WHY FALL IS BETTER THAN SUMMER :
• Fall gives us nature’s own organic fireworks display: A typical 4th of July fireworks display lasts less than an hour. Trees show their own explosions of color over the course of several weeks.
• Harvest: Apples, cranberries, pears, squash, pumpkins and other goodies are in season. Nothing beats warm apple cider on a crisp day, or going pumpkin picking and eating pies. Plus Octoberfest beers get rolled out around this time, too. You can’t drink warm tomato cider, and there aren’t any good watermelon beers, are there?
• Your car isn’t an oven.
• The smell. Fall’s smells outnumber summer’s, and are more pleasant.
• No more “I’m bored” from the kids because the kids have returned to school. No more having to devise ways to keep them occupied. Just drop them off at school and breathe a little easier.
JUST 163 TEXTS FOR MODERN-DAY COUPLES TO FALL IN LOVE _ Modern couples are falling in love in half the time as their parents’ generation, with it now taking just 163 text messages to woo partners. A study found modern technology is speeding things up for couples who now rely on social media and texting to secure a relationship, rather than old fashioned methods of their parents’ generation which took twice as long. Instead of obeying the ‘three day rule’ to contact a date, the research revealed 73 percent of people said they were now happy to communicate with their new love interest within four hours of a first date.
WHAT’S YOUR ‘DON’T KNOCK IT ‘TIL YOU TRY IT’ LIFE HACK? _ What the internet said.
• Putting a damp towel in the freezer and then using it as a quick cool-down on your face/neck.
• Smile broadly for a minute every morning when you are alone (like in the shower). It works in lifting your general mood. It confuses your brain into thinking you are happy.
• Grilling a peanut butter and jelly sandwich like a grilled cheese.
• Cheezits in soup instead of plain crackers.
• Freeze grapes. Just try it.
• Potato chips on your tuna fish sandwich. Have some crunchy with the mushy.
