Jan23

Renovations – Make Your Home Improvements Simpler With These Ideas

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Renovations – Make Your Home Improvements Simpler With These Ideas

We will all reach a point where we have to figure out how to make changes to the home. There are a lot of things you can do that will help you to improve the property. Most of the time this comes down to how well you can plan and prepare. Making renovations around the home is something really important for boosting the appeal of the property. You have to understand how well you can make these renovations, and exactly what is involved in doing up your home. Here are some of the ideas that you can use to help make the home renovation process much simpler and more effective:

Do as Much as You Can Yourself: The secret to successful home DIY and renovation projects is to do as much as you can yourself. There are a lot of different projects you might wish to do for your home, and it’s important that you try to get some done on your own. Learning DIY skills sets you up nicely for ensuring that you can accomplish a lot of the home renovations that need doing. This is something that you should focus on trying to achieve and get right as much as possible. There are some projects you’re not going to be able to do yourself, but for those that you can you should definitely give it a try!

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Leave the Big Jobs to the Experts: Having said that, there are certain jobs and tasks that you should not try to attempt yourself. These are projects that need professional and expert guidance and input. If you attempt important and detailed tasks that you’re not qualified for, this can often make it worse. Imagine you want to repair the roof or relay the floor. These projects are big undertakings, and there are a lot of places where you could make mistakes and go wrong. That’s why it’s important to make sure you call in professionals and experts when it comes to tasks like this. You need people who are qualified and know what they are doing, and this is something you should sort out as soon as you possibly can. Big tasks including creating a new driveway, any exterior or interior renovations, and even something like completely transforming your backyard and needing a backyard excavation, should all be performed by Residential Contractors Prince George (or ones in your local area). These are jobs that require certain tools and professional experience to execute.

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Take Out a Loan: You also need to make sure you have the money needed to carry out the work that you want. Home repairs and renovations can be expensive, but it will ensure that you are getting quality work the first time around. If you want this to happen, you’re going to need to make sure you take out a loan. That’s why you should check out http://personalmoneystore.com and see how you can benefit from a loan for the home. Make sure you have the money that you need to cover the work that’s necessary to get your home looking as picture perfect as possible.

Focus on the Important Areas: Think about the areas of the home that matter, and those that you’d like to improve. What can you do to spruce things up and make the home a better place? This involves considering what parts of your home get the most use. For instance, you might consider checking out these easy kitchen renovations because the kitchen is such an important room in the home. Try to make changes that the home will benefit the most from. If no one is using the attic, then it doesn’t make much sense to put energy into it when you have a bathroom that needs remodeled.

When you are thinking of remodeling your home, don’t forget to consider its exterior. Yes, a renovated bathroom would be nice but there might be more pressing matters at hand. This could include tending to trees that are too close to your house, major landscaping issues, and your roofing. The roof is your home’s biggest defense and anything wrong with it should be tended to immediately with professional exterior contractors. Once all safety issues are addressed is when the fun parts of interior renovations can begin.

Always Think About Boosting Value: You should always focus on trying to develop and improve the value of the home whenever you can. Boosting the value is important and can really help you to sell your home in the future. This doesn’t just include your indoor space but the exterior too as it gives your home curb appeal. A rundown driveway, for example, is something that can be fixed after you find a trusted professional for your local area. This will eliminate the eyesore and boost your property value immediately.

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Jan23

Adventurous Ways To Get Fit As A Family

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Getting fit as a family is a great way to ensure that you all stay healthy and happy in the long run. If you start while your kids are young, you’re going to be teaching them great habits. They’ll learn that exercise and staying active is not a chore and become healthier adults. If you want to make sure that your fitness sessions together are never boring, here are some adventurous ways to get fit as a family:

Skiing: Skiing can be an amazing way to get fit for the whole family AND it’s also a great excuse to take a vacation together to practice your new skills. You’ll need lessons first, but then you can practice to your heart’s content. It can take some getting used to, but this is usually a hobby that stays with people for life.

Hiking: Hiking far and wide gives you a chance to explore the areas around you. You can hike famous trails, mountains, or even lesser known trails just for the views. You should be able to see some amazing things, burn some calories, get the benefits of exercising outside, and bond as a family. If you want a treat, you could even pack a picnic to eat at a nice spot on your journey.

