Whether you’re looking for a place to move your aging parents, or if you’re on the lookout yourself for
a retirement community, helping someone move out of their own home can be a difficult and often
traumatic period for all parties involved. Such a decision should not be made in haste and requires
some research as well as soul-searching. If you’re looking at retirement homes for yourself or your
loved ones, consider these questions during your evaluation.

What type of community are you thinking about? Do you want to stay in the same town or area where
you have been living? Many retirees seek to move to warmer clients such as Arizona or Florida. There
are also assisted living homes, homes for independent citizens, homes for active citizens, and places that
specialize in Alzheimer’s or patients with dementia. Consider the cost of the community as well. You
will also want to know about the home’s accreditation and licensing.

Local services? What services are nearby the prospective home? Is a there a hospital in the area?
What is the shopping situation – grocery stores and specialty stores as well. Are there churches or other
places of worship that are easily accessible? How about libraries? Beauty parlors and barber shops?

Amenities? Especially for senior citizens with a more active lifestyle, you may want to consider a home
that offers a rigorous regime of activities that can include swimming, horseback riding, golf, or tennis.
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Giveaway Hosted by Tsue- That’s What She Said!

An important part of preparing your home for the holidays is ensuring your decor is both festive and inviting.

If you are in the midst of a complete home renovation, such as I am, hosting holiday guests can be a bit of a challenge.

With several areas yet “in progress” status, with no hope of completion before Christmas arrives due to schedule restrictions, my aim is to highlight the positives and minimize the less than ideal.

Even so, with first impressions being what they are, I’m yet optimistic that my husband will finish his seemingly never ending project of preparing the foyer walls for painting. However, with that still quite questionable, distracting my guests from the less than finished walls is my aim. What better way to accomplish that diversion that with dressing the rest of the foyer festively and stylishly.

Enter Mohawk Home to the rescue!

As the largest manufacturer of area rugs, indoor and outdoor mats and washable rugs in the United States, Mohawk Home not only offers the most sought after designs in home floor dressings, but has the power to provide them through all my favorite retailers at prices that won’t break my renovation budget. I can feel good about selecting Mohawk Home products, not only because I am supporting an American manufacturer; additionally, Mohawk’s GreenWorks initiatives allow me to feed my need to decorate in an eco-friendly fashion. From Eco Cotton Bath Rugs, to luxurious natural fiber Karastan wool rugs, attractive and durable recycled rubber mats, Mohawk Home allows you to green up your home’s eco footprint, stylishly.

Learn more about Mohawk Green Works

Green Fact ~

One out of every five PET plastic bottles recycled in the United States are recycled by Mohawk. Over three billion bottles annually that produce Mohawk recycled fibers. Everstrand is the only 100% post consumer face fiber in the floor covering industry today. These rugs provide brilliant color clarity, exceptional stain resistance and superior durability.

American, green, affordable and with styles from classic to urban, from casual to elegant, not to discount being tremendously accessible from all of my favorite retailers, selecting Mohawk Home floor coverings to dress my home for the holidays simply makes chic sense.

As any mother of unexpected guests knows, when faced with a necessary quick clean up, ensuring your floors are presentable is the first order of business. A well vacuumed or mopped floor has the ability to transform the appearance of your room, more so than any other quick fix you can do. Applying this concept to my holiday decor, while I am not certain I can count on my husband to finish his project, instead I will be relying on Mohawk Home to add a touch of style to greet my holiday guests.

Too bare to bear.

From remodeling, puppy paws and muddy cleats, prime for replacement

With so many favorite retailers to choose from, such as Home Depot, Target, Kohl’s and Walmart, shopping for the perfect Mohawk Home Rug is simple. Whether I browse the in store selections or view the full and extensive ranges of gorgeous floor coverings online, the only challenge is in selecting my favorite from so many stunning designs.

From Classic to Modern,

To Simple and Stunning,

To Brilliant and Artistic,

Mohawk Home has a design to suit any home decor!

After much consideration, and several [Read more…]

As if finding the perfect gifts for family and friends wasn’t difficult enough, most people also take it
upon themselves to purchase presents for coworkers. This can be problematic for two reasons. First,
you may be on the hook for several gifts if you work in a large office or team. So it can definitely
get expensive. And you also may face the trouble of not knowing people very well, especially if
fraternization outside the office is discouraged (and it usually is). So you could be shopping for a lot of
people you barely know. In this case, you might need a little help coming up with inexpensive, generic
gifts for coworkers that will still wow. And here are just a few ideas to get you started.

1. Baked goods. Truth be told, you still can’t go wrong with a few fabulous treats to stock the
break room. While you can certainly spend beaucoup bucks on trendy gift baskets to save time,
consider making the gift personal by devoting a weekend to some kitchen crafts. You can even
offer vegan or gluten-free options if you’re worried about excluding anyone, and you probably
have plenty of coworkers that would appreciate tasty but low-calorie items if you can find a few
good recipes along those lines.

2. Items from Flight 001. This website has great ideas for anyone that travels (which many of your
coworkers may do, either for work or personal reasons). From carry-on bottle sets, jetlag relief
kits, and money belts to luggage and carry-on bags, to neck pillows and sleeping masks, you can
find a variety of great gifts that will suit your jet-setting colleagues, wherever their travels take
them.

3. Bento box. Everyone is trying to save money these days, which means a lot of your coworkers
are probably cutting back on [Read more…]

OK, I think you all may have figured out that I don’t like Rafflecopter. I find it unreliable, it goes down several times a month it seems, and I have heard people say it loses their entries. I find nothing wrong with the way things are now. It always works, and nothing is lost. That said….

It seems people [Read more…]