It is best to avoid all possibility for a thief to target your car. When car thieves are looking for their next score, these are four things they love to see: Easy targets. Cars parked in dark, isolated, or otherwise concealed area; vehicles that show obvious signs of neglect: a collection of parking tickets or …
Light up with Safety this Season
Everyone loves seeing Christmas lights on display in the neighborhood. But being on your roof is dangerous work. Safety is super important during this festive tradition. According to the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, approximately 2,500 people nationwide are injured each year hanging Christmas lights. While most of those injuries are minor, others …
‘Tis the Season!
With Christmas and Hanukah right around the corner, it is time to start getting your act together to venture out into mall territory and do some holiday shopping. It isn’t fun when you realize after you spent the whole day shopping that you missed someone on your Christmas list. So we are here to help …
Holiday Stress Management Part One: Awareness
Stress is usually linked to major health issues such as heart disease, depression, obesity, sleep problems, high blood pressure, digestive problems, anxiety, and skin conditions in one way or other. These expenses can often lead to even more stress and more health problems. The Holidays are a prime time for our stress levels to spike. …
Christmas Tree Standoff! Round Two: Real Trees
There are advantages and disadvantages to both sides of the “real” versus “fake” debate when it comes to Christmas trees. Last Wednesday we discussed the pros and cons to buy artificial in Round One. Today we will look at the other side of the debate. Advantages 1. According to the USDA, almost all of the …
Christmas Tree Standoff! Round One: Artificial Trees
Did you know that the first artificial Christmas trees were manufactured in the early 1930’s by a company in the business of making toilet scrubbers and brushes? So the first fake trees were nothing more than gigantic, green toilet bowl scrubbers! Artificial trees have continued to gain widespread popularity since the 30’s. In 2007 almost …
4 Early Signs that may lead to Prostate Cancer
Although we are at the end of Men’s Health Awareness Month, it is still very important to be aware of the risk factors to prostate cancer. After skin cancer, prostate cancer is the second most common kind of cancer in American men. It doesn’t have many symptoms, making it difficult to treat since by the …
The Celebration of Thanks
As the Pilgrims struggled with an unfamiliar land, the Wampanoag tribe came to them to help. Squanto visited the settlers, taught them how to grow corn and use fish to fertilize their fields. Eventually a formal agreement was made between the English and the Wampanoag and they joined together to protect each other in March …
Surviving Parties while on a Diet
It’s holiday time and it usually causes chaos for your diet, what with all the parties and get-togethers and delicious food. Family events and work related functions are not a time to deny a small indulgence you simply cannot avoid, but don’t overdo it. Here’s a dieter’s party guide to help you be polite while …
Eat This during Thanksgiving
According to the Calorie Control Council, the average American will consume 4,500 calories and 229 grams of fat on Thanksgiving Day, a feat worthy of competitive eating accolades on any other day. We imagine you’ll want turkey. Cranberry sauce. Potatoes, sure. Gravy. Maybe some veggies on the side. Oh, and pie?! But just by making …
