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3 Steps To Planting A Garden With The Grandkids
With spring just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to begin daydreaming about your summer garden. So this year, why not let your family join in your dreams, too? According to PBS, planning a garden, planting the seeds, and watching them grow gives kids a sense of purpose and responsibility. And did you know helping your grandkids start their very own vegetable or flower garden engages all the senses and encourages healthy eating–of their veggies, not the flowers. So, why not plant a garden with your grandkids? Here are three simple steps to help you dig into your gardening adventures.
Lighter Locks: Tips On Caring For And Embracing Your Beautiful, Natural, Color
When the time is right, the decision to go gray can be liberating!. Perfect Timing: February 2020 was the last time Tami Patterson colored her hair. Her next appointment was scheduled in March around the time when everything was shutting down. Her decision to stop coloring was one she had been considering. Going to the salon was not a relaxing experience for Tami and because her hair didn’t take and hold color for a long time, she found she was going every three weeks.
When Sunset Brings On A Storm
The problems that occur when the sun goes down. Unless you care for or live with a loved one who has dementia, you may not know exactly what sundowning is. “[Sundowning] is a phenomenon where patients with dementia have behavioral disturbances that peak, that seem to get worse, over the course of the day. They get worse in the late afternoon or early evening,” says Norton Neuroscience Institute neuropsychologist Brandon Dennis, PsyD. While it is a common condition amongst dementia patients, it causes both they and their loved ones considerable stress and anxiety.
Community Supported Agriculture – Eat Fresh And Support The Local Food Economy
It’s Ky Proud CSA Week (February 20-24), and a great time to learn all about Community Supported Agriculture. Let’s dive in!. It is no secret that eating fresh produce is a good decision for your health. But did you know that it can also be a good decision for your community? Buying directly from local farms through Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs guarantees you will get produce at peak freshness and supports our local food economy.
Wrapped In Crust: Easy Jar Pot Pies
Lots of comfort food starts with a crust, and we used one recipe to create in several ways. Try this simple crust recipe that is perfect for creating delicious mini pies and quiches. Butter Crust. • 1¼ cups flour. • 1 stick salted butter. • ¼ cup chilled water...
Growing Up With Grandma (Who Also Happened To Have Alzheimer’s)
Since I was little, I was always bothered by the apology that followed my telling someone about my Grandma having Alzheimer’s. The sympathy they gave me felt entirely unwarranted. While I understood that Alzheimer’s was changing my Grandma, I never saw it as some villainous force taking her away. She wasn’t going anywhere.
Love Is: A Wagging Tail And A Warm Kitchen
Sandy Pike has been feeding the city of Louisville for more than fifty years as owner and founder of local favorites such as Jack Fry’s, Cafe Society, and Queen of Tarts. Since 2004, Sandy and her daughter Mae have owned Home Cuisine, a healthy meal delivery service that has filled the bellies of local residents with more than one million meals to date. With such a culinary history, one might expect this chef to select a cooking-related tool as the item that brings her the most joy. Not so. Sandy’s response was immediate and heartfelt, “I love my rescue dog, Sofia.”
6 Unique Ways To Celebrate Valentine’s Day This Year
A special someone is not required to feel the love on Valentine’s Day. Today’s Transitions found some unique ways to celebrate the holiday, no roses or candy hearts needed. Schedule a date to donate. As many people celebrate Valentine’s Day, the American Red Cross encourages eligible blood and...
Another Look Inside The Body: Screenings For Cholesterol and Colorectal Cancer
If you missed our first post in this series of “What’s In There? A Closer Look Inside The Body”, then click here to review. Here are some other preventative screenings to consider with your doctor:. Cholesterol Screening. Cholesterol is checked via a blood test called the lipid...
Making Space: Everything Has Its Place – Part 1 of 2
Want to get more out of your home by having less? Minimalist interior design is all about creating a space with plenty of breathing room. You’ll find only what you need in these organized and balanced rooms. So, if your unused objects or stacks of corner clutter have you feeling claustrophobic, a minimalist approach to your home might give you the freedom you need.
Eat This! Colorful Fruits & Vegetables
In order to survive, our bodies have to metabolize food to create the energy we need to think, walk, talk, and function throughout our day. The downside of this process is that our bodies produce free radicals that cause aging and disease. Often found in purple and red fruits and vegetables, flavonoids are an especially important antioxidant that can reduce the damage caused by free radicals.
