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When you work hard all week, one of the things that makes you feel good is when your weekends feel like they last for a long time; in spite of the fact that many people have this wish, however, the weekends usually seem like they are the fastest part of the week! If you are looking for a way to “slow time down” during the weekends, follow these tips to figure out how to make your weekends feel like they last for a week!

One of the reasons why people often feel like their weekends disappear so quickly is because they have no variation in what they do during the weekend; they sit around and relax throughout both days (and all three nights) thinking this will make their weekend feel longer, but it actually ends up making their weekends disappear, because they have nothing from the weekend they can point back to as having been significant!

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Every weekend, you should make it your goal to create a minimum of two significant memories – and one of these memories should be at night, while another one should be during the day (either on Saturday or Sunday).

Contrary to what many imagine to be the best approach for prolonging the weekend, you should also use part of the weekend (either Saturday morning or Sunday morning) for your yard work and other “home improvement” activities, as this will actually make your days feel much longer due to the fact that you are creating variation.

And finally, you should make sure that you use Sundays well; it can be easy to spend Sunday thinking of it as “the last day” before you have to go back to work, but instead of spending Sunday thinking about work, you should use it for some significant relaxation that will make it something to look forward to each week!

When you start to make significant memories during your weekends, start to vary what you do throughout the weekends, and start to use your Sundays well, you will make great strides toward stretching out your weekends, making them feel much longer than they felt before!

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It can be quite enjoyable to see wild birds take up residence around your home. Nature, with it’s little songbirds that flitter around singing their hearts out, is great for the soul. You can encourage wild birds to take up residence near you by providing feeders and simple bird houses.

Birdhouses come in many shapes and sizes, and different birds nest in different houses. If you wish to attract songbirds, you should consider a house with a small hole since most songbirds are actually very petite. When you choose a @@AMAZONTEXT;B001RJOMZW;simple house@@ you should purchase a unpainted wooden house.  Try to find a house that has a hinged top so that you can remove abandoned nests. Pine and cedar boxes work very well for birdhouse materials.

You can use a combination of floral landscaping and bird feeders to attract a wide range of birds to your yard. By providing @@AMAZONTEXT;B0006G51KC;humming bird feeders@@ and flowers such as bee balm, and columbine you are likely to attracted the graceful humming birds in. It is possible that you may attract so many humming birds that you need to purchase multiple feeders for them.

Brightly colored orioles can be attracted to your yard if you provide string for nesting material and oranges on platforms. Orioles also like grape jelly, so there are special @@AMAZONTEXT;B001OE3MEW;oriole feeders@@ that are designed specifically for that. Between the orioles song and color, you will greatly enjoy having them around your yard.

A wide range of birds can be attracted to simple hanging feeders and platforms that you can place in your yard. Thistle is a songbird favorite, and can be fed out of @@AMAZONTEXT;B001BOAEEG;special thistle feeders@@ with tiny holes in them so there is not as much seed lost. Sunflower seeds along with other larger seed can be put onto platforms and traditional bird feeders. You can get a wide range of foods placed around your yard to attract different song birds.

Not only can watching birds be a relaxing hobby over all, it is also great to wake up in the morning to the songs the birds provide. Try to put out a few feeders this year and see what birds you may attract into your yard.

If reading is one of your favorite ways to enjoy a relaxing day, one thing that will help you gain a new perspective on the books you read – and that will also help you to enjoy many of the books you read a lot more – is for you to understand what each writer did in order to “change the game” when it comes to literature. And even though each well-know author has, at some point, or in some way, changed writing at least a little bit, there are some writers who have changed the game more than others.

Mark Twain: One thing that many people these days are unaware of is the fact that Twain’s most famous works (ever heard of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn?) were quite controversial at the time of their publication; not only is Twain considered one of the funniest men to ever write literature, but he was also a groundbreaking author in his time, exploring ideas and issues that other writers were unwilling (or unable!) to explore.

Ernest Hemingway: There are some people who can read Hemingway and honestly say that they “do not get it,” but even if you do not enjoy Hemingway yourself, it helps to understand the impact he had on literature; Hemingway was the first writer to make literature accessible to everyone – shedding the high-brow approach, and instead writing books that anyone could read, and that anyone could enjoy – and this influence has continued to echo throughout the ages that have followed.

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Hunter S Thompson: The work for which Thompson is most well-known these days is “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” but he wrote many stories that were in a similar vein – what he called “Gonzo Journalism”; Gonzo Journalism entailed putting your own self in the story, and living wildly enough that you became the centerpiece of the story you were covering, and this new approach to writing changed the way many journalists viewed their craft.

Of course, you do not need the historical perspective in hand to enjoy any of these authors, but with this understanding of the ways in which these writers changed the game of literature, diving into their books will be an experience that is that much more enjoyable!

