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I am not even gonna lie… life since I returned from my business trip has been a STRUGGLE. On my trip, I experienced a neck injury of some sort which resulted in a massive amount of pain that I've never experienced. I couldn't move my neck to the left or right and I honestly just wanted to sit in a chair and sleep, which I did for a large amount of my trip haha. To everyone that saw me, now you know what was up! When I got home, I started feeling bad and ended up coming down with a cold with a runny nose, sneezing, lots of congestion and just feeling not myself. This past week has been so hard because I was so hyped up from my business trip and wanting to share all that I learned but had no energy to do so. The kids also ended up getting whatever I caught so I've been nursing myself and them back to good health.
During this, I've asked my friends their holistic remedies and along with a few that I've picked up along the way I've used all the "tricks" during the past week. Living life holistically can be hard when you don't have creditable resources to use when you need them. For that reason, I think it's important to house all the remedies I've found for treating a cold/allergies holistically and WHY I choose to incorporate these into my family's lives. I'm including the ones that I have personally tried but if you find any that I haven't listed that you use and love please feel free to share them in the comments.
1. local honey – Honey can inhibit the growth of microbes that can cause infection, may also contain antiviral properties that could inhibit viral activity from colds and a growing number of studies have found honey to be an effective cough suppressant and sleep aid during a cold, especially in children. Some research supports the theory that local honey– obtained as close as possible to where you live–may help build an immunity to some seasonal allergies. We also love manuka honey for it's medicinal benefits. I buy manuka from Wedderspoon Honey and local honey from our farmers market.
2. essential oils – diffusing and applying essential oils is my go-to for any occassion. It's honestly the first thing I do when I wake up and the last thing I do before I go to bed. We use oils for pretty much everything and they have proven very helpful for colds and allergies. Thankfully, some powerful essential oils serve as a natural and safe way to treat the symptoms of allergies and boost our immune systems. These essential oils for allergies have the ability to chemically support the body and help it to overcome hypersensitivity. Inhaling diffused peppermint oil can oftentimes immediately unclog the sinuses and offer relief to scratchy throats. Peppermint acts as an expectorant and provides relief for allergies, as well as colds, coughs, sinusitis, asthma and bronchitis. It has the power to discharge phlegm and reduce inflammation — a leading cause of allergic reactions. Lemon oil supports lymphatic system drainage and helps with overcoming respiratory conditions. Studies have shown that lemon essential oil inhibits the growth of bacteria and boosts the immune system. When diffused at home, lemon oil can kill bacteria and eliminate allergy triggers in the air. Lavender is a popular essential oil because of its many benefits. It may help soothe your symptoms during allergy season thanks to its ability to calm and reduce inflammation. One study concluded that the essential oil prevents allergic inflammation as well as the enlargement of mucous cells. I diffuse and apply all three of these together for the perfect trifecta of help.
3. elderberry syrup – My love for holistic remedies runs deep y'all and I am always researching what I can add into the mix to help strengthen our immune systems. Elderberry syrup is something that I started hearing about two years ago. I purchased a big mason jar premade from a local lady in Myrtle Beach and fell in love. It tastes delicious and the health benefits are unreal! It was almost $50 for that big quart but it lasted us all winter and it proved to be worth every penny. I have actually found a better price point with premade kits from my friend Ashley who owns The Farm Life. She is a wealth of knowledge and I have enjoyed following her social media accounts because they are chalk full of nutritional information. Elderberries are packed full of nutrients like iron, potassium, phosphorus, copper, vitamins A, B and C, and proteins. Not only does it help with heart health, respiratory health, diabetic issues, and bone health, it boosts your immune system enough to fight off colds and the flu! There are certain antibacterial and anti-infectious qualities in elderberry syrup (not juice) that make it very potent and helpful when fighting a cold or flu. We each take a spoonful a day and up that to two spoonfuls when sick.
