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Holiday Rules for your pets

Gift-giving is one exciting aspect of the holiday season, and who doesn’t love a warm fuzzy puppy? But when you combine the two, there are important points you need to consider before making a huge commitment to a live animal. If the circumstances are right, gifting a pet can be a thoughtful and really special way to show someone how much you love them. But you definitely don’t want to throw a huge commitment at someone if they’re not ready

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Winter Home Maintenance Checklist Texas Style

Luckily, no one’s San Antonio home is going to be buried in inches of snow any time soon, but there are several precautions you can take to keep your home well-maintained during the winter. Texans have a whole different ballgame when it comes to protecting your home against Mother Nature and Old Man Winter. We may not have snow, but other signs of nature come full force starting in November and lasting through even March. We’ve got a list of

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Keep your Car Healthy During The hOLIDAYS

Living in the southwest region of the United States brings many conveniences during the wintertime, like not having to worry about the next big snowstorm and replacing our car tires with winter tires. The main struggle we have when we hop into our vehicles is figuring out how to get the heater to run on high without fogging up our windshield. But it’s not all sunshine and rainbows when it comes to winter car maintenance down here either. It’s important

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How to avoid Holiday Cooking Disasters This Season

With the way 2020 has gone so far, you can’t blame us for ignoring the food situation and just praying that this Thanksgiving and Christmas season was accident-free in the kitchen. With all the little “surprises” that have come our way this year, we were really bracing ourselves for anything, from knife slips to burned turkeys and kitchens. Holiday cooking can be one of those special things that can trigger happy memories in an instant. It only takes one little

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Five San Antonio-Area Hiking Spots to Shave Off Turkey Weight

Imagine: You’ve stuffed yourself full of Thanksgiving turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, and dressing. Chances are, even if you weren’t hungry, you might have shoveled a piece of pumpkin, pecan, and apple pie in that belly too because it’s #2020 and we deserve it. You’re waddling to your recliner or favorite loveseat of choice, and you carefully place your turkey-stuffed self down with a blankie and a Christmas movie. Life is good. But then you remember that the holidays are the

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La Niña doesn’t mean to go without Flood Insurance

La Niña and pumpkin pie. What on earth do those two have in common? This time of year, they go hand-in-hand. We all know and love our Thanksgiving staple of pumpkin pie, so who in the world is “la niña” and what is she doing here this time of year, besides being a once-every-few-years-or-so guest at our Thanksgiving table? Some years, her counterpart, El Niño, tries to mess up our pumpkinly-perfect fall weather with rainstorms and wetter conditions, but this

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Tips for Safe Hunting in South Texas

It’s almost deer season, baby. As South Texans, we all at least know someone who hunts white-tailed deer, or we’ve gone ourselves in the chilly early November days. Some hunt for actual deer meat while others just enjoy the sounds and views of nature in the late fall/early winter. Maybe you’re headed out to a lease for the first time, or maybe you’re a seasoned veteran, but either way, there are several tips for safe hunting that any level of

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Home Safety During the Holidays

The air is getting chilly and the calendar officially reflects November, the time when most Americans start planning for the holiday season. The political season isn’t the only thing bringing a debate to the table. Every year, the Thanksgiving crowd vs. the Christmas crowd sets out to defend each holiday and the time most appropriate for decorating. We know it’s a bit early, but before we bust out the tinsel, we want you to take a few minutes to consider

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Halloween 2020 COVID19 Pandemic Edition

Trick or treat? The entire year has been somewhat of a trick, hasn’t it? Amid the pandemic, it’s been hard to find joy, whether you’ve been an essential worker bravely trudging into work, or if you’ve been coaching kiddo through virtual schoolwork at home. But this Halloween, the kiddos deserve something to look forward to. So, bust out the costumes and prepare for a healthy, happy Halloween. With a few tips and tricks (or treats!) up to our sleeve, we

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Cyber Security Awareness Month

For the 17th year, the United States Government’s National Cyber Security Alliance has successfully launched Cyber Security Awareness Month, sharing knowledge and understanding with Americans regarding an issue that has affected consumers more and more through the years. With 4.8 billion internet users (over 62% of the world’s population), it’s in everyone’s best interest to do a little brushing up on our cybersecurity skills. Protecting the information that exists on the web has become more important than ever, and we’ve

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