Quote of the Week!

Winter is Here!

Here are a few tips you can use to stay warm during these cold Virginia days.

1. Warm yourself first.  It’s cheaper on your wallet to warm yourself instead of your entire home. Instead of turning up the heat, put on another layer of clothing.
2. Wear a hat. Your mother may have told you as a child you lose 80 percent of your body heat through your head. So wear a hat, it works.
3. Block drafts with a pool noodle. I neat trick to block drafts is by cutting a pool noodle in half lengthwise, wrapping it in fabric, and sliding it under your door. It’ll stay put all winter, and keep you rooms warmer.
4. Two words: Programmable thermostat, stay warm on schedule, so you never go home to a room that’s colder than outside.
5.  Go ahead, bake all day. Using your oven will heat the entire house. Invite a few friends over and their body heat, plus  your oven, will warm your home in no time.

It’s Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

 

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is an American federal holiday marking the birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It is observed on the third Monday of January each year, which is around King’s birthday, January 15. The holiday is similar to holidays set under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act.

King was the chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which successfully protested racial discrimination in federal and state law. The campaign for a federal holiday in King’s honor began soon after his assassination in 1968. President Ronald Reagan signed the holiday into law in 1983, and it was first observed three years later. At first, some states resisted observing the holiday as such, giving it alternative names or combining it with other holidays. It was officially observed in all 50 states for the first time in 2000.