Terms of Use

The whole purpose of OUR EMPTY NEST is to:

1. Create a website others might find interesting and useful.
2. Share inspiration and information on living simply and living well with featured articles on simplifying life . . . decluttering and downsizing . . . home décor and improvement . . . entertaining at home . . . books, movies, and other fun stuff to do . . . cooking tips and favorite recipes . . . trips and travels . . . and various other thoughts on life before, during, and { mostly } after children.
3. Connect with others who want to simplify and enjoy the simple pleasures life has to offer.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.

OUR EMPTY NEST was designed by me, Patricia Petro, and reflects my personal tastes, views, and opinions. Nothing found on this website is meant to offend, attack, or malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, or individual.

Posts and links are checked for accuracy and suitability at the time of publication. Any links appearing at OUR EMPTY NEST go to their respective sites. I can’t be held responsible for the content of those third party websites nor guarantee the accuracy or suitability of archived content.

I reserve the right to remove, replace, move, add, edit, or delete any of the content at OUR EMPTY NEST, including text, images, and links, without prior announcement for any reason whatsoever. If you find something offensive, please contact me.

Any advice found on OUR EMPTY NEST—written by me, a guest writer, or another third party—should not be taken as fact nor absolute. I am simply sharing ideas that work for Tom and me and relaying information I find interesting and useful. If you decide to use tips, techniques, advice, and/or recommendations found at OUR EMPTY NEST and are injured, or use any published recipe and the recipe doesn’t yield the intended results, I am not, nor is OUR EMPTY NEST, liable in any way.

All content, text, titles, photos, and illustrations at OUR EMPTY NEST are the intellectual property of their respective authors, photographers, artists, or other cited sources. Unauthorized downloading, copying, reproduction, modification, republishing, duplicating, uploading, posting, or transmitting any material on OUR EMPTY NEST, including layout, trademarks, and/or content for personal reasons, gain, or profit, is strictly prohibited. All rights are reserved.

Photos used on OUR EMPTY NEST are either personal photos taken by me or Tom; stock photos purchased specifically for the purpose of posting on this website; photos found online that accompany featured articles posted here; or photos found online that are believed to be in public domain, readily available on the Internet, and published according to the U.S. Copyright Fair Use Act, title 17, U.S. Code. Third-party photos used in featured posts are credited and linked to their outside sources. OUR EMPTY NEST makes every attempt to credit the proper sources. If sources, links, and information are not valid or accurate, please contact me immediately.

If you want to use something from this website, contact me for written permission.

OUR EMPTY NEST occasionally accepts and uses posts by guest writers on select and relevant topics.

Guest writers are not paid.

By submitting articles and posts to OUR EMPTY NEST for publication, you are granting me permission to edit and/or correct grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors, as needed. Though every effort is made to get a guest writer’s post online as soon as possible, there is no set time frame for posting. I reserve the right to reject any submission.

OUR EMPTY NEST is not responsible, and will not be held liable, for blog comments. Comments are the sole responsibility of their writers.

Your comments may be held in moderation and could take a day or two to appear. Please don’t panic or resubmit your comment if you don’t see it right away. Misspelled words, punctuation, or grammar in comments will be corrected.

Please be kind and respectful. Comments that are harsh or malicious, written with the intent to advertise, containing profanity or pornography, or comments that are general spam will be deleted.

At this time, OUR EMPTY NEST does not have any paid advertising on its site nor does it sponsor any affiliate links. Also, we do not receive compensation for posts or recipes that mention or contain information about products.

Occasionally, OUR EMPTY NEST will sponsor a giveaway. We only work with companies and products we endorse and believe will be useful and appeal to our readers. There’s nothing in it for us except for the satisfaction of rewarding the lovely people who stop in and enjoy our website.

Terms of each giveaway are published at the time of the giveaway.

Companies interested in sponsoring a giveaway at OUR EMPTY NEST should contact me with details about their product and an outlined proposal.

OUR EMPTY NEST takes your privacy seriously. Tom and I do not share, sell, or distribute any of your personal information.

You are required to give an email address when making a comment, but your address is hidden once the comment is submitted. Whatever personal information you put in the “Name” and “URL” fields for comments will be shared, as well as anything you include in the body of the comment.

We do not provide any contact information to outside companies, unless you have won a giveaway and the company needs to ship your prize to you.

Nothing contained at OUR EMPTY NEST, in its content, or this document’s content shall be construed as conferring any license or right under any copyright of OUR EMPTY NEST or any third party. Note that photos and graphics used on this website may be the subject of other intellectual property rights reserved by OUR EMPTY NEST or another third party and are not licensed hereunder. The terms, conditions, policies, and procedures outlined in each tab of this document may contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. They are provided “as-is” and without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.

IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR EMPTY NEST BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, WHETHER THEY BE DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (1) YOUR ACCESS TO OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OUR EMPTY NEST; AND (2) PERFORMANCE OF THE INFORMATION, SERVICES, PRODUCTS, AND MATERIALS AVAILABLE FROM THIS SITE, REGARDLESS OF THE TYPE OF CLAIM OR THE NATURE OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES AND/OR PROVINCES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM STATE-TO-STATE OR PROVINCE-TO-PROVINCE.