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DealDash Helps “Family Game Night”

Spending quality time with your family is important. Let’s bring back Family Game Night with a little help from DealDash.

When I was a kid most families didn’t have all of the extra evening karate classes, swim classes, dance classes, soccer practice, etc. etc. etc. the list goes on. Kids these days are over scheduled, I personally know of a family with 3 elementary and middle school children who have extra classes or sports practice every single night after school. They barely have time to do their homework, dinner is eaten at 8PM after practice, then off to bed to  — Read full post

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Building a Birdhouse With DealDash

  If you read my article on birdwatching but would like to watch birds a little closer to home, how about building a simple bird house?

Building a bird house can be as simple or as complicated as you want it to be. As someone with limited woodworking skills we are going to keep this simple!

The first thing that you need to do is gather your materials. You will need:

 

  • One 5-foot 1- x 6-inch No. 2 pine board
  • Measuring tape
  • 2-inch galvanized finishing nails
  • Power drill
  • Appropriate-size spade bit
  • Hand saw
  • Hammer

The first thing you need to  — Read full post

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Making It a “Steak” Out on DealDash

Most people love a nice, juicy steak. However, when you go to the meat department it can be a little confusing which cut to buy.

Grilling a delicious steak can be a lot of fun, and it always makes a wonderful dinner. However, just picking up whatever cut of meat is on sale and throwing it on the grill probably isn’t the best way to go if you are looking for optimum taste. A lot of cuts of steak look similar, but they are meant to be cooked in different ways. I’ll give you a quick primer below on what  — Read full post

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Tea Time With DealDash

  Tea has been around for thousands of years, and almost everyone has tried tea in some form or another over the years. However, there’s more to life than just Lipton.

As someone who grew up in the Southern United States, extra sweetened iced tea, more commonly known as “sweet tea” was a staple in my household growing up. Now that a lot of the national fast foods chains are serving sweet tea it’s only grown in popularity over the last few years.

I would like to share my Southern Sweet Tea recipe with you today – it’s super simple, but  — Read full post

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Hiking Around with DealDash

Hiking is a fun activity that you can do with your family and friends. You don’t need expensive equipment or hard training, just an adventurous spirit.

When someone says the word “hiking” it usually conjures up images of mountainsides and steep vegetation covered hills. However, the word hiking means so much more than the ultra strenuous images that you might imagine. Hiking can also just simply mean a walk in the woods. My preferred version of hiking is a leisurely stroll on the trails in the beautiful woods near Walden Pond.

Hiking is great for your health and endurance, even  — Read full post