Biking: You never forget the bike rides you enjoy together as a family. There’s nothing quite like cycling through somewhere scenic on a warm day with your family in toe. Maybe stopping somewhere for a snack and then continuing later on. Biking is so much fun that your family will barely realize they’re exercising. Buying your own bikes can be pricey at first, so it could be a good idea to rent a few and see how you feel after a couple of rides.

If you are feeling particularly adventurous, you might want to hit more rugged trails to bike on. However, you will need the proper bike to do so. A bike like the Surron electric bike adapts from paved trails to tough terrain with ease and allows you to explore places you would never experience on a regular bike. No matter what kind of bike you are riding, please be sure to wear a helmet!

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Scuba Diving: If you want to try out some water sports as a family and you want something truly different, then scuba diving could be an option. You can do this on many exciting holiday resorts if you’re going away, but there are centers where you can get some practice in at, too. You will of course need to ensure you have the right gear, such as the Octobermoon second generation mask. Read reviews to make sure you make the right choice for yourself and your family.

Trampolining: You don’t need any kind of skill or any lessons to start trampolining. Simply climb on and bounce away! Kids can do this for hours without getting bored, and it’s a great form of cardio exercise for adults, too. Doing it together is lots of fun! You don’t even need to buy one of those huge trampolines for your garden, as there are many centers that have whole rooms filled with trampolines so that you can bounce yourself crazy!

Try out these adventurous ways to get fit as a family and you’ll all have such a great time that you won’t even realize you’re getting fit and healthy in the process! Now that’s a win win if I’ve ever heard one.

Jan21

Pinup Girl Style Swap

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Pinup Girl Style Swap

Hi everyone and happy weekend!! My dear friend, Carlie, and I decided that it would be super fun to do a style swap themed blog post – and of course we were right! During our communications via email we each assigned each other a style that we might not dress in on a regular day. If you’ve seen Carlie’s blog before, you’ll know that she is the epitome of pinup girl rocker chic and that is something that I am so not! Knowing this, I thought that it would be a friendly challenge to give Carlie the task of creating a preppy look while she assigned me with styling a pinup girl OOTD.

Quite honestly, I know nothing about pinup girl and rockabilly style so I had to turn to good ol’ Google Images to assist me with my challenge. After scouring the pics for a while, I noticed a common theme of cute curls and sassy updos, tied at the waist plaids, flirty dresses, and bustier tops. Unfortunately, I don’t really have any dresses or tops in my wardrobe that give a super accentuated cleavage while providing a tiny waist line because I’m just not comfortable with that, so I had to think outside of the box. Here’s what I came up with:

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What I Wore:

  • Checkered Top: Hollister, GoodWill – $4
  • Black Shorts: So…, Kohl’s – $12
  • Color Blocked Kitten Heels: Calico, GoodWill – $6
  • Daisy Earrings: Forever 21 – $4

I’m going to keep it real with you guys –  some of the pieces in this outfit are like six years old haha I’ve had my GoodWill Hollister top and Calico heels for ages. But it felt good to be able to style such a cute and sassy look for under thirty dollars with some oldie but goodie wardrobe essentials.

However, I knew that just an adorbs outfit wasn’t going to be enough because in pinup girl fashion, there seemed to be a huge emphasis on hair. I rarely ever make an effort at curling my hair because it’s simply a matter of preference – I love when my hair is pin straight. I knew my curls wouldn’t be perfect because I have no practice doing it, but I gave it a go anyways with my flat iron and surprisingly loved the way it turned out. I felt like my effort looked like an ode to pinup girl style without being super obvious and I even felt encouraged to wear my hair like that again in the future. And, of course, pinup girls wouldn’t be pinup girls without a cherry red lip so I broke out my tried and true NYX True Red matte lippie to complete the look.

Finally, it was picture time! In all of the pictures that I studied to give me some pinup girl inspiration, I noticed that there were a lot of specific poses that seemed to be used constantly. Popped legs, bent knees with your hands on your thighs, and a booty tooch with an arched back for starters. So, I practiced in the mirror and then had my dad who is super handy with a camera snap away.

After three or so minutes, I took a look at the pics and was SO happy with the results. After seeing the look come together in the photos, I felt like it was easy to recognize what style I was emulating while stilling giving it a fun Lil Red twist. I was going for a more modern pinup girl look and I hate to toot my own horn – but I think I nailed it!

So now, the question is: Would I wear a pinup girl style look again? I can’t say that this would be an every day look for me but it was fun to change things up. I can see myself wearing an outfit like this during the summertime while going to the pool or browsing around my favorite outdoor shopping mall. However, I think that I would try to tone the look down depending on where I was by throwing on a pair of combat boots or an edgier heel so the look wasn’t so cutesy because I am a punk girl at heart!

