Make A Date With Your Heart! February is American Heart Month, and Valentine’s Day is a great time to start taking steps to be heart-healthy.

  • Prevent and control high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes.
  • Avoid smoking and secondhand smoke.
  • Limit alcohol use.
  • Maintain a healthy weight.
  • Be active.
  • Eat healthy

Things to do, if you are Single on Valentine’s Day:

  • Laugh it up:  Funny Movie Marathon
  • Treat yourself: Massage, manicure, makeover, movie, retail therapy
  • Join a friend or family in doing something special
  • Get a group of singles together and do something together
  • Challenge yourself to do something you haven’t done before
  • Choose to share love with others – volunteer and give love out to others
  • Make a Date with yourself to choose write down 100 dreams you would like to accomplish

Prepare for Spring:

Time for Spring Cleaning so you can enjoy the warmer weather:

  • Clean windows & window coverings & Wipe walls down
  • Dust off ceiling fans, book shelves, and books
  • Clean out fireplace
  • Test all your emergency systems: smoke fire, carbon monoxide, and your fire extinguisher
  • Shampoo Rugs & upholstered furniture

Spring Tips for Pets

  • Beware of standing water from spring showers & sprinklers
  • Keep pets away from weed killers, mulch, & fertilizers
  • Beware of Toxic Springtime plants and allergens