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    <title>Houston's Home Staging &amp; House Stagers Information~Houston Texas Home Staging Blog~Redesign Etc.~RESA~AHSR</title>
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    <description>Home Staging in Houston, Home Stagers Tips, Home Staging Ideas, Getting Your House Ready to Sell, Real Estate Staging, Benefits to Home Staging, Staging for Empty &amp; Lived-in houses,  Houston Area Real Estate Properties, Houston Realtors.  Events and Activities for Houston and surrounding areas. And anything else that pops into my head!</description>
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      <guid>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1359002/christmas-decor-trends-2009-10</guid>
      <title>Christmas Decor Trends 2009-10</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;airy1&quot; src=&quot;http://www.trendsinc.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/airy1-175x250.jpg&quot; height=&quot;250&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;175&quot; /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.trendsinc.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/airy2.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;airy2&quot; src=&quot;http://www.trendsinc.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/airy2-181x250.jpg&quot; height=&quot;250&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;181&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.trendsinc.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sweet1.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;sweet1&quot; src=&quot;http://www.trendsinc.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sweet1-175x250.jpg&quot; height=&quot;250&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;175&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.trendsinc.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sweet2.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;sweet2&quot; src=&quot;http://www.trendsinc.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sweet2-181x250.jpg&quot; height=&quot;250&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;181&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.trendsinc.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/comfort1.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;comfort1&quot; src=&quot;http://www.trendsinc.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/comfort1-174x250.jpg&quot; height=&quot;250&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;174&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.trendsinc.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/comfort2.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;comfort2&quot; src=&quot;http://www.trendsinc.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/comfort2-182x250.jpg&quot; height=&quot;250&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;182&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.trendsinc.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/obsession1.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;obsession1&quot; src=&quot;http://www.trendsinc.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/obsession1-175x250.jpg&quot; height=&quot;250&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;175&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.trendsinc.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/obsession2.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;obsession2&quot; src=&quot;http://www.trendsinc.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/obsession2-182x250.jpg&quot; height=&quot;250&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;182&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Photos Christmas World&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For anyone interested in&amp;nbsp;decorating trends for Christmas, Frankfurt, Germany&amp;nbsp;will be hosting the largest Christmas trade&amp;nbsp;show of its kind.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; What a beautiful place, and beautiful things.&amp;nbsp; All things new for 2010.&amp;nbsp; Very chic, lots of clear glass, and sparkle with clean lines.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The forecasting team of &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bora-herke.de/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;bora.herke stilb&amp;uuml;ro&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;has put together the theme &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://christmasworld.messefrankfurt.com/frankfurt/en/fakten_trends_2010.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;airy, sweet, comfort and obsession&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; They are said to have breathtaking designs and displays, but unless you plan on taking a trip to Germany for these trendy decorations, don't expect North America to see them until 2010.&amp;nbsp; We are always one year behind!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://christmasworld.messefrankfurt.com/frankfurt/en/besucher/willkommen/erleben.html&quot; title=&quot;christmas world&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Christmas World Website&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.christmasworld.messefrankfurt.com/frankfurt/en/besucher/messeprofil.html&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Redesign Etc. Website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;Redesign Etc. Houston, TX, &amp;nbsp;Full-Service home staging with expert professional stagers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;Please visit our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for more information.&amp;nbsp; We also have a location for the Houston Bay Area &lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;League City Home Staging&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Or contact &lt;a title=&quot;Cindy Bryant&quot; href=&quot;mailto:cindy@redesignetc.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cindy Bryant&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Areas Served&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Houston, River Oaks, Tanglewood, Bellaire,&amp;nbsp;Piney Point, Mid-Town, The Heights, Montrose, Texas Medical Center, The East End, West Loop/Galleria/Memorial,&amp;nbsp;Downtown, Museum District, West University,&amp;nbsp;Spring Branch, Royal Oaks-Lakeside, League City, Clear Lake City, Friendswood, Kemah, Seabrook, Pearland, Sugar Land, Spring,&amp;nbsp;Cypress, Tomball,&amp;nbsp;The Woodlands, Kingwood.&amp;nbsp; And all areas down to Galveston Island.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Cindy Bryant~Houston's Home Staging &amp; Professional Home Stagers~RVP RESA~ASHSR (Redesign Etc.~Specialist in Staging Vacant Properties.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:58:29 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1359002/christmas-decor-trends-2009-10</link>
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      <guid>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1360540/get-ready-to-sell-your-home-now-springs-around-the-corner-</guid>
      <title>Get Ready to Sell Your Home Now...Springs Around the Corner!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;It's hard to imagine it now, but Christmas is only&amp;nbsp;26 days away, New Years will shortly follow, and then it will be spring break.&amp;nbsp; Or the beginning of the selling season.&amp;nbsp; This is typically when homeowners list or re-list their homes in hopes of buyers striking while the iron is hot.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Competition is the toughest.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Everyone has to have their homes in show ready&amp;nbsp;condition to intrigue&amp;nbsp;buyers that have&amp;nbsp;a multitude of choices.&amp;nbsp; Especially older homes, or homes that are just a few years old that are competing against the brand new homes with all kinds of incentives and upgrades.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I see houses on the MLS system that have been on the market for months, even over a year.&amp;nbsp; The houses don't look that bad from the outside, so what is the problem?&amp;nbsp; I then click on the photos, and there is my answer.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;The inside has absolutely nothing appealing or interesting about it.&amp;nbsp; Just another track home that looks like every&amp;nbsp;other house in it's master planned community.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;It is either empty, stark, and plain vanilla, or the furniture and decorating is distracting from any features the house might have.&amp;nbsp; From mismatched outdated furniture, bad paint choices,&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;akward furniture placement and use of rooms.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I've&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;seen some beautiful homes in Houston,&amp;nbsp;that I've admired in certain neighborhoods, and have jokingly said, when that house goes up for sale, I'm buying it sight unseen!&amp;nbsp; Well, one of my favorite houses did go up for sale, and I looked at the internet photos.&amp;nbsp; I couldn't believe it, here was this gorgeous home on the outside, beautiful architecture, perfectly manicured, picture perfect.&amp;nbsp; I then looked at the inside and thought this can't be the same house.&amp;nbsp; Unfortunately it was, and the inside got left behind in the&amp;nbsp;60's, and the house was not that old.&amp;nbsp; It was the way it had been finished out, not attractive at all.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;It would have to be updated if you could picture in your mind what it would look like, most people can't.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; How many times have you seen a beautiful home only to be disappointed in the interior.&amp;nbsp; For most people it will be a deal killer, and they won't bother to even look at a house in person.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;That is where home staging comes in.&amp;nbsp; All of these homes could benefit from some form of home staging, whether it be furniture placement, and re-purposing of items&amp;nbsp;from other rooms, fresh paint colors, some new&amp;nbsp;updated pieces brought in, new furniture and accessories in certain areas or just room by room recommendations.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you are selling your home it probably means you will be looking to buy one as well.&amp;nbsp; When you are looking at internet photos of houses to buy, remember, someone else is looking at the home you are trying to sell on the internet...What impression are they going to have?&amp;nbsp; Don't give them a reason to move on to the next house...make them want to see yours first!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;************************************************************************************&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class='agent_signature'&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Follow my Blog on Twitter&quot; href=&quot;http://twitter.com/TXHomeStager&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.siahdesign.com/images/twit7b.gif&quot; alt=&quot;animated twitter button&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a title=&quot;Follow me on Facebook&quot; href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1301919964&amp;amp;ref=profile&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:LTkRB8ED8k4OcM:http://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/logo_facebook.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; height=&quot;56&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a title=&quot;View my profile on Linkedin&quot; href=&quot;http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&amp;amp;key=9668580&amp;amp;locale=en_US&amp;amp;trk=tab_pro&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/img/webpromo/btn_viewmy_160x33.gif&quot; alt=&quot;View my profile on LinkedIn&quot; width=&quot;160&quot; height=&quot;33&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Redesign Etc. Website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;Redesign Etc. Houston, TX, &amp;nbsp;Full-Service home staging with expert professional stagers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;Please visit our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for more information.&amp;nbsp; We also have a location for the Houston Bay Area &lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;League City Home Staging&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Or contact &lt;a title=&quot;Cindy Bryant&quot; href=&quot;mailto:cindy@redesignetc.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cindy Bryant&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Areas Served&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Houston, River Oaks, Tanglewood, Bellaire,&amp;nbsp;Piney Point, Mid-Town, The Heights, Montrose, Texas Medical Center, The East End, West Loop/Galleria/Memorial,&amp;nbsp;Downtown, Museum District, West University,&amp;nbsp;Spring Branch, Royal Oaks-Lakeside, League City, Clear Lake City, Friendswood, Kemah, Seabrook, Pearland, Sugar Land, Spring,&amp;nbsp;Cypress, Tomball,&amp;nbsp;The Woodlands, Kingwood.&amp;nbsp; And all areas down to Galveston Island.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Cindy Bryant~Houston's Home Staging &amp; Professional Home Stagers~RVP RESA~ASHSR (Redesign Etc.~Specialist in Staging Vacant Properties.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:53:51 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1360540/get-ready-to-sell-your-home-now-springs-around-the-corner-</link>
