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Zippy Shell of the Piedmont Triad recently spread some holiday cheer in their local community by participating in their local holiday parade. The team worked hard to make sure their Zippy Shell trailer and container was trimmed out in holiday style for the festive occasion!
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Spice up Thanksgiving with some new recipes to enjoy all the holiday foods you love with a twist.
Brie bites
Get your serving of cranberry sauce served up with some extra flavor. Using pre-made biscuit dough, place a cube of brie into the middle of your biscuit. Then top the brie with a spoonful of cranberry sauce. Finally, bake them in the oven with the directed time and temperature for the dough.
Mashed sweet potatoes
Change up your ordinary mashed potatoes for mashed sweet potatoes! This dish can be made with butter and seasonings to go with dinner or add some brown sugar and cinnamon for dessert!
Apple pie salsa and chips
Create a dish of apple pie filling and put it in a small bowl. Serve it with a plate of cinnamon flavored chips or crisps to have apple salsa!
Stuffing muffins
Make your usual stuffing recipe, but do not transfer it into your turkey. Place it into a bowl and shape little circles together to fit into your muffin dish. Use an egg or butter to get the stuffing to hold together in a ball. Bake until golden brown.
Seasoned sprouts
Brown your brussels sprouts in olive oil and season with salt to taste. Add butter, chicken stock, and shallots to accentuate the flavor of the brussels sprouts and cook until soft and tender.
Oreo turkeys
Using candy eyes and candy corn, create a face and a tail of feathers on an Oreo using frosting as glue to stick the pieces on.
Pumpkin spice chocolate chip cookies
Make a batch of your favorite chocolate chip cookies and mix pumpkin puree into the batter!
Zippy Shell of Northern Illinois was recently featured in the Northwest Herald, a daily magazine publication in the Mchenry County, Illinois area. The Northwest Herald sat down with Zippy Shell of Northern Illinois’ owner, Ken Wasko to learn more about the simplicity and convenience of the Zippy Shell storage and moving system.
You can read the full article right here.
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Please Join Zippy Shell of Northern Illinois this Thursday, November 15th at 11 am to celebrate the one year anniversary of their grand opening! The event will include a networking hour, a buffet style lunch from City Barbecue, a facility tour, equipment demonstrations and more!
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Try out one of these activities with the whole family on a nice fall day!
Apple picking
Go apple picking to get some of the freshest apples of the season. Once you have all your apples at home, use them in a classic fall recipe, such as candy apples or apple pie.
Have a bonfire
Build a bonfire in your very own backyard using a fire pit or a safely dug out hole surrounded by stones or bricks. Roast marshmallows or cook hot dogs and enjoy a cool night.
Hiking
Don’t let the cold weather stop you from getting outside and exercising. Enjoy the crisp fall air with a nice hike at your local hiking trail.
Hayride
Hayrides can be a fun fall activity for anyone to enjoy. Take your kids out for a fun day or have a date night with your significant other.
Make a holiday decoration
Using fallen leaves from your backyard you can create your very own holiday decoration. Attach them to a circular ring to create a festive fall wreath to hang on your front door!
Go to a football game
Tailgate at your favorite football team’s game with friends then enjoy cheering them on at the game!
Make sangria
Spice up your typical sangria with cinnamon, apple slices, and/or caramel to turn your normal sangria into a festive drink!
Drive through fall leaves
As the leaves are changing color, go get a sight of them before they fall. Take a drive down any local road that is full of large trees to get to see the beautiful fall leaves.
Install a medicine cabinet
Find a medicine cabinet that matches the shape of your mirror to hang it right behind your mirror with a few screws. If you cannot find one that has a similar shape, hang any medicine cabinet above your toilet or next to your bathroom mirror. This storage hack can easily be done in less than an hour.
Paint or paper a wall
Paint a whole room a new color or spruce up a room by adding wallpaper to one wall in a room. This works great for a bathroom to accent around your sink and mirror.
Replace your showerhead
Buy a low flow showerhead or a showerhead that allows you to adjust the water pressure. This will allow you to save money on your water bill and help the environment.
Weather seal your doors and windows
Insert foam weather stripping on the bottoms of your doors or on the panels of your windows. This will keep your house sealed from cold fall air coming through. This will also prevent you from wasting money on having to crank your heat up to keep your house warm.
