Hi guys, it's Monica. Thank you so much for joining me.  I know it's like an incredibly busy time of year anyways, I am going to announce the winner of my Gouache Device I can never say it in a little bit But I wanted to first of all open this video up by wishing you all a very very happy happy holiday and I will probably do one more video with Jay because I do want him to talk about that foot massager I mentioned because he uses that like twice day He does like twice a day. So I'm gonna you know probably add back the beginning of the week Something like that, but I wanted to definitely just pop in here and tell you a couple of different things a number of you Have asked me about my necklace when some of you have seen that I wear this necklace And I hope it's picking up it's a gold heart and it's a gold wedding ring and it's a gold chain. I The heart Here was given to me. My birthday is on Valentine's Day. So hearts Stars purple those things always have meant a lot to me and this was given to me by my mother and My mother and father. I don't even know how many years ago it was and as the gold chain and after my mom died and We were we were cleaning out Stuff I found her wedding ring and I kept the wedding ring so I put it on this chain and I wear it next to the heart that she gave me and This is the wedding ring. My dad gave her is just a plain gold band and After my mom my mom and dad were married an awful long time and you know, they came to America went and in Germany You know, my dad, they couldn't really afford much. So it was just a plain gold band But a solid gold band and then they came to America and my my dad, you know He got his he got his first job in America and then he went on to school My brother and I went to school. We kind of learned how to speak the language and but my dad ended up getting a job he was a tool maker a tool and dye maker and very quickly he Started to really do a lot of side jobs He did jobs for NASA. He did a bunch of different jobs and And so over the course of a couple of years He was able to save money and they bought a parcel of land in Salem, New Hampshire Where we went and some of you know the story and we would go on weekends and we would clear the land and Slowly my dad built the house when we just sold that house this year. It was it was the hardest closing I have ever Ever been involved in because I couldn't even go to the closing I had to have a separate closing because I knew I would just sit there and ball And I sat there and cried even though there were no buyers in the room but anyways This gold band means more to me than anything and as my mother and father, you know got You know more money and and you know as kids grew a little bit My mom used to make all my own clothes and stuff like that and she would perm my hair when I was little Stuff like that, you know So as we got older and all of that my father made more money and my mother then got she got a lot of pearls So I have a lot of her pearl necklaces, but my mother was always into jewelry And I think maybe that's where I get it.   I'll have you know silver. I'll have pearls. I do mix my jewelry up I don't really care. It doesn't have to all Match for me. So anyways Prepping for the holidays and prepping for other things right after the holidays and we have a lot of stuff going on and I'm like I'm just like overwhelmed with it all, you know I had a couple of doctor's appointments and I actually have a doctor's appointment next Friday. I Yeah, this past Friday. I had my primary then I had to go back to the oncologist to the For the medication that I'm taking the anti breast cancer medication that I'm taking and the some of the side effects So I had that visit and then I went to my primary care And so Friday They recommended and I got in really quick So it's really surprised because I thought I wouldn't get into like maybe April, but I got a call from a It it's basically ob-y gen Gynecologist basically and the doctor that I'm going to see was something I really wanted to see but she's booked up So I didn't think I would get in but I think there was a cancellation. So I got this cancellation for next Friday So I'm gonna be doing that next week and then I think I'm done for the year I hope with doctors. I wanted to show you I have been really antsy for Just really antsy I have been wanting to get a new curling iron. I've looked at a few of them I had a couple of flat irons. There was one that was sent to me. I cannot use those flat irons I'm just a curling iron girl. I really need to have the you know the little cover on it So anyways, I got a gift certificate to Alta and I won't mention names But you know who you are. I didn't even spend my whole gift certificate So I got a gift certificate to Alta and I had 20% off on this. So I picked up the baby bliss pro and I've really been wanting this. I've seen it I just haven't really wanted to spend money. So it's got the barrel This is the one is it the one in the one and a half inch So it's gonna be the bigger Kind of curls the looser curls that I really like I didn't want a one inch and I didn't want the two inch I just think they're really big but this is really nice. It's not too heavy I can set the heat. It also has the cool So you can set a curl when you give it a little burst of cool. I really like it and They it's sort of like turbo in a way, right? It's it really can heat up quick Goes up to 450 degrees. Not that I would ever ever Want to do it that hot but baby bliss pro That's what I got And I'm super excited about it So I probably would not have spent the money and Got this but for the fact that I had that gift certificate. So thank you. Thank you so much two other things that I bought when I was in Elta and I have not tried this before but this is their eye serum and I've actually heard some good Reviews on this. I if you use it, let me know in the comments below what you guys think but I got their eye serum and most of my eye creams I was running out of a lot of the eye creams and I really want to I have a lot of crows Nests not cross Cross feet, you know coming down here. You probably can't see it too well, but I can I can see it So I really want to use this I've been using the Nano and I've been going around my eyes and I've been trying to go around here and along with that. I've been you know using the Michael courage and my red light, you know, so I'm in I have my whole routine, but I got this So I'm really excited to give that a try. I was like, okay And I got another bottle this will be in my next empties unless I threw it out But I got another bottle of the ordinary. This is their hair care.  