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      <title>Wreaths Across America</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wreaths across America is a non-profit organization that will put wreaths at our National Cemeteries for fallen heroes headstone.&amp;nbsp; You can sponsor a wreath in your area, and each Cemetery has a ceremony for&amp;nbsp;active soldiers and veterans and fall soldiers.&amp;nbsp; This is a way we as Americans can show our respects for the brave men and women that have gone to battle and risked their lives to save ours.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wreaths-across-america.org/&quot; title=&quot;Wreaths Across America&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;For More Information on Wreaths Across America Click Here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;Please visit our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for more information.&amp;nbsp; We also have a location for the Houston Bay Area &lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;League City Home Staging&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Or contact &lt;a title=&quot;Cindy Bryant&quot; href=&quot;mailto:cindy@redesignetc.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cindy Bryant&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Areas Served&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Houston, River Oaks, Tanglewood, Bellaire,&amp;nbsp;Piney Point, Mid-Town, The Heights, Montrose, Texas Medical Center, The East End, West Loop/Galleria/Memorial,&amp;nbsp;Downtown, Museum District, West University,&amp;nbsp;Spring Branch, Royal Oaks-Lakeside, League City, Clear Lake City, Friendswood, Kemah, Seabrook, Pearland, Sugar Land, Spring,&amp;nbsp;Cypress, Tomball,&amp;nbsp;The Woodlands, Kingwood.&amp;nbsp; And all areas down to Galveston Island.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana,geneva;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana,geneva;&quot;&gt;&quot;Staging Houston Homes to Sell&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Cindy Bryant~Houston's Home Staging &amp; Professional Home Stagers~RVP RESA~ASHSR (Redesign Etc.~Specialist in Staging Vacant Properties.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:51:10 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1360536/wreaths-across-america</link>
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      <title>Warehouse Space Needed</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Warehouse space needed in Clear Lake, Friendswood, League City or surrounding area.&amp;nbsp; Approximately 2000 sf minimum.&amp;nbsp; Loading dock or ramp, secure, 24/7 access.&amp;nbsp; Non-flood area.&amp;nbsp; No office or store front area needed.&amp;nbsp; Would consider expanding parameters.&amp;nbsp; Could occupy in Jan.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you know of something please contact Cindy @ &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:Cindy@Redesignetc.com&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cindy@Redesignetc.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;Please visit our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for more information.&amp;nbsp; We also have a location for the Houston Bay Area &lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;League City Home Staging&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Or contact &lt;a title=&quot;Cindy Bryant&quot; href=&quot;mailto:cindy@redesignetc.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cindy Bryant&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Areas Served&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Houston, River Oaks, Tanglewood, Bellaire,&amp;nbsp;Piney Point, Mid-Town, The Heights, Montrose, Texas Medical Center, The East End, West Loop/Galleria/Memorial,&amp;nbsp;Downtown, Museum District, West University,&amp;nbsp;Spring Branch, Royal Oaks-Lakeside, League City, Clear Lake City, Friendswood, Kemah, Seabrook, Pearland, Sugar Land, Spring,&amp;nbsp;Cypress, Tomball,&amp;nbsp;The Woodlands, Kingwood.&amp;nbsp; And all areas down to Galveston Island.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana,geneva;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana,geneva;&quot;&gt;&quot;Staging Houston Homes to Sell&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Cindy Bryant~Houston's Home Staging &amp; Professional Home Stagers~RVP RESA~ASHSR (Redesign Etc.~Specialist in Staging Vacant Properties.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:48:20 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1360531/warehouse-space-needed</link>
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      <guid>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1360525/interior-room-redesigns-for-christmas-gifts</guid>
      <title>Interior Room Redesigns for Christmas Gifts</title>
      <description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Redesign Etc. Gift Certificate&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/2/9/1/9/6/ar125961718369192.jpg&quot; height=&quot;388&quot; alt=&quot;Redesign Etc. Gift Certificate&quot; width=&quot;518&quot; /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Give the gift of Interior Redesign to that someone that has everything or that is always hard to buy for. We will come in and redesign one room or your whole house. We use what you already own and give you a whole new look. Having a party?&amp;nbsp; Have us come in and get your home, ready for when your guest arrive.&amp;nbsp; They will leave wondering what you've done differently with your home.&amp;nbsp; We can transform your home while you're there or while that special person is out for the day. I promise they will love it! Redesigns can take as little as a few hours for several rooms.&amp;nbsp; Years ago we based our premise on the concept of Interior Redesigns.&amp;nbsp; Since then, we have grown into a full service home staging company, able to accommodate properties for sale or lived in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gift Certificates can also&amp;nbsp;be great for Christmas, Birthdays, Mother's Day, Valentines Day, Anniversaries, Shower or Wedding gifts, House Warming Gifts.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prices vary according to size and scope of project.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;*************************************************************************************&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class='agent_signature'&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Follow my Blog on Twitter&quot; href=&quot;http://twitter.com/TXHomeStager&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.siahdesign.com/images/twit7b.gif&quot; alt=&quot;animated twitter button&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a title=&quot;Follow me on Facebook&quot; href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1301919964&amp;amp;ref=profile&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:LTkRB8ED8k4OcM:http://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/logo_facebook.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; height=&quot;56&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a title=&quot;View my profile on Linkedin&quot; href=&quot;http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&amp;amp;key=9668580&amp;amp;locale=en_US&amp;amp;trk=tab_pro&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/img/webpromo/btn_viewmy_160x33.gif&quot; alt=&quot;View my profile on LinkedIn&quot; width=&quot;160&quot; height=&quot;33&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;Please visit our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for more information.&amp;nbsp; We also have a location for the Houston Bay Area &lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;League City Home Staging&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Or contact &lt;a title=&quot;Cindy Bryant&quot; href=&quot;mailto:cindy@redesignetc.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cindy Bryant&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Areas Served&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Houston, River Oaks, Tanglewood, Bellaire,&amp;nbsp;Piney Point, Mid-Town, The Heights, Montrose, Texas Medical Center, The East End, West Loop/Galleria/Memorial,&amp;nbsp;Downtown, Museum District, West University,&amp;nbsp;Spring Branch, Royal Oaks-Lakeside, League City, Clear Lake City, Friendswood, Kemah, Seabrook, Pearland, Sugar Land, Spring,&amp;nbsp;Cypress, Tomball,&amp;nbsp;The Woodlands, Kingwood.&amp;nbsp; And all areas down to Galveston Island.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana,geneva;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana,geneva;&quot;&gt;&quot;Staging Houston Homes to Sell&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Cindy Bryant~Houston's Home Staging &amp; Professional Home Stagers~RVP RESA~ASHSR (Redesign Etc.~Specialist in Staging Vacant Properties.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:40:14 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1360525/interior-room-redesigns-for-christmas-gifts</link>
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      <title>Texas Recipe of the Week : Turkey Enchiladas</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.breedenart.com/resources/1+Texas+Flag+Old+for+set+1105+web+sized.JPG&quot; id=&quot;thumbnail&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:xx3tRmnnVNAWbM:http://www.breedenart.com/resources/1+Texas+Flag+Old+for+set+1105+web+sized.JPG&quot; height=&quot;80&quot; alt=&quot;See full size image&quot; width=&quot;113&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you have some turkey leftovers from Thanksgiving why not make some Turkey enchiladas!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.lesleycooks.com/maindishes/turkey_enchiladas.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;193&quot; alt=&quot;Turkey Enchiladas&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2 1/2&amp;nbsp;C. enchilada sauce, divided&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2&amp;nbsp;C. shredded turkey&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1 pkg. (8oz.) Mexican style finely shredded four cheese, divided&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4 green onions, chopped, divided&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;12 white corn tortillas (6 inch), warmed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1 large tomato, seeded, chopped&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1/4&amp;nbsp;C.fresh cilantro&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2 T. Italian dressing&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Recipe:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Heat oven to 350 degrees.&amp;nbsp; Spread 1/2 c enchilada sauce onto bottom of 13 X 9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray.&amp;nbsp; Combine turkey, 1/2&amp;nbsp; c each cheese and enchilada sauce, and 1/4 c onions.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Spoon 1/4 c. turkey mixture down centers of tortillas;&amp;nbsp; fold over sides to enclose filling.&amp;nbsp; Place, seam-sides down, in prepared dish; top with remaining sauce and cheese .&amp;nbsp; Cover.&amp;nbsp; Bake 30 min. or until cheese is melted, uncovering the last 5 min.&amp;nbsp; Meanwhile, combine tomatoes, remaining onions, cilantro and dressing.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For more &quot;Texas Recipes of the Week&quot; check these out!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://activerain.com/blogsview/1237085/texas-recipe-of-the-week-easy-chili-rellenos&quot; title=&quot;easy chili rellenos&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Easy Chile Rellenos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://activerain.com/blogsview/1269097/texas-recipe-of-the-week-copper-pennies&quot; title=&quot;copper pennies&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Copper Pennies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://activerain.com/blogsview/1256776/texas-recipe-of-the-week-my-moms-frito-salad&quot; title=&quot;my moms frito salad&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;My Moms Frito Salad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:18:58 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>Best Christmas Light Shows in America 2009</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.travelguideofamerica.com/landscapes/JPhouse1.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Click to see larger photo of Christmas lights.&quot; src=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/714/839/320/643753/JPhousemini1.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;photo of Christmas lights on the Arborway, Jamaica Plain&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We all have traditions at Christmas.&amp;nbsp; Christmas lights have always been a&amp;nbsp;favorite, whether it be in your neighborhood or downtown.