12 Surprising Signs You’ll Live To 100

I came across this very interesting article. I've only got 3 out of the twelve so I guess I better get working on it! LOL

12 surprising signs you’ll live to 100...

Extroverts, runners are more likely to become centenarians.

1. You're the life of the party

2. You run for 40 minutes a day

3. You like raspberries in your oatmeal

4. You feel 13 years younger than you are

5. You embrace techie trends

6. You started menopause after age 52

7. You make every calorie count

8. You had a baby later in life

9. Your pulse beats 15 times in 15 seconds

10. You don't snore

11. You have a (relatively) flat belly after menopause

12. You get your blood tested for vitamin D levels

For the full article go here:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32272813/ns/health-aging/?ns=health-aging

Allergen-free snacks for pre-school...

My friend Dawn came up with this list for one of her boys when he was in preschool. The parents would sign up to bring in a snack that started with the letter of the day. Because of her son's allergies, she had to bring a snack for him everyday. I thought this was awesome and great to share for preschools and Primary/nursery classes.

A - apples, apricots, asparagus
B - bananas, bread, broccoil
C - carrots, crackers
D - dots
E - eggplant
F - fruit snacks
G - grapes, green beans, graham crackers
H - ham
I - icee
J - jell-o, jelly beans
K - ketchup, kumquat, kiwi
L - lemon, lemonheads
M - mangoes, muffins, melon
N - nectarines
O - oreos, oranges, olives
P - pineapple, pears, peaches, pretzels, plums, pringles, peas
Q -
R - rice, raisins
S - smarties, strawberries, sweettarts
T - turkey, taffy, tangerine (some taffy has egg whites in it, so read the ingredients)
U -
V - vienna sausages
W - wheaties, watermelon, worms
X -
Y - yams
Z - zours, zucchini