It's very cloudy looking you shake it up really good and Their recommendation thing is that you use this at night I have to be super careful because I don't wash my hair every day So when I put this on before bed, I'm gonna massage it I have one of those round comb things and I put that in so I'm gonna I should probably do a video on just what I do for my hair because I've got this whole system That I'm doing for my hair between the hat Between the special shampoo and all of that and the reason I'm doing all of that is Because the I have thinning here to begin with but the medication that I'm on also One of the side effects is thinning hair So if your hair is thinning and then you're taking medication that'll make it thinner You know, I'm hoping that you know everything that I'm doing at least maybe Makes it so it isn't so severe That's what I'm hoping. So yeah, we'll see. I'm hoping I'm I'm hoping I'm lucky with it I really don't know I'm gonna keep trying but I ended up picking up some thermal rollers I had a older set that had different sizes But then I saw these thermal rollers these black ones. So I picked up this package in Alta. Do you guys ever? Do you guys ever do that use that but what I do with these Because they've got the this has ceramic. I think Yeah, this is ceramic thermal and I this is I don't think these my old ones are not ceramic, but there's the same idea But I just never had enough of the right sizes So I on you know on like I'll just put some of these rollers in the top part of my hair Just up there. I'll spray a little heat protectant on it My hot sets actually and then I'll put a few on the side and in the back And that's kind of what I do with them But I just like I said didn't really have the enough of the right sizes for those I have the regular ones but not the ones that you could heat up so then you put it on then I take my hairdryer and I put it on low and I Warm up those rollers my hair is dry I may have the heat protectant on it and I'm just like warming up. I probably you know, I don't spend a whole lot of time It's like me depending on it on Maybe five minutes.  Sometimes I just leave them in for an hour. It doesn't much matter So when I take them off Then I'm going to have those curls and I really kind of like that a lot. So Yeah, so that was my my curlers the ordinary and that awesome curling iron Whoo now we don't decorate so I haven't had to struggle with any decorations here And I miss that sometimes but when we go to my sister's we decorate and the last night we had an event we went to at my office and then after the Opening ceremony the ribbon cutting for the location in Salem We went down to this place called Tuscan Village and they have restaurants and this is sort of a work play community Work live and play community. They have kindos and it's it's like this whole whole community So they've got a couple of restaurants. They've got a medical center. They've got banks. They've got grocery stores They have an altar. They have a ton of stores and a lot of it is they have especially in the summertime They have music They've a little square area overlooking upon where they have music and it's just a fun fun place So this winter they decorated for Christmas and they had all the holiday lights So Jay and I walked through there for the holiday lights. I'm in a superimposed some of the photos I don't know why I did not take any video clips Shame on me, but I did take a lot of photos. So I'm going to superimpose those I think I just yeah, I just I just loved looking at the holiday lights and We're probably I don't know if we'll do anything this weekend or not But if we do before this is published, I'll put it in but if not, I'll go into my my next video Which I will have one more video before the holidays and then you might not See me for a little bit for about maybe a week or so. I'm not sure yet but so I'm I don't know I'm really excited about this holiday season and I'm really excited about 2024 this year has been a tough tough year. I know for many of us and And yeah, I'm just like I'm so excited for this holiday season and then next year anyways Thank you so much for all your support and and if you don't catch my next video I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season but I do hope you catch my next video and stay tuned for the winner and make sure you leave me your information and Direct message me so that I can get that in the mail for you. Thank you and have a have a wonderful day whoo, so you knew I um, I Definitely wanted to film it and I and I couldn't so I'm just gonna tell you who it was that won my giveaway so we talked about this in my Empties video where I had received this phone candy way and they actually had sent me to and There's a QR code here in the directions here And I'm going to send this off to One of you that entered into this little giveaway. So please send me your address So I can actually send this off to you Before the holidays and hopefully then it'll get to you pretty quickly, but you know, I don't quite know where you are so anyways, the winner is Wanda Ross 9031 so Wanda, you know, you're 69 same age as me And and I'm hoping that you can really enjoy that I've done this a number of times and you just do the face massaging is really so nice And it really helps you with the puffiness and stuff like that So anyways Wanda, make sure that you either reach out to me My email address is going to be in the description box below Send me an email if you because I I know people don't want to put their address publicly But send me an email with your address So that I can send this to you if you send me the email with your address Just make sure you acknowledge it here. So I know to go look In the email and all that so but anyways, congratulations. I'm super excited for you And I'm super excited to send that out now For those of you that have been with me All the way through this video and you might be wondering what's going on with my hair while I went ahead of perm No, I wish I did But this is actually a wig that was sent to me from a wig studio one So I am going to not really do a review but a look see so if you're curious about this piece I'll tell you this is so Comfortable I have had this on All day. I have been in I have