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The Scandinavian Sleep Method 

Could Be the Key to Saving Your Sleep 

(and Your Marriage)

Here's How It Works

The Scandinavians have done it again—this simple bedroom tweak could put an end to your nightly battle of duvet tug-of-war.

By Ashley Zlatopolsky June 13, 2022

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Many couples who share a bed sleep great together. In fact, some recent research from Europe found that bed-sharing partners tend to enjoy significantly improved sleep, namely longer and more stable REM sleep (essential for things like learning and emotional processing). But for countless others, sleeping in the same bed with their significant other can be tough. Anyone with a sleep partner knows that snoring, tossing and turning, blanket-hogging, and insomnia on one or both sides of the bed can result in trouble falling and staying asleep. And ultimately this can take a serious toll on both the relationship and sleep (and by extension their overall physical and mental health). 

Sure, these underslept and frustrated couples could consider dabbling in a sleep divorce—the practical solution of sleeping in separate spaces for the sake of adequate rest and sanity. But there might be another way to improve shut-eye without splitting off into different rooms every night: the Scandinavian Sleep Method. Here's how this simple sleep style works, plus the pros and cons of giving it a try, according to sleep experts.

What is the Scandinavian sleep method? 

Hailed for its purported sleep benefits, the Scandinavian sleep method is a popular practice originating from Scandinavian countries like Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, and is also common in other parts of Europe, such as Germany and Iceland. The basic concept: Partners sleep in the same bed together, but don't share one, individual duvet or comforter. Instead, each gets his or her own blanket. Genius, right? (And if you're really serious about trying this strategy, you'll forgo a top sheet, too, like many Scandinavians do—though that's a hot-button debate for folks here in the U.S.)

So, why does having separate duvets seem to be an effective trick? Studies have found that sleeping in the same bed with the same comforter as your partner can actually result in 30 percent more interrupted sleep. And it's pretty telling that Scandinavian countries tend to rank as some of the highest in terms of sleep quality. For example, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden rank in third, fourth, and sixth place for sleep and overall quality of life, according to a Lifestyle Index by Sleep Junkie, whereas the U.S. ranks 87th in the lineup of countries with a balanced lifestyle.

How can you both benefit from the Scandinavian sleep method? 

1 It eliminates potential sleep disturbances.

Simply put, the more opportunities for sleep disturbances in your environment (think: ambient light, noises, movement, and so on), the more likely you are to sleep poorly. And fragmented sleep can impact mood, increase daytime sleepiness, impair physical and cognitive functioning, and even cause more serious health problems down the line, like high blood pressure or heart disease.

Why are we so sensitive to the slightest moves in bed? Danielle Kelvas, M.D., sleep expert and chief medical advisor at Sleepline, explains that it all boils down to evolution. "When we lived as hunter-gatherers in the wild, we were most at risk from predators during sleep," she says. "This is why many people experience anxiety or ruminations before falling asleep, or have such difficulty staying asleep. Even the slightest touch or nudge can be enough to wake someone, which is what kept us alive."

That's great if your kids wake you up to let you know they're sick or there's an intruder in the house—not so great when it's just your spouse rolling over (and over) and pulling the covers away with them. The Scandinavian sleep method is a low-lift way to help reduce the common disruptions that arise when sharing a bed, says Zeke Medina, PharmD, certified adult sleep consultant with Live Love Sleep. 

"Couples who sleep together using a larger sheet and comforter tend to move, roll, and yank the blankets from the other person in the bed," he explains. "If you're a light sleeper, this can cause you to wake up and be frustrated." With a shared bed layer, you're also more likely to be roused by movements like your partner getting up in the middle of the night or for their earlier wake-up time.

2 It helps you maintain the right sleep temperature for you. 

Sharing a comforter can affect sleep temperature, which plays a huge role in how well you sleep. Being able to cool down in particular, Medina says, is essential for sleep quality and quantity. "If you get hot, your body will have trouble sleeping or staying asleep," he says. "This can reduce your sleep quality and could interfere with daytime alertness."

Since many couples have different sleep temperature preferences, using separate duvets can help each bed partner create their own personalized mini-sleep environment without disturbing the other's. One partner, for example, could opt for a lighter quilt if they run extra-warm, while the other burrows down in a heavier duvet.

