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A few tips for beating the winter blues
Don’t sing the winter blues this
year! Good mental health prepares
us to meet life’s challenges, helps
us enjoy friends, family and
favorite activities and makes it easi
er to stay committed to a positive
lifestyle. Try these tips to keep
humming a happy tune ‘till spring
and throughout the year.
Eat right. Some people over-eat
when they’re down, others don’t eat enough. One
good way to deal with negative emotions is to
make sure your diet is a healthy one. Try to eat
plenty of vegetables, fruits, whole grains and
legumes. Watch out for too much fat, salt, and
alcohol.
Sleep tight. Sleeping soundly can make the day
seem brighter. To get a better night’s sleep, don’t
exercise, eat a large meal or drink alcohol just
before going to bed. Reading, sitting in a room
with low light or drinking a warm glass of milk
may help you feel sleepy.
Get some light. Lift shades and open curtains to
fill your home or office with natural light. Seeing
daily sunlight may be possible in winter months, so
turn on overhead lights or twist a bright bulb into a
nearby lamp to chase away shadow in your room
and mind.
Keep moving. Even though winter may keep you
indoors, there are plenty of activities you can do.
Swim a few laps indoors, walk around an indoor
mall or just do some stretching each day in your
living room.
Talk to a friend. Social support and caring rela
tionships are an important part of life. Sharing a
funny story or talking out a troubling issue with
someone you care about, and who has concern for
you, can make a difference in your day.
Get a jump on early garden with cold frames, hot beds
By Wayne J. McLaurin
Georgia Extension Service
Georgians can look forward to a growing season of
165 to 230 days or more. However, most of us become
anxious to get started before the last of winter’s cold is
gone.
Historically, gardeners have taken early transplants
safely outdoors before the weather is ready in a num
ber of ways.
Bell-shaped cloches made from pottery or woven
straw for night protection in milder climates can be
traced to 1629 in Britain and even earlier in France
and Europe.
Cold frames and hot beds are both bottomless boxes
with a clear glazing or covering to let in light. The dif
ference is that the hot beds include a buried layer of
manure to slowly decompose and keep a higher tem
perature in the enclosure.
These enclosures help ease seedlings from the indoor
window to the outdoor garden. However, you can use
them, too, for an early-spring or late-fall vegetable
crop, or for a winter garden.
Given enough moisture and fertilization, most fall
planted cool-season crops will keep growing through
early winter in the cold frame.
Depending on the harshness of the winter and
whether you use added heating, your frame can pro
vide fresh greens, herbs and root crops all winter.
Lettuce, spinach, radishes, green onions or other
cool-weather crops will thrive in the cold frame. Straw
bales make effective insulation in the coldest part of
winter. Another way to keep the structure warm is to
keep several light bulbs burning during the extreme
cold.
Unheated frames are useful for much of the year
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jazz or gospel music waft through your home or
office while you go about your day.
Manage stress. Set goals, make a budget and plan
vacations, doctor’s visits and meetings ahead of
time. Put your calendar to use and become a list
maker. Tackle the things you can, and ask for help
with tasks that are more difficult to go alone.
Celebrate success. Take time to reward yourself
for a job well done. Being mentally healthy means
not only being able to face the more difficult things
in life, but celebrating the good times too. Invite
friends over for lunch, treat yourself to a vacation,
a movie, a bubble bath or just enjoy a good book or
a quiet walk in a favorite spot. You deserve it!
Diagnose Depression
Try to beat the blues using these tips, but if you or
someone close to you is persistently sad, has
changed sleeping or eating habits, has lost interest in
favorite activities, is restless, irritable, fatigued, has
difficulty concentrating, remembering or making
decisions or has thought of death or suicide - speak
to a doctor about depression. More than 80 percent
of people with depression can be treated successful
ly, yet only two out of three seek treatment.
If you have questions in the area of Family and
Consumer Sciences, please call Monday through
Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at (770) 887-2418.
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panes.
To make the most of the heat and light, put the cold
frame in a southern or southeastern exposure with a
slight slope for good drainage. A sheltered spot with a
wall or hedge to the north will protect against winter
winds.
Modem technology has greatly expanded the options
the gardener has for extending the growing season.
The latest design in cloches is circles of water-filled,
plastic tubes to collect solar heat and provide further
frost protection.
The idea of cloches has also been combined with the
idea of cold frames into tunnels of solid and slit plas
tic or fiberglass that cover entire rows but can be
removed as the season progresses.
The newest tools are floating row covers. These
lightweight, spunbonded fabrics drape loosely over
rows so they can be raised as the plants grow.
