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National Safe Boating Week [infographic]

Thumbnail image for National Safe Boating Week [infographic] May 18, 2013 Living

Today starts the beginning of National Safe Boating Week. I grew up being on a boat often as my parents and family love to fish. While a bass boat really is not my thing, I prefer a sailboat or a cabin cruiser or a yacht, being safe is always important regardless of the boat you [...]

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Road to the Kentucky Derby [infographic] and Mint Julep Recipe

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Today is the 139th Kentucky Derby and so I thought for our Saturday Infographic I would find something fun that ties in – lo and behold a Road to the Kentucky Derby infographic. The winner of today’s race gets $1,439,000, that’s a lot of horseshoes! While I could not make it to the Kentucky Derby [...]

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Protect As You Connect [infographic]

Thumbnail image for Protect As You Connect [infographic] April 27, 2013 Tech

Regardless of how much I preach security to everyone I know, some still don’t get it and frankly sometimes security issues happen to those that do understand too. For this Saturday Infographic I found this one from Microsoft (Disclosure: A reminder that I do receive certain perks as part of the Windows Champions team – [...]

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Things to Know About Caffeine [infographic]

Thumbnail image for Things to Know About Caffeine [infographic] April 20, 2013 Food

Welcome to the weekend and this Saturday’s infographic! (I post a new infographic each Saturday) Today we look at caffeine. I know many of you are coffeeholics and sodaholics. Prior to my weight loss surgery I was definitely a sodaholic with my “drug” of choice being classic Coke. Along with the sugar in it I [...]

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Take a Ride on the Tractor [infographic]

Thumbnail image for Take a Ride on the Tractor [infographic] April 13, 2013 Living

Welcome to Saturday! That means it is time for an infographic. The last couple of days I was up in the country visiting my Grandpa who is a retired farmer. He still lives on the farm but he does not have any animals any longer and does not plant a ton of stuff (he hires [...]

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Bring Salad Bars to School Cafeterias [infographic]

Thumbnail image for Bring Salad Bars to School Cafeterias [infographic] April 6, 2013 Food

We all know the importance of eating lots of fresh veggies. Finally, we are starting to see more and more campaigns to help schools provide healthier foods to our kids. The Salad Bar Nation is one way this is happening. On Salad Bar Nation you can actually find a new salad recipe every week – [...]

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National Doctors’ Day and [infographic]

Thumbnail image for National Doctors’ Day and [infographic] March 30, 2013 Living

Today, March 30, is National Doctors’ Day. I am very thankful for some of the wonderful doctors that have helped me this year! Dr. Blair, my primary doctor, is extremely kind and understanding. She never makes me feel rushed during my appointments and just has a wonderful caring nature about her. Then there is Dr. [...]

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Shovel Snow Like a Pro [infographic]

Thumbnail image for Shovel Snow Like a Pro [infographic] March 23, 2013 Living

Even though it is the end of March, here in St. Louis we are expecting more snow tomorrow. Now I know a lot of you are tired of snow, but I love snow and have been happy having so much of it to look at this winter. They are saying 6″-10″ of snow, but I [...]

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How attached are we to our computers? [infographic]

Thumbnail image for How attached are we to our computers? [infographic] March 9, 2013 Tech

I know that I am very attached to my computer, well actually to any of my devices will do in a pinch since they are all computers of various sorts. The average person spends 66 hours per month on their computer. I think I may be just a tad (ha!) higher in hours than that! [...]

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Hearing Loss and Musicians [infographic]

Thumbnail image for Hearing Loss and Musicians [infographic] March 2, 2013 Living

This week’s infographic (I do them each Saturday now) is about hearing loss in musicians. Hubby has a considerable hearing loss in one of his ears (I still always forget which one). Part of this is from chronic ear infections when he was a child, but Hubby also grew up around loud music since his [...]

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