&amp;nbsp; Many businesses are getting into the act by transforming their buildings into magical wonderlands of lights, music and dancing characters.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Below is a list of the 10 Best Christmas Light Shows in Amercia: (According to Americas Best &amp;amp; Top 10)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bransonsilverdollarcity.com/festivals/&quot;&gt;Silver Dollar City &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oglebay-resort.com/fol.htm&quot;&gt;Oglebay Festival of Lights&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.callawaygardens.com/info/calendar/callawaycalendarevent.fantasy_in_lights.item.asp&quot;&gt;Fantasy of Lights&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4. &lt;a href=&quot;http://smokymountainwinterfest.com/&quot;&gt;Smoky Mountain Winterfest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/tol/&quot;&gt;Trail of Lights&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lakelanierislands.com/mnol.php&quot;&gt;Magical Nights of Lights&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;7. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ccprc.com/index.asp?nid=140&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Holiday Festival of Lights&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.seerockcity.com/lights/&quot;&gt;Enchanted Garden of Lights&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;9&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.southernlightsky.org/&quot;&gt;Southern Lights&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.festivaloflightsca.com/&quot;&gt;Mission Inn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Honorable Mention&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.100milesoflights.com/&quot;&gt;100 Miles of Lights&lt;/a&gt; - Virginia Beach, VA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ettractions.com/ettractions/att/16340.asp&quot;&gt;Bright Nights at Forest Park&lt;/a&gt; - Springfield, MA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.icicleinn.com/festivals/christmaslighting.htm&quot;&gt;Christmas Lighting Festival&lt;/a&gt; -&amp;nbsp; Leavenworth, WA -&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.clotxmas.com/photoTour.asp&quot;&gt;Clot Family Christmas&lt;/a&gt; - Pinecrest, FL - Thanksgiving&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.moodygardens.com/seasonal_fun/festival_of_lights/&quot;&gt;Festival of Lights&lt;/a&gt; - Galveston, Texas&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hsvbg.org/&quot;&gt;Galaxy of Lights at the Huntsville Botanical Garden &lt;/a&gt;-&amp;nbsp; Huntsville, AL &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forsyth.cc/tanglewood/&quot;&gt;Tanglewood's Festival of Lights&lt;/a&gt; -&amp;nbsp; Clemmons, N.C&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thingstodo.com/states/UT/salt_lake/templesquare_xmas.htm&quot;&gt;Temple Square in Salt Lake City&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.louisvillemegacavern.com/pages/lights-under-louisville.php&quot;&gt;Lights Under Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lfdstation20.com/&quot;&gt;Lexington Fire Station 20, Lexington KY&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://hyattextremechristmas.wordpress.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://hyattextremechristmas.wordpress.com/&quot;&gt;Hyatt's Extreme Christmas Home&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://hyattextremechristmas.wordpress.com/&quot;&gt;, Fort Lauderdale, Florida&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I know there are many more than this, but I guess they had to narrow it down.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;One show that has over 2 million lights in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectID=38&amp;amp;articleID=20091123_38_D1_JamesS49496&quot; title=&quot;christmas lights rhema broken arrow,ok&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Broken Arrow, OK is at Rhema Church.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Where are your favorites?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;Please visit our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for more information.&amp;nbsp; We also have a location for the Houston Bay Area &lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;League City Home Staging&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Or contact &lt;a title=&quot;Cindy Bryant&quot; href=&quot;mailto:cindy@redesignetc.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cindy Bryant&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Areas Served&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Houston, River Oaks, Tanglewood, Bellaire,&amp;nbsp;Piney Point, Mid-Town, The Heights, Montrose, Texas Medical Center, The East End, West Loop/Galleria/Memorial,&amp;nbsp;Downtown, Museum District, West University,&amp;nbsp;Spring Branch, Royal Oaks-Lakeside, League City, Clear Lake City, Friendswood, Kemah, Seabrook, Pearland, Sugar Land, Spring,&amp;nbsp;Cypress, Tomball,&amp;nbsp;The Woodlands, Kingwood.&amp;nbsp; And all areas down to Galveston Island.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana,geneva;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana,geneva;&quot;&gt;&quot;Staging Houston Homes to Sell&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Cindy Bryant~Houston's Home Staging &amp; Professional Home Stagers~RVP RESA~ASHSR (Redesign Etc.~Specialist in Staging Vacant Properties.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:04:58 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1360233/best-christmas-light-shows-in-america-2009</link>
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      <title>Christmas Tree Farm-Holiday Acres-Manvel, TX 2009</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.christmastree.org/trees/virginiapine.jpg&quot; height=&quot;321&quot; alt=&quot;Virginia pine&quot; width=&quot;204&quot; /&gt;The Holiday Acres&amp;nbsp; Christmas tree farm is located 20 miles south of Houston in Manvel, just a block off Texas Hwy 6.&amp;nbsp; For many cutting the family Christmas tree has become a tradition, and you can pick out your very own tree and have it cut down.&amp;nbsp; Prices start at $34 and range from 5 to 6 feet on up.&amp;nbsp; Holiday Acres grows Virginia Pines, and host numerous activities for visitors.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;They are open Thursday-Saturday from 9am to 5pm.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For more information visit:&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theholidayacres.com/index.htm/HomePage3.html&quot; title=&quot;the holday acres christmas trees&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Holiday Acres&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;***********************************************************************************&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class='agent_signature'&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Follow my Blog on Twitter&quot; href=&quot;http://twitter.com/TXHomeStager&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.siahdesign.com/images/twit7b.gif&quot; alt=&quot;animated twitter button&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a title=&quot;Follow me on Facebook&quot; href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1301919964&amp;amp;ref=profile&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:LTkRB8ED8k4OcM:http://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/logo_facebook.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; height=&quot;56&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a title=&quot;View my profile on Linkedin&quot; href=&quot;http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&amp;amp;key=9668580&amp;amp;locale=en_US&amp;amp;trk=tab_pro&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/img/webpromo/btn_viewmy_160x33.gif&quot; alt=&quot;View my profile on LinkedIn&quot; width=&quot;160&quot; height=&quot;33&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Redesign Etc. Website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;Redesign Etc. Houston, TX, &amp;nbsp;Full-Service home staging with expert professional stagers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;Please visit our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for more information.&amp;nbsp; We also have a location for the Houston Bay Area &lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;League City Home Staging&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Or contact &lt;a title=&quot;Cindy Bryant&quot; href=&quot;mailto:cindy@redesignetc.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cindy Bryant&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Areas Served&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Houston, River Oaks, Tanglewood, Bellaire,&amp;nbsp;Piney Point, Mid-Town, The Heights, Montrose, Texas Medical Center, The East End, West Loop/Galleria/Memorial,&amp;nbsp;Downtown, Museum District, West University,&amp;nbsp;Spring Branch, Royal Oaks-Lakeside, League City, Clear Lake City, Friendswood, Kemah, Seabrook, Pearland, Sugar Land, Spring,&amp;nbsp;Cypress, Tomball,&amp;nbsp;The Woodlands, Kingwood.&amp;nbsp; And all areas down to Galveston Island.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana,geneva;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana,geneva;&quot;&gt;&quot;Staging Houston Homes to Sell&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Cindy Bryant~Houston's Home Staging &amp; Professional Home Stagers~RVP RESA~ASHSR (Redesign Etc.~Specialist in Staging Vacant Properties.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:49:29 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1359044/christmas-tree-farm-holiday-acres-manvel-tx-2009</link>
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      <title>Find Your Lighting Style</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lighting is essential in a home.&amp;nbsp; Sounds simple enough, but the lighting you choose, sets the mood, and look of each room.&amp;nbsp; From ultra bright lights to low lit dim lights, they both evoke different emotions.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lighting is a staging must, and they must be properly placed in each room, they also, must be in proportion with everything else in the room.&amp;nbsp; Have you ever seen an enormous room with tiny thin buffet lights, or a very small room dwarfed by huge lamps that were as big as the tables they&amp;nbsp;were sitting on?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A great stager will know just how to use lighting to best benefit your home to accenutate features, and scale.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Try this:&amp;nbsp; In the same room, use these 4 different light bulbs and see how the room changes.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;It's amazing the difference light makes.&amp;nbsp; It affects the color of the walls and furniture.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://genet.gelighting.com/LightProducts/Dispatcher?REQUEST=CONSUMERCATEGORYSUBPAGE&amp;amp;CHANNEL=Consumer&amp;amp;CATEGORY=Lamps&amp;amp;bulbtype=Lamps_Compact%20Fluorescent&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Compact Fluorescent (CFL) Bulbs&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gelighting.com/na/home_lighting/products/edison_main.htm&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GE Edison&lt;sup&gt;TM&lt;/sup&gt; Bulbs - bright, crisp light&lt;sup&gt;TM&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gelighting.com/na/home_lighting/products/reveal_main.htm&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GE Reveal&amp;reg; Bulbs - clean, beautiful light&lt;sup&gt;TM&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://genet.gelighting.com/LightingStyle/html/index.html&quot; title=&quot;find your lighting style by GE&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A great video from GE about lighting.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class='agent_signature'&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Follow my Blog on Twitter&quot; href=&quot;http://twitter.com/TXHomeStager&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.siahdesign.com/images/twit7b.gif&quot; alt=&quot;animated twitter button&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a title=&quot;Follow me on Facebook&quot; href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1301919964&amp;amp;ref=profile&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:LTkRB8ED8k4OcM:http://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/logo_facebook.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; height=&quot;56&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a title=&quot;View my profile on Linkedin&quot; href=&quot;http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&amp;amp;key=9668580&amp;amp;locale=en_US&amp;amp;trk=tab_pro&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/img/webpromo/btn_viewmy_160x33.gif&quot; alt=&quot;View my profile on LinkedIn&quot; width=&quot;160&quot; height=&quot;33&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;Please visit our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for more information.&amp;nbsp; We also have a location for the Houston Bay Area &lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;League City Home Staging&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Or contact &lt;a title=&quot;Cindy Bryant&quot; href=&quot;mailto:cindy@redesignetc.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cindy Bryant&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Areas Served&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Houston, River Oaks, Tanglewood, Bellaire,&amp;nbsp;Piney Point, Mid-Town, The Heights, Montrose, Texas Medical Center, The East End, West Loop/Galleria/Memorial,&amp;nbsp;Downtown, Museum District, West University,&amp;nbsp;Spring Branch, Royal Oaks-Lakeside, League City, Clear Lake City, Friendswood, Kemah, Seabrook, Pearland, Sugar Land, Spring,&amp;nbsp;Cypress, Tomball,&amp;nbsp;The Woodlands, Kingwood.&amp;nbsp; And all areas down to Galveston Island.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Cindy Bryant~Houston's Home Staging &amp; Professional Home Stagers~RVP RESA~ASHSR (Redesign Etc.~Specialist in Staging Vacant Properties.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:42:59 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1358957/find-your-lighting-style</link>