4. apple cider vinegar – Adding a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar, or lemon juice, to a glass of water helps to alkalinize the body. Creating an alkaline environment helps kill bacteria and viruses. Start drinking it at the first sign of illness and repeat several times a day until the symptoms subside. The high concentration of vitamin C, fiber, and acids are believed by some to boost immunity while breaking up the congestion that comes with a cold.
5. colloidal silver – Silver is one of those age-old remedies that ought to be in every home's medicine cabinet. Its uses are varied, medically documented, and proven to be highly effective for supporting the body's immune system. But, also, some experts consider colloidal silver one of our most effective defenses against emerging strains of pathogens, because of its effectiveness against bacterial, viral, and fungal infections. Whether used topically, for immune support during acute flu or cold, or for preventive purposes, colloidal silver is a versatile natural remedy.
These are my top go-to items (and a few from my friends) to treat colds/allergies holistically. I am so excited to share these with ya'll so you can use them in your own lives.


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Wednesday, December 24, 2008
christmas pics
Posted by Eric Williams at 10:01 AM
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Awwwwwww....love the tree! You did a great job of decorating...it's so festive!! Glad everything arrived safely. Miss you tons and will be thinking of you so far away!! Wishing you peaceful days ahead....
I Love You, Son, and I'm so proud of you....Kisses...Mom
- December 24, 2008 at 10:23 PM
- Miss Mestas said...
Im glad to see you had a tree! Merry Christmas!
- December 25, 2008 at 5:32 PM
- Unknown said...
What a great tree!! And you did the decorating!! Nice Job!!
Missed you at Christmas but thought about you all day!
Stay safe and have a Happy New Year!! I'm sure you guys will celebrate!!
Lots and lots of love!!
Aunt Roo
- December 29, 2008 at 4:58 PM
- Godfather said...
Hey Godson, glad to hear you're safe and sound at Christmas. You're mom sent us your blog address so we'll try to stay in touch. Christmas in Iraq...who woulda thought.
John and Annette
- January 1, 2009 at 11:28 AM
- KurtMartiNick said...
SGT Bustass??
- January 4, 2009 at 6:41 AM
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Tips for Managing Information Overload and Owning Your Email Inbox
By CJ McClanahan
What sets productive people apart from everyone else includes deploying some simple strategies to overcome information overload. Email is so overused that every single day, nearly 770 million emails are sent and received by users around the globe.
In a typical workweek, managers and professionals spend more than 1/4 of their time spent reading and answering email. Email often comes with what I call productivity monsters – things that take up our valuable time and keep us from the real priorities in our lives.
Information overload ruins productivity.
The research is pretty clear – you can't multitask. If you are engaged in a complex task it will require your undivided attention to complete it effectively. Even the smallest interruption, like quickly glancing at your inbox, will slow your productivity down since your focus was broken. Following a distraction like this, it can take up to 25 minutes to get completely refocused.
Stress and anxiety
An inbox with 765 emails, 159 of which are unread, causes stress, which reduces your productivity. When you begin to feel anxious your brain wants the stress to go away. The best way to do this is to get control of something that delivers immediate gratification. This activity (ironically, often email) is almost never the best use of your time. Speaking of bad uses of your time…
Probably the most important activity we do all day is communicate with others. At times this communication is provocative in its nature. Because no one likes confrontation, most tend to handle this disagreement via email. This leads to many hours spent crafting the perfect email instead of having a quick conversation that would take minutes.
Reactive planning
You may be one of those people that uses their email as a "to-do" list. The problem with this approach is that you are allowing other people to set your priorities. The next thing you know, you've worked a 10 hour day, but still need to bring your laptop home to complete the urgent items you neglected responding to other's requests. Below I provide my favorite methods for managing all incoming email in an effective manner and clearing your inbox.
Cc/Bcc loop
How many times have you said, "Please keep me in the loop?" I say the exact opposite, clarifying to anyone that will listen that I don't want to be anywhere near the loop unless you absolutely, positively need my input.
Unfortunately, my approach is rare and most people feel better when they include half the company on every email. This clogs your inbox with messages that you feel obligated to read and only realize their irrelevance to your job once you've reached the final word of the last sentence. One solution to that is to train people to send better emails.