So there you have it, my Pinup Girl Style Swap! Make sure to check out Carlie’s preppy look transformation, too! How would you describe your style? What type of style or clothing do you rarely find yourself wearing? I want to hear from all of you, so leave me a comment and let’s chat! Much love. -Sarah

Jan20

Taco Bell, Lol

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Taco Bell, Lol

Hiii everyone and TGIF! So I had a super fun night with my sister yesterday. Kristen came with me to watch me coach Special Olympics figure skating, then we went shopping in downtown Kent (the surrounding college town), and decided to top off our night with some delicious Taco Bell. This is the part where you go: But wait, I thought you and your sister have both been vegetarians since childhood. And this is the part where I respond with: You can get beans on everything instead of meat!

So, yes, Taco Bell. After we finished our shopping, I was completely starving. It was after seven at that point which is way later than when I’m normally used to eating and I was getting HANGRY. Lucky for us, there’s a TBell right up the street from where we were, so we decided to go there instead of our usual stomping grounds that is closer to home. After making this decision, which I now wish we didn’t make, I was getting really excited. Fantasizing about eating the entire menu, salivating heavily – the whole nine yards of hungry girl problems.

A few minutes later, we arrived at Taco Bell and hurried inside to begin our order. Because I knew exactly what I wanted, I went first and began my litany of the four items that I wanted. As I mentioned before, because I’m a vegetarian, my order consists of asking them to sub the beef for beans after each item. To a seasoned TBell employee, this is no sweat. But to the fresh out of the hiring process girl working the register, it was the most difficult task in the world.

For well over ten minutes, I repeated my order as she tried to put it into the register and doubled back into the kitchen to ask for help. At first, I was like “Okay, I get it. I remember being new at a register based job before, too” and tried to be as kind as possible. But then, the hangryness started hitting me hard and I knew that if I stood there any longer, I would maybe be not so nice. To avoid this problem after the poor girl was appearing to get no help and she was getting visibly frustrated, I told her not to worry about it because there was a Taco Bell so close to my home.

I was so worried that that was rude but I really didn’t want to let my hangryness get the best of me. I also didn’t want to watch the girl struggle anymore since it looked like no one was coming to her rescue anytime soon. So, Kristen and I went back into the car and headed to the Tbell that we live a mile away from. And I have to tell you, it felt really good to be back in familiar territory.

We ordered our food and was then informed by the lovely employee that if we take a survey and mention her and her coworkers that they would get four extra dollars on their paychecks. We also would get free taco coupons for completing the survey. It seemed like a win win, so while we waited for our food, we each took the survey. Just upon completion, our food arrived which included a super special Taco Bell message from a grateful employee for us taking the survey. Lol, take a look:

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All in all, it was a beautiful evening but I still can’t help feeling kind of bad about the new employee at the Taco Bell that we fled the scene from. I hope she finds that her job gets easier soon!! Anyways, Kristen and I still had a lot of fun and just as our secret Crunchwrap Supreme message says, TBell truly does = life.

What happens when you get hangry? Was there a job that you ever had a really hard time getting the hang of? I want to hear from all of you, so leave me a comment and let’s chat! Much love. -Sarah

Jan20

Be a Rebel: 7 Small Space Decor Rules That Are Worth Breaking

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Be a Rebel: 7 Small Space Decor Rules That Are Worth Breaking

Hiii everyone! This is a post from one of my darling friends, Chloe, who is an interior design queen. Thanks again, Chloe girl! 🙂

Be a Rebel: 7 Small Space Decor Rules That Are Worth Breaking

A famous American author Theresa Anne Fowler once wrote that “some rules are nothing but old habits that people are afraid to change”. And boy, was she right. People would rather obey conventional wisdoms than take the risk of creating something different. This is especially true when it comes to decorating small rooms, which are labelled as “difficult” to design. Still, is painting the walls white always a good way to decorate a tiny space? Of course not. There is no one universal solution that works for all small rooms. Here are some decorating rules that could benefit from a little rebellion.

Paint It White:

This must be the most boring interior design rule out there. Why must we paint a small room white? White does contribute to the illusion of spaciousness, but so does beige, sand, and other light neutrals. Or, if you prefer style over size, you can always go with bold deep shades.

