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You Don't See Me, But I'm in Your Hotel Room Right Now

Cathy Youngblood | Posted 05.21.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Hotel-Housekeeper, Someone Like Me Campaign, Someone Like Me, Hyatt Hotels, Housekeeping, Becoming Fearless, Becoming-Fearless, Healthy Living News
Cathy Youngblood

Most blogs that people read on here are written by pundits or political analysts, but very few are written by people who scrub toilets for a living. I do. But I am also a mother, grandmother, and proud of the work I do.

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I Cleaned Like It Was 1965, And I'll Never Do It Again

Brie Dyas | Posted 04.27.2013 | HuffPost Home
Read More: Clean Home, Housekeeping Statistics, Cleaning 1965, Clean Like It Was 1965, Clean House, Cleaned Like It Was 1965, First-Home, Cleaning Statistics, Housekeeping, Cleaning Intervention, Keeping a Home, Cleaning, Cleaning a House, HuffPost Home News
Brie Dyas

There are plenty of things that I think we should bring back from the '60s: dresses, music, movies and television shows. But 26 hours of cleaning a week? Not so much.

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Confession: I Have Nothing In Common With My Husband

Holly Robinson | Posted 04.18.2013 | Weddings
Read More: Taxes, Filing, Chores, Divorce, Cookbooks, Cooking, Marriage, Step Parenting, Compromises, Housekeeping, Parenting, Marital Conflicts, Resolving Differences in Marriage, Remarriage, Weddings News
Holly Robinson

That's what marriage is: A complex dance where you and your partner don't just mirror each other's moves, but embrace the challenge of making up new steps as you go along.

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Resolved

Kim Bongiorno | Posted 03.04.2013 | Parents
Read More: New Years, New Year's Resolutions, Personal Growth, Goals, New Year's 2013, Better Mom, Housekeeping, 2013, Parents-Moms, Parents News
Kim Bongiorno

I don't want to be anyone but me. I don't want to be prettier or cooler or something I'm not. I just want to be a better, more accurate version of myself. I know who I am. I know what I could be. It's time to make it happen.

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5 Beauty Items That Pull Double-Duty At Home

Emily Bracken | Posted 12.28.2012 | HuffPost Home
Read More: Beauty Tips, Diy Idea, Beauty, Home Repair, Beauty Home Diy, Housekeeping, Housekeeping Tips, Beauty Ideas, HuffPost Home News
Emily Bracken

Resting on your shelves are five multi-tasking beauty products that can upkeep your home.

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Top 5 Housecleaning Mistakes

Posted 12.04.2012 | OWN
Read More: House Cleaning, Own-Simplify, Cleaning House, House Keeping, How to Clean, Cleaning Home, Cleaning Tips, Cleaning the House, How to Clean Your House, Clean Your House, Housekeeping, Home Cleaning, Clean Cleaning, OWN News

By Lynn Andriani The quickest, most efficient strategies to get streak-free windows, remove stains from a white sofa and more. ...

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4 Rules For Teaching Your Son To Keep House

Posted 12.18.2012 | OWN
Read More: Oprah Magazine, Own-Simplify, Teach Your Son, What to Teach Kids, Housekeeping Tips, Keeping House, Teaching How to Cook, Housekeeping, Teaching Your Children, To Keep House, Be a Good Husband, O Magazine, OWN News

By Marcia DeSanctis Before her son leaves home, Marcia DeSanctis is teaching him how to run one. If I've served pasta twice a week since my ...

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Natasha Trethewey Begins her Domestic Work as Poet Laureate

Nicole Brittingham Furlonge | Posted 09.25.2012 | Arts
Read More: Garrett Hongo, 2012 Presidential Election, St. Andrew's School Delaware, Made in America, Korean War, Natasha Trethewey, Political Rhetoric, Housekeeping, Quilting, Poet Laureate, Poetry, Arts News
Nicole Brittingham Furlonge

This month, Pulitzer Prize winning poet Natasha Trethewey officially began her stint as Poet Laureate of the United States. One of Trethewey's poems that I return to often is "Housekeeping."

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You Can't Leave For College Until You Put Your Dishes In The Sink

Bonni Brodnick | Posted 10.15.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Home-for-Summer, Dirty Dishes, Home for Summer, College, Housekeeping, Parenting, Doing Laundry, Livebetteramerica-Relationships, Back to School, Going to College, Mothers and Daughters, Fifty News
Bonni Brodnick

This summer, our daughter, a rising senior in college, had an internship and lived at home. We were thrilled to have her back. Let's turn back the clock to June and take a peek into our world.

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Dave Jamieson

Feds Tell Hyatt To Lighten Housekeepers' Load

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.09.2012 | Business
Read More: Labor, Video, Workers, Hyatt Hotels, Chicago, Housekeeping, Housekeepers, Ergonomics, Unite Here, Workplace Safety, Osha, Labor Unions, Hyatt, Business News

After performing a series of hotel inspections, the federal agency that oversees workplace safety has sent a rare letter to the Hyatt Corporation reco...

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Dave Jamieson

Working Poor Stiffed Millions In Wages: Lawsuit

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 01.09.2012 | Latino Voices
Read More: Hotels, Marriott, Labor, Indianapolis, Wage Theft, Hotel Workers, Hyatt Hotels, Restaurants, Hss, Housekeeping, Unite Here, Holiday Inn, Hospitality Staffing Solutions, Labor Unions, Latino Voices News

More than a dozen low-level hotel workers in Indianapolis have filed a class-action lawsuit against ten of the city's hotels and a labor staffing agen...