Email overload costs you time.
Despite all this evidence about the overwhelm of email, I love using it. It's an important part of how I run my personal and professional life. Below are what I've found to be the most effective ways to manage email.
Turn email off
Neither you nor I have the self-discipline to ignore the little envelope that appears at the bottom right of your screen when a new email has arrived. That's why you can't just minimize your email program when you're in the middle of a project requiring your concentration. You need to close the program completely for at least 30 minutes. Try it out for just one day, and if the world comes to a screeching halt you can go back to your normal way.
Manage email batches
Remember last time you were traveling for work and you only had 45 minutes in between flights to respond to email messages? Did anything critical fall through the cracks? The amount of time you spend in your inbox is directly related to the amount unscheduled hours in your day – not the amount of email.
Limit the amount of time you spend reading and responding to the bare minimum. I'd recommend allowing yourself to check it at 9am and then again at 3pm. If you limit this to 45 minutes each session, that's still almost 20% of a typical work week sending, receiving, or managing your messages.
Even if your job involves receiving new information frequently, you can still keep everything in check without wasting the whole day on email if you schedule 5 minutes every 2 hours.
The reason most people have an email overload problem is because they follow a "read and get back to it later" system.
Take back your time.
The reason most people have an email overload problem is because they follow a "read and get back to it later" system.
You end up drowning in messages and just getting back to them costs you extra minutes each day. The next time you're checking email, follow these simple rules:
Get off any unnecessary email list. With Gmail's filtering options, you can see what emails are important and the majority that are sent en masse. Use Unroll.me to clean up your email subscriptions as batch the ones that aren't important but still wanted.
If this message doesn't apply to you in any way, just delete it immediately.
If you aren't the best person to address the message, delegate it to another person and request that they now own the response.
If an email you received can be addressed in less than 5 minutes, respond right away. If it requires more than 75 words or involves an uncomfortable message, you should probably pick up the phone. Don't postpone your answer: if you have everything you need for a reply but would prefer to delay sending it, schedule the message using Outlook's options, Thunderbird's Send Later add-on, or extensions for Gmail such as Boomerang and Right Inbox. Get it done right away and save yourself the time it would take to get back to it later.
Put the email in a file folder so you can refer to it later. You can also do this with items that will require action at some point – set an email reminder with a service like FollowUp.cc.
After applying these simple tactics, you should end your day with no more than (drumroll please)… 10 emails in your inbox.
I know this sounds impossible for those with 1300+ emails staring you in the face every morning. So for you email hoarders, here's a quick process to get to under 10 in less than a few hours.
Reach (near) inbox zero in six steps.
- Take a deep breath.
- Set aside a block of time to work on this project – preferably not during business hours so you can avoid distractions.
- Write this phrase on a piece of paper and set it in front of you – "If the email is more than 2 weeks old the sender is no longer expecting to hear from me."
- Delete the emails that don't pertain to you. If you're not sure – delete anyway.
- Put those you'd like to keep into file folders.
- Celebrate with a glass of expensive wine.
Dealing with all the overload will not be easy. But I promise the long term benefits of properly managing email are significant.
Now, go out defeat those productivity monsters.


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Jade Marie is fifteen years old. Her parents are n conflict and she doesn't know why. Living on an isolated farm helps to exacerbate her defensive introversion as she can walk the fields without any social contact. At school however a social life has to be maintained at least to the minimum. Her lonliness increases as she feels the world around her has let her down, and she has difficulty in dertermining her place within it. Stout of heart, however, she battles on, at one time with only an inanimate, but seemingly alive, doll as company in human form, and forces which don't appear to belong to the physical world.


