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By janeylack in Janey Lacks Blog
I love that word. It sounds exactly like what it means -- BIG, bigger than big! It’s a “newish” word, created probably when someone decided that neither gigantic nor enormous alone could convey "big" sufficiently for them. What in the ...
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By janeylack in Janey Lacks Blog
Ooh La La, what does that mean?! Well, for this moment it's simply a stand-in for "fashion!" And why fashion? -- because I have been thinking about shopping for a sofa and when you do that, two key questions pop ...
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By janeylack in Janey Lacks Blog
I love July 4th -- it is a time I associate with swimming, grilling, picnics and fireworks. It is a time filled with parades and red-white-and-blue everything ( t-shirts, caps, tablecloths, even hair!). July 4th comes when the days are ...
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By janeylack in Janey Lacks Blog
After an amazing number of years (yea for the durability of Maytag products), I gave up my still-functioning but not-energy-efficient washer/dryer set. Motivated by guilt over excess energy and water use, I took my longing for “new” to my favorite ...
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By janeylack in Janey Lacks Blog
Father's Day is this weekend and what could be more fun than making pancakes for breakfast (that's what I'm going to do ...but, SHHHH, don't tell Melvin!). Here is the world's easiest recipe. You can make it in about five ...
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By janeylack in Janey Lacks Blog
Last month, Earth Day celebrated its 40th Anniversary. At Lacks, we are proud to be actively involved in protecting our planet. We care about the environment and understand our role both individually and corporately. Several years ago when we designed ...
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By janeylack in Janey Lacks Blog
I love being a mom (now, a mom and a grandmother!!). For sure, it’s a lot of hard work. Mothers are never really off- duty. Life happens 24/7/365 and needs don’t confine themselves to a neat package during daytime hours. ...
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By janeylack in Janey Lacks Blog
This picture from a couple weeks ago popped onto my screen this morning. It made me think of a childhood lesson. My mother found beauty in everything. She found beauty in sunny days, cooing babies, a delicious meal. She found ...
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By janeylack in Janey Lacks Blog
Want a $1,000,000?! You can earn it. It requires one important thing: STAY IN SCHOOL! That's true! It's a fact. Recent studies show that the estimated difference in life-time earnings between a person who quits high school and a person ...
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By janeylack in Janey Lacks Blog
Last time I wrote about TVs, I got a bunch of questions about 3D TV. The excitement over Avatar and a growing number of movies in 3D format have led to the natural question of when this technology will be ...