Category Archives: Winter

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Everyone thinks about gardening and taking care of your lawn during the spring and summer and even autumn with all the leaves that gentle dance to the ground.  But have you ever considered that winter is a time that you need to be taking care of your trees?

A strong argument can be made that winter is the most appropriate time to have your trees trimmed.  All of the reasons will bridge on the issue of safety to others and neighborhoods.  This is especially true if you own a business and have people that come out to your location.  Which is the case with most every business out there,  after all, if you need staff at all, you will have people at your location.  If on the other hand, you own a business that has customers that walk in, you definitely need to evaluate the condition of your trees and the grounds where people will walk.

Imagine for example if you owned a home and didn’t get your trees trimmed and that winter storm comes in and your tree and yard weren’t maintained, you may be looking at something like this!

This house structure didn’t handle the fallen tree to well.  Imagine if it were your customers instead of a home.  Or perhaps it was your customer instead of this home.  Imagine how complicated your business just became.

This may only be a car to you, but if it’s your customer’s car and they happened to be in it, or their children where you have a lawsuit coming your way.  Is it worth not having the pros at Four Seasons Landscaping And Tree, come out and do the winter check up before?  This is your company.  This is one of those cases where preventative maintenance is far more important than avoidance.  It’s a case where a pinch of prevention is worth a pound of cure!

If you have a team that knows what they’re doing and can evaluate your property for winter safety hazards, then it has the potential to save you hundreds of thousands of dollars in lawsuits that can come down the pipe. The choice is always yours, after all, it is your company.  Is it really worth the risk of not having your winter evaluation?

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Winter Wonderland!

When you want to have a winter wonderland, there’s not better place than where it snows!  It brings the heart of winter into your very presence like nothing else in the world can.  That’s one of the things that makes Colorado so special, the Rockies in the winter, there’s truly nothing like it!  Everything becomes covered in a blanket of snow and when the Winter Olympics are there, even New York isn’t the best city to be in.  Take a look at this video of some of the incredible skiing, snowboard and other insane sports that you could do if you have the talent and the location!

 

 

Ok, so maybe that’s not quit the level where you’re at, but the snow is.  Consider getting a timeshare that will allow for you to be there during peek season and attend the Olympics when they come back.  That’s where Timeshares By Owner is there for you.   I doesn’t matter if you love Colorado, or the Canada Chateaus, Timeshares By Owner is going to be there for you and all of your winter needs.

 

 

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Winter Preparations

Everywhere that you look, it appears that summer has given away not to fall, but to winter. There’s no slowing out of summer, going from 100 degrees then 90’s then 80 and so forth. Nope, not this year, in fact, we’ve gone from 100 straight to the 50’s with rain, snow and yes even tornados. It doesn’t seem to matter where you live at, this drastic of a change is present everywhere. What that means to you is that you need to get ready now and not delay in doing those things that will make you safe for the winter.

The first thing that you’re going to need to do is get your flu and pneumonia shots. While they aren’t any fun to get, they will save you a lot of missed time from work and the possibility of not spending time in the hospital. I for one have never come across someone that says, “yeah pick me, I want to go spend time in the hospital!” But there are plenty to select from that will get flu and pneumonia shots so that they don’t have to spend any time in them. One of the reasons people don’t get flu and pneumonia shots is that they don’t want to go to their doctors and have to wait and pay the high cost. There’s where going to an Urgent Care can save you time and money. You can set an appointment, show up get your shot and be gone before you know it.

Another thing to consider is getting supplies for your home and office. Things like, flashlights, batteries and radios that are battery operated to last until help comes, first aid supplies, blankets to keep you warm and anything else that’s needed for safety. Then consider that you’re going to need food and water. We’re not talking about anything fancy, but rather supplies that will last a week or two in the event that help can’t come to you quickly.

Vitamins are a great help at this time of year, especially vitamin C! This particular vitamin helps to ward off colds, sore throats and most any other type of illness that tends to plague the common man during the winter. It’s something that you can stock up on and be prepared because it’s not a matter of if you will need “C”, it’s a matter of when!

These are some basic things to get you going. If you were to start with just these simple things, you’re going to be well on your way to a healthy and productive winter!

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Winter Medical Needs

Have you been paying attention to what’s happening around you?  As Halloween has left us and the temperatures have started dropping, sickness is in the air.  You’ve probably seen it at work and haven’t given much thought to it.  A casual cough here, a sniffle there.  All are signs and symptoms that the winter season is upon us.  It’s not fun for a lot of people, especially if you’re of an age that you tend to catch everything that goes around.  You even see commercials at the movie theater that tells of the pending pneumonia outbreak, no fun to be sure.

There are things that you can do in order to prevent or at the very least stop you from getting much of these illness.  Included for your convenience are things that will help you stop the bugs before they are truly bugging you.  Remember, staying healthy isn’t happenstance, you can do a lot to move things in the right direction.

 

 

Yes, you’ve heard it 1000 times, wash your hands.  It’s true, washing your hands is one of the top things that you can do to prevent yourself from getting sick.  One study has found that outside of shopping carts, the number one place you collect sickness from is the bathroom.  The toilet handle, door handle when you leave and sinks, are covered with million and in fact billions of bugs.

 

 

The moral of the story: Wash your hands and reduce your risk of becoming ill.  Note: when you leave the restroom, wipe the handle and throw the tell away.  Also consider using one finger or going out backwards and you’ll find that you get sick less often.

Vitamins

Yes, it’s true: take your daily vitamins.  It’s especially the case with vitamin “C” for your immune system boost and “D” helps with depression in the winter.

A solid multivitamin all year around is never a bad thing.  Most people don’t take enough nutrients regardless of time of year, which is why we need multivitamins.  If you’re one that doesn’t like to take vitamins, then you need to add more fruits and veggies.  Don’t yell at me, you know it’s true.  If you don’t get sick!

Allergies!

Many people’s allergies spike during late fall and early winter.  People sneezing and coughing around the workplace is  commonly attributed to having allergies.  This is usually the case due to falling leaves.  Allergies can be worse than colds for one simple reason: they hang around until the reagent that causes them is gone.   That can be days or weeks and if you have allergies, you’re miserable the entire time.

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The Solution

So if any of this sounds like you.  Consider dressing warm and seeking medical advices as soon as you can.  It’s not fun to be sick, have allergic reactions or worse yet, end up in the hospital.  When you find illness lurking at your door seek medical attention quickly.  If you need to go to an urgent care.  They’ve been shown to save you time and money.  Urgent cares are ran by real emergency room doctors that care about you and getting you back on your feet.  Most want to specially in treating fewer patients rather than running from one patient to another which is often the case in emergency rooms.