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Just because you run a blogging business doesn't mean that you shouldn't do your basic business research as you would with an offline business. Facebook Groups: Facebook groups can also be a good source of traffic and exposure for your blog but, unfortunately, many people fail to get results because they approach these groups in a wrong way and can barely be differentiated from spammers. I'm fascinated with how people like to mentally cancel out costs of operating a freelance business. In comparison iPage costs around $72 for 3 years and includes a free domain name in year one. Once you've installed the blogging software on your web space, it takes care of most of the technical side of things, leaving you free to concentrate on the quality of text, images, sounds and video you are publishing. Unless you're blogging to a entrepreneur/professional audience, design really doesn't matter much.
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I started doing 3 a week and was quickly headed towards burnout; this is a part time role, I have a full time business to run too! Your course description should lead with a hook up front, say what the course is, convey the benefits of taking it, and end with a bit of background on the course that gives validity. I would like to toss out a few other recommendations of authors who I have personally heard speak and can guarantee their books are on the shelves of hundreds of Fortune 1000 executives. The reason our site design looks good is because we have a great host , we have a great theme, and most important, we had a vision of how we wanted our blog to look. The answer to why your blog isn't making money lies in the secrets of a successful blogging business.


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So, that's all you need to know about Google Analytics, well that's all I know about it anyway! I hope it helped and if you have any questions then let me know.
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Channel unites for third annual awards night
Winners of 2010 Channel Middle East Awards unveiled at gala dinner and awards ceremony
Senior members of the regional IT market came together at the third Channel Middle East Awards last night to recognise outstanding examples of excellence in the channel during the past year.
More than 350 channel executives attended the event, which took place inside the plush confines of the Constellation Ballroom at The Address, Dubai Marina.
Despite the challenges that the market has faced during the past 12 months, competition for this year's awards was as fierce as ever across the 16 categories on offer.
A full list of the winners can be found below, but in the vendor categories the victors included AMD, Cisco, HP, Kaspersky, Promate and Toshiba.
Redington Gulf, FVC and Trigon claimed the distribution prizes, while Al Moayyed Computers, Emitac Enterprise Solutions and Jacky's Electronics collected the honours in the reseller and retailer categories.
In the much-anticipated reader-voted segment of the awards the security sector struck gold as Computerlinks and Symantec saw off strong competition to earn victories in their respective categories.
The ceremony closed with the presentation of awards to individuals who have made their mark in the regional channel.
Avaya's Roger El-Tawil was named the Channel Executive of the Year for the work he has done in driving the communications vendor's partner network, while Genius Computer Technology's CEO and president, Milad Jabbour, picked up the Outstanding Contribution to Channel award for the role he has played in developing the market since starting his business in the region more than two decades ago.
Full coverage and pictures from the awards ceremony will be published in the April issue of Channel Middle East and Channel Arabic.
Channel Middle East Awards 2010 Winners
Components Vendor of the Year: AMD
Networking Vendor of the Year: Cisco
Peripherals Vendor of the Year: Promate Technologies
Printing and Consumables Vendor of the Year: HP
Software Vendor of the Year: Kaspersky
Systems and Hardware Vendor of the Year: Toshiba
IT Distributor of the Year: Redington Gulf
Value Added Distributor of the Year: FVC
Retail Distributor of the Year: Trigon
SMB and Commercial Reseller of the Year: Al Moayyed Computers
Enterprise Reseller of the Year: Emitac Enterprise Solutions
Retail Company of the Year: Jacky's Electronics
Best Vendor Channel Programme of the Year: Symantec
Best Growth Initiative by a Distributor: Computerlinks
Channel Executive of the Year: Roger El-Tawil, Avaya
Outstanding Contribution to the Middle East Channel: Milad Jabbour, Genius Computer Technology


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Wood doesn't always equate to rustic; try a polished, darker tone for an elegant look.
Browse flea markets for old barn doors; they make a great headboard.
Rustic planks of wood make for a unique place to rest your head.
Painted and peeling wood planks add a relaxed feel.
Finishing an old barn door adds a rustic chic style.
This headboard looks elegant, and you can replicate it at home.
Tufting the fabric on your headboard adds an elegant flair.
Opt for a fun striped fabric in a child's bedroom.
