Most municipalities will begin fogging areas for mosquitos with chemical pesticides once they have discovered West Nile virus. That usually means at least one person has been bitten. The incubation period in humans meaning time from infection to when you see disease symptoms for West Nile encephalitis usually runs three to 15 days. Why run risk of waiting to become a victim?

Symptoms of West Nile Virus Most infections are mild, and symptoms include fever, headache, and body aches, occasionally with skin rash and swollen lymph glands. More severe infection may be marked by headache, high fever, neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness, paralysis, and, rarely, death.

Better to not take risk and drink apple cider vinegar. While prospect of drinking two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar may sound like a disgusting horrible taste, two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar when mixed into eight or 10 or 12 ounces of water does not taste bad. In fact, you can hardly taste vinegar. Another tip is to mix some apple cider vinegar in your pet?s food. It can help protect them from mosquitos and flies as well. You can find some companies selling apple cider vinegar capsules as a diet aid. (Apple cider vinegar for dieting is also mentioned in my ebook entitled ?Vinegar Magic?.)

Like they say about Chicken soup, ?It couldn?t hurt.? Be careful when using vinegar. Remember it is acidic so don?t take to much thru day. Think of it like salad dressing without oil and salad. Like all things use common sense. If you have stomach or other problems, check with your professional care giver.

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4. If it?s not winter where you live, pull your tagged items outside and have a yard or garage sale. Don?t be greedy. Remember, you want this stuff to sell quickly so you don?t have to move it.

5. Everything that doesn?t sell, donate to an organization that can use it, such as your church or synagogue, The Metro Atlanta Furniture Bank (404-355-8530), a homeless or day shelter, or Salvation Army.

Presto! You?re down to one set of furnishings and you?ve donated things to people who can use them. When blending your personal files from two separate households, remember, it?s not necessary to keep all your files in same file cabinet. You don?t have to combine your household files if you aren?t comfortable doing so. Just be sure that your filing system is easy to navigate in case your partner needs to retrieve any of your filed information.

If you do elect to combine your household files, be sure keep files of same type together, in a truly integrated filing system. For example, keep both your auto insurance information under same category, instead of filing yours under CAR and your partner?s under INSURANCE. Also, don?t keep all paperwork for any given subject in one folder. Divide it into two folders, one labeled with your name and one with your partner?s. You can successfully blend two households if you take time to set it up right in beginning.

Monica Ricci has been an organizing specialist since 1999, and her motivational presentations teach effective organizing and simplifying techniques for home and work. She also offers free email tips and ideas on how to make life simpler and more organized. Her topics include clutter control, paper management, time management, organizing space and procrastination.Contact Monica at 770-569-2642 or Monica@CatalystOrganizing.com.