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Posted by Kerry Crozier at 22:22 | Saturday, September 4. 2010 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

What are some tips for reducing moving stress?

Planning ahead is the key to lowering the stress of moving day.

Moving is the third most stressful life event, following death and divorce according to the Employee Relocation Council. Moving disrupts your normal routine and generates feelings of uncertainty as you enter uncharted waters. The following suggestions may help make the move less stressful - and save you from needing a bottle of aspirin on the big day.

Prior to the Move
Be Prepared - Advance planning and organization will make your move go smoother. Keep all documents related to your move in one, easily accessible location. Use a folder, notebook, or even a daily planner to keep track of important phone numbers and documents. Referrals for new physicians, maps of your new town and contact information for old friends are just a few more things that you may want to stash in your organizer.
Make a schedule of appointments to turn on and off your electricity, gas, water, cable and other fundamentals for your home. This is also a good time to do some online research on your new community. Make notes about restaurants and other places in the area.
Label each box with the name of the corresponding room. You can write directly on the box or to make it even easier, print out large computer labels and stick them to the box.

Fill out the United States Postal Service change of address form six to eight weeks prior to your move to make sure you receive your mail when you relocate. The form can be found at www.usps.com/moversguide/welcome.htm. And make sure you let the IRS know, too. A change of address form (Form No. 8822) is available on their Web site (www.irs.gov).

On Move-In Day
Try to keep children occupied. Have coloring books or other toys readily available to fill the children's time while the movers are bringing items into the home. Ask if your new neighbors have children that your children can play with during this time or if they know of a babysitter that would be available to help out.
If you have a pet, put he/she in an isolated room with food, water and bedding. Post a note reminding everybody to keep the door shut; otherwise, your pet could get injured or even lost.
Begin by opening boxes that you will need first, such as ones that contain necessities like paper towels, trash bags and light bulbs. The easiest way to recognize these boxes is to mark them with a bright colored sticker or a special notation that makes them stand out from the rest. Take care of the bathroom and bedrooms first, and then move on to the kitchen and other living spaces. Keep a trash bag in every room, so packing materials can be discarded as you go.
Trying to fix a meal while still unpacking causes undue stress. Take this chance to find a new and different place to eat, or if you are feeling homesick, find an old favorite and enjoy a meal. If you don't feel like going out, check your new telephone directory for restaurants that will deliver or look back to the list you made from Internet research before you moved.
After Move-In
Time, effort and courage will help you integrate yourself into your new community. Remember - it's a gradual process, but your patience will be rewarded in the long run. Go for a drive, walk or bicycle ride to learn your way around and meet your new neighbors and see your new town.
Look for clubs that match your interests. Running, reading, sewing...there are unlimited possibilities of organizations that can help you meet people in your new community. Check the local library or grocery store bulletin boards for notices of meetings. Don't forget that children's sports leagues, churches, and other parts of your life in your old community will still be available in your new one.
Make sure you have "me time" everyday. Take a moment for yourself to figure out what you need to feel better during this emotional time. And, try not to sweat the small stuff. Remember that it is OK to miss the way things were, but take time to appreciate the new things in your life. Staying positive and keeping an optimistic attitude will help you adjust to your new home more quickly.

How does cross-country moving differ from a cross-town moving?

Often you will find people want to move themselves, when its just a cross-town, they think it will be cheaper and easier that way, when it is something that is cross-country, its much more orchestrated event and it helps to have a professional mover come in and pretty much take care of things for you so you can relax and you can focus on things like finding your new home, learning about you new community things like that. We do offer services locally and they really not that pricey, they are not that expensive, but often a lot of people think they can do it themselves when it's in their own hometown and they don't have the other things to focus on.

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5 Tips For a Less Stressful Moving House Experience

Today’s guest post comes from Authority Blogger Chris Garrett, who opened the door and promptly got pounced upon! No, truly, I felt the poor hard-working man really needed a friendly space in which to offload a bit of stress from his family’s recent move to a new house. And perhaps we can all learn from Chris’ tips for a “moving experience”… ~ Jen

5 Tips For a Less Stressful Moving House Experience

We just moved house and while the new place is wonderful, the moving experience itself was not.