3 It's the perfect compromise for bed-sharing couples.

At the end of the day (literally), if you don't want to sleep in separate rooms, this is probably the most ideal solution to meet in the middle. "Sleeping next to your loved one with separate blankets seems to be a better alternative to something like a 'sleep divorce,'" Medina adds, "in which you and your partner sleep in either separate beds or separate rooms."

So, what's the downside? 

The Scandinavian sleep method may promote sound sleep, but some people find one drawback to be its effect on intimacy. If you do give it a try, you could overlap duvets slightly before going to bed or share one duvet until you're both fully ready to nod off. 

Making the bed might also become a slightly longer process, though hopefully that's not a deal-breaker if your goal is more sleep (you can do it!). And the most obvious con is probably the expense of buying two separate blankets. Your budget is your budget, but Medina does reiterate that "it's worth a try" if you're serious about getting better sleep together without giving up and moving to separate rooms or beds.

Bottom Line: It's probably worth it.

Ready to give the Scandinavian sleep method a try? It honestly couldn't be easier: You'll want to purchase two twin-size sheets and/or comforters—one for each bed partner. Opt for bedding that works for your individual preferences, factoring in your ideal level of warmth/blanket weight, favorite fabric, and even thread count. To take it one step further, remove any top sheet—or even sleep on two separate, but close-together mattresses, but many people simply choose to go with two individual comforters or duvets.

Ultimately, Medina says it's definitely worth the investment and the few extra steps, particularly if you're a light enough sleeper who's roused by the slightest tug of the blanket or other movement.

"I'm moving to a Scandinavian sleep model myself," he adds. "My wife is very cold at night, and I avoid comforters since I get hot very easily. The AC is set to a temperature that I feel comfortable in with just a bedsheet and thin quilt, [and] my wife sleeps with a bed sheet and comforter."

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Yes, There's an Ideal Temperature for Sleep 

And Here's Why It Matters
A too-warm bedroom might be sabotaging your shut-eye.
By Ashley Zlatopolsky

 

We've all been there: It's a scorching hot evening and you just can't seem to fall asleep, despite cranking up the air conditioning or turning on a fan (or three). Or maybe it's the middle of winter, bleak and windy, and no matter how many blankets you're under you can't stop tossing and turning in the cold. It should come as no surprise to hear that temperature plays a huge role in how well we sleep. 

We've all been there: It's a scorching hot evening and you just can't seem to fall asleep, despite cranking up the air conditioning or turning on a fan (or three). Or maybe it's the middle of winter, bleak and windy, and no matter how many blankets you're under you can't stop tossing and turning in the cold. It should come as no surprise to hear that temperature plays a huge role in how well we sleep.  

There's a whole science behind the power of temperature on our sleep quality, quantity, and habits. For a good night's sleep, prioritizing temperature can be a great way to promote healthy sleep habits and get better quality sleep. "Getting a good night's sleep is important for your overall health and well-being," says Ryan Fiorenzi, certified sleep coach. "Most people think of sleep as the time when the body rests, but it's actually a time for the body to rebuild and recover. The best sleep environment is one that's cool."

So what's the key to finding the perfect temperature for your sleep sanctuary? Here's what experts and data have to say about the connection between temperature and sleep, why it matters for our overall health, and how to clock a better night's sleep by paying attention to the temperature.

 

What is the ideal temperature for sleep?
Temperature for sleep recommendations can vary slightly, but the general rule of thumb is that 65 degrees is the perfect place to set your thermostat for optimal sleep. If you can't keep your home at that temperature, or if 65 degrees is a little too chilly for your personal preferences, board-certified sleep medicine physician Funke Afolabi-Brown, MD, suggests aiming for something in the temperature range of 60 to 72 degrees for the best sleep possible.

