When your skin is still warm and supple from your bath or shower, the coconut oil will be more readily absorbed. Scoop out a tablespoon and place it on your arm. Start at your elbows and work the oil all over your arms. Use your opposite hand to rub it in until the coconut oil has melted over your skin. Smooth it on evenly and keep rubbing until it's all gone. Repeat with the other arm. Scoop out two tablespoons and rub them into your thigh, knee area, lower leg, and foot. Keep rubbing until the scoops have melted into your skin. Repeat with the other leg. Rub it over your back, buttocks, stomach, breasts, and anywhere else you'd like to moisturize. You can use coconut oil just as you would any other lotion. It might take about 15 minutes for the oil to completely get absorbed into your skin. In the meantime, hang out in your bathroom or put on a bathrobe so you don't get oil on your nice clothes or furniture. Place about an ounce (shot glass) full of coconut oil in the warm almost hot bath and swish it around the tub to dissolve it. Then soak for a while. Do this for a few weeks about once or twice a week, until you notice your skin is no longer so dry.

Summary: Apply coconut oil after you've bathed. Moisturize your arms with a tablespoon of coconut oil. Moisturize your legs with two tablespoons of coconut oil. Use another tablespoon to moisturize your torso. Let the coconut oil get absorbed. Do a bathwater soak.


. In addition to the basics like clothes and toiletries, don't forget to include essentials like medications. Make some yummy snacks (if you're going to a warm/hot place don't take chocolate!), and buy some water and drinks in bottles or cans. That will keep your hunger down when there isn't an exit coming up anytime soon! You may also want to pack an iPod, or a Zune, or another type of MP3 player for entertainment. You can also pack a portable DVD player or gaming system. Remove trash and old toys, books, wrappers, etc. Vacuum the seats. Put a blanket on the seat to make it comfy. Having a clean car will make the air feel cleaner and will make you feel less claustrophobic.

Summary: Pack Have a little backpack full of things you might find amusing, such as books, puzzles and portable video games. Make sure that the car is cleaned.


You can limit your Facebook profile exposure by limiting who can see the photo albums you've posted. To do this, go to your profile and click on "Photos" in the top middle of the screen. Then click on "Albums" and scroll through your albums and click on one. Then press the "Edit" button on the top right of the screen and click on the image that looks like a person or globe on the top right of the next window. Select whether you want the album to be visible to "Friends" or "Only Me" or if you want to customize who can see the photos. You can also control the settings for photos you were tagged in, even if you didn't take them. Go to your profile and click on "Photos" and then select "Photos of You." Click on any photo that you were tagged in and select the pencil on the top right of the screen.  Then, select the option on the very bottom: "Report/Remove Tag." Select "I want to untag myself" in the window that pops up. Press "Continue." You can also just select "Hide from Timeline" so that fewer people will see that you were tagged in a photo. Facebook's handy facial recognition software makes it so that your friends can upload photos, have Facebook recognize your face, and have you be automatically tagged in the photo. This makes it easy for photos of you to come up often -- if you don't allow facial recognition to find you, you'll be less likely to get tagged. Here's how to do it:  Click on the gear on the top right of your Facebook page. Select "Privacy Settings." Select "Timeline and Tagging" from the menu on the left of the screen. Click on "Edit" to the right of the bottom option, "Who sees tag suggestions when photos that look like you are uploaded?" Select "No one." This will help minimize your profile exposure. Just click on the lock button on the top right of your page and select, "Who can see my stuff?" Change the settings under "Who can see my future posts?" to "Friends Only," "Only Me," or a variety of other options. To do this, click on the gear on the top right of your Facebook page and select "Privacy Settings." Under the option, "Limit the audience for posts you've shared with friends of friends or Public?" select "Limit Past Posts." These posts will be removed from Facebook for the people you've blocked. Before you post something on Facebook, just click on the icon next to "Post" on the bottom right, below what you've written. It'll either be set to "Friends" or something else -- adjust the settings to fit whoever you'd like to see the post. Your friends may be using apps that can make some of your Facebook information more public. However, you can easily stop this from happening. All you have to do is click on the gear on the top right of your page, click on "Privacy Settings," and select "Apps" on the bottom left of the screen. Then, next to "Apps others use," select the "Edit" option and uncheck any information that you don't want these apps to provide about you. Save your changes when you're done.
Summary: Adjust the settings on your photo albums. Adjust the settings for photos you were tagged in. Adjust the settings for facial recognition. Limit who can see your future posts. Limit who can see your past posts. Limit who sees each of your individual posts. Limit the information that your friends' apps can provide about you.