Looking for unique ways to ring in this New Year? Keep reading for some truly original ideas!
December 31st will be here in the blink of an eye! Out with the old and in with the new! If you are looking for unique ways to ring in the New Year with your significant other, then we have a few suggestions you might want to try.

• Plan a progressive party with your friends! This gives you the perfect opportunity to get dressed up and break out your fine china and crystal. Visit one home for appetizers, another for salad, still another for the main course, make a final stop for dessert, and then go to watch the ball drop.

 

• Kidnap your significant other. Take your best friend, nab your husbands, and head out for the weekend to a special location, like a bed and breakfast. Tell your spouse that you are just going to dinner and then watch the look on their face when they see you driving away from town! If stealing away for the weekend is not feasible, then you can spring for a babysitter, hand him his suit, and take him out for a fancy dinner or night on the town.

 

• Host your own pajama party. This is ideal if you have friends with kids or kids of your own. Have the kids (and adults too!) come dressed for bed. Your home can be decorated with inexpensive streamers, balloons, and other items. Have a cake ready with candles to blow out at midnight (or the hour you choose to be “midnight”). Other ideas for entertainment include serving caffeine free beverages, watching kid friendly movies, and playing board games.

 

• Celebrate New Year’s in a different time zone. For example, if you live in Tennessee, you can host a New York themed party. Put on a soundtrack with your favorite Broadway show tunes, serve NY cheesecake, and decorate with plenty of glittering and sparkling lights. You can even have your own “ball” to drop at the appointed hour.

• Finally, if late night celebrations aren’t really your thing, consider hosting a New Year’s Day brunch. There is nothing wrong with welcoming in the New Year during daytime hours. Invite your closest friends and family members and make it a private celebration to remember. This is a sincere and genuine way to give thanks for all you have experienced in the past year.

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We’re sure you do not walk inside your home and immediately begin to look for spots where germs and bacteria can accumulate. However, it is good to know the hotspots in your house so you are aware of the areas you need to tackle more than others or if you should bring a professional in to clean those areas on a regular basis. You would be surprised where germs and bacteria like to live.

We know that keeping your home sanitized for your family’s health and personal well being is very important. It’s easy to overlook certain areas but hopefully these tips will help you to remember to clean the parts of your home that you usually forget (or have never cleaned before).

• Changing out the kitchen sponges or hand clothes. Either throw them out or put them in the wash with bleach. This will definitely ensure that they are clean and ready to be used on your dished.


• Kitchen counters should be wiped down with watered down bleach nearly every day. It is very easy and common for bacteria to fester on your counters, especially after raw food touches these surfaces.


• Doorknobs and handles definitely need to be cleaned as often as you think about it. This is usually where bacteria can fester and get passed along to everyone else. Think about it, everyone touches the doorknob.


• Remote controls for your television and the telephone and other appliances should be cleaned once a week with something as simple as Windex. This is another item that everyone touches which makes it easy for bacteria to travel from one person to another.


• Pillowcases and sheets are household items that should be washed every week. This will prevent dust mites from being on your bed and also moving to your carpet.


• Toilet tanks are also a household item that most people do not think of when they think of sanitizing their home. Poor a half of a cup of bleach into the tank and the rest will fill with water. Doing this weekly will keep the pipes running smoothly and ensure that your toilet is being cleaned with bleached with every flush.


• Doing the same thing with your shower drain will ensure that your drain is clean and running smoothly.

Following these easy and simple ways to sanitize your home will help reduce in icky bacteria. It may surprise you that you and your family can breathe easier and you feel better when inside your house. Bacteria can really bring a person’s health down, especially children. These tips are easy ways to prevent your home from being a living kingdom for bacteria. Call us at (904) 383-7721 for more tips on how to sanitize your home.