Why does temperature matter for sleep?
Setting the temp to somewhere in the 60 to 72 degree range, helps create a just-right environment for sleep by working alongside the patterns of our core body temperature. "This [range] is ideal because variations in our core body temperature, which is regulated by our body's circadian rhythm, drop in the evening and coincide with our brain's melatonin secretion," Dr. Afolabi-Brown explains. "Having a cool room environment further promotes this temperature drop and improves our sleep quality."
As it gets dark, our body begins to produce melatonin, a hormone that plays a large role in sleep regulation. As melatonin is produced, it signals to our brains that it's time for sleep (and vice versa: as melatonin production slows down in the morning, our brains understand it's time to wake up). A cooler sleeping environment actually promotes higher melatonin production, encouraging sleep onset and more restful sleep.

What happens if it's too warm or too cold?
Beyond assisting with melatonin production, temperature is arguably one of the most important factors impacting our sleep. Exposure to heat, or a too-warm sleep environment, can cause increased wakefulness and decreased slow wave sleep and REM sleep, the two deepest stages of sleep that (among other key health functions) help us wake up feeling refreshed. Humid heat, in particular, can throw off sleep stages and thermoregulation, or our body's ability to regulate its temperature. While cold exposure doesn't necessarily affect sleep stages, it's still important to be comfortable during sleep to promote thermoregulation.
"If the room temperature is too hot, our core body temperature rises, leading to discomfort and restlessness," Dr. Afolabi-Brown says. "With this, it's harder to fall asleep, and we're more likely to wake up during the night." Waking up throughout the night, or disrupted sleep, can lead to emotional distress, reduced cognition, and performance issues. If the room temperature is too cold, on the other hand, "it can also cause us to be uncomfortable," she adds, "and this discomfort can impact our sleep quality as well."

How to maintain that perfect sleep temperature
Depending on where within the 60 to 72 range you prefer your space to be, there are different things you can do to help cool down or warm up your sleep environment. Some people enjoy a warmer bedroom and actually sleep well that way. But if you're struggling to sleep in a too-warm or too-cold space, the first thing you should do after setting your thermostat is look at your bedding.
"One of the best ways to help keep yourself cool while you sleep is to invest in some high-quality bedding," Fiorenzi suggests. A smart summer choice is actually a wool comforter, he says, "which has been shown to significantly reduce body heat. Other great options include specialty quilts and sheets designed to wick away moisture and heat. These can help reduce sweat, which can lead to a more comfortable night's sleep." Fiorenzi suggests sleeping with bedding made out of natural materials as well, like bamboo or cotton blends, since they're "naturally cooler."
Dr. Afolabi-Brown says taking a lukewarm bath before bed  can also decrease your core body temperature, promoting melatonin production and sleep onset. In addition, she recommends using a fan or air conditioner in the summer, opening your windows to stay cool, or using a space heater in the winter if your room is too cold. Cotton pajamas can also be super helpful in regulating core body temperature, she adds.

These Cooling Bed Sheets Are the Secret to a Sweat-Free Night - Here Are the 14 Best Sets

These are the best cooling sheets to shop:

• Brooklinen Linen Core Sheet Set
• Mellanni Hotel Luxury Cooling Sheet Set
• Buffy Eucalyptus Sheet Set 
• Hotel Sheets Direct Bamboo Cooling Bed Sheet Set
• Parachute Percale Sheet Set
• Casper Cool Supima Set
• Slumber Cloud Stratus Cooling Sheet Set
• Purple Sheets
• Helix Ultra-Soft Sheet Set
• Layla Sleep Bamboo Sheets
• Sleep Zone Striped Bed Sheets
• Bedsure Bamboo Cooling Sheets
• Riley Percale Sheet Set

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Are Expired 💊 Medications Safe?

💊Are Expired Medications Safe?💊

Food, cosmetics, housecleaning products—just a few of the many everyday items that carry a “best by” date. Most prescription medications are also assigned a day of expiration. But while one whiff can alert you to spoiled milk or meat, it’s not nearly as easy to tell when prescription and over-the-counter drugs go bad, which leaves many consumers confused as to the purpose of these seemingly arbitrary dates.

• Do drugs really “expire?”
• Are expiration dates hard and fast rules, or simply guidelines?
• What happens when a drug goes bad?

Why expiration dates exist
Mandated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the late 1970s, prescription expiration dates are initially set by drug manufacturers. Based on when the medication was dispensed, a pharmacy may also assign their own expiration date that precedes the manufacturer’s. Most prescriptions carry an expiration date of about a year from when a pharmacist opened the original package or bottle.

