We’re Buying Houseplants Like Crazy, but Will We Keep Them Alive?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nThe newest thing we’re buying like crazy is . . . HOUSEPLANTS.<\/p>\n
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It’s not clear why.\u00a0 Maybe we need something to take care of right now . . . or we’ve realized our Zoom backgrounds are just really boring.<\/p>\n
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So will we actually keep all these plants alive, or will they wither and die?\u00a0 A recent survey found that for almost half of us, the prospects aren’t great.<\/p>\n
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30% \u00a0admitted they’re BAD at keeping plants alive.\u00a0 And another 13% weren’t sure.\u00a0 So that’s 43% who don’t seem too confident.<\/p>\n
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57% said they’re at least “somewhat” capable, including 1 in 5 people who think they’re “very good” at taking care of plants.<\/p>\n
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Men and women were equally likely to say they have a green thumb. But women were slightly more likely to say they’re terrible at keeping plants alive.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0_______________________________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nTHEY DON\u2019T CALL IT \u201cTHE GREAT OUTDOORS\u201d FOR NOTHING:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nIf you feel that your mental health could use a boost, the results of a study from 2019 could help. It determined that taking at least twenty minutes out of your day to stroll or sit in a place that makes you feel in contact with nature will significantly lower your stress hormone levels.<\/p>\n
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The researchers urged healthcare practitioners to use the conclusions of the study to prescribe \u201cnature-pills\u201d as a low-cost solution to reduce the negative health impacts from growing urbanization and indoor lifestyles.<\/p>\n
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They found that while a 20-minute nature experience was enough to significantly reduce cortisol levels, when test subjects spent as much as 30 minutes immersed in a nature experience, cortisol levels dropped at an even greater rate.<\/u><\/p>\n
\u00a0__________________________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nTUESDAY APRIL 21ST<\/sup> <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nTODAY\u2019S BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n[94] Queen Elizabeth II<\/p>\n
[69] Tony Danza, actor<\/p>\n
[41] James McAvoy, actor (\u201cLast King of Scotland\u201d, \u2018Professor Charles Xavier\u2019 in \u201cX-Men\u201d films)<\/p>\n
[40] Tony Romo, retired NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys 2003-16)<\/p>\n
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\n- Yesterday on “Good Morning America,” Dr. Fauci\u00a0said\u00a0that if the stay-at-home protesters get their way, it will backfire and cause more problems. (From “Good Morning America” on Monday, April 20, 2020)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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\n- The Mayor of Tampa, Florida\u00a0says\u00a0Tom Brady was kicked out of a closed park where he was practicing.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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\n- A sanitation official in New York\u00a0stood\u00a0on the street and handed out free cocktails to healthcare workers after their shifts ended.\u00a0 A lot of them said they’d travelled there from other states to help out.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Disney Bedtime Hotline, Georgia to reopen tattoo parlors and bowling alleys, LA may cancel sporting events until 2021, and New Yorkers can get married via video conference.\u00a0 (From Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, and Conan O’Brien on Monday, April 20, 2020)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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\u201cBlue Bloods\u201d star Nick Cordero is weak but recovering after having his right leg amputated Saturday due to complications from the coronavirus, according to a video posted to Instagram by his wife. Cordero, who was nominated for a Tony Award in 2014 for his performance in \u201cBullets Over Broadway,\u201d has been battling the virus for more than two weeks.<\/p>\n
His wife, former Radio City Rockette Amanda Kloots, has been posting updates about his condition on Instagram. Earlier, she had said that blood thinners given to the actor during his fight to stay alive had devastating effects on his legs, creating problems \u201cwith clotting and getting blood down to his toes\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u00a0______________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\nBRAD PAISLEY ENCOURAGES AMERICA TO BE A ‘DRINKING TEAM’ DURING PANDEMIC <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nBrad Paisley<\/strong>‘s new single, “No I In Beer,” wasn’t specifically written for this crazy time we’re living in now with the coronavirus and everyone self-quarantined, but it seems very fitting for these days. He co-wrote the song in 2018, but as Brad tells us, it makes perfect sense today.\u00a0[“This song, which wasn\u2019t written for this pandemic, but it takes on new meaning for me when I hear it now, and I just feel like life sort of sucks right now in some ways and we gotta do what we can to get through this, and if we\u2019ve ever felt unified as Americans, as citizens of the world it\u2019s in the fact that nobody loves what we\u2019re going through but everybody\u2019s willing to do what we have to do and one of those things is let\u2019s be a team; let\u2019s be a drinking team, and that\u2019s what we are right now.”]<\/p>\nBrad Paisley \u2014 brought some good cheer to a group of teachers in Mississippi last week when he popped up unexpectedly during a scheduled Zoom call. A third-grade teacher says she decided to invite him to the Teachers Night In call after he recently posted a phone number for fans to text him to invite him to their online events.<\/p>\n
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\n- Luke Combs \u2013 He and Brett Kissel will kick off the second night of \u201cCanada Together: In Concert\u201d, along with Tenille Townes, and The Washboard Union. The 5-night series of at-home concerts on ET Canada support Covid-19 relief efforts by Food Banks Canada and Unison Benevolent Fund. Highlights later in the week include: Lady Antebellum, Jess Moskaluke, Gord Bamford and Dean Brody.
\n____________________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nLADY ANTEBELLUM RELEASE ‘CHAMPAGNE NIGHT’ TO COUNTRY RADIO<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nLady Antebellum<\/strong>\u00a0served as the guest artist during last week’s season two premiere of NBC’s\u00a0Songland<\/em>, where they chose the winning song “Champagne Night.” It was co-written by the trio along with show mentor\u00a0Shane McAnally<\/strong>, and aspiring songwriter\u00a0Madeline Merlo<\/strong>, and yesterday (Monday, April 20th), the trio officially released the song to country radio. \u201cChampagne Night\u201d is the first song from the primetime series to become a radio single and is available on all digital platforms.<\/p>\nLady A’s\u00a0Hillary Scott<\/strong>\u00a0said, \u201cWe had a blast bringing this song to life for our episode. We started the process of the song over the winter in a very different time and headspace. But now, with everything going on, it\u2019s almost like that little dose of exactly what I need right now – a light and fun little reminder to enjoy the simpler moments.\u201d<\/p>\nLady A and Shane McAnally surprised Madeline Merlo with the exciting news during a Zoom call yesterday.<\/p>\n
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