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It’s summer…go crazy and get lazy! OK, slow your roll there, Paris.

Last week, we shared an article called 3 Ways to Keep Kids Sharp This Summer and we learned that summer is NOT the time for kids to get lazy. We’re blessed to know some great teachers with fantastic experience and we’re working on a tight timeline before summer starts, so we’re back with more!   

Do you have an annual “spring cleaning” routine?  I’m more of a “continuous cleaning and purging” kind of person, but I’m beginning to understand the benefits of spring cleaning!

Spring cleaning started in the 19th century and those were dirty times! Think about it:  there were multiple people crammed into a few small rooms all winter long.  Top it off with dirty, dust-producing fuels (wood, coal) to warm the home, no filtration systems to clean the air, and they certainly didn’t have vacuum cleaners for a little rug touch-up!  

Do you understand how your health insurance works? When I was 24 years old and started working my first job, I couldn’t understand it at all!  

That’s funny because I was working for a large insurance company and my degree was in Health Administration. But, I was raised and got my degree in Canada and you probably already know they have a very different system than the US. I’ve now been in the US health insurance industry for 21 years and I’m still learning. 

Did you know you have 60,000 – 90,000 thoughts per day (well, if you’re an “average person”)? Did you also know that 96% of those thoughts are the same as the day before?  For all the thinking we do, only 4% per day are new thoughts.  Yikes!

I remember the first time I heard about the Yoga trend. I thought it was some crazy mystical thing where you did stuff with your chakras (I don’t even know what that means?) and twisted yourself into a pretzel! You’ll be happy to know, I’ve since become more educated and less judgmental about this activity. The fact that I love yoga pants doesn’t hurt!  

 I start by saying “My name is Heidi. I am an American and I like discounts!” Now you say, “Hi Heidi!”

Did you follow the JCPenney story? Apparently, when you take away an American’s ability to “get the deal,” they don’t like it. Under their “no discounts” pricing plan, JCPenney reported losing $4.3 billion in one year. YIKES, that’s a big chunk o’ change! 

Let’s face it, Groupon has proven that we love discounts on all things: massages, golf games, carpet cleaning, wax jobs, hot air balloon rides, groceries, etc., etc.  

Of all the things you’ve bought online, have eyeglasses made it into your shopping cart yet? If not, it probably won’t be long before they do.  

Recently, I had a visit with Dr Dhavid Cooper, President & CEO of Frames Direct – the world’s largest online eyeglass retailer. Besides having a great accent, he gave me some tips to help as you “look” into that future!

Do you love to cook? Personally, I hate it. I hate planning meals, grocery shopping, touching meat. Julia Child said, “Until I discovered cooking, I was never really interested in anything.” Well, I have plenty of things I’m interested in and cooking isn’t one of them.