe made PUPcakes out of cheese, flour, and peanut butter (yum). But they were a big hit with the...