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It is always a sad time when someone passes. Often, if you have a friend or loved one who has lost a family member, you may be unsure on how to interact with them or support them after that loss. Their might be a fear that if you talk to them, you might say the wrong thing or make the situation worse, but when it comes to loss, having a friend’s support can really be a big help during such a hard and trying time. Often, you won’t be making the situation worse, and sometimes just being there can make a huge difference.

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Recently, right before UK freedom day, I was able to fly from the United Kingdom to the United States. I am an America Citizen and had been traveling home to visit my family, who I haven’t seen for years. When it came to traveling, I found that during COVID rules, everything is really confusing, hard to follow, and jumping around, and I really just wanted to hear from someone who had made the trip, to know what to expect, instead of reading endless government websites. So, I decided to write my experience up.

Couple of key points: This is my experience from my point of view. There is probably other (and maybe even better) ways to travel during COVID. The Government does not recommend travel for leisure yet, to Amber countries, so do consider if you really need to travel. Restrictions are always changing and adjusting, this is based of of me traveling a few days before Freedom day, but at the time of posting, there isn’t many changes to anything. There are different rules per state. I flew from the UK into Boston, with a layover in Iceland, and then drove to New York. I am a US Citizen. I flew via Icelandair.

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After a working life of knowing what you’ll be doing every day, it can be challenging to understand how you’ll spend your time in retirement. Therefore, check out these nine retirement ideas to give you some inspiration. 

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Wooden flooring has a pretty distinct look – a warm look that can make a home feel sleek or rustic, depending on the other features of the house. Often, people wonder if they can have wooden flooring in their bathroom and how to maintain the flooring once it is in. Wooden flooring isn’t a super common choice when it comes to rooms that are known to be steamy, wet and moist more often then others, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have a wooden flooring.

If you are going to go with wooden flooring in your bathroom, you are going to want to go with an engineered wood flooring as this type of wooden flooring is more water resistant then normal wooden flooring, giving you more of a fighting chance to keep your flooring perfect. Unlike when you have wooden flooring in other spaces in your home, your bathroom floor will need a bit more upkeep an maintenance, but it is still do-able if you want this sort of look for your home.

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