Darker colors can be used to accentuate certain architectural features (e.g. built-in wall shelves) or simply to provoke visual interest. When painting a small room with darker hues, go with a glossy, instead of matte finish, because it can reflect light making the space appear bigger.

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Beige for days!

Keep the Knick-Knacks at a Minimum:

If you followed every conservative décor rule, you would leave your favorite vase, your travel souvenirs, and all of your lovable knick-knacks in the attic, since you wouldn’t display them in your small room. But, if you ignore the naysayers, you will fill your room with charming accessories which will turn an ordinary space into a home.

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Cool kitsch

Avoid Large Scale Patterns:

“Sure, you can use patterns in a small room, but only teeny-tiny polka dots.” Forget all about that and go with bold patterns. Go back to the ‘80s and revive the popular trend of flame stitch patterns or vivid floral motifs. Introduce patterns with wallpaper, upholstery, drapes, rugs, and accessories such as throw pillows, tablecloths, etc.

Stay Away from Large Furniture:

Your small room doesn’t have to look like a Barbie’s house. Small furniture in a small room can only hurt its functionality and comfort. Sometimes it is better to rely on your sense of design and decoration instead of sticking to some preset rules. One large bulky piece of furniture can make a room more inviting and open. If you are planning to include such a piece, opt for a sitting item, such as a sectional sofa.

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Tres chic

Heavy Drapes Are a Big No-No:

One of the most common misconceptions about interior design is that bare windows make a space look bigger. Bare windows might work in some cases, especially when the view is great, but not always. Contrary to the popular opinion, heavy drapes, especially when hung very close to the ceiling, can make the room look taller thus making it visually more spacious.

Compromise on Dining Area:

An open-space concept in a small apartment means that some things have to be left out. The most common choice is the dining table. It is more often than not reduced to a kitchen island with chairs or a foldable table in some corner. It doesn’t have to be like that. You don’t have to go with a full-blown 12-seat table, but you can downsize it to 4 seats. Then, you can still host your friends and family comfortably for dinner and drinks.

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Go with Matchy-Matchy:

Introducing matching patterns and colors is one of the basic rules of interior design, and it is especially used in small spaces to avoid overwhelming them with too much stuff. Go against this rule and don’t coordinate colors and patterns, and you’ll get a fun and interesting result. However, be careful not to overdo it, this rule is here for a reason. Try to display colors and patterns in pairs (e.g. two striped cushions + two green candles).

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Pretty in pink

Stop sacrificing the personality of your small room just to create an illusion of a few extra square inches. When you go for a rebellious design approach – the sky is your limit.

^^^ Shout out to Chloe for such a fab post! -Sarah

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Jan20

Getting Ready For College This Year? My Tips To Help

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Getting Ready For College This Year? My Tips To Help

If you’re going to be heading to college after the summer, then it can be a daunting time for many people. The transition from high school to college is quite a big one. Because let’s face it, it’s not like you are just changing schools. You are starting your life out as a young adult as many people leave home for college. So you go from having family around that can help to living with people that you barely know. How can you prepare? Here are some hints and tips to make sure that you get the most out of your freshman year at college:

Get Reading: The amount of reading that you’ll be required to do in college is a big step up from what you will have been doing in high school. So it is a good idea to get a bit of a head start with it. You can find out about your course online and what might be required. Then you can make a start on gathering books and things that you will need. You could even get a head start over the summer with some of the reading. What you read is more important than how much you read. So make sure that you are choosing books that will be relevant.

Sharpen Up Your Tech Skills: There is no point in getting a new laptop computer the day before you are due to start college. If you’re in a new area and don’t know people that can help, you could get a little left behind if you don’t know how your laptop works. The same goes for typing and basic computer skills. The generations going to college now are probably more clued in than the last. You don’t want to get left behind if there were things that you could have done about it.

Consider a College Consultant: If you are still in the process of applying for college, then it might be worth getting a college consultant. Having a mentor that has been to the college that you want to attend can make a massive difference. They will have the insider’s point of view that can help you massively when making your college application.

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Practice Your People Skills: College is a great time to hone in on your people skills. It is the perfect time because you’ll be meeting lots of new and different people. You will be living with them, as well as putting together presentations, and working in groups with them. So do what you can while you are in high school to get prepared. Get involved in group work, volunteer for leadership opportunities, as well as helping with school events.

