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Tips For Making Working At Home More Workable

Working from home can be very rewarding, but it is not without its challenges. From the temptations of couch and kitchen to friends and family who think that you are available at the drop of a hat, potential pitfalls abound. Don’t let the challenges of working from home drive you back to the office, though. Here are a few handy tips for making home – based work work for you. Setting a work schedule has worked very well for me. Not only does it keep me on track as far as providing enough time to get my work done, it … Continue reading →

Homeowner’s Association Wants to Take Away Cooper’s Playhouse

In Lexington, Kentucky, a homeowner’s association wants a family to tear down a playhouse that the parents build for their child. The playhouse has been specially designed as a therapeutic tool to help their child, who has cerebral palsy. The group that enforces the Americans With Disabilities Act is investigating the situation. A three year old boy named Cooper Veloudis lives in Lexington, Kentucky, with his family. He has cerebral palsy. CP is a neurological disorder that appears when a child is an infant, or is still in early childhood. This disorder affects a person’s body movements and muscle control. … Continue reading →

How to Prepare Your Body for Pregnancy

Pregnancy is a wonderful time of life with a lot of unexpected moments here and there. If you can do a little preparation before you get pregnant, you can help things go smoothly for yourself, your baby and your household. Here are some ways that you can prepare for pregnancy even before you get pregnant. Most likely, you won’t realize that you are pregnant for the first three or four weeks of your pregnancy. Meanwhile, anything you ingest could affect your baby, such as prescription drugs or alcohol. A good rule of thumb is to act as though you are … Continue reading →

Finding the Time

Is it hard to find the time to exercise? Life gets busy. Maybe you are balancing school and work or busy with your kids and other demands. Whatever it is that you have going on it can really be a challenge to find the time to exercise. One solution I have come up with is changing your daily or weekly routines to add some extra steps or squeeze in a ten minute workout. Doing ten or fifteen minutes here and there can be easier than finding a longer consecutive block of time. Remember that doing something is better than nothing! … Continue reading →

Take Stock

As we look towards a new year, it is a good time to take stock and to reflect on how our Christian life is going. Sometimes when people are trying to lose weight they can reach a plateau and they end up staying there and never manage to lose that last bit. The thing that usually happens then is they go backwards and can end up putting on the weight they’ve lost and sometimes more. A similar thing can happen in our Christian life. If we do not keep striving to grow and mature in our Christian life, we can … Continue reading →

Relief Society: Take Care of Yourself

Women almost always put everything before taking care of themselves. It is important to find time to nourish yourself so that you have the energy and love to care for others. It is important to find a balance in your life between caring for yourself, and meeting your other responsibilities. You should take care of yourself spiritually, physically, and emotionally. One important area to care for yourself is spiritually. It is important to nourish your testimony and your relationship with Heavenly Father on a daily basis. Even fifteen minutes of scripture study and daily personal prayer can make a big … Continue reading →

How to Help Someone who Exercises Too Much

As I’ve established in previous blogs there is such a thing as excessive exercising. In most cases compulsive exercisers start off their regime with the right intentions, but something happens to push their daily workouts into the “danger” category. Compulsive exercise is especially harmful when it involves children. According to fitness experts, if you recognize two or more warning signs of compulsive exercise in your child, you should contact a doctor to discuss your concerns. Generally a pediatrician will evaluate your child and make recommendations accordingly. Extreme cases may require hospitalization to get a child’s weight back up to a … Continue reading →

Five Tricks for Navigating My Mom’s Dementia-Filled Days

When my mom had her mini-stroke a few weeks back, it negatively impacted her dementia in a major way. She went from exhibiting mostly mild symptoms with a few moderate ones thrown in, to exhibiting mostly moderate symptoms with a few severe ones thrown in. If I was gulping about being a caregiver before, I’m triple gulping about it now. I had hoped some of this was related to the stroke and that in time she’d come back to me. But she’s not shown any improvement. If anything, she gets a little worse each day. This has presented major challenges … Continue reading →

Young Women: “All Times, in All Places, in All Things”

In her talk “All Times, in All Things, in All Places” Sister Elaine S Dalton speaks to the young women. She was called to be the General President of the Young Women during this session of conference. Sister Dalton opens her talk by emphasizing the Christ came to this earth with a mission, and he stayed focus on that mission his entire life. Sister Dalton teaches that we are here at this time for a specific reason. There are many blessings that can be found through the gospel. It is important to stay focused and steadfast on the right things … Continue reading →

Some People Need Somebody

There are many different personalities and characteristics in people. Every person is a unique individual. Some people are strong willed and some depend greatly on others. Just as we have different views and thoughts about everyday occurrences, we also have different feelings and ideas about relationships. There are some people in the world that always have somebody. These are the people that had boyfriends and girlfriends in kindergarten and first grade. They are the people that always had a date in high school. Every time they broke it off with one mate, another one was waiting. Some people just need … Continue reading →