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      <title>Happy Thanksgiving To Everyone!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Happy Thanksgiving Greetings &amp;amp; Best Wishes to Everyone!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;img src=&quot;http://peoriachronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/rockwell_thanksgiving.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I hope that all will have many blessings, enjoyment, safe travels and a well deserved holiday!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Some Funny Thanksgiving Quotes:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare.&amp;nbsp; They are consumed in twelve minutes.&amp;nbsp; Half-times take twelve minutes.&amp;nbsp; This is not coincidence&lt;/strong&gt;.&amp;nbsp; ~Erma Bombeck&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What we're really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets.&amp;nbsp; I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving?&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; ~Erma Bombeck&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday.&amp;nbsp; People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year.&amp;nbsp; And then discover once a year is way too often.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; ~Johnny Carson&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;May your stuffing be tasty&lt;br /&gt;May your turkey plump,&lt;br /&gt;May your potatoes and gravy&lt;br /&gt;Have nary a lump.&lt;br /&gt;May your yams be delicious&lt;br /&gt;And your pies take the prize,&lt;br /&gt;And may your Thanksgiving dinner&lt;br /&gt;Stay off your thighs!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~Author Unknown&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class='agent_signature'&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Follow my Blog on Twitter&quot; href=&quot;http://twitter.com/TXHomeStager&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.siahdesign.com/images/twit7b.gif&quot; alt=&quot;animated twitter button&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a title=&quot;Follow me on Facebook&quot; href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1301919964&amp;amp;ref=profile&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:LTkRB8ED8k4OcM:http://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/logo_facebook.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; height=&quot;56&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a title=&quot;View my profile on Linkedin&quot; href=&quot;http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&amp;amp;key=9668580&amp;amp;locale=en_US&amp;amp;trk=tab_pro&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/img/webpromo/btn_viewmy_160x33.gif&quot; alt=&quot;View my profile on LinkedIn&quot; width=&quot;160&quot; height=&quot;33&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Redesign Etc. Website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;Redesign Etc. Houston, TX, &amp;nbsp;Full-Service home staging with expert professional stagers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;Please visit our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for more information.&amp;nbsp; We also have a location for the Houston Bay Area &lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;League City Home Staging&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Or contact &lt;a title=&quot;Cindy Bryant&quot; href=&quot;mailto:cindy@redesignetc.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cindy Bryant&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Areas Served&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Houston, River Oaks, Tanglewood, Bellaire,&amp;nbsp;Piney Point, Mid-Town, The Heights, Montrose, Texas Medical Center, The East End, West Loop/Galleria/Memorial,&amp;nbsp;Downtown, Museum District, West University,&amp;nbsp;Spring Branch, Royal Oaks-Lakeside, League City, Clear Lake City, Friendswood, Kemah, Seabrook, Pearland, Sugar Land, Spring,&amp;nbsp;Cypress, Tomball,&amp;nbsp;The Woodlands, Kingwood.&amp;nbsp; And all areas down to Galveston Island.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana,geneva;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana,geneva;&quot;&gt;&quot;Staging Houston Homes to Sell&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Cindy Bryant~Houston's Home Staging &amp; Professional Home Stagers~RVP RESA~ASHSR (Redesign Etc.~Specialist in Staging Vacant Properties.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:13:52 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1356156/happy-thanksgiving-to-everyone-</link>
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      <title>Home Staging Tip - How to Reach Cobwebs on the Ceiling</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;img src=&quot;http://cdn-users1.imagechef.com/ic/stored/2/091116/samp6b52c4bcc924b789.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Click to Edit or Share&quot; /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;On the rare occurrence you may have cobwebs in the corner of a room, and can't reach it even with a ladder, there are a few other ways to try and get them down.&amp;nbsp; If you have two story ceilings these are great tips to get those pesty cobwebs down.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If your vaccum extensions are not long enough try using a telescoping painting pole, broom, mop or fishing pole covered by an old t-shirt, sock, pillowcase or nylon net or microfiber rag.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For those really tall ceilings wrap a tennis ball or racquetball in a rag and wrap a rubber band or twisty tie to hold it in place and throw it up until web is gone.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Just don't get too overeager and throw it so hard that it bounces off and breaks something.&amp;nbsp; Try throwing it as gently, but hard enough to reach the web.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;Please visit our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for more information.&amp;nbsp; We also have a location for the Houston Bay Area &lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;League City Home Staging&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Or contact &lt;a title=&quot;Cindy Bryant&quot; href=&quot;mailto:cindy@redesignetc.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cindy Bryant&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Areas Served&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Houston, River Oaks, Tanglewood, Bellaire,&amp;nbsp;Piney Point, Mid-Town, The Heights, Montrose, Texas Medical Center, The East End, West Loop/Galleria/Memorial,&amp;nbsp;Downtown, Museum District, West University,&amp;nbsp;Spring Branch, Royal Oaks-Lakeside, League City, Clear Lake City, Friendswood, Kemah, Seabrook, Pearland, Sugar Land, Spring,&amp;nbsp;Cypress, Tomball,&amp;nbsp;The Woodlands, Kingwood.&amp;nbsp; And all areas down to Galveston Island.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana,geneva;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana,geneva;&quot;&gt;&quot;Staging Houston Homes to Sell&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Cindy Bryant~Houston's Home Staging &amp; Professional Home Stagers~RVP RESA~ASHSR (Redesign Etc.~Specialist in Staging Vacant Properties.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:49:47 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1350991/home-staging-tip-how-to-reach-cobwebs-on-the-ceiling</link>
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      <title>Hunger &amp; Poverty Charities in Texas </title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thanksgiving and Christmas is the time for giving and helping others.&amp;nbsp; If you are looking for a top rated Charity in Texas for people that are hunger and living in poverty?&amp;nbsp; These are&amp;nbsp;legitimate charities that you can donate to&amp;nbsp;or volunteer for.&amp;nbsp; For more information check out each one below.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td width=&quot;65%&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/Texas-charities/Bryan-1618075.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brazos Valley Food Bank&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.brazosfoodbank.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.brazosfoodbank.org/&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td width=&quot;65%&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/Texas-charities/Austin-1470615.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Austin Habitat For Humanity&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/charities/TX.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.austinhabitat.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.austinhabitat.org/&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td width=&quot;65%&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/Texas-charities/Austin-1617187.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Capital Area Food Bank Of Texas-cafb&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.austinfoodbank.org&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.austinfoodbank.org&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td width=&quot;65%&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/Texas-charities/Dallas-1471316.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Central Dallas Ministries&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/charities/TX.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.centraldallasministries.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.centraldallasministries.org/&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td width=&quot;65%&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/Texas-charities/Pearland-1617192.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Christian Alliance&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/charities/TX.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.christian-alliance.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.christian-alliance.org/&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/charities/TX.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cisdallas.org&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.cisdallas.org&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td width=&quot;65%&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/Texas-charities/SanAntonio-1469311.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Daughters Of Charity Services Of San Antonio&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dcssa.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.dcssa.org/&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td width=&quot;65%&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/Texas-charities/Plano-1605816.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Deployed Soldiers Family Foundation&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/charities/TX.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dsffusa.org&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.dsffusa.org&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;table cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; width=&quot;97%&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;65%&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/Texas-charities/Tyler-1468710.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;East Texas Food Bank&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/charities/TX.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.etexfoodbank.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.etexfoodbank.org/&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;table cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; width=&quot;97%&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;65%&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/Texas-charities/Spring-1598762.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Elves &amp;amp; More&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/charities/TX.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.elvesandmore.org&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.elvesandmore.org&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;table cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; width=&quot;97%&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;65%&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/Texas-charities/Houston-1470700.