Panels of silk-like fabric decorated with ribbon offer an elegant option.
Metallic fabric makes this plush headboard modern, yet welcoming.
For those with more modern or eclectic tastes, consider covering your headboard with leather.
Extend your headboard by covering four wood panels with fabric.
These tufted headboards covered in velvet evoke a wingback chair style.
Vintage brass metal grates add eclectic style to this bedroom.
Consider lining a bedroom wall with stainless steel for a glam look.
An old wrought-iron gate would be an amazing headboard.
Hang a rug or tapestry in place of a headboard for an artistic look.
Shutters are an easy DIY headboard option.
Old doors and windows make easy headboards.
This stenciled headboard adds a pretty, feminine touch.
Driftwood makes a unique headboard and gives you an excuse to go to the beach.
Create geometric patterns with nailheads or brass upholstery tacks.
Forget the traditional form by extending the headboard past the sides of the bed frame.
Embossed or wallpapered tiles make an artful headboard.
Make your own art with a chalkboard headboard.
Whether rustic, romantic, edgy or classic, your headboard is the focal point of your bedroom and does the most to set the tone for your nighttime oasis. Choosing the right headboard is an important design factor — but that doesn't mean you're limited to what you see in the design studios or furniture showrooms.
Headboards, as impactful as they are on your room's design, are actually one of the easiest bedroom components to make yourself. Headboard ideas are as limitless as your imagination, but they essentially fall into five categories: wood, fabric, metal, free-form and art-based.
Once you've decided on the feeling that you want from your headboard, take an honest look at your budget, time and comfort level with DIY projects. Then peruse our photo gallery for some inspiration, and make the headboard you've been dreaming about.
This is probably the first thing you think of when you think DIY headboards. Pallets, doors, shutters, window frames, fireplace mantels and barn wood all make excellent backdrops for your bed, and the versatility that wood offers for your bedroom is practically endless.
For example, you can make a beautifully stained masterpiece or repurpose some chipped vintage door frames to set the tone for your bedroom. Weathered shutters make a perfect headboard if you want a beachy cottage vibe. Wood offers a multitude of options and finish styles at a reasonable cost.
Want something a little softer for your DIY headboard? Fabric options have you covered — literally. Whether you prefer the formal indulgence of tufted, buttoned or pintucked headboards or something more casual, fabric offers many soft, indulgent choices for your bedroom.
For the opulence of fabric without the formality, try simply hanging a quilt, some lace or a curtain behind your bed. You'll still create a focal point, but it won't require hours of labor.
On the opposite end of the spectrum from the fluid feel of fabric is the fixed structure of metal. This certainly doesn't mean it is without beauty; a metal headboard can have a romantic feel, such as a wrought-iron gate with artificial flowers intertwined.
Even the industrial feel of corrugated sheet metal can be softened by an intricate decorative cut. Metal may not be appealing to every taste, but there are a lot of options for the DIYer to make a signature headboard from this versatile material.
Even more than the creative potential in the first three categories, free-form headboards give you endless design freedom. You can use almost anything: pillows grouped into a display, pieces of driftwood or bamboo against the wall, vintage books adhered to a piece of backing.
A free-form headboard can infuse your personality and interests into a one-of-a kind creation. If it is your passion, it can become a focal point in your bedroom; with a free-form design, the ceiling's the limit.
Similar to free-form headboards in their ability to capture your interests, art-based headboards have just a little more structure. Cover canvases with fabric or paint and group them on the wall over your bed. Framing pictures of loved ones or locales makes the most personalized of headboards, as does a backdrop of favorite quotes.
Can't decide on just one color? Try arranging paint swatches in a way that appeals to your eye. Art-based projects allow you to make a signature piece that is often easily changeable; they also work for any budget.
There is no reason to feel limited to the headboards that are available for purchase. Let your creativity shine in a centerpiece for your bedroom. With a little elbow grease and a lot of inspiration, you can create the perfect piece for your bedroom and your budget. Which of these DIY headboard ideas speaks to you?
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