The New Homemaker Newsletter for December 01, 2008
The New Homemaker turned eight years old on the first! Can you believe it? I sure can't. Some of you have been with me since that very first month, and to you and all the readers who've joined us along the way, I say thank you. :) I thought today about switching over to the spring slipcover for the site, but the weather is still too rotten in too many parts of the US, and my daffodils haven't budded yet. Maybe next week--for sure by the first day of spring. I don't know about you, but I'm ready for spring. I want to dig in the garden--or supervise John and the girls while they dig in the garden at least! I'm still on the mend from all my health excitements of last year and am finally seeing some real progress. I'm doing nearly a half-hour of aerobic exercise three times a week at the cardiac rehab program and I've lost about ten pounds. In January we upgraded the site (and a few others that share the same server), only to have the server go into fits. Many of you may have tried to get to the site in vain during that time. Well, that seems to be all cleared up now! I appreciate your patience during the troubles and hope you'll be back to check things out again. All the regular conversations are going, and we're having new ones as well.
The Regular Roundup:
Latest Article
Beat Insomnia Now
leep can be an elusive thing. Experience a couple nights of tossing and turning in bed, and it's all too tempting to reach for a sleep aid. But before you do, consider that several recent studies conducted at major institutions all over the country show that, despite their ordinary nature, simple behavioral strategies--like going to bed at the same time every night and avoiding afternoon naps--really do work. What's more, over-the-counter sleep medications can leave you feeling sluggish the next day, and "there’s very little evidence that these sleep aids actually result in significant sleep," says Mark Mahowald, M.D., director of the Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center in Minneapolis.
What about prescription sleep drugs? For acute, short-term insomnia--such as that brought on by a stressful event, like a death in the family--experts say these medications can help. "In fact, by treating acute short-term insomnia [with prescription sleep aids] when it first occurs, we can actually prevent the development of long-term insomnia," says Dr. Mahowald. But for the occasional sleepless night, consider the following 10 tips. You may find they help you get to sleep just as well as popping a pill!
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Weblinks are temporarily offline. The software we used to maintain them died a while ago, and I'll be trying to patch things together soon now that I've upgraded to a version that works. But! We may have to start all over again! Ah well, more chances for you to submit your favorite sites.Latest Product Reviews
- The New Six-Point Plan for Raising Happy, Healthy Children
- Adopting and Advocating for the Special Needs Child
- Parenting With Love And Logic (Updated and Expanded Edition)
- Treating Explosive Kids: The Collaborative Problem-Solving Approach
- The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children
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Lynn
The New Homemaker
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