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;End Hunger Network&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/charities/TX.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://endhungernetwork.org&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://endhungernetwork.org&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;table cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; width=&quot;97%&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;65%&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/Texas-charities/Houston-1470192.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Faith In Practice&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/charities/TX.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://faithinpractice.org&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://faithinpractice.org&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;table cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; width=&quot;97%&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;65%&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/Texas-charities/Addison-1600078.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Forrest Outreach Foundation&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/charities/TX.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forrestoutreachfoundation.org&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.forrestoutreachfoundation.org&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;table cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; width=&quot;97%&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;65%&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/Texas-charities/Plano-1612604.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Giving Movement&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/charities/TX.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thegivingmovement.org&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.thegivingmovement.org&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;table cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; width=&quot;97%&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;65%&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/Texas-charities/Houston-1587964.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Greater Houston Partnership&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/charities/TX.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.partnership.org&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.partnership.org&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;table cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; width=&quot;97%&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;65%&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/Texas-charities/Leander-1590383.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hill Country Community Ministries&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/charities/TX.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.HCCM.org&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.HCCM.org&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;table cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; width=&quot;97%&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;65%&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/Texas-charities/Plano-1601112.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;His Guiding Light Ministries&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/charities/TX.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.HisGuidingLightMinistries.org&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.HisGuidingLightMinistries.org&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;table cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; width=&quot;97%&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;65%&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/Texas-charities/Houston-1468256.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Houston Food Bank&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/charities/TX.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.houstonfoodbank.org/&quot;&gt;http://www.houstonfoodbank.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;table cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; width=&quot;97%&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;65%&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/Texas-charities/Houston-1470617.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Houston Habitat For Humanity&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/charities/TX.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.houstonhabitat.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.houstonhabitat.org/&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;table cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; width=&quot;97%&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;65%&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/Texas-charities/Dallas-1469320.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Interfaith Housing Coalition&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/charities/TX.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.interfaithhousingcoalition.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.interfaithhousingcoalition.org/&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;table cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; width=&quot;97%&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;65%&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/Texas-charities/Dallas-1467324.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;North Texas Food Bank&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/charities/TX.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ntxfoodbank.org&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.ntxfoodbank.org&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;table cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; width=&quot;97%&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;65%&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/Texas-charities/Dallas-1470145.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reconciliation Outreach&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/charities/TX.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rodallas.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.rodallas.org/&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;table cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; width=&quot;97%&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;65%&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/Texas-charities/SanAntonio-1470311.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;San Antonio Food Bank&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/charities/TX.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.safoodbank.org&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.safoodbank.org&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;table cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; width=&quot;97%&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;65%&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/Texas-charities/SanMarcos-1612723.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;San Marcos Housing Authority (smha)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/charities/TX.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.smpha.org&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.smpha.org&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;table cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; width=&quot;97%&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;65%&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/Texas-charities/FortWorth-1467499.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tarrant Area Food Bank&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/charities/TX.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tafb.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.tafb.org/&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;table cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; width=&quot;97%&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;65%&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/Texas-charities/Odessa-1471250.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;West Texas Food Bank&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/charities/TX.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wtxfoodbank.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.wtxfoodbank.org/&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;table cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; width=&quot;97%&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;65%&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/Texas-charities/Humble-1468715.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;World Gospel Outreach&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charity-charities.org/charities/TX.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wgoreach.org&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.wgoreach.org&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
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&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;Please visit our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for more information.&amp;nbsp; We also have a location for the Houston Bay Area &lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;League City Home Staging&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Or contact &lt;a title=&quot;Cindy Bryant&quot; href=&quot;mailto:cindy@redesignetc.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cindy Bryant&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Areas Served&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Houston, River Oaks, Tanglewood, Bellaire,&amp;nbsp;Piney Point, Mid-Town, The Heights, Montrose, Texas Medical Center, The East End, West Loop/Galleria/Memorial,&amp;nbsp;Downtown, Museum District, West University,&amp;nbsp;Spring Branch, Royal Oaks-Lakeside, League City, Clear Lake City, Friendswood, Kemah, Seabrook, Pearland, Sugar Land, Spring,&amp;nbsp;Cypress, Tomball,&amp;nbsp;The Woodlands, Kingwood.&amp;nbsp; And all areas down to Galveston Island.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana,geneva;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana,geneva;&quot;&gt;&quot;Staging Houston Homes to Sell&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Cindy Bryant~Houston's Home Staging &amp; Professional Home Stagers~RVP RESA~ASHSR (Redesign Etc.~Specialist in Staging Vacant Properties.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:42:08 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1350983/hunger-poverty-charities-in-texas-</link>
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      <title>Fight Against Hunger in America</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Excellent and easy for feeding hungry families in America.&amp;nbsp; Join the one million meal fight against hunger in America.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kraft Foods will be donating 10 meals to Feeding America for every free e-card you send from November 16 through December 31, 2009.&amp;nbsp; Feeding America supports 205 member food banks.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Visit &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kraftrecipeforjoy.com&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;www.kraftrecipeforjoy.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; to send e-card.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;Please visit our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for more information.&amp;nbsp; We also have a location for the Houston Bay Area &lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;League City Home Staging&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Or contact &lt;a title=&quot;Cindy Bryant&quot; href=&quot;mailto:cindy@redesignetc.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cindy Bryant&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Areas Served&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Houston, River Oaks, Tanglewood, Bellaire,&amp;nbsp;Piney Point, Mid-Town, The Heights, Montrose, Texas Medical Center, The East End, West Loop/Galleria/Memorial,&amp;nbsp;Downtown, Museum District, West University,&amp;nbsp;Spring Branch, Royal Oaks-Lakeside, League City, Clear Lake City, Friendswood, Kemah, Seabrook, Pearland, Sugar Land, Spring,&amp;nbsp;Cypress, Tomball,&amp;nbsp;The Woodlands, Kingwood.&amp;nbsp; And all areas down to Galveston Island.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana,geneva;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana,geneva;&quot;&gt;&quot;Staging Houston Homes to Sell&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Cindy Bryant~Houston's Home Staging &amp; Professional Home Stagers~RVP RESA~ASHSR (Redesign Etc.~Specialist in Staging Vacant Properties.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:21:09 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1350953/fight-against-hunger-in-america</link>
