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3 Questions to Ask About Home Repair Services



If you live in a house for more than a week, you will encounter something that needs repair. There are some common repairs that most people can make on their own. For instance, If your toilet has a simple clog, you can usually resolve that without hiring a plumber. If you need new curtains to block out the sun in your living room, that’s also a one-person job.

But not everything will be that simple. If your pipes are making weird noises at all hours of the day, or something similarly odd, you need to bring in a plumber to investigate. But first, you need to ask them the following questions.
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Becoming A Mom at 35: Am I Really of Advanced Maternal Age?

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In major US cities like San Francisco, Boston, and New York, the average age for a woman to have her first child is over 30. That’s only the average: Some women are becoming moms at 40 just like others are becoming moms at 20. And it’s only for the first child: If a woman’s first child is at 32, she may be having more children throughout her 30s and even into her 40s. All in all, in the US today, having a baby at age 35 or older is completely normal. So why do doctors call it “advanced maternal age?”
Perhaps the term isn’t the most flattering, but “advanced maternal age” refers to an important threshold when it comes to being pregnant. Age 35 is when risks for certain complications tend to go up. This is far from meaning that having a baby in the latter half of your 30s is a no-go. Rather, it means your provider will monitor your pregnancy more closely and recommend that you take some additional precautions.

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Keeping Your Skin Young

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There is no such thing as the fountain of youth, in order to have that youthful, glowing and healthy skin you must first take care of your skin inside by taking a lot of water and also healthy foods because they say that you are what you eat and that is true.

Looking for skincare items together empowers you to figure out how to peruse marks and comprehend corrective and skincare fixings. Regardless of whether you're in a drugstore, basic supply, or retail chain, it's critical how to perceive while picking skincare items as the sheer measure of cylinders, jugs, and containers coating the racks of the skincare segment can be overpowering. You realize that in light of the fact that an item is costly or has incredible surveys online doesn't imply that it will be better for the skin.
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MASTER MATTRESS-CLEANING TIPS




The mattress we sleep on is not something to be overlooked in the cleaning process. In fact, the opposite is true. Just because it’s “under cover” doesn’t mean it’s clean.
The trouble with mattresses is that they’re heavy to move, and again, we don’t think of them as something that gets dirty. Let me help change that perspective with a “read at your own risk” list of things that mattresses are prone to absorb:
 
1. Sweat
2. Blood
3. Dead Skin
4. Dirt from the floors we drag up with our feet
5. Bed bugs
6. Bed bugs regurgitated food
7. Bed bugs blood and/or fecal matter
8. Mildew
9. Mold
10. The boogeyman


I had to throw that last one in there to reduce the gross factor, even a little.
I know you like to be clean. It’s not your fault. Mattresses are just catchalls for many nasty things.
We all want a good night’s rest, and maintaining your mattress is key to ensuring it stays firm and comfortable longer. Creating a clean, healthy sleeping environment free of bugs, dust, allergens, and other nastyness is also important. However, if you are still concerned about bed bugs, consider learning how to check for bed bugs. Inspecting areas regularly like mattress seams, furniture joints, and hidden corners can help you catch any signs of an infestation early, so you can enjoy restful, uninterrupted sleep.


Follow this master mattress-cleaning list for tips on how to do it right!

1. Strip the bed and wash the linens. Bed bugs don’t get killed by hot water alone. Gross, I know. Add some white vinegar to your load and maybe even a pinch of salt or baking soda.

2. Use your vacuum cleaner’s upholstery attachment and vacuum the mattress, on top, and along the sides. Also, use the crevice tool and vacuum around the box spring and the floor under the bed. Find out more information on the top-rated vacuum cleaners here.

3. Sprinkle a healthy amount of baking soda on your mattress and let it sit for 15-20 minutes. This will help deodorize the mattress and also attract moisture to the surface. Then vacuum again, thoroughly. If the odor or stains or more pronounced, scrub the baking soda in deep with a brush instead of just letting it sit on top.

4. I mentioned sweat and blood up top but I forgot to mention “urine” and “vomit” as members of this vile club. Different liquids stain in different ways and need individualized treatment.

Blood: Dried blood can be dissipated with salt, hydrogen peroxide, and Dawn. Make a paste with those three items and gently spread it onto the blood spot. Do this preferably in the morning or one a weekend because you need to let the paste fully dry before moving on to the next step. Once it’s dry, scrape it off and vacuum up the remaining particles. Then dab any remaining, visible stain spots with a white rag soaked in hydrogen peroxide until the spot is gone. Use a blow dryer on low heat to dry again if need be.
BTW – the white cloth is not a sign of surrender. It’s just that colored cloths will bleed their colors onto the mattress when wet with hydrogen peroxide.

Urine: Eww. Yeah, but, pee happens. To best clean, it, first let it dry. Double eww, but it’s true. Mix baking soda and hydrogen peroxide with a few drops of Dawn. Dab that mixture onto, and into, the urine spot. Then blot it up. DO not drench your mattress, ever. It’s really hard to get it dry if you do, and unkempt moisture turns into mildew and can even rust your springs.

After the area is dry you can make a dry foam with un-bleached, dry laundry powder, and a tablespoon of water. Spread that on the stain and let it do the deed for about half an hour.
Scrape the dried paste-up with a spoon and go back to your white cloth and hydrogen peroxide to blot up anything left.
 
After that’s dry, vacuum the area yet again.


Other Fluids: It doesn’t matter – use ammonia. But be moderate if not conservative in your application of it. And open the windows when you do this to avoid breathing in all the fumes. Vomit, semen, whatever it is – ammonia will help if it gets that bad. Temporarily the ammonia will smell worse than the odor (thus the open windows). But in the end, it’s effective and potent.


5. Flip your mattress at least twice a year. Each time you do, clean it as directed in steps 1-4 in this article. Flipping your mattress keeps it in a better shaper for a longer period of time. And, it helps you have a more comfortable night’s rest.

6. One of the smartest things you can do when it comes to cleaning your mattress is to prevent having to clean your mattress. Get an allergy-proof, plastic cover. Then get an allergen-free mattress pad that’s washable. Adding those two items will keep your mattress clean, healthy, and give you peace of mind as well!

 

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Motivation Tips To Help You Get Back Into Exercise

      
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You know, and we know that exercise is good for us. Exercise is good for both our physical and our mental health. And yet, despite knowing the benefits of exercise, many of us don't bother. Or we make an attempt to motivate ourselves at the start of a new year and then fall at the first hurdle (usually because of the winter cold).

If this is you, then you need to get motivated. You will benefit from your attempts to keep fit; if only you could drag yourself from your slumber. You need somebody to lead you by the hand and back into exercise again. And that person is us, so pick yourself up, lazybones. Here are some tips to motivate you in the weeks and months ahead.




1. Have a goal in mind

Set yourself a goal; something to motivate you into keeping fit every day. You might want to lose weight, for example, so set yourself a weight target, and use our nutrition tips alongside your fitness regime to help you meet your goal. Or you might want to enter a charity fitness event, so to ensure you don't let your sponsors down, let this be the motivating factor as you prepare your body for the occasion. Whatever the case, have set targets in mind, with an incentive to help you reach them.
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