It doesn’t matter how good your set of tools are, if you don’t properly care for them. You should purchase as good of tools as you can afford so that they will have along life. It is important to first have a toolbox or tool chest to store your tools in. Ideally the tools should not rub or bang into each other in order for chisels blades and cutting tools to remain sharp. However it is common that toolboxes are not always kept in the most ideal locations. If you want to increase the life of your tools, the best thing you can do is reduce the amount of moisture in the air where you keep them. One option is purchasing @@AMAZONTEXT;B0034G4OB8;a dehumidifier@@. An inexpensive way to deal with this is by using a @@AMAZONTEXT;B0025OO8DO;silica gel can@@, which is small enough to fit in a drawer, and will help to absorb the moisture. They will need to be replaced or reactivated every so often.

What should you do when you get rust on your tools? Well first off, you need to get the rust off as soon as possible. Some people recommend using steel wool but this can scratch your tools. You can also use chemicals to do the work for you. It is up to personal preference. If you find the rust to be very rough, you could look at @@AMAZONTEXT;B001AU3J6Q;spraying it down with WD40@@ first. After you have removed the rust, make sure to spray it down with WD-40 or another type of oil to help protect it form further rusting.

You will also want to make sure to deal with wooden handles carefully. They should be oiled (and some people use a combination oil and bee’s wax paste) to condition and protect the wood from splitting. If you find it splitting, you will want to replace the handle when possible, or try to repair it with wood glue and some sanding. It is much easier to keep your tools nice then have to nurse them back from mistreatment.

A lot of parents have a desire for their children to enjoy reading, but one problem many parents face is that they are not sure exactly what books they should pass along to their children; after all, as great as reading is for a child’s mind, there often tends to be a lot more adult content in books than you might like your child to be reading – so here are three great books that you can know are safe for your child to read!

Many children have a great interest in books and stories that deal with fantasy, and with other magical elements, and there are no books that mastered these elements more than the work of Tolkien; of course “The Lord of the Rings” was written more for teenagers and adults than for children, and might provide a very tricky reading challenge for a child, but “The Hobbit” is a wonderful children’s book that your child is almost certain to enjoy!

If you want to find a series that contains these fantastical elements children so often enjoy, look to one of Tolkien’s contemporaries – CS Lewis; Lewis penned the much-beloved Narnia series, and with seven books in the series in all, this will give your child plenty of reading to enjoy!

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And if your child is not a big fan of the fantastical, or if they simply want to try reading something a little bit different, another great series to look at is the “Little House on the Prairie” series by Laura Ingles Wilder; this series tells the story of a family of pioneers in the early days of our country, and is a great learning experience for children while also being immensely entertaining!

Getting your children into reading is certainly an important and rewarding undertaking – and when you pick up any of the books from this list, you should have no problem doing this, and getting your children to enjoy reading in the process!

It is not unusual for people to find themselves in a position where they are short on money, and where they are maybe even willing to resort to desperate measure in order to rectify their situation; oftentimes, these desperate measures can include applying for a high-interest payday loan (one that needs to be paid back, with interest, within a couple weeks) or even selling off personal possessions – but another idea to consider is a pink slip auto loan.

Basically, a pink slip loan functions the same way taking out a second mortgage on your house would work – where you are essentially borrowing against the value of your car; for instance, if you have a car that is worth $8000, you might be able to get a pink slip loan for about 75% of this amount (about $6000), which could be enough to get you out of the tough spot you have found yourself in.

Of course, as you will find is the case with any “unique” form of loan (especially one that allows you to take out a loan even if you have bad credit – which is usually the case with a pink slip loan), there are drawbacks – and the primary drawback with a pink slip loan is often that the interest rates are not exactly competitive, and if you are unable to make your payments, you will lose the rights to your car!

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Of course, the question this brings up is that of whether or not a pink slip loan is actually worth it – and the answer, quite simply, is that it depends; if you are able to find a solid, reputable company that deals in pink slip loans, you will be able to get a repayment plan stretched over anywhere from two years to four years, and will be able to pay off the balance of the loan at any time without incurring any prepayment penalty. At the same time, there are companies whose terms are not quite so generous or agreeable; in the end, it basically comes down to how dire your situation is – realizing that a pink slip loan is better than many options, but is certainly not the most desirable way to have to go!

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If you have decided that you want to set up a saltwater aquarium, you may have taken the time to save up the money you needed for the equipment, and may have gone out to purchase everything, only to realize that there is still so much you do not know about setting up an aquarium; if you plan to get started soon with the salt water aquarium, here are a few things you will need to make sure you know for starting out.

Even if your fish tank is brand-new, the very first thing you should do is check for leaks; this is a step that a lot of people skip, as they assume there is no way a brand-new fish tank will have leaks, but while it is unlikely that you will deal with leaks in your tank, it is certainly better to catch them before you put in fish than to wait until you already have a full and functional tank to find out that it is leaking.

After you have filled your tank all the way and allowed it to sit for a couple hours, to make sure no water is leaking out, you should give the tank a thorough cleaning; in cleaning the tank, you will want to use about a teaspoon of bleach for every 5 gallons of water, and you will want to give everything a thorough scrubbing – and of course, when you finish cleaning, you will want to rinse out the tank thoroughly to get rid of any excess bleach.

