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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…
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The Debate Over Pediatric Supplements
Should You Supplement? Have you been struggling with whether or not to give your children pediatric supplements? If you have been feeling this way you are not alone. Many questions surround pediatric supplements. Some parents wonder if they are even necessary for their children’s health. Other questions include: how does a parent know if their child needs them? And are they harmful? Are there any risks associated with giving supplements? Unfortunately, the debate rages on over whether pediatric supplements are beneficial or harmful even in scientific circles. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is the perfect example. They suggest that you only give pediatric supplements to your children under…
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Top 10 DIY Craft Projects with Mason Jars
If your house is anything like my own, it is safe to say that there is a hefty surplus of leftover re-sealable jars. My kitchen was absolutely cluttered with an excess of used mason jars that I refused to throw out because I knew that someday I would put them to use. After years of compiling my collection, and some “motivation” from my boyfriend, I finally decided to put that quiescent stock of mason jars to use and do a little bit of DIY decorating, ok fine A LOT of decorating. With the help of Pinterest I was able to find countless craft projects designed around utilizing old mason jars.…