Floating row covers offer about 4 degrees of frost
protection. But they’re most valuable as they protect
plants from drying winds, boost daytime temperatures
under the cover, and provide excellent protection, if
properly installed, from flying insect pests.
To get the latter, you have to cover the edges with
soil or firmly attach them to raised beds so the insects
can’t get in. Then you can have pesticide-free, worm
less broccoli earlier and healthier than ever before.
No special ventilation is required with these new row
covers. Water seeps right through. With care, you can
remove, store and use the covers for two growing sea
sons.
Dr. Wayne McLaurin is a horticulturist with the
University of Georgia College of Agricultural and
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By Abigail Van Buren
Universal Press Syndicate
DEAR ABBY: I recently became engaged to
marry for the second time. I am still close to my
former husband’s parents and would like to invite
them to my wedding. I think they would be hurt if I
didn’t. My fiance has no problem with their atten
dance.
A few people have said that it would be ridiculous
and improper to invite them to the wedding and
reception. A friend suggested that with a sticky sit
uation like this, I should ask you what to do.
BRIDE IN MANCHESTER, N.H.
DEAR BRIDE: Since your fiance is comfortable
with your inviting your former in-laws to your wed
ding, and you sincerely want them to attend, invite
them. Although it is somewhat unusual for a former
daughter-in-law to remain so close to her in-laws, it
is a testimony to the respect and affection you have
maintained for each other in spite of the marital
problems you had with their son.
DEAR ABBY: When I saw the letter from
“Forgotten Daughter,” whose family is in turmoil
due to her dad’s infidelities, I had to respond. Call
this letter a plea to parents who are contemplating
having affairs.
When I was 13, my dad started having an affair
with a younger woman and left my mom. My reac
tion to the situation was to cut school, shoplift and
drink. This apparently isn’t unusual, if you pay
attention to the statistics or watch talk shows. The
reality was that Dad did not have an affair on my
mom. He cheated on the whole family.
Many cheating spouses say, “This is between my
Horoscope
ARIES (March 21 - April 19): Your learning
capacity is unlimited. Keep an open mind and
absorb all kinds of information.
TAURUS (April 20 - May 20): Past investments
pay off. Go back and harvest some of those old
seeds you planted.
GEMINI (May 21 - June 21): You will feel the
pull of two different opportunities. Why choose?
Go after both of them.
CANCER (June 22 - July 22): Concentrate your
efforts on achieving a desired result. Staying
focused makes it easy.
LEO (July 23 - Aug. 22): Now that you realize
the sky is the limit, set your goals to match your
expectations.
VIRGO (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22): Step up to a new
level of professional involvement. Enjoy playing
with the big boys.
LIBRA (Sept. 23 - Oct. 23): Foreign places are
LAST CHANCE NOON FRIDAY, JANUARY 22ND. N
“WELCOME BABIES OF 1998”
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spouse and me, and it has nothing to do with the
children." The truth is, it has everything to do with
the children. Men or women who are considering
having an affair need to stop and think beyond their
own selfish needs, and consider the havoc it will
wreak on the lives of their children. The message
they’re sending to their kids is, “This affair, which
is based on sex, means more to me than creating a
safe and loving environment for you.” Children
aren’t equipped with the coping skills necessary to
come through an affair unscathed. (Neither,are
many adults, for that matter.) . >
If your marriage is unsatisfactory, seek counseling
with your spouse. If divorce is inevitable, seek fam
ily counseling to help your kids through the transi
tion. But please, for heaven’s sake, wait until the
divorce papers are signed before beginning another
relationship. Your children deserve that courtesy.
Their very lives may depend upon it.
What was the outcome in our family? Dad moved
back in with us two years later, with no explanation
to the kids. I was in therapy for several years, trying
to learn to trust men and to love again. My mother
lost huge chunks of her self-esteem that she is just
now retrieving, after 20 years. And my brother
committed suicide.
I hope it was worth it, Dad.
A SURVIVOR IN CALIFORNIA
DEAR SURVIVOR: Your parents’ inability to
discuss their separation and reconciliation with you
and your brother was deplorable. It is clear from
your letter that you still harbor enormous hostility
about the way it was handled. I hope that one day
you will find it in your heart to forgive and move
on, because nurturing bitterness will only corrode
your future.
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calling your name. Hop a plane and let the adven
ture begin.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. 21): You are tempted
more than ever to shop and spend money. Remaih
conscious of your budget.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21):
Relationships help open your eyes to possible char
acter flaws. Make note of them.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19): Working
behind the scenes allows you to relax. Forget about
how you look. Just produce!
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18): Your circle of
friends expands. Be prepared to meet several
unusual people this week.
PISCES (Feb. 19 - March 20): Your career takes
off. Be sure you’re at the right dock when your ship
comes in. !
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