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Let your kids help!

Child one unloading the dish washer (and putting up the dishes where they go.) One of the best things about being a parent is teaching your kids to be responsible. Chores, jobs, learning opportunities, or whatever you want to call them… they help kids contribute in a meaningful way and they also help kids appreciate their free time. At a friend’s birthday party last night my wife and I were talking with the family’s grandmother. She grew up on a

Upload your prescription to 1-800-CONTACTS

Recently I ordered a couple boxes of daily wear contact lenses from 1-800-CONTACTS. So far the process has not been very smooth: Problem 1 – all the “order codes” or “coupon codes” I tried, even the codes listed on their own site, failed to work on my order 🙁 Problem 2 – despite updating my doctor information and submitting a copy of my prescription online, they still had trouble processing my prescription 🙁 To help expedite the order I planned on re-uploading

How long does it take to format a 5TB drive? [ANSWERED]

Question: How long does it take to fully format a 5TB external hard drive via USB 3.0? Answer: It takes about 9.5 hours to fully format! Details: This was an external “Seagate Expansion Unit” 5TB drive connected via USB 3.0 to a docked Dell E5450. I started the format (NTFS format, via Windows 10) at 9:30AM and it finished at 7PM. Top Search Terms:https://www.jdhodges.com/blog/how-long-to-format-5tb-drive-windows/ (12)how long to format 5tb (5)how long to format 5tb drive (4)how long to format a 5tb drive

What is the #LLAP hashtag? Live long and prosper

Rest in peace Leonard Nemoy, you will be missed. LLAP stands for live long and prosper. Vulcan salute – Wikipedia, the free encyclopediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan_saluteThe accompanying spoken blessing, “live long and prosper”, (“dif tor heh smusma” in the Vulcan language as spoken in Star Trek: The Motion Picture) also appeared for the first time in “Amok Time”,… Top Search Terms:https://www.jdhodges.com/blog/llap-hashtag-live-long-and-prosper/ (3)rest in peace vulcan language (2)rest in peace and vulcan language (1)

Best Oscars 2015 Predictions – Academy Awards Winners

Here are the best Oscars predictions I can find, in a nice easy format for you 🙂 BEST PICTURE Boyhood DIRECTOR Richard Linklater ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Eddie Redmayne ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Julianne Moore ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE J.K. Simmons ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Patricia Arquette ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY The Grand Budapest Hotel ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Whiplash ANIMATED FEATURE How to Train Your Dragon 2 FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Ida DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Citizenfour CINEMATOGRAPHY Birdman COSTUME DESIGN The

How to FORMAT my Dish network screen to NOT zoom for HD?

Q. I have a Dish receiver that makes all my HD channels look ugly. It says HD Zoom when I switch to one of those channels. Suggestion? A. If you have an older Dish receiver and want to turn off (or turn on) zoom for HD channels, try pressing the asterisk * [format] button! This should allow you to cycle through the various options for HD channel presentation 🙂 Top Search Terms:https://www.jdhodges.com/blog/how-to-format-my-dish-network-screen-to-not-zoom-for-hd/ (78)dish network hd zoom (5)dish zoomed in (4)dish format

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