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How long does it take to make up a queen-size bed with throw pillows?
It takes two minutes to make the bed—so make your bed every day, and it will make your room look neater! Get in the habit.
Did you know stuffed closets are bad for your health? It is hard to breathe or make air circulate due to the clutter.
According to research, four psychological effects of clutter are:
Corresponding to these psychological effects, each time you look around and feel anxious that the mess is getting out of control, your body releases cortisol, one of the classic stress hormones.
The clutter could also be contributing to conditions like asthma. Start now to declutter your closet.
Many clients ask what you do with old prescription eyeglasses. Millions living in low and middle-income countries lack access to basic eye care services. Lions Clubs have recognized the urgent need for corrective lenses and collect usable glasses in their communities to support the Lions Recycle for Sight Program.
Send your collected eyeglasses to an official Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center (LERC) for processing. There, the glasses are sorted to determine those that are usable or unusable, processed, and placed in inventory for distribution to optical missions around the world. Lions help to minimize landfill waste by supporting precious metal reclamation and scrap processing for damaged glasses that are unusable.
April Fool’s Day is a joke day.
There is a tradition of playing practical jokes and hoaxes on others. Play a practical joke on someone today.
Watching or listening to their response will make you laugh. It’s my tradition to tell my husband that he has a flat tire every year! Every time he falls for it.
One time, when my granddaughter and I were in the vehicle, I told her to call her grandpa. Please tell him we just had two flat tires, and someone threw nails in the street. Two new tires were just purchased that had flat tires. He was surprised and was ready to pick us up. She responded, “April fools!” All of us laughed when we got him again!
What does laughter do to your physical body?
Laughing exercises: use your diaphragm. This muscle in the body is attached to other muscles—abdominal, facial, respiratory, back, and legs—so laughing affects your whole body.
Long-term effects:
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16, ESV).
This is a favorite scripture with hope and promises for everyone. By inviting Jesus Christ into your heart, the Bible says, you now have eternal life.
Are you an impulsive buyer and like nice things even though you don’t need the items or can’t afford them?
Ask yourself these questions next time you go shopping and pick up an item you want to buy:
If you answered yes to even one of these questions, ask yourself if you should buy it. Maybe now is the time to make some serious changes.
Today, people receive an abundance of mail and often do not know how to sort it.
Do you talk on the phone but need to get your chores done?
You can wipe down a bathroom, fold a load of laundry, dust, or wash dishes while talking on the phone. Multitasking is a plus! Today earbuds are available, so you have hands free.
Question: Do you know why Moses and his people were wandering in the desert for forty years?
Answer: Because even back then, the men would not stop and ask for directions.
Source: Debbie Tebbe
While watching “Mr. Rogers” with my three-year-old daughter Hannah one afternoon, I explained to her that Mr. Rogers went to live in Heaven. Hannah immediately said, “No Mama, he lives in the neighborhood!”
Organize crafts by categories, such as knitting, beading, scrapbooking, painting, woodworking, kits, and so forth.
For specific crafts, invest in storage containers. This will make it easier to find, work on, and store them for different projects. There are so many different types of containers for each craft! Find the best ones that suit your needs.
Don’t wait until the last minute to wrap the Christmas gifts you bought.
To give a gift, put tissue paper inside gift bags. This will save you time wrapping. Of course, for children you should wrap a few gifts. Ask others to help you.
