When I was a child notes would often times be sent home if I were tardy, failed the yearly eye exam or had acted up in class. These are all notes that are still sent home but there is a new notification on the scene being sent home to parents: a letter warning parents about the results of BMI screening. Being dubbed "The Fat Letter" some parents and physicians are less than enthusiastic about … [Read more...]
Healthy Beauty: A Plethora of Tips
WebMD has put together some awesome beauty tips for us in this afternoons post from how to pose for a camera without a double chin to softening your feet, WebMD has got you covered from top to bottom. How to Banish a Blemish Fight redness with a green-tinted concealer. Add a skin-colored concealer with salicylic acid or benzoyl peroxide for healing. How to Get Rich, Full Lashes Apply 3 coats … [Read more...]
Video- How To Get Rid Of Stuff
School is starting and though you may not have needed it during the summer, you'll need extra table space and desk tops for home work. If you look around and every single space has something on it, maybe it's time to do some purging. Faith Wolfe is a woman of many talents: singer, song writer, actress and professional organizer. Through apartment therapy she has given us three videos on how to … [Read more...]
Cat Allergen Cure
Praise the Lord! I have thee worst cat allergies around. If I shake hands with someone who has a cat I'll start sneezing, my eyes itches, my nose runs and I can't breathe. I can usually keep it from rendering me completely useless with eye drops, nasal spray and my inhaler, but wouldn't it be wonderful if I didn't have to carry that all around with me all the time? WebMD.com has more. July … [Read more...]
The Pros and Cons of Guided Tours
Apartment Therapy breaks down the pros and cons of guided tours to help you figure out what is the best option for you on your next vacation! First up is the downside of joining tours or hiring a guide: Unknown Experts: You don't know who your guide will be, and there's nothing worse than tapping your toes while listening to someone annoying drone on and on about endless facts. Hopefully you … [Read more...]
Have You Tried Corn Juice?
Have you tried corn juice? I haven't but some people really enjoy it. Apparently it's a cultural staple in Central America and Peru. In Asia you'll find it mixed with sugar and milk. Though The Kitchn says they've found it doesn't need anything added. You'll often hear people also ask "Have you tried corn ice cream?". While I've never done anything but eat corn with butter, I guess I would … [Read more...]
Distant Makes The Heart Grow Fonder- Long Distance Relationships
With being a military spouse, handling a long distance relationship is a common occurrence for me. Sometimes we're separated by thousands of miles and security clearances. We may get to talk every day, or we may only get a call once a week. We may get to video chat, or we may go months without seeing each other. I know that we have it better than some, but it's still a hard situation to … [Read more...]
Bake Bread In The Slow-Cooker
I hope you're sitting down because your world is about to be turned upside down. During the summer, it's most often our goal to keep the house from heating up if we can help it, but who doesn't LOVE a piece of warm, fresh oven baked bread? Now you can have both. You can't just make it, toss it in the crock-pot, and hope it comes out so here are a few tips to help you figure out what works for … [Read more...]
The Full Moon: Sleep Cycles
People blame a lot of things on the full moon, crazy behavior, mood and sleep patterns. A study done in Switzerland shows that these accusations may not be unfounded. Here's more from WebMD: "This is a fascinating and more robust confirmation of an earlier study," said Professor Jim Horne of the Sleep Research Centre at Loughborough University. "The effect is probably due to an internal … [Read more...]
Hollywood Style Bubble Bath
Have you ever seen someone on TV or in the movies take a bubble bath and wonder "how did they get those kind of bubbles!?" I always do. See I love me a good bubble bath, but the store bought variety is...lacking. I've always wanted to take a bath in bubbles that would cover me from head to toe and not fizzle out within the first five minutes. Yesterday my daughter wanted to play a game called … [Read more...]
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