 If you have tried to get your hands on a face mask, to help protect yourself when you have to go out, you know that they are almost impossible to get. I have personally looked on Amazon, Tractor Supply, Walmart, and other places and either they are out of stock or they cannot promise delivery till late April. It is a scary situation, but I have the answer: MAKE YOUR OWN!!
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 Everyone loves going to the beach, from children to adults. What could be more fun.....wading, swimming, building sand castles, playing volleyball, or just relaxing and reading. However there are some dangers at the beach, but it is easy to prepare for these dangers and protect yourself and your loved ones. All you have to do is pack a few essentials and you are good to go! 
If you use hand sanitizer on a regular basis, it can get to be rather expensive. Why buy it, when you can easily make it?
Have you ever looked at the ingredients on store bought hand sanitizer? Do you have any idea what most of the ingredients are? I don't! Do you really want to put that stuff on your skin on a regular basis, not knowing what chemicals and preservatives they throw in with the goal of a long shelf life being more important to them than the health and safety of your family's skin ? Not to mention that some companies still test sanitizer on animals, a practice I would never want to support. Make your own, it's better in every way.  With the 4th of July right around the corner, this is a subject that many people will find useful! Outside barbecues, pool parties, picnics and outdoor sports all will cause people to be out in the sun longer than they normally are. Many people will use common sense and make sure to generously apply sunscreen, but even then it can be washed off by sweat, or watered down by swimming, leaving part or all of your skin open to the burning rays of the sun. Some, of course, will not wear sunscreen at all, so they are doubly susceptible to getting sunburn. Ouch!  I was watching a TV show last night, a hospital show. They were talking about burns, "first degree" and "second degree" and such. I started wondering what defined each degree of burn? So this afternoon I decided to find out. I did a bunch of research and I thought that I would share the results with you. 
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Last winter I ran across a video on You Tube with a recipe for a homemade cold and cough remedy that looked really easy to make, so I decided to try it. It is simple to make and it also works, making you feel better and I believe get well faster. The best part is that it is made from all natural ingredients. Since the cold and flu season is coming, I thought this was a good time to share it.  I don't know about you, but this time of year I have a lot of aches and pains. Pulling weeds in the garden, bending and stretching to pick beans and other veggies, trimming shrubs, just all the work that goes with the approaching harvest and the end of summer.
By the end of the day, my shoulders and knees are hurting and need some relief, so I wanted to try cold gel packs to help reduce the swelling and pain. However, they are kinda pricey at $20 to $50 each for the reusable kind, and I really did not want to pay that much, not knowing if they would help. I did some research and found that they are ridiculously easy and cheap to make. 
Now that summer has arrived, so has the hot weather. If you work, or play, out in the heat then you will sweat, this is an unavoidable fact of life. Sweating is the body's mechanism to get rid of excess heat, but you also lose fluids and it is very important to replace them. The healthiest and most efficient way to do this is a drink with electrolytes to prevent dehydration. This is why you see athletes drinking Gatorade during the game at sporting events. Gatorade replaces electrolytes and prevents dehydration when a person is sweating constantly for long periods of time, like when playing ball, or working outside. Have you see the price of Gatorade? Not exactly cheap, so I decided to try making my own. It's pretty simple to do, you can even mix the powder and package it to mix with water when you want to drink it. The recipe is very easy.  Just a short post for you all today, but really useful! Over the weekend, I was attacked by a really bad case of heartburn. That is a most uncomfortable sensation! Sometimes it's even scary as you wonder if it is something else that is worse. I remembered the remedy my Mother always used when she got heartburn, so I went searching for our good old friend apple cider vinegar. I swear sometimes I wonder if there is anything that vinegar or baking soda won't cure or clean!
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