Are You Ready For Summer?

Summer is here!! It is time to plan your vacation and fun activities for the warm months of the year.  If you live in Florida like I do, we have summer weather most of the year, but now the kids are out of school for a few weeks and we are all planning our summer activities.

We usually think of days at the beach or around the pool during the summer. If you have children, be sure they know how to swim and never leave them unsupervised. Learn CPR and keep a phone nearby to call for help in an emergency.

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Are You Ready To SPRING AHEAD?

Don’t you love FALL Daylight Savings time change when you get an extra hour of sleep? Now prepare yourself for the SPRING Daylight Savings time change when you will lose an hour of sleep!! That will be this weekend so when you prepare for bed Saturday, March 11, 2017, move your clocks ahead one hour.

I read an interesting article on health problems associated with this time change. You might like to read it also—READ IT HERE  but I will share with you the general points.

After turning your clocks forward an hour, you might be out of sorts, tired and lethargic for a few days. Why is that? Melatonin is the hormone that makes us feel sleepy and when the sun is up for longer, your sleep cycle can be disturbed. So if next week you have trouble falling asleep and staying awake during the day, blame it on DST!

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