The idea of a pill or tablet going bad might seem doubtful, but it’s important to pay attention to these dates. Expired medicines can make you sick. Not because they are spoiled, per se, but because they no longer work the way they should.
“Once enough time has passed, most drugs begin to lose potency,” cautions Kathryn A. Boling, M.D., a primary care physician with Mercy Medical Center in Lutherville, MD. Even though recent studies indicate that certain drugs retain their effectiveness beyond their official expiration date, Boling says that people who take a drug after it has expired may end up receiving an improper dosage.

And some drugs—for example, tetracycline, an antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections such as pneumonia and urinary tract infections—do become toxic beyond a certain date.

The importance of proper storage
Ensuring the optimal effectiveness of prescription medications goes beyond just monitoring dates. “Storing drugs incorrectly can cause them to become ineffective even before the expiration date has passed,” Boling says.”Most people keep medications in their bathroom medicine cabinet—which, when you think about it, is not the best place in the world as it is moist and has fluctuating temperatures more than anyplace else in the home.This may cause the drug to lose even more potency.”

Cool, dry places are ideal for most medications. If the bottle comes with a cotton plug, remove it in order to prevent moisture from being trapped inside. Be on the lookout for changes in color and texture; these signs indicate that a medication has gone bad and should be replaced, regardless of the date on the bottle.

For medication-specific storage instructions, consult your pharmacist.

Disposing of expired meds
Leaving old, expired or unused medications in the house can pose a serious health hazard, especially for older adults and younger children. It’s important to dispose of any unnecessary drugs in the proper way.
While many medications can be safely disposed of in the trash, the simplest and most environmentally-friendly way to get rid of expired drugs is to drop them off at a collection site during one of the several National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day events hosted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration each year. 

The next nationwide Take-Back Day is this Saturday, September 27, 2014, from 10:00 am-2:00 pm. 

During this time, individuals are encouraged to bring their unused and expired medications to a local collection site (typically a police department) to be properly disposed of. 

Use this tool, created by the Department of Justice, to search for a collection site in your area.

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National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback/index.html

Wasted Medicine

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Origins of the 🕺🏽 Moonwalk 🚀🕺

🕺🏽  Origins of the Moonwalk  🚀

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The moonwalk is a dance move in which the dancer moves backwards while seemingly walking forwards. A popping move, it became popular around the world after Michael Jackson performed the dance move during a performance of "Billie Jean" on Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever on March 25, 1983. 

This special was broadcast May 16, 1983. It subsequently became his signature move.

Technique

An illusion is involved in creating the appearance of the dancer gliding backwards. Initially, the front foot is held flat on the ground, while the back foot is in a tiptoe position.

The flat front foot remains on the ground but is slid lightly and smoothly backward past the tip-toe back foot. What is now the front foot is lowered flat, while the back foot is raised into the tiptoe position. These steps are repeated over and over creating the illusion that the dancer is being pulled backwards by an unseen force while trying to walk forward. Variations of this move allow the moon walking to also appear to glide forwards, sideways, and even in a circle.

Origins of the Moonwalk

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Michael Jackson Moonwalk Evolution
1983-2009

On March 25 of 1983, Michael Jackson performed the moonwalk during Motown 25: Yesterday Today Forever television special when he performed Billie Jean from his album Thriller. Since Michael first performed the moonwalk in 1983, Michael would then use the moonwalk during all of his performances of Billie Jean during his tours and when performing at other events. The moonwalk has become one of the most famous dance move in Michael Jackson, Dance, Entertainment, and Music history. To share my love for Michael and the moonwalk, I have made a evolution video of Michael using the moonwalk though his life.

Michael Jackson - Moonwalk Evolution
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Moonwalk Evolution 

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History

There are many recorded instances of the moonwalk; similar steps are reported as far back as 1932, used by Cab Calloway. In 1985, Calloway said that the move was called "The Buzz" when he and others performed it in the 1930s.

 

Betty Boop's
Minnie The Moocher (1932)

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In 1944, Judy Garland and Margaret O'Brien featured something like the move in their performance of "Under the Bamboo Tree" in Meet Me In St. Louis, though their performance lacks the illusion created by the genuine moonwalk.