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      <title>Houston's Uptown Holiday Lighting 2009</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Houston's Uptown Holiday Lighting will take place Thursday evening on Thanksgiving, November 26.&amp;nbsp; Presented by TXU Energy, Post Oak Blvd.&amp;nbsp;will be lit up with one half a million lights, music, fireworks and Santa.&amp;nbsp; This event will be&amp;nbsp;benefiting Sheltering Arms Senior Services and Be An Angel, which helps with various types of services associated with Seniors.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.www.shelteringarms.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;www.shelteringarms.org.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thursday, Nov. 26 Holiday music and concessions will begin at 4 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;Santa lights the Boulevard and fireworks extravaganza at 7 p.m.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Where&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uptown Houston&lt;br /&gt;On Post Oak Boulevard, between San Felipe and Westheimer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FREE and open to the public&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For More Info&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Call 713-621-2504&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;Please visit our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for more information.&amp;nbsp; We also have a location for the Houston Bay Area &lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;League City Home Staging&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Or contact &lt;a title=&quot;Cindy Bryant&quot; href=&quot;mailto:cindy@redesignetc.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cindy Bryant&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Areas Served&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Houston, River Oaks, Tanglewood, Bellaire,&amp;nbsp;Piney Point, Mid-Town, The Heights, Montrose, Texas Medical Center, The East End, West Loop/Galleria/Memorial,&amp;nbsp;Downtown, Museum District, West University,&amp;nbsp;Spring Branch, Royal Oaks-Lakeside, League City, Clear Lake City, Friendswood, Kemah, Seabrook, Pearland, Sugar Land, Spring,&amp;nbsp;Cypress, Tomball,&amp;nbsp;The Woodlands, Kingwood.&amp;nbsp; And all areas down to Galveston Island.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Cindy Bryant~Houston's Home Staging &amp; Professional Home Stagers~RVP RESA~ASHSR (Redesign Etc.~Specialist in Staging Vacant Properties.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:59:23 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1350904/houston-s-uptown-holiday-lighting-2009</link>
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      <guid>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1350855/h-e-b-thanksgiving-parade-in-houston</guid>
      <title>H-E-B Thanksgiving Parade in Houston</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For the past 60 years Houston has had the H-E-B Thanksgiving Parade downtown.&amp;nbsp; They have changed the name from Thanksgiving to Holiday.&amp;nbsp; But I'm going to call it Thanksgiving.&amp;nbsp; The parade will be broadcast on the CBC affiliate, Channel 11 and seen in major cities around Texas.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tickets will be free to the general public outside of the tv broadcasting area.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The parade will begin at 9:00am on the east side of downtown, traveling 20 blocks starting at Minute Maid Park at Hamilton and Texas.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hebparade.com/&quot; title=&quot;heb holiday thanksgiving parade houston&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;For more information on the H-E-B Holiday Parade click here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Redesign Etc. Website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;Redesign Etc. Houston, TX, &amp;nbsp;Full-Service home staging with expert professional stagers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;Please visit our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for more information.&amp;nbsp; We also have a location for the Houston Bay Area &lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;League City Home Staging&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Or contact &lt;a title=&quot;Cindy Bryant&quot; href=&quot;mailto:cindy@redesignetc.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cindy Bryant&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Areas Served&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Houston, River Oaks, Tanglewood, Bellaire,&amp;nbsp;Piney Point, Mid-Town, The Heights, Montrose, Texas Medical Center, The East End, West Loop/Galleria/Memorial,&amp;nbsp;Downtown, Museum District, West University,&amp;nbsp;Spring Branch, Royal Oaks-Lakeside, League City, Clear Lake City, Friendswood, Kemah, Seabrook, Pearland, Sugar Land, Spring,&amp;nbsp;Cypress, Tomball,&amp;nbsp;The Woodlands, Kingwood.&amp;nbsp; And all areas down to Galveston Island.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Cindy Bryant~Houston's Home Staging &amp; Professional Home Stagers~RVP RESA~ASHSR (Redesign Etc.~Specialist in Staging Vacant Properties.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:42:47 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1350855/h-e-b-thanksgiving-parade-in-houston</link>
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      <guid>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1350785/thanksgiving-float-parade-at-childrens-museum-houston</guid>
      <title>Thanksgiving Float Parade at Childrens Museum Houston</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Friday, November 27 The Children's Museum of Houston will be having extra activities to celebrate Thanksgiving.&amp;nbsp; By the end of the week, the kids will be ready for some fun.&amp;nbsp; The museum will have a float parade which will be each childs floats down the hallways of the museum.&amp;nbsp; Float making will be from 10am until 1pm and the Parade will begin at 1pm.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The museum will have other activities for the children to enjoy.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cmhouston.org/thanksgiving/&quot; title=&quot;thanksgiving activities at childrens musum in houston&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Click here for more information on the Thanksgiving activities at the Houston Children's Museum.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;Please visit our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for more information.&amp;nbsp; We also have a location for the Houston Bay Area &lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;League City Home Staging&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Or contact &lt;a title=&quot;Cindy Bryant&quot; href=&quot;mailto:cindy@redesignetc.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cindy Bryant&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Areas Served&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Houston, River Oaks, Tanglewood, Bellaire,&amp;nbsp;Piney Point, Mid-Town, The Heights, Montrose, Texas Medical Center, The East End, West Loop/Galleria/Memorial,&amp;nbsp;Downtown, Museum District, West University,&amp;nbsp;Spring Branch, Royal Oaks-Lakeside, League City, Clear Lake City, Friendswood, Kemah, Seabrook, Pearland, Sugar Land, Spring,&amp;nbsp;Cypress, Tomball,&amp;nbsp;The Woodlands, Kingwood.&amp;nbsp; And all areas down to Galveston Island.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Cindy Bryant~Houston's Home Staging &amp; Professional Home Stagers~RVP RESA~ASHSR (Redesign Etc.~Specialist in Staging Vacant Properties.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:18:00 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1350785/thanksgiving-float-parade-at-childrens-museum-houston</link>
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      <title>Restaurants Open for Thanksgiving Dinner in Houston</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Don't want to cook Thanksgiving Dinner?&amp;nbsp; From gourmet to a traditional family Thanksgiving meal.&amp;nbsp; Houston has it all.&amp;nbsp; Check out this website which provides menus, websites, addresses of restaurants that will be open for Thanksgiving dinner.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So if you don't want to spend all of your time in the kitchen cooking this is the way to go.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.b4-u-eat.com/Thanksgiving/&quot; title=&quot;b4-u-eat website for thanksgiving houston,tx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Click here for more information on the B4-U-Eat Website.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;Please visit our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for more information.&amp;nbsp; We also have a location for the Houston Bay Area &lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;League City Home Staging&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Or contact &lt;a title=&quot;Cindy Bryant&quot; href=&quot;mailto:cindy@redesignetc.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cindy Bryant&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Areas Served&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Houston, River Oaks, Tanglewood, Bellaire,&amp;nbsp;Piney Point, Mid-Town, The Heights, Montrose, Texas Medical Center, The East End, West Loop/Galleria/Memorial,&amp;nbsp;Downtown, Museum District, West University,&amp;nbsp;Spring Branch, Royal Oaks-Lakeside, League City, Clear Lake City, Friendswood, Kemah, Seabrook, Pearland, Sugar Land, Spring,&amp;nbsp;Cypress, Tomball,&amp;nbsp;The Woodlands, Kingwood.&amp;nbsp; And all areas down to Galveston Island.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Cindy Bryant~Houston's Home Staging &amp; Professional Home Stagers~RVP RESA~ASHSR (Redesign Etc.~Specialist in Staging Vacant Properties.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:07:05 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1350772/restaurants-open-for-thanksgiving-dinner-in-houston</link>
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      <title>Houston Thanksgiving Downtown Needs Donations 2009</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;George R. Brown will be the site of feeding Houston's needy and hungry on Thanksgiving Day at 10am.&amp;nbsp; Unfortunately, this year donations and volunteers support are down.&amp;nbsp; This years 25,000 hungry people are expected, and as of now, there is not enough food for that many people, unless alot arrives before Thursday.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Families that are hurting because of the down economy will there as well, not just the homeless.&amp;nbsp; Corpoate donations are down, also due to the economy.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Houston is a giving city, can you give your time or money to make someones Thanksgiving a full one?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The nonprofit City Wide Club is in need of donations for its Thanksgiving Day dinner downtown.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Where to take them:&lt;/strong&gt; The City Wide Club's Community Center at 3229 Hadley&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When:&lt;/strong&gt; Donations will be accepted 10 a.m. to noon today and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Wednesday.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To volunteer to serve at the dinner:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Register at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.citywideclub.com/&quot; target=&quot;new&quot;&gt;www.citywideclub.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To donate money:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mail monetary donations to City Wide Club at P.O. Box 8446, Houston, TX 77288&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Donate online at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.citywideclub.com/&quot; target=&quot;new&quot;&gt;www.citywideclub.com&lt;/a&gt; or take them to the group's community center at 3229 Hadley.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class='agent_signature'&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Follow my Blog on Twitter&quot; href=&quot;http://twitter.com/TXHomeStager&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.siahdesign.com/images/twit7b.gif&quot; alt=&quot;animated twitter button&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a title=&quot;Follow me on Facebook&quot; href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1301919964&amp;amp;ref=profile&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:LTkRB8ED8k4OcM:http://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/logo_facebook.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; height=&quot;56&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a title=&quot;View my profile on Linkedin&quot; href=&quot;http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&amp;amp;key=9668580&amp;amp;locale=en_US&amp;amp;trk=tab_pro&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/img/webpromo/btn_viewmy_160x33.gif&quot; alt=&quot;View my profile on LinkedIn&quot; width=&quot;160&quot; height=&quot;33&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;Please visit our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for more information.&amp;nbsp; We also have a location for the Houston Bay Area &lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;League City Home Staging&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Or contact &lt;a title=&quot;Cindy Bryant&quot; href=&quot;mailto:cindy@redesignetc.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cindy Bryant&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Areas Served&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Houston, River Oaks, Tanglewood, Bellaire,&amp;nbsp;Piney Point, Mid-Town, The Heights, Montrose, Texas Medical Center, The East End, West Loop/Galleria/Memorial,&amp;nbsp;Downtown, Museum District, West University,&amp;nbsp;Spring Branch, Royal Oaks-Lakeside, League City, Clear Lake City, Friendswood, Kemah, Seabrook, Pearland, Sugar Land, Spring,&amp;nbsp;Cypress, Tomball,&amp;nbsp;The Woodlands, Kingwood.&amp;nbsp; And all areas down to Galveston Island.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Cindy Bryant~Houston's Home Staging &amp; Professional Home Stagers~RVP RESA~ASHSR (Redesign Etc.~Specialist in Staging Vacant Properties.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:56:08 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1350755/houston-thanksgiving-downtown-needs-donations-2009</link>
