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Time To Talk About Winter And Preparing Your Home For It
It is official. The summer months are ending and we are heading towards colder days, darker mornings and nights, and the festive period at a fast pace. Some people love and embrace this time of year, and some people prefer the warmth. However, the one thing we can all agree on is the need to prepare for any up and coming bad weather. It’s fair to say that we can no longer predict the type of weather we are going to get, with cold blasts and snow storms hitting us, as well as heatwaves and rainy summers. Your home takes the brunt of it, regardless. With that in mind, here…
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Snowfall, It’s Not Just Fun And Snowball Games
Oh, the weather outside is frightful But the fire is so delightful And since we’ve no place to go Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Ah, snow. It is almost everywhere, and if you’re stuck at home, you need to make the most of it. Go on, set your Spotify list on a loop with Dean Martin’s suave and warm voice whispering in your ears in the morning. There’s nothing better to put a smile on your face. However, don’t buy into his words too quickly. Snow can be fun and deeply romantic – especially if you were to trust Dean –, but it can be a…
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Tips and Tricks that will Help you to Keep your Home Warm this Winter
Winter is here. That means blistering cold mornings, irregular snowfall and freezing temperatures. If you do not make the right changes around your home, then you may end up paying way more for your heating than required, and this is the last thing you need when you already have so many other things to pay for. Utilise your Curtains Heat from the sun can really warm up your home, so why not make the most out of it? Open up your curtains and let as much light in as you can. When it gets dark, you need to shut your curtains. This will act as another barrier and a…
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Combat The Cold! 6 Essential Tips To Stay Healthy This Winter
Picture Winter is a busy and exciting time. With holiday parties, family get-togethers, and all of the planning and preparation for Christmas day, there’s a lot to keep you busy and your mind off staying healthy. Unfortunately, with the shorter days, colder weather, and winter bugs, this can leave you feeling sick. Now that the holiday season is over, there’s no excuse not to take care of yourself. With that in mind, here are six essential tips to keep yourself healthy this winter. Get Your Flu Shot We all understand that having the flu is far from fun, but what many people don’t know about is the high numbers of…
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American Home by Yankee Candle Fire Log
I, like many others, love the smell of a fire wood burning. Fireplaces are a love of mine and pretty much the only good thing about camping is a camp fire. Back in the early fall Pine Mountain reached out to me and asked if I wanted to try out their American Home by Yankee Candle Fire Logs in the scent “Fresh Balsam Fir”. I, of course, said yes and thought the logs would be so great in my new fireplace in my townhouse. Fast forward a few months and it’s finally cold enough to have the fireplace going. But, I decided not to light the logs in my own fireplace because…
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What’s Going On Inside Your Home This Winter?
Your home during the winter time can be a mixed bag of cold and coziness, even with those new highlights you added over the summer! But not only that, there could be all kinds of things going on inside your house during the festive season – after all, it’s a whole three months of the year, and a lot can happen in about 90 days or so! So to make sure there’s nothing nasty living in your walls and on your ceilings, and that all your systems are working properly, here’s just a couple of things to remember about the interior of your home this winter. All sorts of things…
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Cold Weather Coziness
How was your weekend? I’m sure you wish it would last longer as I always do. My weekend was pretty low key, which was okay with me since I’ve been running on fumes lately. Friday in to Saturday we had some pretty crazy weather especially the very high winds, so I mostly just stayed in to hide from that. Seeing as that’s how most of my weekend was spent, I thought it was the perfect day to share a cozy post and a little funny story. In the winter, I love to wear cozy clothes at home and if I’m on the couch, I will have a blanket on me…
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This Winter
The past 2 days I’ve been home since school’s been closed due to snow/ice days. For those of you who are new to Life According to Jamie, my full time/day job is teaching. While I was off, I browsed through my phone and saw that I had quite a few short videos from this winter of the different little snowfalls we had. I took advantage of my extra free time and made a short video compilation of all the videos. An homage to winter 2016-2017 if you will. I’m hoping this winter weather is officially on its way out because as much as I kept saying I wanted a little more…
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Photo Challenge: Against the Odds
Last week’s photo challenge was “Against the Odds” and I’m using a photo from last winter as my photo response. It is definitely not from this week considering it is going to be 70 degrees today! Yes, in February! I first shared this photo on here in my post last winter about being snowed in due to a blizzard. I thought this photo would be a good photo response for “Against the Odds” as a sort of symbolic picture. I think we all feel stuck in life at times – I know I’m guilty of it – and like we won’t be able to get over the latest hurdle or obstacle in life.…
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Winter Songs
I don’t know about you, but for me I associate most songs with seasons. Some songs just sound like summer to me and likewise for winter and the other seasons. I was listening to some music on Spotify while I was driving the other day and thought I would put together 5 songs I’m currently listening to (old and new-er) that make me think “winter”. When I think of winter music the songs are usually ballads or at least not as fast and upbeat. more reflective and I imagine listening while walking through a scene similar to the gif above. A moonlit stroll with falling snow and the fresh, cold…