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Once sand and any plants or rocks that you want to add have been put in the tank, you can start preparing your saltwater and adding it to the tank, along with the filter, the heater, and anything else that will be going into the tank before the fish; of course, at this point, it can feel as though your tank is ready to go, and many people make the mistake of beginning to add fish at this point. One thing you should understand, however, is that it will be necessary for all the levels to balance out in your tank before it will be safe for fish – and considering how expensive many saltwater fish are, you will certainly not want to risk their health just because you were impatient – so let the tank run for a minimum of 3 days, and if everything still looks good at that point, you will be ready to start adding fish at last!

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If you are planning a trip to Chicago this summer, one of the areas you are sure to spend time around is Lake Shore Drive, which runs along the waterfront of Lake Michigan – and as you are spending time on Lake Shore Drive, it is a pretty safe bet that you will also spend some time in the museum district. When you are in the museum district, make sure you budget in some time to spend at Shedd Aquarium, which is one of the most popular (and most highly-regarded) aquariums in the world!

If you want to get the full effect of the aquarium, you need to make sure you budget a minimum of a half day, and if you have children, you might want to have a little more time than this, as they are likely going to want to linger in a number of different areas.

Shedd Aquarium has a wonderful program and map that you can pick up at the front desk when you visit, which lists all the different areas of the aquarium as well as all the “talks” you can plan to attend during your time at the aquarium. The experts who conduct the “talks” at Shedd Aquarium are a treasure trove of knowledge, and not only will you learn a lot by listening to them, but you are sure to also come up with plenty of questions – and the experts are sure to be able to answer these questions!

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To go along with its amazing center aquarium – which is full of an incredible assortment of fish – Shedd Aquarium has a world-renowned shark display, several beautiful beluga whales, and a great collection of dolphins (the latter two of whom you can see from both above the water and from a glass front under the water!).

Shedd Aquarium is sure to give you everything you could want in an aquarium if you are an aquarium lover; but even if you are not an aquarium lover, you will certainly have a great time visiting Shedd and seeing all the beautiful animals.

One thing that a lot of people enjoy doing for pleasure is writing, and for many people – after they have gotten enough pleasure out of it “just for the fun of it” – the next logical step is to try to do writing for more than just the pleasure of it; if you have been thinking of maybe taking writing a bit more seriously, and have been wondering what you should do in order to learn more about writing, here are three tips to keep in mind.

Most people immediately think of writing classes – either at a university, or within the confines of a writing group – when they think about learning how to write, but long before you decide to participate in a writing group, the first thing you should do is make an effort to learn about writing by simply reading; most authors will tell you that reading is the most important thing a writer can do, so make sure you are reading as often as you can in order to be able to write as well as you can!

Another thing you should make the effort to do before going to a writing class is to start writing; when you do some writing on your own, you will be able to get a good understanding of exactly what it is that you feel you do well, and exactly what it is that you can improve on – all while cultivating your personal attention to these things (which will be a big part of eventually becoming the best writer you can be).

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And once these first two steps have been taken (and only once these first two steps have been taken!), you will be at a place where you can start learning about writing from others as well – attending writing classes if you would like, and talking to different writers, both successful and as-of-yet unsuccessful, to see what they say and what they advise.

As with any artistic or creative craft, you will become better and better at writing the longer you stick with it – but when you get started with writing in this proper manner, you will be well on your way to becoming the best writer you can possibly be.

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There are plenty of different kinds of therapy, but one of the oldest and most effective forms of therapy is art therapy. As art therapy enables people to express thoughts and ideas they might not otherwise be able to express, it is an especially useful tool when it comes to children. You may have heard of art therapy before and wondered what some of the benefits are; if this is the case, you can read on to have those questions answered!

One of the big areas where art history helps – especially with children – is by allowing them to express ideas that they might not normally be able to express with their limited vocabulary and experience. No matter whether these ideas are fears or dreams or pains or joys, the child will not have to use words in order to express these ideas. This allows the child to express the things that are deep inside them – even the things that they did not realize before they expressed them.

Stress release is another great benefit of art, as a child is able to give their self over to the art and stop dwelling on other things. Because children enjoy engaging in both movement and creation, art therapy works, as it allows them to do both at the same time.

The sense of diversion art provides is another great benefit of getting your child involved in art as therapy. Children often deal with things that they will not even realize until later they were dealing with, and they can escape these things for a time when they are engaged in art. Help your child channel their energies toward creation rather than toward contemplation, and you will find that they are able to build their self up instead of tearing their self down.

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Most of these principles not only apply to children of all ages, but they apply to adults as well. Art therapy can seem like a funny thing to try at first, but a lot of people find that art therapy is extremely helpful – not just for their children, but for them as well. If you have ever wondered about art therapy, you just might want to spend a little bit of extra time and money to find out a whole lot more.