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      <title>Home Staging Tip - Organizing Childrens Closets &amp; Drawers</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;img src=&quot;http://cdn-users1.imagechef.com/ic/stored/2/091116/samp6b52c4bcc924b789.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Click to Edit or Share&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When organizing your childrens closets&amp;nbsp;before selling your home or for everyday use, it's a great idea to put matching pants, shirts, socks, and even their underwear (for children) on one hanger.&amp;nbsp; Getting dressed then becomes a matter of grabbing a matched clothing &quot;outfit&quot; from the closet and then putting it on.&amp;nbsp; No more kids in &quot;mis-matched outfits&quot;, no more plaid shirts with striped pants and black socks.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parents will need to put the &quot;outfits&quot; together for them.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To organize children's dresser drawers, put entire &quot;matched&amp;nbsp;outfit&quot; in a large zipper plastic bag and put in drawer.&amp;nbsp; It makes children feel more confident picking out their own clothing.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No more battles on what to wear, everything will be ready to go.&amp;nbsp; It's also a huge time saver and a great way to get rid of clothes they may not be wearing anymore.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;See below for more &lt;strong&gt;&quot;Home Staging Tips.&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://activerain.com/blogsview/1338159/home-staging-tip-of-the-week&quot; title=&quot;how to hang framed artwork&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to Hang Framed Artwork&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;Please visit our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for more information.&amp;nbsp; We also have a location for the Houston Bay Area &lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;League City Home Staging&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Or contact &lt;a title=&quot;Cindy Bryant&quot; href=&quot;mailto:cindy@redesignetc.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cindy Bryant&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Areas Served&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Houston, River Oaks, Tanglewood, Bellaire,&amp;nbsp;Piney Point, Mid-Town, The Heights, Montrose, Texas Medical Center, The East End, West Loop/Galleria/Memorial,&amp;nbsp;Downtown, Museum District, West University,&amp;nbsp;Spring Branch, Royal Oaks-Lakeside, League City, Clear Lake City, Friendswood, Kemah, Seabrook, Pearland, Sugar Land, Spring,&amp;nbsp;Cypress, Tomball,&amp;nbsp;The Woodlands, Kingwood.&amp;nbsp; And all areas down to Galveston Island.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Cindy Bryant~Houston's Home Staging &amp; Professional Home Stagers~RVP RESA~ASHSR (Redesign Etc.~Specialist in Staging Vacant Properties.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:57:04 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1341385/home-staging-tip-organizing-childrens-closets-drawers</link>
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      <title>Recipe of the Week - English Toffee Candy</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.breedenart.com/resources/1+Texas+Flag+Old+for+set+1105+web+sized.JPG&quot; id=&quot;thumbnail&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:xx3tRmnnVNAWbM:http://www.breedenart.com/resources/1+Texas+Flag+Old+for+set+1105+web+sized.JPG&quot; height=&quot;80&quot; alt=&quot;See full size image&quot; width=&quot;113&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here's this weeks Recipe coming to y'all from deep in the heart of Texas Kitchens.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My Aunt LaNora makes a huge batch of candy during the holidays, and this is my favorite!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.cookingforengineers.com/pics2/640/DSC_1122_crop.jpg&quot; height=&quot;332&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;402&quot; /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1lb. Butter&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2c. sugar&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1c. almonds (toasted in oven &amp;amp; grated)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1 large pkg. of chocolate chips&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Recipe:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cook butter and sugar to 250 degrees.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Turn out butter and sugar on a cookie sheet and spread with a spatula.&amp;nbsp; Add 1/2 large package of the melted chocolate chips.&amp;nbsp; Turn, add other half pkg. of chocolate chips.&amp;nbsp; Sprinkle grated almonds over chocolate.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;**********************************************************************************&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For more &quot;Texas Recipes of the Week&quot; check these out!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://activerain.com/blogsview/1339351/texas-recipe-of-the-week-peanut-butter-cups&quot; title=&quot;peanut butter cups&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Peanut Butter Cups&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://activerain.com/blogsview/1325834/texas-recipe-of-the-week-texas-layered-dip&quot; title=&quot;Texas 8 layered dip&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Texas 8 Layered Dip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://activerain.com/blogsview/1313931/texas-recipe-of-the-week-sweet-hot-pinto-beans&quot; title=&quot;sweet hot pinto beans&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Sweet Hot Pinto Beans&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://activerain.com/blogsview/1237085/texas-recipe-of-the-week-easy-chili-rellenos&quot; title=&quot;easy chili rellenos&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Easy Chile Rellenos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://activerain.com/blogsview/1269097/texas-recipe-of-the-week-copper-pennies&quot; title=&quot;copper pennies&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Copper Pennies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://activerain.com/blogsview/1256776/texas-recipe-of-the-week-my-moms-frito-salad&quot; title=&quot;my moms frito salad&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;My Moms Frito Salad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://activerain.com/blogsview/1225641/texas-recipe-of-the-week-salad-with-goat-cheese-apples-toasted-pecans&quot; title=&quot;salad with goat cheese apples toasted pecans&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Salad with Goat Cheese Apples &amp;amp; toasted Pecans&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://activerain.com/blogsview/1280435/texas-recipe-of-the-week-cindy-s-blackened-tilapia&quot; title=&quot;cindys blackened tilapia&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cindy's Blackened Tilapia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://activerain.com/blogsview/1158577/death-by-chocolate-cake&quot; title=&quot;death by chocolate cake&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Death By Chocolate Cake&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://activerain.com/blogsview/1132136/snickers-salad-dessert&quot; title=&quot;snickers salad dessert&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Snickers Salad Dessert&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://activerain.com/blogsview/1087330/recipe-of-the-week-german-potato-salad&quot; title=&quot;german potato salad&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;German Potato Salad&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://activerain.com/blogsview/1079230/recipe-of-the-week-texas-longhorn-salad&quot; title=&quot;texas longhorn salad&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Texas Longhorn Salad&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://activerain.com/blogsview/1059152/recipe-for-the-week-texas-jack&quot; title=&quot;texas jack recipe&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Texas Jack&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://activerain.com/blogsview/1050271/recipe-for-the-week-homemade-gnocchi&quot; title=&quot;homade gnocchi&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Homemade Gnocchi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://activerain.com/blogsview/1040200/recipe-of-the-week-texas-spicy-dip&quot; title=&quot;texas spicy dip&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Texas Spicy Dip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://activerain.com/blogsview/1030288/recipe-of-the-week-coconut-cake&quot; title=&quot;coconut cake&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Coconut Cake&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://activerain.com/blogsview/1006277/recipe-of-the-week-fried-okra-salad&quot; title=&quot;fried okra salad&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Fried Okra Salad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://activerain.com/blogsview/995775/texas-recipe-of-the-week-broccoli-salad&quot; title=&quot;Broccoli Salad&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Broccoli Salad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://activerain.com/blogsview/559997/texas-recipe-of-the-week-jumbo-shrimp-stuffed-with-cilantro-chiles&quot; title=&quot;jumbo shrimp stuffed with cilantro &amp;amp; chilis&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Jumbo Shrimp Stuffed with Cilantro &amp;amp; Chiles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class='agent_signature'&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Follow my Blog on Twitter&quot; href=&quot;http://twitter.com/TXHomeStager&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.siahdesign.com/images/twit7b.gif&quot; alt=&quot;animated twitter button&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a title=&quot;Follow me on Facebook&quot; href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1301919964&amp;amp;ref=profile&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:LTkRB8ED8k4OcM:http://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/logo_facebook.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; height=&quot;56&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a title=&quot;View my profile on Linkedin&quot; href=&quot;http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&amp;amp;key=9668580&amp;amp;locale=en_US&amp;amp;trk=tab_pro&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/img/webpromo/btn_viewmy_160x33.gif&quot; alt=&quot;View my profile on LinkedIn&quot; width=&quot;160&quot; height=&quot;33&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;Please visit our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for more information.&amp;nbsp; We also have a location for the Houston Bay Area &lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;League City Home Staging&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Or contact &lt;a title=&quot;Cindy Bryant&quot; href=&quot;mailto:cindy@redesignetc.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cindy Bryant&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Areas Served&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Houston, River Oaks, Tanglewood, Bellaire,&amp;nbsp;Piney Point, Mid-Town, The Heights, Montrose, Texas Medical Center, The East End, West Loop/Galleria/Memorial,&amp;nbsp;Downtown, Museum District, West University,&amp;nbsp;Spring Branch, Royal Oaks-Lakeside, League City, Clear Lake City, Friendswood, Kemah, Seabrook, Pearland, Sugar Land, Spring,&amp;nbsp;Cypress, Tomball,&amp;nbsp;The Woodlands, Kingwood.&amp;nbsp; And all areas down to Galveston Island.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Cindy Bryant~Houston's Home Staging &amp; Professional Home Stagers~RVP RESA~ASHSR (Redesign Etc.~Specialist in Staging Vacant Properties.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:49:02 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1341383/recipe-of-the-week-english-toffee-candy</link>
