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Expert tips how to pair wine with chicken, beef, pork, fish, or vegetarian entrees at your wedding. Plus formulas to help you decide how much wine to buy.
There are plenty of things to stress over while wedding planning, but picking the right wine - and how much to buy - shouldn’t be one of them. Firstleaf has put together a guide that covers everything you need to know.
Ultimately, you want to pick something that wine novices and enthusiasts can both enjoy and that compliments your meal. The trickier part is determining how much wine to order, as this depends on the number of guests, the length of the event, and what else you’re serving. Firstleaf has a breakdown of a formula that will make sure everyone gets to drink their fill. 
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Do you have trouble falling asleep and staying asleep? Read this curated guest post to learn some great tips on how you can get a good nights rest.  Getting Enough Sleep Is Vital To Your Health Sleeping is one of the easiest things to do, so why can it be so difficult to fall asleep and then stay asleep? Personally, I have fought with insomnia in different periods of my life. The problem was always clearly related to stress and having too many worries, but the underlying reasons and possible solutions differ from person to person. Here’s what some of the experts say:  Alessa Caridi ALESSA CARIDI – JOBUFIT Walk it out We spend SO much of our work days sitting only to come home, cook dinner, eat dinner sitting down, and then catch up on our favorite TV series sitting down. Get where I am going with this? This seated statue feeling doesn’t help me go to sleep. In fact, it does the opposite, I’m not tired at all when it comes to my bedtime. So, I plan some light movement before I head to bed. Not a traditional workout, but some light housekeeping. I tidy of the living room, maybe fold a basket of laundry (standing up), and I clean the kitchen / load the dishwasher. This movement, combined with the time of the evening, allow my body to feel tired and really look forward to climbing into bed.  Cindy Perlin CINDY PERLIN – ALTERNATIVE PAIN TREATMENT DIRECTORY Do some gentle range of movement exercises and stretches before you get into bed. One of the contributors to difficulty falling asleep and waking in the middle of the night is trigger point pain. A trigger point is a hyper irritable spot, a nodule in a taut band of skeletal muscle, that causes pain, often in an area distant from the spot. Emotional stress, overexertion and inactivity all activate trigger points and the pain can be severe. If you’ve been immobile for too long, either before you go to bed, or during sleep, the inactivity can cause trigger point activation and pain. Move your head and neck through a full range of slow motions, rotate your arms backwards and forwards, make bicycling movements with your legs while lying down, rotate your feet and ankles and move them back and forth, twist your upper body from one side to the other and so forth, making sure to do the movements slowly and gently. These and similar movements will reduce the chance that trigger point pain will keep you from falling asleep or staying asleep.  Elise Marie Collins ELISE MARIE COLLINS Good sleep starts at sunrise Get out early to get light on your eyes. The sun resets your biological clock so that you feel sleepy at night and alert in the morning. Daylight wakes you up your physiology by halting melatonin production.  Loren Fishman LOREN FISHMAN – SCIATICA.ORG Get the clock out of sight The commonest form of insomnia is the worry: “It’s so late. If I don’t get to sleep right now I’ll be a wreck tomorrow,” which makes the worrier so anxious that she/he looks at the clock, worries even more, is less able to relax, and lo, it’s even later than it was before. This, naturally, brings about another time check. Intervene on this vicious cycle by taking the clock out of the recurrent equation.  Robert Herbst ROBERT HERBST – W8LIFTERUSA.COM The inability to fall asleep is often in one’s head and becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. People tell themselves they have trouble falling asleep and then they start dreading going to bed and when they get there, expect not to fall asleep. It’s like when say they can’t sleep on airplanes and then immediately turn on a movie when they get to their seat. Through years of necessity, I have told myself that I can sleep anywhere-planes, trains, and automobiles-and I take advantage of the quiet time. I have gotten off a long flight from New York to Australia fresh and ready to go. So when one gets into bed, they should just know that they are going to fall asleep and relax.  