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Play :: Back to School Party Ideas
September is right around the corner and before you know it the kids will be back in school! Why not host a little celebration with your child’s best pals to help ease them into starting a new grade with a fun Back-to-School Party! We found some really great ideas that are more than doable as not all of us are Martha Stewart! These creative bloggers have provided some great ideas you can use to create your own party. Enjoy! Back-To-School Party Ideas: This fun party comes from Kara’s Party Ideas blog found here:https://www.karaspartyideas.com/2013/08/rainbow-chevron-back-to-school-party.html. The ideas are very creative such as the pencils covering the outside of a container…
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Wellness :: Tips to Eat Healthy at Restaurants
Everyone loves going out to restaurants. Restaurant food is very tasty but loaded with calories, saturated fat and sugar. Yes, restaurant food is packed with hidden fats and is full of calories. If you are having trouble sticking to your diet when you are eating at your favourite restaurant you may definitely end up ruining your diet. You have to identify and recognize the hidden fats and calories and try to stay on a healthy diet even when eating out. Remember, it is possible to eat healthy restaurant food while also focusing on eating healthy. Tips to Keep Calories Down While Eating Out: 1. Research online: Some…
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Trend Setting Styles For Summer Living
Summer means the opportunity to spend a lot more time enjoying our outdoor living space and garden areas. Since many of us spend so much time outdoors during this season, it’s worth investing in a little functional yet stylish garden and patio décor. Today’s trends in outdoor living spaces demonstrate some very fresh, unique and user-friendly ideas that are quite accessible for the average home owner or renter. These trends encompass all types of spaces large or small. Fashionable Patio Furniture and Accessories: For instance, adding a few fashionable pieces of patio furniture is a quick and easy way to bring both style and function to…
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Instagram of the Week :: The Japanese Garden Lantern
While perusing through an estate sale years ago, I found this very cool Japanese Garden Lantern in the garden. It fit in with my whole Japanese/Modern look I like and when I came home I immediately put it in my garden. One of my favorite things to do while living in Japan, which I wish I had done more often, was to scour the antique shops. They were usually small little shops with countless items for sale. As a foreigner I didn’t really know what was valuable or not, but I pick what I loved and don’t think too much about the value of the item. This way I figure, I fill my house…
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Camping with Kids: 5 Tips to Ensure You Triumph Over Nature
Memorial Day weekend has long been considered the unofficial start of summer. In 2013, AAA estimated that 34.8 million people would drive 50 miles or more on that holiday, and vacation traffic only gets worse by the Fourth of July and after, when the weather really starts to heat up. Anyone who lives near the coast or by a lake knows the roadways become gridlocked with RVs and campers, trucks pulling boats and jet skis, and cars saddled with roof-racks carrying more bicycles than you will find at the Tour de France. Where is everyone going? Camping, of course. Spending a week at a campground in the summer…
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Ask the Doctor :: Scaly, Itchy Eczema Patches
Ask the Doctor: Question: My son has scaly, itchy patches on the inside of both arms which sometime are wet. What is it? Many years ago, I had a newly adopted patient presenting with a thick, scaly, itchy patch behind her left ear. Her parents, as expected, were nervous, however, it only took a few short weeks of changing her diet and applying soothing salve to see the profound results. Eczema is prevalent and according to the Journal of Investigative Dermatology up to 18% of children have eczema; this research was only conducted on diagnosed children and did not include adults. Eczema is an inflammatory, non-contagious skin condition that creates the…