Here are my top 5 tips for a more relaxed move:

Make sure you have backup plans —
If you leave anything to chance you can pretty much be sure it will go wrong in all the worst ways. As well as moving house we had a cat with a broken leg and a small child with a sickness bug to contend with. On top of all that I work from home but couldn’t because our old line was disconnected early while the new line was fitted with a fault. Make sure you have plan B, C and for good measure Z
Use professional movers OR over-recruit on the help —
We had three hours to move and only two able-bodied men to do the lifting. Somehow we did it but the stress would have been half with double the time or double the people. Even better a professional crew who just knew how to do everything efficiently.
Do not throw every bit of clutter away; some of it might come in handy —
Portable televisions, old style telephones, camping equipment. You name it. We threw out and gave to charity perfectly good rugs only to find a lot of our flooring won’t be fitted for two weeks.
Plan your day as best you can —
You don’t want people tripping over each other. We had a guy trying to fit satellite television while another gang was trying to lay carpet, not good!
Keep essentials close —
A lot of stress can be saved if you can lay your hand on what you need without hunting for it. Everything from milk and kettle through to power tools. Don’t throw everything into boxes without at least marking what it is, where it should go and how.

This was our third house but we had made all the same mistakes as before. I’m ashamed to say one of my professional skills is supposedly project management! I hope you can learn the lessons it took us so many mishaps to finally grasp.

Do you have any house moving tips to make the whole thing less stressful?
Please share in the comments …

Home Cleaning Services

Posted by Kerry Crozier at 16:12 | Friday, August 6. 2010 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Home Cleaning Services

There is really no substitute for thorough home cleaning on a regular schedule. Why? Because it's the most efficient way to ensure all the cleaning duties in your home get done instead of just the standard fare. If you can add one extra cleaning chore a week to your regular vacuuming and dusting regimen (say, wiping down the ceiling fans, cleaning the baseboards, or wiping down the sinks), you'll be amazed at how much cleaner your home feels.

Sounds Easy Enough, Right?
The catch, of course, is making the time and sticking to the routine. With today's busy schedules, most homeowners simply can't keep up. There's taking the kids to soccer practice, surprise visits from friends and family, those late evenings spent catching up at the office. Eventually something's got to give, and cleaning is an easy thing to put off. The trouble is that once you get off of your routine it gets tougher and tougher to catch up again. That's why many homeowners look into home cleaning services to take care of their cleaning needs.

Is it Really Worth It?
Some homeowners have doubts about whether hiring someone to clean their house is worth the money. The answer is: absolutely. For starters, good cleaning companies come into your home on a regular schedule with a set cleaning routine, guaranteeing you a spotless residence. Nothing gets neglected and no chore gets skipped. Besides that, home cleaning services know tricks and strategies that the average homeowner doesn't, meaning your house will be actually be cleaner than if you stuck to your guns and did it yourself. Finally, think about all the other things you'd rather be doing instead of scrubbing the toilet. Whether it's running errands, getting some work done, or simply putting up your feet, you're not just paying for cleaning services, you're buying a little extra time for yourself.

Get some time back! Use this link to hire a local, prescreenedHouse Cleaning Service

Your Home Will Thank You, Too
Of course, while the personal benefits are convincing in and of themselves, hiring someone to perform home cleaning services for you is an investment in your home as well. The most important factor in keeping household surfaces and materials looking and functioning like new is regular cleaning, pure and simple. Be it keeping your bathroom tile shiny, your carpet soft and plush, or your furniture looking beautiful, regular cleaning is exactly what the doctor ordered.

Whether you're looking for weekly, bi-monthly, or monthly cleanings, or just a good once over, hiring a cleaning service is an excellent investment for both you and your home.

Bring out the Shears for better blooms

Posted by Kerry Crozier at 16:16 | Thursday, July 22. 2010 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Bring out the Shears for better blooms

- Flowers in your backyard garden are ephemeral - They vanish without a trace at the end of each season - Doesn't mean you shouldn't prune

Pruning can help make more flowers, make the plants bushier or increase the size of individual flowers.

So grab your hand shears and sharpen your thumbnail for a stroll among the flowers.

Start with a pinch, for bushiness

Pinching out the tips of growing stems stops, at least temporarily, their growth, in so doing coaxing growth of side shoots. The result Bushier plants. Even though plants such as lavat-era, marigold and zinnia are naturally bushy, pinching out the tips of their stems makes them more so. Don't carry pinching to excess, though, because it does delay flowering; pinching is something you want to do mostly at the beginning of the growing season. And plants with more side shoots will have more-

A pinch might make bigger Flowers

Just as pinching the tips of stems makes bushier plants with more but smaller flowers, limiting the number of stems or flowers has the opposite effect. This is how you grow "football" mums and "dinnerplate" dahlias. Create a plant with fewer but larger flowers by pinching off side shoots, pinching off flower buds forming along a stem, or reducing the number of stems sprouting from ground level

Deadhead for more flowers
— but smaller — flowers.

