Spring Gardening Checklist The garden is waking up, and you’re in charge! It’s time to plant, prune, prepare beds, and care for your lawn. Early Spring Check for signs of growth. Did you remember to plant snow crocus last fall? If not, cut forsythia or magnolia branches to bring inside for forcing to get a dose of early spring color. […]
Tips to Manage Anxiety and Stress When you’re feeling anxious or stressed, these strategies will help you cope: Take a time-out.Practice yoga, listen to music, meditate, get a massage, or learn relaxation techniques. Stepping back from the problem helps clear your head. Eat well-balanced meals.Do not skip any meals. Do keep healthful, energy-boosting snacks on […]
5 Steps to Choosing the Right Board Game By Trent Howell Most people visiting board game sites are looking for new board games or card games to buy for their family. Or they’ve heard about a board game and are looking to find out more about it. Once they visit, they can easily be swept away […]
Super Bowl Foods & Craft Beer January 30, 2014 by Microbrewed Beer of the Month Club When preparing for Super Bowl Sunday, it’s important to make sure you don’t forget the craft beer! If your house is anything like most of ours, there’s going to be plenty of food around – so what craft beers […]
7 ways to get organized for the tax year By Kay Bell • Bankrate.com Taxes are intensely personal, with every filer’s situation different. But one thing remains the same in each tax case. The IRS demands certain things from all taxpayers. But filing taxes doesn’t have to be an ordeal. And it can be less frustrating and […]
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Much to my delight it seem more and more grocery stores and markets are discontinuing the use of plastic bags. They are giving you options of bringing your own bag, sometimes offering an incentive for doing so or paying for the brown paper bag most of us grew up with. The horrible realities of […]
One day while having a conversation with my daughter who is a trained chemist I ask her what was the difference between Sugar and High Fructose Corn Syrup? She thought that was a fantastic question; and here is her answer: Sugar is the carbohydrate sucrose, which is fructose and glucose stuck together. We generally get […]
I watched the documentary Food Matters. To my surprise, it reports on ideas I’ve tossed around in my head; ideas I thought were my own. This movie addresses the major role of nutrition in overall health. While also addressing the fact that nutrition plays a minor role in modern medicine. All nutrients necessary for […]
Cholesterol is essential for many bodily functions. Unfortunately, the news surrounding the compound is all negative and it’s earned a bad wrap -more or less, rightfully so. I’d like to clear some things up about my new favorite topic, cholesterol. Cholesterol is a naturally occurring sterol metabolite circulating in the bloodstream of all animals. Sterols […]