September 5, 2024

 A good knife is an essential tool in the kitchen and you don’t need a drawer full of them. An eight to 10-inch chef’s knife and a serrated knife and a shorter paring knife can tackle almost any cutting task. Select a quality knife that feels comfortable in your hand and has a heavy, strong handle with a longer metal tang that goes through the end of the handle. Source Link 

Walking the neighborhood can be good exercise but consider your route to get the most benefit from it. Sidewalks are mostly flat but when you walk in the street that is angled for drainage one foot will strike the ground lower than the other and that can cause problems. If you take this kind of route, walk halfway on one side of the street and finish the walk on the other side. Source Link_

A simple smartphone reminder could be at the root of problems that keep your tween from getting enough sleep. Researchers found that audible or vibrating notifications of a call, text or e-mail increased the risk of sleep disturbance, and once that happened the youngster was more likely to stay awake. The ultimate solution is to keep smartphones out of kid’s bedrooms. Source Link_