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Sleep Better in Your Bedroom

If you are having trouble sleeping at night, it could be your bedroom. Here are some ways to make your bedroom really sleep friendly. Make the changes now, and you’ll sleep better tonight. Getting enough sleep is priceless. Remove the Distractions Your bedroom should be a sleep center. It shouldn’t be a gaming center, a media center or a workout center. Remove things that don’t belong in the bedroom. These can serve as distractions that interrupt sleep. Common culprits include television, a treadmill, elliptical or other exercise equipment, and a desk or home office. These items serve as reminders of … Continue reading →

The Five Minute Bedroom Pick up

The bedroom can be one of the most neglected areas of the home. Since it isn’t usually a room that is in the general flow of the household or a place that company gets to see, it can get pretty cluttered. This is a shame, because a cluttered bedroom isn’t peaceful or serene for sleep. Here are some tips on having a five minute bedroom pick up. Make the bed Making a bed actually takes less than five minutes. Making the bed is important, because it establishes a routine for the bedroom pick up, and it is amazing how neat … Continue reading →

5-minute Retreats For Moms

Author Sue Augustine wants to know, Are the joys of motherhood robbing you of daily joy? Do you feel overworked, underpaid and seriously underappreciated? When was the last time your had a “time-out”? In her book, 5-minuted Retreats for Moms, she offers dozens of ways for busy moms to not only de-stress, but find little things we can do to bring some pleasure to our lives. While most of the retreats take more than five minutes, the point is we should take time out for ourselves. I’d like to share some of my favorites from the book in upcoming blogs. … Continue reading →

Two Favorite Cleaning Products

Last year when I got married, I moved into my husband’s house and wow! Cleaning a whole house, instead of just my previous bedroom, kept me really busy. I enjoy having a house and taking care of it, but cleaning it can be a big chore if I don’t stay on top of it. To make cleaning a more speeding process I have found some favorite products to help me do a quick clean. To clean floors I love the Swiffer WetJet! They work great on wood, tile, linoleum, and almost any kind of hard flooring. What is perfect about … Continue reading →

A Day In The Life Of A Pregnant Woman

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1am – Wake up, search for the body pillow that fell to the floor. Spend five minutes getting comfortable. Drift back to sleep. 1:06am – Your eyes fly open. You run to the bathroom. 2:30am – Wake up to carefully roll over and adjust the pillow between your knees. 6:15am – You realize you cannot lay in bed another minute because your back is aching. Even if your back didn’t hurt, your bladder is about to explode. 6:30am – While reaching for the bag of coffee beans, you remember you kicked the caffeine habit and begrudgingly reach for the apple … Continue reading →

Waterpik Ecoflow Showerhead

If you are a regular reader of this blog, you know that I like to advocate changing out your standard shower head for a low flow version. The problem is, that it isn’t always easy finding a model that works well and is attractive. The “works well” issue is especially important for me. We live in an older home where the water pressure can sometimes be iffy and maintaining a consistent hot water temperature at the furnace level is sometimes difficult. Still, shortly after we moved in, we installed a low flow shower head right away and lived with it … Continue reading →

How to Clean a Cooler

With summer on its way, it is time to drag out the coolers and get them ready for backyard barbecues, picnics and days at the beach. But are you dreading opening your cooler because you are afraid of what you might find after a winter of storage? Here are some tips on how to clean your cooler. It seems as through we are forever cleaning out our cooler. One of the reasons for this is that we use our cooler on a regular basis throughout the year. It is handy to have it to bring along drinks and snacks when … Continue reading →

Who Has Time for Lingerie?

Yesterday I got a Frederick’s of Hollywood spring preview catalog in the mail. It reminded me of an article Lyn once wrote. (See: Do You Still Wear Lingerie?) I’ve owned a few pieces of lingerie in my lifetime. Some I bought myself before we were married, some I got as wedding presents, and I even picked up a couple pieces since we’ve been married. But I never wear them. My trouble has always been laziness. Seems like a lot of trouble to get into some sexy getup only to, as Lyn pointed out in one of her comments on her … Continue reading →

Indulgence

There are times in a man’s experience on the road of fatherhood when he must stop, take a deep breath, and count to ten before he loses his paternal cool. I had just such an experience a few moments ago. I had just finished putting the twins to bed, and I was anxious to go to the living room and watch the rest of MNF. To anyone out there who doesn’t know what MNF means, it stands for Monday Night Football. I had just sat down in the Living room and hadn’t even reached for the remote yet when my … Continue reading →