Time Management: Good time management is pretty essential when you are in college. You don’t have parents or teachers chasing you for your work or projects so you need to learn how to best manage your time. If you keep procrastinating, it can affect meeting your deadlines and doing well at college so it is crucial to learn how to manage your time wisely and effectively.

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Jan20

Lacking in Self-Confidence? Why Not Make These Changes To Give Yourself a Boost?

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Lacking in Self-Confidence? Why Not Make These Changes To Give Yourself a Boost?

We all have people that we look up to and admire. They might be people that we know or celebrities that we have never met. But the thing that they all seem to have in common is their confidence. People that are self-confident are often admired by others and they can also boost confidence in other people. Self-confident people also tend to have more of a positive outlook on life. They are more inclined to think that they can deal with anything that comes their way. So it is easy to see why confident people are nice to be around. Being confident isn’t always about being the loudest in the room or the chattiest. But it is certainly about being happy with yourself and being more positive. If you think that your self-confidence needs a bit of a boost, then here are some ideas to help:

Avoid Negativity: When you are around people that are negative, it can have more of an impact on you than you think. So it might be time to think about who you associate yourself with. Even the most positive of people are going to be negative when they are constantly brought down by negativity. You should also try to be as positive as you can be. You might not be feeling super positive at the moment but if you think your way to being positive it can really help – there’s no shame in faking it until you make it!

Make Physical Changes: When you want something to change in your life, you need to start off with making some physical changes. It might just be to not slump your shoulders when you’re talking to others, but standing tall and upright instead. People that have positive body language look much more confident than those that don’t. You might also consider some other physical changes like getting a new haircut or even something more extreme like plastic surgery. I am a huge supporter of the latter because I have had a breast reduction before but there is nothing wrong with going bigger with breast implant surgery, either! Being able to change something that made me feel completely awful about myself was empowering and it improved my confidence one million fold.

Use Eye Contact: When you can’t look someone in the eye that you are speaking to, it just shows to them that you are not very confident or even, perhaps, a little aloof. It is important to give the right impression by looking the person that you are speaking to in the eye. You’ll be able to read feelings much easier this way, too. This can help you to be more positive and enthusiastic with the people around you that you are dealing with.

Don’t Accept Failure: This does relate back to the whole positivity thing, but you will feel much more confident in yourself when you are thinking about what you can learn from failure, rather than just focusing on your failure. That is something that will differentiate people with low confidence and those with lots of confidence. So next time you hear a negative thought creeping in to get you down, switch it around and it will give your confidence a boost.

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Jan19

BevRAGE App

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BevRAGE App

Hey everyone and happy Thursday! So yesterday was one of my best friends, Danielle’s, 24th birthday so I spent the day celebrating with her. We went out for drinks and then spent the evening going out to eat with her dad (who coincidentally has the same name as my dad AND they BOTH have a mustache!) for her birthday dinner. It was such fun!

While we were at our favorite bar, Merry Arts, in the afternoon, a friend of hers told us about a super handy app called BevRAGE. This app essentially gives you cash back via check or PayPal when you purchase certain kinds of beer, wine, liquor, or mixers when you’re out at the bar or a restaurant or when you’re doing grocery shopping. When I woke up today, I just had to download it because who doesn’t love free money AND alcohol?!

I think that this app is completely genius, and now if you download it and use my referral code, we both get two dollars FO FREE! Here is the post published on my Facebook with the code for those of you who aren’t friends with me on there:

Get cash with the bevRAGE app when you buy beer, wine and liquor. Sign up using my referral code: HUOXPBBQ
https://www.bevrage.com/promo/HUOXPBBQ
Handy little app! Use my referral code and we’ll both get cash back for buying booze! Who doesn’t love that?!

Download and enjoy! Happy drinking! 🙂

ALSO: My pinup girl themed style swap collaboration post will be up this Saturday and I enjoyed creating it SO MUCH. I’d love to do a style swap collab again so if any fashionistas are interested in participating, shoot me an email at sarah.mush6794@gmail.com !