Spice up your trim
Repaint your wall or door trim to give it a refreshed look. Add a pop of color by painting a new color over it that balances well with the room. This can also be applied well to your fireplace trim to give it a more modern look.
Patch up holes in your wall
You may have had a few holes in your walls that have been meaning to get fixed for a while now. Take a minimal amount of time out of your weekend to put some spackle over old holes to clean up the room.
Check for drafts
Check around windows and doors if there are any spaces where cold air could leak in. Seal these spaces with new frames, drapery, insulation, etc.
Turn off outdoor faucets
To prevent water from freezing within your pipes, turn off your outdoor water faucets. Disconnect hoses and sprinklers so the remaining water can drain out.
Put away all seasonal furniture
If you haven’t done so already from summer, clean off and stow away all outdoor furniture. This will ensure they will not be moldy or pest infested in the spring.
Inspect your chimney
If you have a wood fireplace, and use it often, consider having it cleaned out to have it in good shape for when it gets cold.
Stock up on snow gear
Buy salt for your driveway and sidewalks so that you are ready for when the first snowstorm of the season hits. If you live in an especially cold area that receives a lot of snow, consider buying a snow blower.
Inspect trees
Look around to make sure none of your trees have weak branches that could result in thousands of dollars of roof repairs if they were to land on your house.
Clean your gutters
As the leaves start falling from the trees they are going to fill up your gutters. Make sure to get up there and clean them out, so that when it rains water does not overflow onto the foundation of your home.
Fertilize your lawn
After fertilizing your lawn in the fall, it stands a better chance to survive the winter with minimal damage to your yard.
Drain your lawn equipment
Any machines you use for your yard that require gas, such as your lawnmower, should be drained. Keeping excess gas in the tank can lead to a messy buildup and make it hard for the machine to return to work in the spring.
Moving to a new home? Try out some of these tips to set up your kitchen in the most efficient ways possible!
Proper food storage
Know which foods must be refrigerated, don’t need to be refrigerated, and which should be frozen. This will help give you a guideline of where your food should go. Store your meats in the bottom of your fridge where it is coldest and where any leaks would avoid contaminating any other food. Dairy can be stored on the top shelf, where temperature is most consistent. Don’t store items with a short expiration date in the door, as this is the warmest part of the fridge.
Use up the empty space on the back of doors
The space on the back of your pantry or cabinet doors is going to waste. You can use a shoe organizer, pegboards, or mini shelves to hang up extra items on your door space such as pans, measuring cups, food, and more.
Uniform containers
In your pantry and cabinets, things can get messy quickly. Use clear, rectangular storage containers to keep your food sealed fresh and pest-free. This also allows you to easily see all your food items with no need to dig through cardboard boxes or bags.
Organize zones
Organize all your kitchen items by what they are used for. Create different zones for storing items such as food, cleaning supplies, cooking tools, and silverware and dishes. This will make your kitchen more organized by having related items all in the same location.
Declutter
Kitchens are one of the biggest clutter magnets. It’s not hard to get sucked into purchasing gadgets that you think will get a lot of use, when they will collect dust for years. Some of these helpful decluttering tips can get you started for when you don’t know what to get rid of first.
Have Zippy Shell Help
If you are moving to a new home, have Zippy Shell help move all your items for you! We will safely deliver your belongings to your new home and even help you move everything inside to allow for an easy set up.
Most families choose to move over the summer, that way their kids don’t have to transfer schools during the school year. When the time comes when you move and your kids have to finally transfer, it may be very hard on them. Use some of these tips to help ease the move.
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Most families choose to move over the summer, that way their kids don’t have to transfer schools during the school year. When the time comes when you move and your kids have to finally transfer, it may be very hard on them. Use some of these tips to help ease the move.
This includes furniture, comforters, toys, and anything else from your old home. Buying new furniture will make the kids feel even less at home than they already are.
Coming off of this, replicate the rooms from your old home. If possible, set up your furniture in the same directions as they were previously. You should also try to organize your kitchen cabinets in a similar way so that the children don’t get confused.
Eat your meals at the same times as you did before. Little things such as meals and tv time can go a long way to make them feel comfortable.
Have them meet some of their teachers as well as your new neighbors to get to know the people they will be around most.
Sign your child up for community activities or sports teams to get to know more kids their age. They will end up making lots of new friends as well as finding something they enjoy doing.
Let them know that you understand how difficult this process is. It is very hard to go through and you just have to be there for them and help make the transition as smooth as possible.