been out. I've been doing stuff this is just it's just super comfortable and This is the way I used to wear my hair a little bit longer And I just love it. So stay tuned for a little look see on this wig Other than that, you guys have an amazing rest of your weekend and your week and I will be back before the holiday with Jay and We'll talk about his foot massager Amazing that thing. Anyways, thank you so much guys. I'll see you in my next video. Bye. Bye So this is going to just be a quick look see at Ellen Villa's Scala Scala This is a heat-friendly mono part Short wig and this is in the color light Bernstein Bernstein rooted I received this complimentary From wig studio one and this is something that I have had forget. I actually have two wigs or had two wigs on my wish list And and this was one that I was just really curious about this is a newer release from Ellen Villa And I'm going to show you the cap. This is a closed Closed wefted cap really comfortable cap The thing with I think these types of caps if they don't have as much stretch So I've not put this on my head yet Um But I have a 22 inch circumference We will see how this fits what I like about this Is that you've got a lot of loose waves I'm not too sure how this color is going to work for me. I have I have two toppers in this color and in the toppers The color was perfect and I have found that from piece to piece You know and I've mentioned this before in different wig Manufacturers that you can get the same shade and it can be slightly different or very different So I'm going to put Scalar on my head And share it with you There we go. I have no idea how this is going to Look or fit Pull it down Pull it up Whoa Oh I'm feeling um, I'm feeling kind of like young and um Sassy if that's the right way to describe it With this holy moly This is going to be one of those pieces that when I wear it, I won't be able to stop smiling because my hair I used to wear my hair like this Except a wee bit longer, you know, I used to have perms And I would have all sorts of crazy waves And then when I blow when I used to blow dry it out I would blow dry it sort of like it almost would look like a ferro faucet style But I had all the different layers And um, I can't stop smiling I've done nothing to it. I just took it out of the box You know, I have um, I combed it. I used a wide tooth comb and um, I haven't spritzed it with water I have done Nothing with it I'm in a superimpose and outside shop you Right now so you can see what it looks like in the outside Unaltered I've done nothing to this. Oh my gosh So isn't she cute? I think this is I think this is adorable. Oh my gosh. Thank you so much, Andrea Wix studio one. I I love it. I love it. I do. I love it


Betsy Alice with the Sheboygan County Chamber. Welcome to Love Where You Live, our monthly magazine or your monthly magazine of all the very special things happening in and around Sheboygan County. This morning's guest, I have Beth Smith. Pam Smith, she told me her name was very easy to remember so I just forgot it. Pam is the newest entrepreneur in downtown Sheboygan and has opened a wonderful shop called The Lost Sheep Yarn Shop and it is right on the corner of Pennsylvania in 8th, just around the corner from 8th Street. Very colorful, lots of fun and we're gonna talk a little more about it but first I'm gonna ask how did you come up with that name? The name is really special to me. I was contemplating doing this for a very long time and last fall, my husband said to me, I am behind you 100% if you wanna do this, let's do it but you have to do the work and my husband is a pastor at First United Lutheran Church and I was sitting in church on a Thursday night and he was preaching and he started talking about The Lost Sheep because I knew how to sell the yarn I didn't know how to get to the business through the business part of it. And he was talking about The Lost Sheep in a sermon and I thought, wow, that's exactly how I feel. I feel lost, I don't know how to get from point A to point B and I just, I felt this release, this like, Pam, you can do this with a lot of help. God's help, my husband's help, my family's help and I got in the car after worship that night and I said to my husband, I'm gonna do this, I can do this and I'm going to call The Lost Sheep Yarn Shop. I always wanna remember where that name came from and the help I've gotten along the way. I call them a lot of God moments along the way. Wonderful story, wonderful story and no wonder the shop itself seems so inspired. The name is really personal and every day when I walk in there, I still can't believe it's actually happened. It actually comes together with a lot of help and a lot of support. Before the show, we were talking a little bit about the idea of the business plan and the process that you went through. Can you just tell us a little bit about that? Cause I think that's the part people kind of take for granted and I want them to know what kind of work it took. It is a lot of work. When I got past the part where, you know, I knew I was gonna do this, I talked with Jacqueline Stewart from Vintage Wine out in Elkhart Lake and she said, I know where you're at, you're like, you're standing right there ready to jump but you have to make sure you have everything in place. And she said, you don't have to go through this alone and she put me in touch with Jim Schuchler from the Sheboygan County Economic Development Center and I met with Jim the last week in September and... Of this past year?  So he said, you know, we talked about a business plan and the business plan was extremely important. I would not recommend anyone jumping into anything without doing a business plan. There were no surprises, but they really made just, you know, put you through a thought process that you really need to think through a lot of things that, you know, you might not if you just jumped into it and you really have to know that your plan is well written. So with Jim's guidance and Chuck Bryce from the SBA, they guided me through the process. They had, you know, I wrote it and I worked a lot of hours on it. Took me about six or seven weeks to put it all together and meet with them and by the time we were finished, we had a really nice plan to build from. That's exciting.  Can you tell us a little bit about how one goes about doing that or what kind of magic there was involved? That was a process too.  