The Five Most Popular Patron Saint Medals

Patron saint medals are a very popular thing to wear as a necklace or to carry on your person at all times. People feel that the saint protects them, helps them during the day or is simply there to comfort them when they have his medal. Some people simply wear patron saint medals because they are named after a certain […]

Tankless Water Heater Information

Just like you wouldn’t leave the heating systems on in your home when you’re on vacation, wouldn’t you be much smarter if you were only using the heating systems for your water when you were actually using the hot water? Conventional water heaters heat the water and then store it in a tank and wait for you to use it. […]

Schleich – Top Reasons Kids Love Schleich

Schleich, a company based in Schwabisch Gmünd, Germany, has a long history of designing and manufacturing a wide variety of plastic figurines. The company was founded in 1935 by Friedrich Schleich and began releasing figurines in the 1950s. Early releases were based on comic book characters and some are still made today, most notably the Smurf, Peanuts, and Muppet lines. […]

cookie monsters

The name cookie is derived from the Dutch word koekje. The British call them biscuits, originating from the Latin bis coctum (sounds a bit risky) and translates to “twice baked”. (Not to be confused with “half-baked”.) Food historians seem to agree that cookies, or small cakes, were first used to test the temperature of an oven. A small spoonful of […]

Sleep tips for teens

Do you have problems sleeping? Are you awake at night staring at the ceiling waiting for sleep to come? Or do you wake up during the night and anxiously wait to go back to sleep? If you suffer from insomnia, you know how difficult it can be to get through the day on just a few hours of sleep. It’s […]

breaking doors

“We must not avoid the Christmas rush. We must avoid rushing the festivities.” Rev. Bill Pfohl. It’s official. The world can be divided in one more way: those who break doors and those who don’t. Surely you have already heard the term. It refers to people who get up before dawn, especially on “Black Friday”, and literally walk through the […]