Friday, October 29, 2010

America's Top 8 Nervous Habits

Some people twirl their hair, others bite their fingernails and some crack their knuckles all to calm themselves. Nervous habits of Americans can be damaging and you can find out why from health.msn.com.
Don't think you have a nervous habit, well check out the list -
1. Face Touching and Rubbing
2. Sucking on Pens
3. Cracking Knuckles
4. Crossing and Uncrossing Legs
5. Nail-Biting
6. Teeth Grinding and Clenching
7. Smoking
8. Hair Twirling and Pulling
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Halloween Safety Tips

Just a reminder for keeping your Halloween safe from the La Crosse Police Department.
1. Limit Hours of Treat or Treating to between 4-8pm.
2. Citizens wishing to greet children with at treat should keep their outdoor lights on during 4 and 8pm.
3. Young kids should be accompanied by an adult.
4. Take all treats home to examine before eating.
5. Please give only wrapped or packaged candy out.
6. Wear light colored clothing that is short enough to prevent tripping, add reflective tape to the sides, front and back of costumes.
7. Stay within the neighborhood and visit homes that you know.
8. Watch for traffic, drivers should be on constant lookout for children.
9. Children should carry a flashlight.
10. Keep costumed children away from pets. The pet may not recognize them and become frightened.

And finally have FUN!

Halloween = Candy

The report is out and just in time for Halloween, based on fat and sugar what are the top 5 best and the worst candy for your health. I can tell you unfortunately chocolate is not in the top 5 best candy, but it did make the worst. Will that information keep me from enjoying a piece or two, probably not.
Here is the list of the Top 5 best candy based on fat and sugar:
1. Jolly Ranchers
2. Blow Pops
3. Gobstoppers
4. Pixy Stix (really that candy made a top best list? All it is, is sugar right?)
5. Candy Corn
Okay now I'm going to break the Top 5 worst candy list to you:
1. Mr. Goodbar
2. NutRageous
3. Snickers
4. Baby Ruth
5. Mounds
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Tips for Carving your Pumpkin


Good carving takes a good pumpkin and a boning knife works the best for cutting the lid.
For the gooey mess inside try using an ice cream scoop.
Hold the pumpkin so it is looking at you when you start carving the features with clean up and down slices.
Use discarded shell to make a tongue for your creation and keep the whole thing fresh with petroleum jelly.
If you like to keep the lid on when the candle is going, make a chimney for the smoke by making a small hole in the lid.
This one is really great, by adding cinnamon to the inside of the lid your jack-o'-lantern will smell like pumpkin pie.
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Happy Halloween!