What’s In There? A Closer Look Inside The Body: Bone Density Scan & Calcium-Score Screening
Find Small Problems Before They Become Big. As the Dutch proverb goes, “prevention is better than cure.” Preventative health screenings are a critical component to staying healthy. “The ultimate goal for older adults is to maintain function and independence,” says Dr. Laura Morton, associate professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Louisville. Preventative screenings help you identify problems before they start, or at early stages, which can lead to swift treatment. As the new year begins, commit to getting preventative screenings to optimize your health in 2023.
Here’s What We’re…Listening To
Here’s a wide array of re-released music for those who love listening to remastered classics. Included in these new re-releases are Billy Joel’s 1990 concert album Live at Yankee Stadium, a Super Deluxe 7-CD box set edition of Guns N’ Roses’ Use Your Illusion, and a box set of John Mellencamp’s 1994 release Scarecrow, which promises to include rare and previously unreleased tracks. For Elvis Presley fans, a box set titled Elvis on Tour, which includes 6 CD’s and a Blu-Ray video, all recorded during the King’s 1972 North American tour, is now available.
Pop Up Your Home This Winter With Color And Texture
Add some color and texture if you want to add pop to your home decor. Madhouse owner Amanda Book says mixing in fun, vibrant colors like pinks, bright blues and lime greens (mixed with everyday decor) is fun and festive. These textured wall design elements have been very popular. People...
Fitness: Let’s Talk Diet Strategy
Talk about your diet strategy. I started a whole new routine when I returned to Milestone after quarantine, with a few unwanted pounds. I tried Whole 30 a couple of years ago, and it was incredibly successful. I had good results and lost weight. This time I went with a sensible clean eating approach. I invested in a Vitamix blender for healthy smoothies, and pureed soups. We only buy organic foods, and no processed foods. I eat a lot of superfoods, meaning dark colors – greens, reds, oranges, etc. I usually food-prep once a week. I bake sweet potatoes, steam broccoli, make turkey meatballs, chicken burgers, etc. I also make organic pork sausage patties for breakfast, knowing there will be no preservatives. We roast vegetables often which makes it easy to add vegetables to my meals throughout the week. My husband also grills an assortment once a week for our menus. I always have grilled chicken on hand. I’ve also cut way back on red meat. It’s important to change things up from time to time. No one wants to get bored eating at home.
Lighter Locks: 30+ Years Of Gray
When the time is right, the decision to go gray can be liberating. See how one woman made her decision to go gray. Alba Brookins started coloring her hair in her 30s. Later that same decade, she decided to stop coloring her hair, and let it grow out. Her decision made sense to her from a scheduling and cost effective standpoint.
Finding Shelter…Through My Notebooks
Shelter is my guiding word for this year. It is a non-striving word. A shelter offers refuge, provides safety, and embraces calm and quiet. Notebooks provide shelter for my mind and memory. I have a plethora of the darlings as one can never have too many notebooks. In January, I set up my new Leuchtturm 1917 notebook with dotted pages as my calendar and a record of daily activities. I prefer to draw my own weekly calendar on one page and on the following pages I keep a log of my day-to-day activities. I also use it as a tracker of my habits and routines: meditation, walking, reading, art practice. I find it comforting to know that my days are not just passing by in a blur even though some days may seem like that.
Add These Books To Your Reading List
Considering the enormous success of her memoir Becoming in 2018, Michelle Obama’s follow up, The Light We Carry, will be the biggest must-read this season. Where Becoming was a memoir of the First Lady’s experiences leading up to her time in the White House, The Light We Carry may almost be read as a self-help book. The book includes previously untold stories from Obama’s life, but here, these stories are intended to illustrate lessons she has learned along the way, as she attempts to provide advice and strategies for overcoming adversity to her readers.
Soothe Your Soul At A Spa This Winter
In February of 2020, just before the world shut down, my own private world was spinning out of control. I found myself 40 years old, completely discontent with my career and marriage, ready to pick up the snow globe of my life and shake it up. I had no idea where I was headed, but I knew I craved big change and decided to leave my marriage of nearly 17 years.
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