And I didn't, you know, it was like each step I kept waiting for someone to say, you know, Pam, this isn't a good idea, but no one did. They just kept saying this is really a good plan. So I was, my husband and I were walking downtown just looking at different businesses and stopping at different places and kind of taking it all in. And Pat Ortlieb, who did all the work at the site I'm at, had art and soul in the front.  And when we got done, my husband said, let's go see what Pat's done to Junes. So we walked in there and Pat asked what we were doing downtown. And I told him I was looking for a spot to open a yarn shop. And he thought for a moment and he said, come here and he showed me the back area and he said, what do you think of this area? And that's how we ended up where we're at. So that was one of my many God moments that we weren't looking there, we just happened to walk in there. So it fits really well. Very nice. So you brought with you today a few of the things that you feature in your store that I should say that other people can knit also that you brought us samples. And I was particularly, so we had a ribbon cutting at your shop a couple of weeks ago. And I walked in and what she's wearing right now was on a sort of a mannequin in the pond and I just fell in love with it and thought, wow, even I would like to learn to knit, to be able to do that kind of work. I mean, it's a work of art. Thank you. My sisters have been huge in helping me put together some shop models. I had quite a few pieces that I have made. And all of my, I have three sisters up in the Green Bay and north of Green Bay area. They've come down to help. And each time they come down, they take something back with them to knit for the shop. So we can show, my goal is to have a sample of each of our yarns so people can see what the yarns do. And so you can see how they feel when they're knit together. And it's so much different than seeing them on a, whatever you call the ball of yarn. On the skein, yeah. So yeah, so let's just take a look here. That's actually made with sock yarn. Okay. And there's one sock yarn. Right, okay. So it's a thinner yarn. And with that one, the lime green runs through the entire piece and the other colors just kind of mingle in with it. But the lime green is taken through the whole piece. And it's, you can't see this, but it's very soft. So yeah, that's a beauty. And then here we have, that's a pretty advanced piece. That's made also with a thin yarn with sock yarn. That's made with charts that where you read charts back and forth. All of these pieces we have on display. We have the patterns available. And everyone who works in the shop knows how to knit. So we have a full support staff. If you run into any problems, you can come in and ask for help in classes. Tell us about those. We have everything from beginning knitting and beginning crocheting all the way to advanced. Right now we have a, last month we had a beginning knitting, actually we ended up having two of them because we had so many people interested. So we ended up splitting the class into two. We have workshops this past week. We had a workshop on striping your yarns without having a little jog in it. So we have a hat that we worked on on Saturday morning. We have a class coming up this Saturday where we're going to actually take, it's this wool.  So it would be kind of like washing a wool sweater. And so pretty much if I were going to learn to knit, I would come to your shop and I could find really anything I need to do to accomplish a pattern or to begin to make socks or whatever it is I would like to do. Absolutely. We have the needles, the yarn, the patterns, the support with the staff. Which is the most important part of it. We have a lot of people coming in just asking you for help if they've made a mistake or if they're stuck on a pattern and we can keep them moving on it. But they've never held knitting needles? If they've never held knitting needles. I love when people say you'll never be able to teach me to knit because I'm left-handed because that is not a problem and we've always been able to get through that.  I know you have, I feel you're so lucky that you have so much family close by. I am. Be able to help. I am. And we had a lot of help from friends. We had friends from Appleton come, take vacation days to come and help build some of the equipment, the checkout counter. We've had friends, while we're in the process of getting, receiving our yarn, we had friends walking off the street and just say, I have a half hour, what can I do to help? Wow. It really came together quickly, so. Well, many congratulations to you. Thank you. And I look forward having you back on the show in another couple of years and you can give us a progress support. That sounds good. Thank you so much for having me. Thanks so much. Welcome back to Love Where You Live, the Sheboygan County Chambers. Look at all the wonderful things happening in Sheboygan County. This morning, we have another wonderful guest, Jane Davis Wood, who is the owner of one of my favorites, the Relish Kitchen Store in downtown Sheboygan. Jane, thank you for being with us this morning. Well, thanks for having me. Yeah, congratulations on being nominated for the top retailer of 2016. It was really an honor. We had a lot of fun at the Gala, too. Oh, good, good, good, good. One of my favorite parties. So, you've been here since 2013, that hardly seems possible. It went by so fast. Yes. I know, and people are still discovering us. Like, when did you get here? Yeah. Four years ago. Tell me about your evolution, how you came to be. Well, I've been in retail for in many levels of retail from assistant clerk, all the way up to corporate. I mean, everything in between. So, I've been doing that for 21 years. My daughter, who's my partner, has been in a corporate level her entire career. So, between us, we have like 60 years of retail experience. And retail is changing. And when you're at the store level, and I was running a very large department store here in Sheboygan, and then I went to a corporate at a discounter in Green Bay. And the hours that is required, especially during the Christmas season, you know, I mean, it was getting to be, you know, there's a better way. You know, I've really learned everything I need to learn about this business. And started researching, you know, because, you know, when you're in a department store, it's many different areas at its own store. So, actually, I've