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      <title>Home Staging Tip - How to Hang Framed Artwork</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src=&quot;http://cdn-users1.imagechef.com/ic/stored/2/091116/samp6b52c4bcc924b789.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Click to Edit or Share&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This weeks home staging&amp;nbsp;tip:&amp;nbsp; How to Hang Framed Artwork.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Picture hanging is not a simple task, it can be quite frustrating.&amp;nbsp; Some people &quot;eyeball&quot; it, use lasers, rulers, tape and various other methods.&amp;nbsp; By following this tip you get it right the first time.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cut a sheet of paper to the exact size of the&amp;nbsp;frame.&amp;nbsp; Position the pattern on the picture's back side and pull up the picture's hanging wire taut so&amp;nbsp;that you will see an inverted V.&amp;nbsp; Mark the V point on the pattern and poke a hole through that marked point.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;After you determine where you'll put the picture, place the pattern on the wall, and use the V point hole to make a pencil mark showing exactly where the nail should go.&amp;nbsp; The picture will hang precisely where you want it.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This works well if your'e using two or more pictures that need to be hung close together or the ones that have a hook on each side.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;Please visit our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for more information.&amp;nbsp; We also have a location for the Houston Bay Area &lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;League City Home Staging&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Or contact &lt;a title=&quot;Cindy Bryant&quot; href=&quot;mailto:cindy@redesignetc.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cindy Bryant&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Areas Served&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Houston, River Oaks, Tanglewood, Bellaire,&amp;nbsp;Piney Point, Mid-Town, The Heights, Montrose, Texas Medical Center, The East End, West Loop/Galleria/Memorial,&amp;nbsp;Downtown, Museum District, West University,&amp;nbsp;Spring Branch, Royal Oaks-Lakeside, League City, Clear Lake City, Friendswood, Kemah, Seabrook, Pearland, Sugar Land, Spring,&amp;nbsp;Cypress, Tomball,&amp;nbsp;The Woodlands, Kingwood.&amp;nbsp; And all areas down to Galveston Island.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Cindy Bryant~Houston's Home Staging &amp; Professional Home Stagers~RVP RESA~ASHSR (Redesign Etc.~Specialist in Staging Vacant Properties.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:54:56 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1338159/home-staging-tip-how-to-hang-framed-artwork</link>
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      <title>The Houston Symphony &amp; Grace Mass Choir-&quot;The Sounds of Christmas&quot;</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is a family event that will get you in the mood for Christmas.&amp;nbsp; The acoustics at Grace Church are fantastic, so combine that with the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.houstonsymphony.org/&quot; title=&quot;houston symphony&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Houston Symphony&lt;/a&gt; and the choir, and it should be a night to remember!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Houston Symphony &amp;amp; Grace Mass Choir in concert together at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.grace.tv/&quot; title=&quot;grace church houston&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Grace Community Church&lt;/a&gt; south campus. Friday, December 4 @ 7:30pm. All tickets are general admission. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you have trouble purchasing tickets or would like more information about this event, please call 713-363-2515.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Start time:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Friday December 04, 2009 at 7:30 PM &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;End time:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Friday December 04, 2009 at 9:00 PM &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Where:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Grace Community Church, 14505 Gulf Fwy, Houston, TX 77034&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;q=14505 Gulf Fwy+Houston+TX+77034&amp;amp;f=q&amp;amp;sampleq=1&quot; id=&quot;ctlEventDetails_hrefMap&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;map it&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;Please visit our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for more information.&amp;nbsp; We also have a location for the Houston Bay Area &lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;League City Home Staging&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Or contact &lt;a title=&quot;Cindy Bryant&quot; href=&quot;mailto:cindy@redesignetc.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cindy Bryant&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Areas Served&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Houston, River Oaks, Tanglewood, Bellaire,&amp;nbsp;Piney Point, Mid-Town, The Heights, Montrose, Texas Medical Center, The East End, West Loop/Galleria/Memorial,&amp;nbsp;Downtown, Museum District, West University,&amp;nbsp;Spring Branch, Royal Oaks-Lakeside, League City, Clear Lake City, Friendswood, Kemah, Seabrook, Pearland, Sugar Land, Spring,&amp;nbsp;Cypress, Tomball,&amp;nbsp;The Woodlands, Kingwood.&amp;nbsp; And all areas down to Galveston Island.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Cindy Bryant~Houston's Home Staging &amp; Professional Home Stagers~RVP RESA~ASHSR (Redesign Etc.~Specialist in Staging Vacant Properties.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:51:56 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1339357/the-houston-symphony-grace-mass-choir-the-sounds-of-christmas-</link>
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      <title>Texas Recipe of the Week - Peanut Butter Cups</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.breedenart.com/resources/1+Texas+Flag+Old+for+set+1105+web+sized.JPG&quot; id=&quot;thumbnail&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:xx3tRmnnVNAWbM:http://www.breedenart.com/resources/1+Texas+Flag+Old+for+set+1105+web+sized.JPG&quot; height=&quot;80&quot; alt=&quot;See full size image&quot; width=&quot;113&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here's this weeks Recipe coming to y'all from deep in the heart of Texas Kitchens.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1/3 lb. Graham Cracker Crumbs&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1/2 Butter or Margarine&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1c. Peanut Butter (Smooth)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1lb. Confectioners Sugar&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2 c. Chocolate Chips&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Recipe:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Combine crumbs, butter, peanut butter and sugar, work together until smooth.&amp;nbsp; Press this mixture into a 9X9-inch buttered pan, or a larger pan if you want thinner bars.&amp;nbsp; Melt chocolate chips over hot water.&amp;nbsp; Spread over Cracker mixture.&amp;nbsp; Refrigerate until firm.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Cut into squares.&amp;nbsp; Enjoy!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;Please visit our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for more information.&amp;nbsp; We also have a location for the Houston Bay Area &lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;League City Home Staging&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Or contact &lt;a title=&quot;Cindy Bryant&quot; href=&quot;mailto:cindy@redesignetc.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cindy Bryant&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Areas Served&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Houston, River Oaks, Tanglewood, Bellaire,&amp;nbsp;Piney Point, Mid-Town, The Heights, Montrose, Texas Medical Center, The East End, West Loop/Galleria/Memorial,&amp;nbsp;Downtown, Museum District, West University,&amp;nbsp;Spring Branch, Royal Oaks-Lakeside, League City, Clear Lake City, Friendswood, Kemah, Seabrook, Pearland, Sugar Land, Spring,&amp;nbsp;Cypress, Tomball,&amp;nbsp;The Woodlands, Kingwood.&amp;nbsp; And all areas down to Galveston Island.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana,geneva;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana,geneva;&quot;&gt;&quot;Staging Houston Homes to Sell&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Cindy Bryant~Houston's Home Staging &amp; Professional Home Stagers~RVP RESA~ASHSR (Redesign Etc.~Specialist in Staging Vacant Properties.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:48:12 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1339351/texas-recipe-of-the-week-peanut-butter-cups</link>
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      <title>League City's Historic Homes Tour 2009</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;League City's Historic Homes Tour will be December 12 from 10am until 5pm.&amp;nbsp; There will be six homes on the tour.&amp;nbsp; The League City Historical Society will sponsor the Homes Tour.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What a great way to get into the &quot;Holiday Spirit&quot;.&amp;nbsp; Stories about League City will be told along the way.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Advance tickets are $12 and $15 the day of the tour.&amp;nbsp; Tickets are available at Nana's attic, Park Avenue Show Place, League City Chamber of Commerce, and West Bay Common School.&amp;nbsp; For more information call 281-554-2994.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;Please visit our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for more information.&amp;nbsp; We also have a location for the Houston Bay Area &lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;League City Home Staging&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Or contact &lt;a title=&quot;Cindy Bryant&quot; href=&quot;mailto:cindy@redesignetc.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cindy Bryant&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Cindy Bryant~Houston's Home Staging &amp; Professional Home Stagers~RVP RESA~ASHSR (Redesign Etc.~Specialist in Staging Vacant Properties.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:34:28 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>Houston Ballet Breakfast with the Sugar Plum Fairy</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The Bay Area Houston Ballet and Theatre, South Shore Harbour Resort will be the venue for the Sugar &lt;strong&gt;Plum Fairy and her kingdom of sweets court.&amp;nbsp;Brunch will be part of the festivities, as well as a picture with the Sugar Plum Fairy in her sleigh.&amp;nbsp; An unforgettable experience for your children.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;South Shorre Harbour Resort is located in League City, TX.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bahbt.org/&quot; title=&quot;Bay Area Houston Ballet Sugar Plum Fairy&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For more information click here.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;Please visit our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for more information.&amp;nbsp; We also have a location for the Houston Bay Area &lt;a title=&quot;website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redesignetc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;League City Home Staging&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Or contact &lt;a title=&quot;Cindy Bryant&quot; href=&quot;mailto:cindy@redesignetc.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cindy Bryant&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Areas Served&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Houston, River Oaks, Tanglewood, Bellaire,&amp;nbsp;Piney Point, Mid-Town, The Heights, Montrose, Texas Medical Center, The East End, West Loop/Galleria/Memorial,&amp;nbsp;Downtown, Museum District, West University,&amp;nbsp;Spring Branch, Royal Oaks-Lakeside, League City, Clear Lake City, Friendswood, Kemah, Seabrook, Pearland, Sugar Land, Spring,&amp;nbsp;Cypress, Tomball,&amp;nbsp;The Woodlands, Kingwood.&amp;nbsp; And all areas down to Galveston Island.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Cindy Bryant~Houston's Home Staging &amp; Professional Home Stagers~RVP RESA~ASHSR (Redesign Etc.~Specialist in Staging Vacant Properties.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:27:32 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1339322/houston-ballet-breakfast-with-the-sugar-plum-fairy</link>
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