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'NCIS': Scott Wolf Returns As Casey Stratton

Posted 03.04.2012 | TV
Read More: TV Canada, Procedural, Canada Tv, Video, Scott Wolf, Mark Harmon, Drama, Housekeeping, Casey Stratton, Tv Replay, Cbs, Ncis, TV News

Tony and E.J. found themselves under the gun again with the return of Scott Wolf's character, Casey Stratton, on "NCIS" (Tue., 8 p.m. EST On CBS). He ...

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20 Bizarre Household Uses For Olive Oil

Posted 11.19.2011 | Green
Read More: Olive Oil Uses, Video, Olive Oil Alternative Uses, Green-Living, Housekeeping, Beauty Tips, Household Tips, Safe Household Products, Uses for Olive Oil, Olive Oil, Home Tips, 20 Olive Oil Uses, Green News

From EcoSalon's Stephanie Rogers: Olive oil glides into place as a must-have household and beauty product. Life without olive oil would be sad i...

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20 Amazing Ways You Can Use Baking Soda Around The House

Posted 12.16.2011 | Green
Read More: Video, Household Cleaning, Baking Soda Household Tips, Green-Living, Baking Soda Uses, Baking Soda Tips, Housekeeping, Baking Soda, Household Tips, Uses for Baking Soda, Green News

From EcoSalon's Stephanie Rogers: Sit back and file your nails or lose track of time watching cute cats on YouTube while baking soda cleans and fre...

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Dave Jamieson

As Big Hotels Outsource Jobs, Workers Lose Hold On Living Wage

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 10.24.2011 | Business
Read More: Boston, Marriott, Video, Indianapolis, Indiana, Deval Patrick, Labor Unions, Outsourcing, Hotels, Labor, Hyatt Hotels, Dishwasher, Housekeeping, Unite Here, Business News

INDIANAPOLIS -- Maria Fajardo has been working as a housekeeper and janitor in Indianapolis hotels since 1987. The job has changed a lot in 24 years, ...

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IMF Explained

Jeff Danziger | Posted 07.18.2011 | Politics
Read More: Hotels, Strauss-Kahn, Imf, Housekeeping, Political Cartoons, Politics News
Jeff Danziger

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Sumiati Binti Salan Mustapa, Indonesia Maid Abuse Victim, Hospitalized After Saudi Employers Allegedly Cut Off Her Lips

Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Human Rights, Sri Lanka Maid Nails, Sumiati Binti Salan Mustapa, Indonesian Maid, Indonesian Maid Lips Cut Off, Maid, Burns, Indonesia Migrant Workers, Sri Lanka, Maid Abuse, Indonesian Maid Abused, Expatriate Workers, Migrant Workers, Kuwait, Indonesia, Expats, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka Maid, Sri Lanka Maid Abuse, Housekeeping, World News

Yet another case in a disturbing rash of Saudi employers allegedly abusing foreign maids has surfaced. According to the AFP, Indonesian-born Sumiati...

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V.R. Lechchmi, Sri Lanka Maid: Saudi Couple Drove 14 Nails Into My Body As Punishment (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Human Rights, V.R. Lechchmi, Sri Lanka Maid Nails, Maid, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Maid, Maid Abuse, Sri Lanka Maid Abuse, Housekeeping, Video, World News

Yet another Sri Lankan maid has come forward with claims her Kuwaiti employers abused her. As she lay in recovery at a Sri Lanka hospital, V.R. Lech...

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Internship Opening at Pollster/Huffington Post

Emily Swanson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Housekeeping, Huffington Post, Intern Opening, Pollster, Politics News
Emily Swanson

As we gear up for a busy election season, Pollster and Huffington Post are hiring a new polling intern to help us out with gathering and entering poll...

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Women Sweep Literature Prizes

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Literature Prizes, Nobel Prize, Books, Orange Prize, Herta Muller, Hilary Mantel, Alice Munro, Elizabeth Strout, Booker Prize, Fiction Prizes, Marilynne Robinson, Pulitzer Prize, LA Times, Housekeeping, Literature Awards, Literary Prizes, Books News

Is it an accident, the judging panels, a mini-trend or are the tides turning? With the sweep of this year's literary awards, all eyes are on the women...

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Housekeeping Update

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Housekeeping, Pollster, Poll Update, Politics News
Mark Blumenthal

Emily and I are both taking some time off this week, so I will be posting links to whatever polls are released in a daily 'outliers' entry that will a...

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New RSS, Twitter Feeds and Email Updates

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Email Updates, Housekeeping, Pollster.com, Rss, Twitter, Pollster, Politics News
Mark Blumenthal

We are excited to share some minor changes involving our RSS feeds, Twitter and email updates that we hope will make life a little easier for our regu...

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Not-Quite-Post-Vacation Housekeeping

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Housekeeping, Pollster.com, Pollster, Politics News
Mark Blumenthal

Now that I'm back from a week's vacation, Emily is taking two well earned days off today and tomorrow and I will be filling in adding new polls to our...

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You Got To Know When To Fold 'Em

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Fold Towels, T-Shirts, Kenny Rogers, Gambler, Housekeeping, Fitted Sheets, Erma Bombeck, Healthy Living News
Maggie Van Ostrand

Everybody has something they can do well, and sometimes life is simply trying to figure out what that thing we do well is.

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About That New Banner

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Housekeeping, National Journal, Pollster.com, Pollster, Politics News
Mark Blumenthal

Hopefully, you have already noticed something a little different about our site today. As of this morning, a *National Journal* banner now sits atop ...

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