run a clothing store. I've run a shoe store. I've run a furniture store. So, which one of those stores, one, doesn't Sheboygan have? And two, would be the most successful because it's, you know, and that came down to the housewares and that because the great thing in my research was that it's one business that does not ever see a recession because when times are bad, people eat at home. And when times are good, they want better stuff. So, it's always very even. Matter of fact, during the height of the depression, our industry continually saw a 14% increase every single year. So, and then it's like, well, Sheboygan hasn't seen a shop like this for quite a while. They've had a couple in the past, but not experiential. So, and then it was finding a location. And the Economic Development Corporation really helped me with traffic counts and presented me with an 80-page study to add to my business plan. And it landed that downtown is really where you need to be. And I took that information and went to my buying group because we discovered there buying groups out there for this world. So, our buying group has 500 stores across the country. The most successful ones are in the downtown. So, given the type of kitchen store we are, we're not a warehouse kitchen store. We're not, you know, a restaurant supplier. We are the gifted kitchen. So, and with all the amenities that are downtown existing and the new things that are coming with, we're very excited about having 80 new kitchens right next door. Yeah, and then the, right. And then the new apartment buildings down on South Pier and the projected one closer to Sierra Leone Methodius. So, there's a lot. And people are going back to the kitchen in a big way. They don't want that frozen lasagna anymore. They want all the fresh ingredients and they want to, now they don't know how to do it. So, that's our job as an experiential retailer is to do a lot of hands on and really wanna play with that knife, let's go. And so that it sets us apart from buying online and makes it a more fun experience. So, a site came available in downtown and we really just jumped on it because it was in what I consider the trifecta of the downtown area, the area that's bounded by John Michael Kohler Art Center, the Stephanie Weil Theater and the library in that triangle and our store landed in that area. And it was just like, it's been a great location. So, we're very happy we landed there. It took a while to get there, but we got there and the store has been so much fun ever since. Well, and I'll particularly point out some of my visits to the store. I always go in really with nothing special in mind. I love to cook. So, I'll always go away with something unique and unusual or brand new, some new way to think about some process that I've been doing by hand. And you mentioned earlier a garlic twister. I had purchased one of those probably a year and a half ago, I use it all the time. Any other? Well, the garlic twister is our number one selling gadget in the store followed by two things. One was the cheese knife. The cheese knife is a cantilevered rosin knife that cheese will not stick to. And so, we will go out to Kohler Food and Wine every year and we'll lay out a nice chacuneuré and have people start slicing. We lay out four of the knives and they think, oh, a treat. What kind of cheese do I want? They pick up a nice and nice slice. They go, what? And so, it will sell 50 in a day. The other thing is we were just talking about is the angry mama.  When I was in the working world, I always seemed to be the manager who had to take care of the employee lounge and I was the angry mama with the microwave. Things exploding in there.  She's got a scowl on her face. She's got holes on the top of her head. So, you fill her with vinegar and then water and put her in the microwave for six minutes as she starts spinning around her pretty soon. She's steaming mad at that dirt and all you do is just wipe it clean and to the beautiful microwave again. Wow, I think it's time for me to make a visit again. Sounds like, now there's another reason it's time to make another visit and that is all of the new expansion. You mentioned the word experiential retailer. I think that's really important and that differentiation with internet purchasing. Now, you're opening next door and it's going to be an amazing new addition to your ability. We have opened up at least another 1200 square feet of selling space. But in the rear of that is teaching kitchen. It is just beautiful. So, the space is, we partnered with all of our local partners. So, Jordan Dassau did the original kitchen design. Richardson's followed through with the, with the cabinetry and the countertops. We partnered with Bitter Newman to help us with the culinary side of their business to get the range tops and ovens. Dalmas with the floor. So, the colors and they're beautiful. Sinks and faucets. So, this is a local kitchen. Eps, it sounds like a chamber of commerce kitchen. It is, it's just beautiful. It turned out so gorgeous. And in that space, we will be offering very shortly, we should have our class schedules up by May. We'll be offering first of all demonstration classes where we will watch a chef and get plenty to eat but learn techniques by watching. Our favorite will be the hands-on where you're actually gonna make the pasta. How do I make spaghetti? How do I use this knife safely? How do I bone a chicken? How do I do, what are tapas? And how can I make them for my family? And the, our focus will be healthy cooking for your family. You know, it's a treat to eat out. Not always the best ingredients, the best ingredients going obviously, but too much of the good stuff sometimes.  So, we wanna show people that there's a healthy way to put your meal together. How do you batch cook? That's turning into a really big thing right now. It's the batch cooking on Sundays. For busy families. For busy, busy families. Or how do you shop a farmer's market? So, here's a bag, here's $5.  