In 1955, it was recorded in a performance by tap dancer Bill Bailey. He performs a tap routine, and at the end, backslides into the wings. 

The First Moonwalk - Bill Bailey

The Apollo Theatre

New York - 1955

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The French mime artist Marcel Marceau used it throughout his career (from the 1940s through the 1980s), as part of the drama of his mime routines. In Marceau's "Walking Against the Wind" routine, he pretends to be pushed backwards by a gust of wind.

In the 1950s, Dick Van Dyke performed a similar variation of the moonwalk and camel walk in his comedy routine called "Mailing A Letter On A Windy Corner".

In 1958, Mexican dancer-comedian Adalberto Martinez "Resortes" also performed the moonwalk in the film Colegio de Verano (Summer School).

In a November 1969 episode of H.R. Pufnstuf, Judy the Frog teaches everyone a new dance called "The Moonwalk", which includes two instances of a stationary moonwalk.

1972 Lucie Arnaz in Here's Lucy Episode 9 of Season 5 "Lucy and Jim Bailey" Lucie does the Moonwalk whilst singing "Fever" with Jim Bailey

Choreographer Bob Fosse moonwalks in his role as the Snake in the 1974 film "The Little Prince". 

It has also been acknowledged that the professional wrestlers Michael "Pure Sexy" Hayes, Terry Gordy, and Buddy Roberts started doing the moonwalk as their trademark ring entrance by 1979 when they formed a wrestling stable known as The Fabulous Freebirds.

James Brown used the move and can be seen performing it in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers. In 1981 in the promotional single and music video Crosseyed and Painless by new wave band Talking Heads, authentic street dancers, picked by David Byrne, are featuring, including Stephen "Skeeter Rabbit" Nichols doing the moonwalk.^[15] It reached to 20 on the US dance charts. Another early moonwalker was popper and singer Jeffrey Daniel, who moonwalked in a performance of Shalamar's "A Night To Remember" on Top of the Pops in the UK in 1982 and was known to perform backslides in public performances (including weekly Soul Train episodes) as far back as 1974. Michael Jackson was a fan of Jeffrey Daniel's dancing and would eventually seek him out.
Also in 1982, Debbie Allen performs a moonwalk during a scene with Gwen Verdon in Season 1, Episode 10 ("Come One, Come All") of the TV series Fame.

In Flashdance, the move was used in the B-boy scene, where Rock Steady Crew's Mr. Freeze (Marc Lemberger), with an umbrella prop, mimed the wind blowing him backward as he first walks forward, fighting the wind, then starts moonwalking backwards. Mr. Freeze's version was also shown in the first hip hop movie Wild Style and Malcolm McLaren film clip "Buffalo Gals".

Derek (Cooley) Jackson and Geron (Caszper) Canidate taught Michael Jackson the moonwalk. He saw Cooley and Caszper do the moonwalk dance on Soul Train, so he had his manager called Soul Train to introduce Cooley and Caszper to Jackson. The dance was popularized in 1983 when Jackson performed it during a television special, Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, on March 25 of that year. Dressed in his signature black trousers, silver socks, silver shirt, black-sequined jacket, single sequined glove, and black fedora, Jackson spun around, posed, and began moonwalking. Music critic Ian Inglis later wrote that Jackson encapsulated a long tradition of African-American dance movements in that one performance. The audience cheered Michael's moonwalk. Moonwalking received widespread attention, and from then on, the moonwalk became Jackson's signature move for his song "Billie Jean". Nelson George said that Jackson's rendition "combined Jackie Wilson's athleticism with James Brown's camel walk". Michael Jackson's autobiography was titled Moonwalk, and he also starred in a 1988 film titled Moonwalker.

In the 1984 movie Streets of Fire, actor and performer Stoney Jackson executed a moonwalk as the leader of a fictional group, The Sorels, who lip-synced to the Dan Hartman song "I Can Dream About You".

