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Solar Lighting Options for Nighttime Hours
When there’s no light, you can’t see to do anything. More than just being bored because you can’t entertain yourself, without light, there can be a safety hazard from falling over stuff you can’t see. Plus, there are those who would use the night as cover to steal or commit crimes during a survival crisis situation. Solar Light Bulb Light up the dark with the Solar Light Bulb. This bulb offers 4 different modes. You can use the light to have low light all the way up to the Highlight mode, which gives off the most light. It does have a sensor, so you can have the light come on…
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Spring Cleaning for Your Soul, Day 8: Organize Your Mental Clutter
Welcome to Day 8 of our Spring Cleaning for Your Soul challenge. Thank you for continuing to follow along! Nature does a cyclical purge each winter. This clearing is necessary to make way for new life in spring time. Whatever dies returns again in a new and nourishing form. Think of a pine tree, shedding its needles to form an insulating carpet for the forest floor. The spent needles decompose along with other dead plant matter, into the most rich, fertile and life giving soil. Death brings life in a new form. So now we see how nature’s built-in cleaning process is really a readying for new growth. Our planet…
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Spring Cleaning for Your Soul, Day 7: Buff and Shine Your Attitude
Welcome to Day 7 of the Spring Cleaning for Your Soul challenge. Today we’ll focus on spring cleaning our attitude. Your attitude goes a long way for shaping what happens over the course of your day. If you approach life from a pessimistic viewpoint, you’re sure to attract more of what you’re putting out there. Since spring is such a lovely time of year, with much beauty to tantalize the senses, why not spend some time freshening up your attitude? Indeed, a poor attitude can feel like wearing a heavy wool coat when it’s hot out. The feeling weighs on you and can seem suffocating. You want to shed that…
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Spring Cleaning for Your Soul, Day 6: Scrub Away Guilt
Has guilt become an unwelcome house guest in your daily life? Do you move from task to task and situation to situation of your day, with the weight of guilt tugging at your mind and heart? Constant guilt is no way to thrive in your life, and that’s what we’ll be purging on Day 6 of the Spring Cleaning for Your Soul 15-day challenge. Guilt robs us of satisfaction in ourselves, and steals away our peace. Where does guilt come from? It might originate in your own mind… wanting to please others and be of service. But guilt is also a feeling that’s shaped by how we were raised. Did…
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National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day
3 Gourmet Grilled Cheese Combinations Earlier this month, I posted about 5 different ways to make sourdough grilled cheese sandwiches. Today is National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day. So, we are going to look at some more variations of the time-old classic sandwich. BTW, I am taking this month seriously. At our house we are having grilled cheese more than ever. AND my daughter is a huge fan! The classic grilled cheese sandwich featuring lots of melted cheddar (or American) on soft white bread is the quintessential comfort food. When paired with a bowl of warm tomato soup, this popular combination evokes warm memories of childhood for many. However, if you…
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Spring Cleaning for Your Soul, Day 5: Clean Up Your Chaos
Hello and welcome to Day 5 of our Spring Cleaning for Your Soul challenge! Today we’re going to work on cleaning up our chaos. One thing that always feels really good at springtime is clearing out the clutter and chaos of our daily lives. Most people think of spring cleaning as a household task. The warm, soft breeze beckons us to open up the windows of our homes and let in the fresh, clean air. We suddenly feel like cleaning out not only our closets but all of the chaos of our busy and brimming existence. Invite some peace into your life by cutting out the chaos and calamity. Make…
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Solar Cookers for Meal Prep Off the Grid
When the grid goes down, so does everything you depend on it for. That means, in addition to your ability to cook, you may also lose the ability to have clean drinking water if an outage renders your water treatment plant unusable. You need a backup plan for being able to cook. In addition to that, you’ll want to have a way to heat water or to purify it. You can do that by using a solar cooker. Solar Cookers All-Season Solar Cooker The All-Season Solar Cooker is a lightweight gadget that’s big on its ability to cook food while still being affordable. It’s compact, yet bigger when operational than…
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Homemade Soft Pretzels
The month of April is National Soft Pretzel Month. My son is a big fan of big soft pretzels — so much so that we had to start making them at home. This is a simple soft pretzel recipe that you can adapt with butter and salt or cinnamon and sugar. The recipe also contains short videos that illustrate each step. There are also tips so that you can make your pretzels the best ever! Baking Tips Tip 1: One of the keys to success with this recipe is to dip the pretzels in a boiling alkaline bath before baking. This step is what gives soft pretzels that distinctive rich…
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Spring Cleaning for Your Soul, Day 4: Purge Your Regrets
Welcome back for Day 4 of the “Spring Cleaning for Your Soul” Challenge. Thank you for continuing to follow along. Today we’ll delve into the topic of purging our regrets. Do you have things in your life that you feel regretful over? Situations that you wish you hadn’t been a part of? Things you wish you hadn’t said? What Are Your Regrets? Remember that spring is a time of rebirth. In the same way that our great planet self cleanses and purges itself of whatever it no longer needs, you can rid yourself of any regrets that may be causing you emotional discomfort and holding you back from whatever it…
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What Are the Signs of Allergic Rhinitis?
If you tend to have moderate or severe allergic reactions during certain times of theyear, you probably suffer from seasonal allergies. But it doesn’t stop there. You mayalso be someone whose body goes one step further and develops allergic rhinitis, alsoknown as hay fever. This can cause worsened symptoms that tend to last longer thanjust your everyday allergies. Allergic Rhinitis Symptoms It is not uncommon for people to have allergic rhinitis and not realize they suffer fromthese types of allergies. They are aware that certain times of the year they tend to havea runny nose or a cough, but don’t always associate it with this condition. It helps tounderstand the…