We'll show you how to make it, or you will have a chopped. We also plan on doing team building sessions with some corporations and offices, get the team together, and let's all make something as a group and have a little competition. We're doing canning classes, which will be very nice in the fall. We'll also be an entertainment venue for some of our resorts. So, their guests can sign up for special sessions just for the guests. And we'll also be renting it out for showers, bridal parties, cocktail parties, whatever. It's a beautiful venue for 30 people or less. So, it's hard to find a small venue. So, that being said, it is a beautiful spot. It is the normal second phase for a successful kitchen store is to add that venue where people can gather. And it's also a place where Laysum is really on the edge about a product, whether it be an air fryer or a Vitamix or that $165 chef knife. Well, let's go to the kitchen and try it out. Why don't you make a smoothie? It's right here. There's a cappuccino machine. You don't have to take it home and learn it. Let's learn right here. And then you can go home and think about it and decide. You don't just go home and set it out on the counter and look at it for a couple of weeks? Right, that's that. I've done that before. Or buying knives online, that's a concept that's always baffled me, because every knife has to fit your hand. And it doesn't have to be an expensive knife. It can be the $29.99 knife if you prefer the feel of that. But how are you gonna know? You're gonna be taking and returning and taking and returning and taking and returning. And what kind of a carbon footprint is that? So we expect a lot of people to come and play with us. Excellent. Well, we're glad you're there. We're glad you're expanding. And I encourage everyone, your hours are... 10 to 5.30, we'll be... We just ran a huge survey for people to tell us when they would take a class. And there's a lot of evenings or what nights they would like to take classes. So we will be following that schedule. So you'll be seeing us open more evenings now. That's fabulous. So, for the audience, Relish Kitchen Store, one of our nominations for the top retailer of the year in 2016. And Jane, thank you so much for being with us. Looking forward to your expansion and to future success. Well, thank you. And thanks to the chamber for all their support. You're so welcome. Welcome back to Love Where You Live, the Sheboygan County Chambers Monthly Magazine of What's Going On. One of the best things to see and do here on the Lakeshore. I'm Betsy Alice. And I want to put in a little plug today for an organization that if you know anyone, a young professional between the ages of 21 and 40, definitely they should be a part of this organization. It's called Coastal Young Professionals Network. And what it is is an opportunity to experience a whole range of activities with other young professionals throughout Sheboygan County and even in the state of Wisconsin. It is no cost to join. You simply go to sheboygan.org slash coastal and sign up, very simple to sign up. And then you'll start receiving notices about the events that are going on. If you're a parent of someone in that age group, please send this message to them because it's really a valuable connection to make. And on that note, I want to talk a little bit today about YP Week, Young Professional Week, in Sheboygan County. Every year for the past three years, this is our third year, we host a number of events each day of that week to commemorate and to engage the young professionals and other business people in our county. This year's event is going to start with a huge, a very big kickoff event that will be inviting young professionals from all over the state of Wisconsin, 25 other communities to attend. This event is called Very Big in Sheboygan. It's going to highlight a lot of the products and services that we have here that make us a special place to work and live. They will, the other young people will be coming in on buses from these communities. And we will have a variety of top leadership in our county at this event. There will be lots of brats and cheese and lots of other young people to meet as well as some of the leaders in our community businesses. There will also be great entertainment. This is going to be a very big, that's the name of it, a very big event in Sheboygan County. We are the first of the communities to host this kickoff event, and it's on Saturday, April 22nd. And again, all of this is at sheboygan.org slash coastal. Then on Sunday, that's the next day, the 23rd, we are going to have an event called Sundays are for brunch. Another chance to get together in a less formal way for all the young people to have a great meal and to get to know one another. On April 24th of Monday, we have behind the scenes at Torquay Coffee, one of our historic and very successful family businesses in Sheboygan County. You'll be able to have a wonderful tour, sample some coffee, which we all like to do. And again, this is for the young professionals in our region. On April 25th, we have a workshop with a special guest speaker talking about leading across generations.  You know, how do you deal with those Gen Xers? How do you work most effectively using everyone's greatest talents to the best effect? That's leading across generations on April 25th. Then on April 26th, we have a lunch and learn with the power of Google Apps. So they're going to talk about and show as examples some of the most powerful Google Apps that you can use in your business and your personal lives. And this again is for our young professionals group. But others are also invited to these events, especially the workshops. I should make that note. The workshop on April 25th about leading across generations and this power of Google Apps are both open to anyone of any age, any professional in Sheboygan County. On April 27th, we have a pop-up and that's just a quick meetup kind of event around a new endeavor in Sheboygan called SUP, S-O-U-P. And this is an organization that forms around a project. They develop an important project that needs to be accomplished. And people meet up to make that happen. On April 28th, again open to the public, we have an event called Food for Thought with Trig Jacobson. Trig is a longtime Sheboygan person whose family used to own a major advertising agency here and who now is part of Jake's Cafe. And Trig will be doing that Food for Thought session on April 28th. I have heard him speak. He's amazing and you'll want to be part of this opportunity. And then on April 29th, to round out the week, we have what's called a young professional experience and it's going to focus on defense. This will be some members of our law enforcement organizations coming to teach young professionals how to take care of themselves in case something should happen. So that's our YP week. You can find that information on the Facebook page for coastal young professionals or on the website at Sheboygan.org slash coastal. And we have some special sponsors for this whole week of events that I want to thank. One is Kohler Company, also Thrivent Financial and Sargento have all stepped up to be partners in this week of incredible opportunities for our young professionals. So please make a note and pass it on if you know someone who'd like to attend. Everyone is welcome. Thank you very much. And I'll see you next time. I love where you live by the Sheboygan Times.