Alexei Kovalev has been known for using the moonwalk in his National Hockey League career. He performed the move after scoring a goal on February 7, 2001, and on January 3, 2010. Kovalev moonwalked onto the ice after being named one of the stars of the game and again after scoring in a 2008 celebrity charity soccer game.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonwalk_(dance)

"Minnie the Moocher" Betty Boop HD 1080p
HD transfer of the classic Max Fleischer Betty Boop cartoon "Minnie the Moocher" featuring the legendary Cab Calloway

 

The Origins of Michael Jackson’s Moonwalk: Vintage Footage of Cab Calloway, Sammy Davis Jr., Fred Astaire & More

Michael Jackson took one giant leap for pop history on March 25, 1983 when he gave an adoring public their first taste of his signature moonwalk in honor of Motown Records' 25th birthday. (See below)

Novelty-wise, it wasn't quite a Neil Armstrong moment. Like many artists, Jackson had many precedents from which he could and did draw. He can be credited with bringing a certain attitude to the proceedings. The expert practitioners in the video above are more ebullient, tapping, sliding and proto-moonwalking themselves into a state of rapture that feeds off the audience's pleasure.

The line-up includes artists lucky enough to have left lasting footprints---Cab Calloway, Sammy Davis Jr., Fred Astaire, as well as those we'd do well to rediscover: Rubberneck Holmes, Earl "Snakehips" Tucker, Buck and Bubbles....

Lacking the Internet, however, it does seem unlikely that Jackson would've spent much time poring over the footwork of these masters. (He may have taken a sartorial cue from their socks.)

Instead, he invested a lot of time breaking down the street moves, what he referred to in his autobiography as "a 'popping' type of thing that black kids had created dancing on the street corners in the ghetto."

Jackson's sister, LaToya, identified former Soul Train and Solid Gold dancer Jeffrey Daniel, below, as her brother's primary tutor in this endeavor. (He went on to co-choreograph Jackson's videos for "Bad" and "Smooth Criminal".) As to the story behind his moonwalk, or backslide as he called it before Jackson's version obliterated the possibility of any other name, Daniel gave props to the same kids Jackson did.

Charlie Chaplin's scene in Modern Times.

Charlie Chaplin dancing and singing
from "Modern Times"

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Dick Van Dyke do the Moonwalk?

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Epic Dance Battles of History

Charlie Chaplin vs Buster Keaton 

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http://www.openculture.com/2014/04/the-origins-of-michael-jackson-moonwalk.html

Woman's 📕 Dictionary

🙅‍♀️ Woman's 📕 Dictionary 🙅‍♀️

Airhead (er*hed) n.
What a woman intentionally becomes when pulled over by a policeman.

Argument (ar*gyou*ment) n.
A discussion that occurs when you're right 

but he just hasn't realized it yet.

Balance the checkbook (bal*ens da chek*buk) v.
To go to the cash machine and hit "inquire".

Bar-be-que (bar*bi*q) n.
You bought the groceries, washed the lettuce, chopped the tomatoes, diced the onions, marinated the meat, cleaned everything up...  but he "made the dinner".

Blonde jokes (blond joks) n.
Jokes that are short so men can understand them.

Cantaloupe (kant*e*lope) n.
Gotta get married in a church.

Childbirth (child*brth) n.
You get to go through 36 hours of contractions;

he gets to hold your hand and say, "Focus... breath... push... Good Girl!"

Diet Soda (dy*it so*da) n.
A drink you buy at a convenience store to go with a pound of M&M chocolate covered peanuts.

Eternity (e*ter*ni*tee) n.
The last two minutes of a football game.

Exercise (ex*er*siz) v.
To walk up and down a mall, occasionally resting to make a purchase.

Hair Dresser (hare dres*er) n.
Someone, who is able to create a style, you will never be able to duplicate again. See also "Magician".

Lipstick (lip*stik) n.
On your lips, coloring to enhance the beauty of your mouth. On his collar, coloring only a tramp would wear.

Valentine's Day (val*en*tinez dae) n.
A day ,when you have dreams of a candlelight dinner, diamonds, and romance, but consider yourself lucky to get a card.

Waterproof Mascara (wah*tr*pruf mas*kar*ah) n.
Comes off if you cry, shower, or swim, but will not come off if you try to remove it.

Zillion (zil*yen) n.
The number of times you ask someone to take out the trash, then end up doing it yourself anyway.