What are your favorite handy apps? What techniques do you utilize to save cash? I want to hear from all of you, so leave me a comment and let’s chat! Much love. -Sarah

Jan19

The Other Side Of Christmas: Preparing For Warmer Weather

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It feels strange to know that we’re already on the good side of winter. It takes so long to prepare for the bad weather – battening down the hatches, making sure our guttering is in place, sewing up any moth holes in our favorite sweaters – that it’s always surprising when it’s almost spring time again. Of course, we still have a little way to go, but after Christmas, it always feels as though we’ve been through the worst of it. Summer fashion is starting to make its way into the stores and despite the fact that it’s snowing in some places, we’re thinking hopefully about what the warmer weather will bring us. Here are some tips about how to handle the run-up to summer:

Check Your Air Conditioning: The absolute worst day for your air conditioning to break is the first day that you actually need it, so it’s probably a good idea to start checking it every so often to make sure that it’s still good and it won’t die a horrible death when summer comes. If you do need a new unit, take a look online for one that might suit the needs of you and your family – Shinco portable air conditioner units are a popular choice for many people. If you’re worried about the effect that it might have on your energy bill, why not look into solar power? It’s sustainable and cheap in the long run.

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Take Your Vacation Days: If you have vacation days and you want to go away this summer, now is the time to book those days off before someone else does. Don’t be afraid to take your vacation days – you’re entitled to them and there’s no pride in working until you’re sick or refusing to take the opportunity to see the world out of a misguided belief that you have to spend all your time at your desk. Take the time off, travel, and become a more well rounded person.

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Ahh, does that look nice!

Sort Through Your Clothes: It’s a good idea to sort through your summer clothes before you need to actually start wearing them. First of all, set aside and then donate all of the clothes that you didn’t wear last summer. If you didn’t wear them then, you won’t wear them now. Likewise, give away all the clothes that you’re hoping might fit you again one day. It’s much better to buy some new clothes that fit you perfectly and that you feel beautiful in. Although there’s no shame in saving a few pieces for motivation!!

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Stripes on stripes on stripes

Get Healthy: It’s been said that in order to get the summer body you want, you have to work on it in the winter. Although the whole concept of a ‘summer body’ is flawed, it is definitely true that you shouldn’t slack off and let yourself get unhealthy over the winter. If you’re cold and miserable, it’s easy to comfort eat and slob out on the sofa, but trust me when I say that in the long run, that won’t make you any happier. Instead, wrap up nice and warm and go out for a walk. You can make warming winter stews for dinner instead of getting Chinese takeout for the millionth time. 😉

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Jan19

Bug Off! Easy Steps You Need To Take To Say Farewell To Pests For Good

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There’s nothing worse than when intruders decide to make home in your property. For one thing, pests can be damaging to your property. In fact, you are likely to end up with issues such as chewed wires if there are pests in your home. And a lot of the bugs can pose health issues for your family. So when they do arrive in your property, it can be a nightmare to get rid of them. Here are some easy steps you need to take to say farewell to pests for good:

Always Keep Your Home Clean: If you have any dirt or dust in your home, it could soon prove to be a good hiding place for bugs. Pests like dust mites will make home in the dirt in your property. If you want to say goodbye to pests, you need to ensure that your home is clean at all times. That way, you won’t have the intruders in your home anytime soon. Make sure you go for places that aren’t so easily seen to the eye. For example, underneath the bed and the top of shelves are places which can easily pick up dirt and dust. And remember to ensure that all of the bed sheets are cleaned regularly to avoid bed bugs. Put them in the wash at a high temperature to ensure that they are killed.

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Look Into Hiring a Pest Control Company: Although you can buy a number of pest control products for your home, it can sometimes be best to find a company to deal with it because if you have the pests in your home, you want them to be treated quickly. And if you are attempting to do it yourself, it might take ages for them to go. All the while your home is getting damaged by the pests! And when you find a pest control company, check if they do regular services. That way, you can ensure the pests don’t come back anytime soon!

When researching pest control companies, make sure you take a closer look at what each business specializes in as it can vary. You will want a professional that has the know how and experience to tackle your specific issue. To begin finding the company that’s right for you, simply enter a search for “pest control seattle” (or your local area) and make sure who you choose comes highly recommended.

Sort Any Holes in Your Walls and Doors: It’s easy to think that you will sort that hole in the wall later. But the longer it’s left, the higher the chance that you might end up with bugs or other pests like rats and mice who might make their home in these holes. You should make sure all holes in your home or doors are filled in quickly. Otherwise, you could end up with bugs like ants inside your property!

Put Screens on Windows: In the summer months, you are bound to have the windows open for hours. But the longer you leave the windows open, the more chance that bugs might get into your home. And then you might end up being severely bitten in the night by a peckish mosquito! It’s a smart idea to get an insect screen for your window. That way, you can still get some air into your home without any bugs coming in to say hello.

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Also remember to ensure that all food is put away in the fridge or bin. That way, it won’t attract pests to your property.

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