useful tech under 700 pesos. On hardware sugar, we review all sorts of fancy and sometimes expensive PC gear, but that does not mean that everything important in life needs to be expensive. On the contrary, the things which personally bring me the most joy and convenience are tech accessories below 700 pesos. To be honest, I didn't think at first anyone would be interested in these things. However, I changed my mind when I realized that the best test of whether or not something is useful is if I use it every day. And yes, I obsessively use everything on this list daily. So much so that when I travel or if I were to go to the office, everything here goes into my pack. Do you know what's also useful and quite affordable? Getting rid of that pesky watermark by obtaining an original and discounted Windows product key from our sponsor CDKey Offer. Step one, click on the link in our video description corresponding to the version of Windows you want. I'll select Windows 10 Pro. Step two, make an account with CDKey Offer. Step three, add to cart. Use our discount code HS20 and you'll receive a 25% discount. There are a variety of payment options available. Click Pay Now and we will finish the rest of these instructions at the latter part of our video. So stay tuned. The first on our list is the Anker 6 foot or 1.8 meter long USB-C to USB-C 60 watts charging and rapid data transfer cable. I have used this single cable for five months now and it is so worth it. Look, if you don't have time to watch the rest of the stuff on this video, please give yourself an early birthday present and at least just buy this. This cable is fricking strong and incredibly long. I, like many people, didn't want to be bothered to invest in a new cell phone cable until the cable which came with my Samsung S21 Ultra tore after only a year and a half of use. These sort of cables which come from the manufacturer, whether it be Samsung or Apple, in this specific material just do not last. And I understand the appeal of not wanting to spend on something as unimportant as a wire but that's where you're wrong. The anchor cable of six feet is the absolute sweet spot. I can game or work comfortably from wherever my device is charging from. I sometimes forget it is even charging because of the level of movement it gives me. I also don't have to awkwardly lean over towards it because of how long it is. In fact, the very reason why your own cords might be showing wear and tear is precisely because you sometimes use your device like this. The constant bending on the end with the standard rubber casing just does not last and I genuinely think could be a fire hazard if you don't change these at least every 10 years. If they even survive then the anchor six foot cable is very sturdy. When I pack it in a travel pouch I feel really confident that it won't be damaged by me curling it up. I used to have anxiety when packing up my regional cables because I knew that I was killing them ever so slowly. With the anchor though it feels like it is meant to be roughed up. In addition to the length, sturdiness, fast charging and data transfer speeds the anchor has a fantastic lock in grip. Do you know how if you are charging your phone and you need to be really careful that you don't exert too much force otherwise it unplugged and then you need to fish out the cable from behind the furniture or worse you end up losing the data transfer if you use your phone while transferring files. The anchor cord has a very strong lock in place and yes this cable can be used for Samsung super fast charging and is also compatible with other chargers which also have a usb-c. I also use this to charge my m1 ipad pro my camera and you can also use this to charge your laptop actually pretty much anything. If your laptop is usb-c compatible of course. One other feature you may want to consider is to use this cord to replace any of your pc accessories which require usb-c cable. It comes in handy when the only outlet in the room is very far away from your desk. Instead of sitting on the floor and get an extension cord and couple it with this to get a very comfortable and ergonomic length. This is priced at 545 pesos. If you want an even more budget option which is similar to anchor and which has the added benefit of being color coordinated then you may want to check out the 269 pesos basses cable. These seem to be just as strong, well built and even slightly longer than the anchor cable by being an entire two meters in length. It also has a solid grip strength but because these just arrive I cannot at this point tell you if you they are just as good. It does however allow for super fast charging as well. The second item is you greens usb-c extension cable. This makes your current usb-c cable longer by allowing you to insert one end into this hole. The benefit of this is that it is more universally useful because you can use it on any usb-c cable thereby making any cable you want longer and not only that but the cable itself seems to be made of the same robust material as the anchor cable. This is great because this cable will not only extend your old cable but also extend the life of your old cable by allowing less bending from one end. The traditional cable has two major weak points and that is the each connecting point. This way you can at least guarantee one point won't be in danger of tearing. And yes it also gives super fast charging for Samsung phones. Alright so I thought of something crazy. What if I paired up the u-green extension wire with the anchor cable you know so I mean like like how like like how long can this cable go right? The reason why I bought this is because ever since I have owned my Galaxy Watch I found insufferable that the cable was too short and that I was slowly damaging the bottom part of the cable every time I tugged on it. Unlike a smartphone charging a smartwatch requires