Five fun things to do in London

Your first visit to London can be a crazy trip, as you try to fit in everything there is to do. Unless you’re staying for a month, forget it, and check out these fun things to do first.

Go for a walk on London Bridge: How cool is it to walk on the nursery rhyme bridge? The first London Bridge was built of wood by the Romans, and easily destroyed. After a large fire in the 1100’s, a stone bridge was built to replace it, which stood until 1831. Then it was taken apart and shipped to Arizona. That bridge is now a tourist attraction in America, and the pretty ‘new’ bridge still stands in London.

Take a boat trip: You can take a ride on the River Thames and see the City of London and London Bridge from completely different angle. There are lots of tour operators that offer boat rides, and give your lots of cool insights about the city.

Spend the day at the zoo: Opened in 1828, London Zoo houses lots of extremely rare animals and those in danger of extinction from among the 650 different kinds of animals from around the world. Located smack dab in the center of the city, it is not be missed when in London.

London Theater: One of the great theater cities in the world, in London’s West End, the theaters are huge and amazing, with productions six days a week.  Though pricey, the West End draws tourists by the plane loads, and the locals visit the smaller theaters around the city that are more intimate and much more cost-effective than the West End.

See the city from above: The London Eye is a relatively new attraction in London. It is a giant Ferris wheel type structure, with room sized compartments to sit in. You can see the entire city from the top of the London Eye, and can get a good idea of the lay of the land and where each of the major attractions in town is located. Sometimes quite crowded, but well worth the wait.

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It’s all about attitude

20 Keys To A Happy Life
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1) Compliment 3 people everyday!
2) Watch a sunrise
3) Be the first to say “hello”
4) Treat everyone as you want to be treated
5) Live beneath your means
6) Forget the Joneses
7) Never give up on anybody ~ miracles happen!
8) Remember someone’s name
9) Be kinder than you have to be
10) Wish not for things, but for wisdom and courage
11) Be tough-minded, but tender hearted
12) Don’t forget that a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated
13) Keep your promises
14) Leave everything better than you found it
15) Show cheerfulness even when you don’t feel it
16) Remember that winners do what losers don’t want to do
17) Remember that overnight success usually takes 15 years
18) When you arrive at your job in the morning, let the first thing you say brighten everyone’s day
19) Don’t rain on other people’s parades
20) Don’t waste an opportunity to tell someone you love them!

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Splenda- Is it safe?

I’m trying to lose some weight and I am again following a lower carb eating plan, consisting of lean proteins, no white flower, no sugar, and unprocessed foods. This plan works quite well for me, and I find I can stick with it much longer than trying to count calories, etc. It is easier for me to maintain, since I just stay away from the “bad” (highly processed) foods. 

I have been a fan of Splenda since it came out, much preferring it to other artificial sweeteners since I’d heard of health risks inherent with Aspartame and Saccharin.  

Today I read information on several different websites about Splenda that has changed my mind about eating so much of it.  

Check out this site by Shane Ellison – he asserts that Splenda is poison and we are delivering it to every cell in our bodies by eating it– EEKKK!  http://www.thepeopleschemist.com/view_learning.php?learning_id=14 

Well, after reading this, I did a quick search on “Splenda origins” and came up with more info, both pro and con, about the safety of Splenda.  After reading up on it, including the information on Splenda’s own site, I have chosen to cut it out of my family’s diet altogether.  Splenda is made through a chemical process that may or may not be totally safe. 

I was a Diet Pepsi junkie in high school, even though the can talked about the cancer risk in Saccharin, then moved on the Nutrasweet stuff, and then to thinking Splenda was “safer.”   The best judge of safety, unfortunately is time.  Many people were sickened by Saccharin, aspartame seems to be almost as bad, so I choose to stay away from this chemically-altered “Franken-food” since we have no idea yet what it’s doing to our bodies!