Rhoda Climenhaga RHODA CLIMENHAGA – YO1 Work at Sunrise, Rest at Sunset As the sun rises, the Qi and blood in our bodies move from the inner organs to the exterior channels to facilitate activity. As the sun goes down, specifically between 11 p.m. – 3 a.m., the Qi and blood return to the organs. If you are not resting during this time, these organs will not be able to do their job and you will, at the very least, feel sluggish the next day.  Dominique Hodgin DOMINIQUE HODGIN – DR. SEARS WELLNESS INSTITUTE Read for at least 5-10 minutes before bed Reading has been proven to lower cortisol levels. It helps to calm your mind and body at bedtime. There is something about relaxing and enjoying written words, especially ones of encouragement or humor, which sets the stage for sleep. Just make sure what you are reading is lulling and not over-stimulating, like a murder mystery or work emails. It is also preferable to keep your reading off a back-lit screen — or at least use a blue light blocking app or glasses.  Martin Reed MARTIN REED – INSOMNIA COACH Always get out of bed at the same time every day Getting out of bed by the same time every day strengthens the sleep/wake cycle and ensures that adequate sleep pressure builds during the day. Over time, this will make it easier to fall asleep at night and improve sleep quality.
Discover 4 Tips to make cleaning as you go a way of life.  Keep Your Cleaning Supplies Organized Did you know that you can get some cleaning done as you do your daily chores and simply move about the house? You can save time and make the cleaning process much simpler and faster when it is time do some housecleaning. We want to show you a few tips that make cleaning as you go a way of life. Clean Up Spills Right Away The best clean-as-you-go tip that we can give you is to take care of spills right away. Even if it is water that spilled, you need to dry it up or otherwise get rid of the spill. The sooner you deal with it, the easier it will be to clean up. Stephanie from diamondcleaningcalgary "If you leave some spills, they become sticky or they stain, and that can make them difficult to get rid of later on". Clean While Things Are Cooking It can take a while to make a big meal for the family or even just for yourself. While you have items in the microwave or oven or on the stove, just wash up the dishes, clean the countertops or do other cleaning tasks that don’t require you to move far from the kitchen. You’ll be making use of those little moments that you might otherwise waste and have a much cleaner house that doesn’t take as long to tidy up later. Be careful, though, about getting too involved with whatever you are cleaning, as that can distract you so much that you forget about something you have cooking on the stove.  Wash The Dishes In Between Cooking Organize as You Walk When you need to go from one room to the next for whatever reason, take a quick glance around the room you are in to see if there is something there that belongs in the room you are going to. You can get in the habit of this pretty quickly and start picking things up and putting them where they go as you move about the house with your daily tasks. You’ll keep a much cleaner house this way and start to have a zero tolerance for things being left out where they don’t go. You’ll be surprised at how nice your house looks and how fast you can get it cleaned up each day, if you practice this small thing. Have a Place for Everything This ties into the last point, because if you don’t have a place for everything to go, then you won’t think to put it away when you see it out of place. You can set up storage bins in the kids’ rooms and shoe racks by the door to ensure that the things most often left out have a proper place. You can also create a paper or book rack for all those loose newspapers and books that end up all around the house. Doing these simple things can make a huge difference in how your house looks from day to day. If you manage to do all these tasks, it will be so much easier to clean your house.  A Decorative Basket Of Books -M.L
Have you been thinking about getting a dog? 8 Reasons that dogs make the best pets are explored in this post.  Happy dog running in a field of flowers Dogs have long been known as man’s best friend and anyone who owns dogs will know that their title as our favourite furry companions is well and truly deserved. Take a look at these amazing things that dogs do for us and you’ll be left wondering if we truly deserve to have them in our lives…
