Holidays
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15 Ways to Sleep in Heavenly Peace During the Holidays
Good quality sleep is something that we take for granted, however, during the holidays it can be hard to come by. What with all the activities and festivities surrounding the holidays: shopping for presents baking cookies wrapping decorating writing out christmas cards attending parties suffering from jet lag from travel eating and drinking too many sugary treats drinking alcohol sleeping in unfamiliar locations when you’re visiting family eating huge heavy calorie-laden foods before bed working...
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Memorial Day and what it Really Means for Americans
For many Americans Memorial Day represents a three-day weekend that unofficially kicks off the summer season. This is even though Memorial Day occurs on the...
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Santa’s Coming! Helping Kids Sleep on Christmas Eve
When I was a kid, Christmas Eve was always a sleepless night. I’d lie there imagining my presents, trying to get inside Santa’s head: Was...
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Global Recycling Day: Celebrating Our Planet's Future
It's simple to think of recycling on just a local level, like when your community's next e-waste recycling day is, or what you put into...
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Give Minimalist Gifts and Experiences This Holiday Season
There’s a movement to shift gears away from “things” as gifts to a more minimalistic approach for gift giving. This may include experiences, memberships, and...
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10 Healthy Halloween Treats For Kids
Halloween. Filled with tricks, treats, ghouls, ghosts and goblins. It’s a night some children might love for all the wrong reasons. Candy! And lots of...
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10 Ways You Can Give Back and Make a Difference
As we gather with friends and family during the holidays, we tend to look back on the year, reflect on our blessings and give thanks....
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Providing a Comfortable Guest Bed for the Holidays
Do you have family coming in from out of town for the holidays? Worried that your guest bed resembles some sort of medieval torture device? ...
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Better Sleep Month: Tips to Get Better Sleep
Now that May is upon us, it is time to celebrate getting better sleep with Better Sleep Month, sponsored by the Better Sleep Council. This...
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Black Friday: 5 Important Shopping Tips
Black Friday (and/or Cyber Monday) may be the best days in the whole year to buy a deluxe memory foam mattress… or anything else for...