- Beach shorts: Brief news items from the Jacksonville Beaches March 10, 2010'Grub crawl' success "Grub crawlers" put on their coats in 40-degree weather recently and raised $3,000 for Beaches Emergency Assistance Ministry, a nonprofit that helps struggling families with food, rent, utilities and job searches. About 200 people toured seven Jacksonville Beach restaurants Feb. 25 as part of the Beaches Grub Crawl, e […]Times-Union
- Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre gets ready to play 'Home Games' March 10, 2010A young woman torn between romantic love and tough decisions about her beloved father who still believes he is playing for the 1955 New York Yankees is the premise of the Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre's new production. Tom Ziegler's poignant comedy "Home Games" will open Friday and run for three weekends through Saturday, March 27. […]Times-Union
- Finegan Elementary students inspired by body builder to do well on FCAT March 10, 2010Anthony Beckham grew up next to a junkyard in a one-traffic-light town where his father was the town drunk and his older brothers dealt drugs when they weren't in prison or rehab. Now Beckham runs his own company, can bench press 465 pounds and is married to a beautiful woman who once played Cinderella at Disney World. He came to Finegan Elementary Scho […]Times-Union
Posts Tagged ‘Reduce Your Holiday Stress’
December at the Beaches
December 7th, 2009 | 
Author: Welcome all new members of the Jacksonville’s Beaches Area Info blog. Well, the decorations are hung up in the poles next to the road and all the neighbors have been putting up their decorations in their yards. The tinkling lights are very pretty at night but our weather has not been very cooperative lately with all the rain and fog. We only have two main holidays left and then we should be getting back to something “like” normal again. The crazy season is here and everyone is running buying stuff and making plans to visit relatives or having relatives visit them. The main thing that you really should be worrying about is to keep safe and try to reduce your stress levels.
There are some excellent articles available on the web about reducing stress that you might want to take a few minutes out of your business schedule and read. One I was reading was from the Readers Digest entitled: 79 Instant Stress Busters. Some of these include chasing your dog around the backyard; hold a sleeping baby; take a walk in the park; pop some bubble-wrap; chew some cinnamon gum; and much more. Take a look and try to relax, get plenty of sleep and drunk plenty of water. Simple solutions that may help you this “silly” season.
Jacksonville Beaches Area has some terrific parks. We have a listing of them here at: http://jacksonvillesbeaches.info/wordpress/beaches-services/jacksonville-beaches-area-parks/
These parks are FREE and open to everyone and open from dawn to dark. Please exercise respect for the park and put your trash in the bins, if you take your pet do the pooper-scooper thing, and finally respect others right to be there.
Another thing that always makes a difference this season is to volunteer for an organization you believe in. There are lots of people out there who need help and this holiday season is about GIVING. Not just about giving presents but giving of ourselves. Our family is not going to be getting many presents this year because times are hard and we need to focus on others rather than ourselves. If you want to make a difference and teach your children a lesson about really giving then go to: http://www.volunteerjacksonville.org/index.htm
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