They’re Always There for You Dogs are great, Dogs don’t judge. Whether you’re having a bit of a bad day or you’re in full-on breakdown mode crying more tears than your thought possible, they will be there with a friendly ear, and comforting fur, to listen to you, reassure you and make you feel so much better, and all of that without ever saying a word. That’s probably why so many people are now registering their dogs as emotional support animals. If you’re having a tough time yourself, it might be worth looking at this support dog info to see if your dog could accompany you in difficult situations too. Everything is better with your four-legged companion by your side. They Keep You Warm This might not be quite as important, but there’s no denying that on those cold winter nights, having your dog lay by your feet is a great comfort, not only because they keep you warm but because their presence is so calming in its own right too. They are Loyal No matter how badly you screw up or how difficult your being, your dog will always have your back and be totally loyal to you. It’s not surprising then that 40 percent of dog owners have admitted to telling their dogs everything about their life. They Encourage You to Exercise You might think that sitting in front of the TV doing nothing very much is the perfect way to spend your evenings or that staying in bed all morning on a Sunday is idea, but your dog is likely to have very different ideas and he’ll be cute at you until you slip on your shoes and go for a nice long walk, which is really what you need anyway, right? People who have dogs tend to be far more active than those who do not and that brings a whole host of health benefits with it. You'd be surprised just how effective at keeping you healthy walking is. It’s truly amazing stuff! They’re Always Happy to See You When you walk through the door after a long day at work, your dog always makes you feel like the most special person in the world, giving you a little lift right when you need it. They’re Protective No matter how big or small, dogs are brave and they will always seek to protect you from strangers who might do you ill. They Can Prevent Allergies Dogs can help to keep you healthy in so many ways, but if you have kids, one of the best things they can do is help to prevent allergies. When children are around their dander, they build up an immunity which means they’re less likely to get asthma or less serious allergies in the future. They’re So Cute There’s no denying that dogs are irresistibly cute. From Chihuahuas to Wolfhounds, I’ve yet to see a dog that I didn’t immediately fall in love with. Beautiful animals, they definitely are. Put simply, dogs are the best! Would you like to spruce up your home but are not sure where to find the funds? Read this post to get some funding ideas.  A NEUTRAL LIVING ROOM DESIGN It’s that time of year again. This time of the year is the time where most of us are starting to plan out what we want to do with our homes. It could be a lick of paint, a new floor or a whole reshuffle. Home improvements can cost a pretty penny so it is important that you know exactly what you want before diving in to it. The first question to ask is how will your fund tour renovations?
Pension You might think that once you out your money into a pension that you won’t see it again until you are old and grey, but this isn’t the case. You can cash in on your pension fund at any time and because of this it means you can use it for whatever you need. If you think you need to take the money out for a large renovation project, you can do this, just bear in mind that you are ripping into your fund for the future. Savings and Investments The most common way that people fund any project in their lives is through saving up for it. If you currently have a large chunk of money in a savings account, then this is the perfect time to start planning what jobs you want to do and also think about the budget you have to work with. It might be that you have enough to to two rooms in the house, so you need to choose which are the most important. If you don’t currently have a huge chunk of money waiting to be spent, you might want to take a look into investment. By investing your money in the stock market or somewhere else, you can bring back a hefty return to use for any upgrades you want to complete on your home. Loans If your home is a dire need of restructuring, you may start to think about taking out a loan to complete the work. Bear in mind before you jump in that taking out a loan can be an expensive affair, and it could affect your credit score if you are unable to pay it back. If you currently have a bad credit score you might be under the impression that you cannot take out a loan at all, but there are companies out there who will allow you to take out signature loans no credit check. This means you won’t need to worry about the lender checking your credit report before offering you the loan. Just make sure you are able to pay it back. Mortgage Another option if you are looking to carry out substantial work to your home is taking out a mortgage. A lot of mortgage lenders have now increased the age you have to pay off a mortgage to 85 in line with people working for longer and living longer. Because of this you may be able to take out a mortgage in order to help you pay the fees for your project. |
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