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Visit your local fabric store to obtain yellow, gold, and brown colored fleece fabric.  Get ½ yard of each color of fleece. Buy a 1-yard piece of 1" elastic. Measure around the person’s head from top to bottom. You want to measure under the chin, around the face, and over the crown of the person’s head. Make the elastic shorter than the distance around the head so it will fit snugly when stretched around the head. Cut a strip of fabric 2 ¼ inches wide. Place the elastic inside the fleece and sew the long edge of the fleece fabric together with the elastic inside. Cut another 2 1/2 inch strip of fleece to use for the lion’s tail. Create fringe to make the lion’s mane with strips of fabric. Cut the strips to be 3-6 inches long and ¾ inch wide. Use fabric glue or a simple hand stitch to attach the fringe strips to the yellow band with the elastic. Alternate colors and stack multiple strips to create a colorful look. Finish the headband by connecting the two ends of the elastic together to form a circle. Make sure to firmly connect the ends of the elastic together so the stretching does not rip the seam. Place the lion’s mane around your face by stretching the elastic under your chin and over the top of your head.

summary: Purchase fabric and elastic to create the mane. Measure the head of the person wearing the lion costume. Cut the elastic 1 inch shorter than the distance around the head. Cover the elastic in yellow fleece. Cut the remaining yellow, gold, and brown fleece into strips. Sew or glue the strips to the elastic covered headband. Sew the ends of the yellow band together. Wrap the headband around the head from the chin to the top of the head.


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Exercise will help reduce feelings of fatigue. Although it may seem counterintuitive to expend energy when you feel fatigued, exercise can help reduce many of the symptoms of PMS, including fatigue. Getting regular aerobic exercise 30 minutes four to six times each week will help to balance your hormones, improve your lipid profiles, reduce your risk of heart disease, and improve your overall health.  Exercise also helps to reduce stress levels and improve the quality of your sleep. Being physically active will reduce cramps and help you manage the psychological effects of PMS as well as boosting your body’s natural production of endorphins, a natural antidepressant. Increasing the amount of exercise you get during the premenstrual and menstrual period of time can help promote more deep-sleep stages that are restorative and reduce fatigue. Obesity is one risk factor for suffering from premenstrual syndrome, including extreme fatigue. One study interviewing over 870 women found that those who had a BMI (Body Mass Index) over 30, which indicates obesity, had a three-fold increased risk of suffering from symptoms of PMS.  Obesity, although difficult, is a modifiable risk factor. This means that although a challenge, you can reduce your risk by losing weight. By following a balanced diet that is high in healthy fats and low in carbohydrates, as well as including 30 minutes of exercise, you can lower the risk of fatigue. Dehydration can cause you to feel fatigued, so you need to keep hydrated. Drink at least 64 ounces (2 liters) of water each day and eat foods that are also high in water content, such as vegetables. Although it can seem counterintuitive, the more water you drink, the less water you retain. Water retention and bloating can contribute to your mental and emotional health, which can affect your fatigue. Avoid alcohol, especially when you are close to your period. Alcohol is a natural depressant, which increases feelings of fatigue.  Avoid alcohol altogether during premenstrual time periods as your progesterone levels are higher between ovulation and menstruation. These high progesterone levels can exacerbate the effects of alcohol, or make the already depressant effects of alcohol worse, thus increasing your experience of fatigue.   Test the beverages you would like to include in your diet and chart the effects on your level of fatigue. Get between seven to nine hours of sleep each night. Research has determined that these are the hours needed to reduce fatigue, improve health, and increase productivity.  However, PMS can cause sleep disturbances which contribute to feelings of fatigue. These sleep issues are related to the fluctuating estrogen levels in the body during menstruation. If you have a hard time sleeping when you are premenstrual and menstruating, practice stress reduction strategies to improve the quality of sleep you get. Strategies can include deep breathing exercises, listening to calming music, learning to laugh each day, watching comedy shows, taking a walk outside in the sunshine, and talking with close friends and relatives.

summary: Exercise. Lose weight. Hydrate yourself. Drink less alcohol. Get enough sleep.


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This part is just science: a lighter car uses less gas. What can make your car lighter? Not having a full tank. So when you hit that 1/3 of a tank and are tempted to fill up, give it a couple days. That last 1/3 of a tank may last you a bit longer than the first third did. That being said, it's generally true that gas prices spike up on the weekends, starting on Thursday afternoons. So if you think you'll need gas on Saturday, it might be wise to fill up now. Scope out any especially good gas prices to see if it's worth buying now. If you idle your car for more than a minute, it will save gas to turn off the engine. Also, new cars do not need to be "warmed up" on a cold winter day – a couple of seconds should do the trick. Whenever you're waiting for someone, turn off the idle. Drive thru or going inside? Going inside. You can still play the radio without idling! [citation needed] The gas nozzle is just connected to a regular hose. When you turn the hose off, there's still all that gas in the line. To get that last 1/2 cup of gas (that's 4 ounces of free gas!), turn the nozzle upside-down and give it a shake before you take it out of your tank. Lift up the hose a bit to get the gas resting in the line. Gravity causes the gas to lie at the lowest point, so lifting it up gets it out of there and into your tank. The better cooling method at freeway speeds depends on your car. Rolling down the windows creates drag, and using the air conditioning causes your engine to work harder. However, rolling down the windows is okay in city traffic. More science! The cooler your car is, the less gas will evaporate from your tank. That's like giving money to the sky. And did we mention that your bum doesn't get seared on contact? It's better for your car and for you. It's hard to drive when you can't touch the steering wheel without burning yourself! Fuel economy is worse in busy, high-traffic times or when it is raining, windy or when barometric pressure is high. Rain, headwind and high barometric pressure create extra air drag that uses more fuel to create and maintain forward motion.  However, a tailwind (a wind behind you) helps. Which direction is the wind coming from? It should come as no surprise that high-traffic times are not good for fuel efficiency. You're stopping and starting, idling, weaving, and probably taking part in just about every bad habit for your fuel economy. Sure, when we cut the engine, everything goes off, but what about when we start it back up? If you turn everything off, the next time you start up your car, it'll take way less gas to get everything going.[citation needed] You can then turn everything on one at a time, which is much easier for your car to handle. Try to consolidate errands and appointments. Get all your errands done in one go to increase your free time, too. You can also plan your trip on certain days to avoid traffic and paying higher gas prices the next week. For example, buy non-perishable necessities (including pet food, toilet needs, dry goods, and canned groceries, etc.) in bulk so you don't have to make a special trip for a few items.
summary: Drive until your tank is close to empty. Avoid excessive idling. Turn the gas nozzle upside-down when you're done filling up. Avoid rolling down your windows at high speeds, or using the air conditioning at all. Park in the shade. Try to avoid traffic and bad weather. Turn all electronics and climate control off before you cut the engine. Reduce the number of times you have to drive by thinking ahead.