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Deadheading is especially effective at keeping annuals energetic because all they live for is to flower enough to set some seeds. Then these plants slow down or die, all in one season.

called deadheading — is yet another way pruning gets the best out of your flower plants. Deadheading does double duty, keeping plants tidy and preventing seed formation. Seed formation can drain enough energy from a plant to slow or stop flowering.

Pruning flowers at the right time and in the right circumstances can mean either bigger blooms for bushier plants.

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Did You Know

Posted by Kerry Crozier at 12:14 | Monday, July 19. 2010 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Did You Know

Office and Banks Be Aware, here's the fact

According to the University of Arizona study, a typical desk is capable of supporting up to 10 million bacteria - 400 times more germs than the average tiolet seat. And workers who believe there desk are clean enough to eat there lunch off are in for a nasty shock.

Viruses, Bacteria, and parasites are living organisms that are found all around us. They exist in water and soil, on the surfaces of foods that we eat and on the surfaces that we touch, such as countertops in the bathroom or kitchen

Germ Facts

What is a virus?

Virus is the Latin word for poison. Since the beginning of time, people have been plagued with viruses. They seem to come and go causing epidemics and outbreaks that make many people sick and in some instances cause death. A virus is simply a clump of DNA material contained within a protein coating. And, unlike bacteria, they can only become active inside a live host.

Viruses are smaller than bacteria and have the bad habit of going dormant, to reappear later causing worse symptoms with each outbreak. Some examples of viruses

are rhinovirus (common cold), hepatitis, Epstein-bar, ebola, HIV, influenza(flu).

Timing seems to be very important in treating viruses. They go through several stages, including the dormant stage, and can morph into stronger strains with each generation. They are difficult to diagnose and are a challenge to fight.

They all attack the immune system. So, to naturally fight these viruses, prevention is the best course. If your immune system is strong, there is a very good chance that you will kill the virus in your system before it causes any symptoms or at the very least, the symptoms will be mild. A doctor on the Discovery channel was lecturing on this very topic one day and said that the human immune system has all of the DNA codes to all of the viruses. If every individual would strengthen their immune system, that would be the best way to prevent sicknesses caused by viruses.

Your first line of defense includes skin and mucus membranes, sweat glands, hyaloronic acid, saliva and mucus, stomach acid, gut flora (pro-biotics such as acidophilus), and your bio-electric field.

Our space is limited, but don’t put your fingers in your eyes, nose or ears, wash your hands often, use a dry sauna or do aerobic exercise to sweat, take enzymes (they can break down that protein coating), take a quality pro-biotics with several of the good bacteria and get plenty of rest. Also, keep in mind there are many wonderful herbs and supplements that build the immune system. All of these things work together to give you Better Health, Naturally.

What is the difference Between Virus and Bacteria?There are a number of differences between a virus and bacteria, or more appropriately, viruses and bacteria, including their relative sizes reproduction methods and resistance to medical intervention.

Bacterium

, the singular form of the word bacteria, is a one-celled living organism, with complete sets of both ribonucleic acid (RNA) and deoxyribonucleic (DNA) genetic codes. A virus is little more than a section of RNA or DNA covered by a protein shell.
Bacterium, therefore, is at least a hundred times larger than a typical virus.
One major difference between viruses and bacteria is the method of reproduction. Bacterium is a completely self-contained and self-reproduction unit. When the time is right, bacterium will split it's DNA and RNA genetic material in two. Separate cell walls will build up around these two new bacteria, and this process will continue until thousands or millions of bacteria have formed. This is how strains of bacteria survive in almost every environment on earth, including non-living surfaces like rocks or plastic.

A virus, on the other hand

cannot reproduce without a living host. A virus may lie dormant for thousands of years before finally coming into contact with a suitable host. Once it enters the body of a host, a virus uses leg-like appendages to clamp onto a cell and a spike or chemical coating to penetrate the cell wall.
Once inside a living cell, a virus replaces the cell's original DNA or RNA commands with it's own genetic instructions. Those instructions are usually to make as many copies of the virus as possible. Once the individual cell has outlived it's usefulness, it explodes and sends out thousands of copies of the original virus to other unsuspecting cells.

Once the immune system has created a very specific "anti-germ" just for one particular bug, you then have at least a few of those anti-germs in your body for the rest of your life. Your body is capable of recognizing an astonishing 100,000,000 different types of bugs!

The electron microscope picture to the left is a macrophage (large, orange) attacking germs (small, green). ("Macrophage" simply means "large, eating." The macrophage is a general purpose antibody -- it eats any type of bug! There are also "specific" antibodies, which attack only one kind of bug.