that the charging end must have this magnetic circle. I have looked at the official Samsung website and even third party suppliers and I could not find a single Galaxy Watch charging cable which was longer than the standard I think that comes with it. I thus thought to myself if I can't change my current wire then how can I make the one I have longer thus how I came to find this precious thing. This is priced at 355 pesos for the 0.5 meter length and 537 pesos for one meter. Oh and if you own a wearable I highly recommend you buy a useful rubber black dock. Make sure you buy the one meant for your specific model. Add this with the USB-C extension cable and you are golden. I also highly recommend you get a similar extender for your TV from Vention. This is in case you have any media files you want to watch from your hard drive to your TV you won't need to go behind your TV each time maneuver potentially break your TV. My order is still incoming but this one is priced at 159 pesos for a USB 3.0 that is one meter long. A lot of us save money when buying a new cell phone by buying less storage space. I completely subscribe to this because I think it's a good idea to back up pictures and videos regularly anyway but also because if you ever need to bring important big files with you on trips or even to the office just bring an external hard drive or a USB stick. The problem is that iPads and smartphones cannot naturally connect to one unless you have one of these. This is a USB adapter for type C and lightning. If you want to connect your hard drive to your latest iPad or Android phone then get the type C. This is priced only at 55 pesos if you have an iPhone or an older iPad version then get the lightning. Strangely but then again not really surprising because it's Apple the lightning adapter for Apple devices is 150 pesos or times three the price of a regular type C adapter.  These adapters are also useful for connecting wired headphones in case you don't want to use Bluetooth. A lot of laptops and practically no tablets come with an ethernet jack. While it is good to have Wi-Fi you'll never get the same dependable speeds as a wired connection would. This gigabyte LAN cable which only costs 209 pesos can be attached to your phone your tablet and your laptop to give you the extra boost you might need during bad Wi-Fi days. This comes in handy for special meetings or online classes where you really want to make sure you have the most optimal connection possible. If you want to use this with your phone or tablet you need to couple it with one of the adapters I mentioned earlier. Recently I encountered a problem with my wired connection to my PC. It had dropped to 100 mbps instead of the usual 400 and my router is located close to maybe 60 meters away on a different floor of the house. To troubleshoot it I used my iPad with this internet dongle and I discovered that one of the ports of my isp router was failing. This just emphasizes how flexible it makes all my other devices especially since it's such an inexpensive accessory. Through this I was able to troubleshoot my problem and I fixed it by plugging into a different port. The 25 watt Samsung Superfast charger has been so important to my everyday life for the past three years that I can never go back to simply just fast charging. It can charge both my Z Fold 4 and my iPad no problem. For some reason it is more expensive at the Samsung physical store. However you can get it for only 945 pesos at the official Samsung website. Now I want to add that I have two of these because the first one was a freebie during my S21 Ultra days back in 2021 and the second one was something I bought from my Galaxy Watch 5. But if you haven't switched to Superfast charging it for your cell phone you were dramatically missing out. I could get from 0 to 50% in less than 30 minutes on both my S21 Ultra and Z Fold 4 and I'd like to think that it also charges my iPad Pro faster but I haven't done enough research on this last one if it is my imagination or not. And before I get to the most affordable and bang for buck item on this list let's finish the installation guide of your Windows product key. After you've finished paying you'll find your Windows product key within your account profile. Go to Windows activator, copy and paste that key in there and you are good to go. Remember to use our discount code HS20 to get that 25% discount. With that out of the way let's get to my favorite traveling tool. This electronic organizer kit is non-negotiable for me for travel. It quite literally carries everything on this list. For only 100 pesos you get a colorful little kit which has enough pouches and organizers to carry pretty much all the chargers and wires you need for a trip.  The purpose of this is so that you can easily find your charging needs. I lost count of how many wasted time I spent looking in my bag for the cable and charger for each device. Now all I have to do is look for this kit and pull out what I need. The zippers on this thing may not be the best and I can see some slight tears already inside this one specifically. However because they are so cheap you can easily just buy two right off the bat. I've used this one extensively for a year now and I can see that it will easily keep going for another year. If you haven't noticed I have an obsession with setting up a charging station where I am and I highly recommend you do so too. Whether you are staying in a hotel room for two nights or you don't have one in your room place all your chargers into a single area by using a range of extension cords and chargers. It will help declutter your life please. Invest in your own convenience by getting charging cables which not only last longer but are more flexible and gives you the freedom you need to be more productive. Some runner-ups on this list is this cable from Ring K which I got for 455 pesos but seems to now be a whopping 1100 pesos and also sold out. It is a runner-up because I'd rather just stick with the anchor or if the bassist ones do well, those. I'm Rafael from Hardware Sugar and let us know what you liked or disliked in this video and recommend any video idea tips for us as we greatly appreciate your feedback. Thanks again for helping us get up to 100,000 subs. 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How come banks can take money out of your bank account on Saturday and Sunday, but you can't get deposits on Saturday and Sunday? It's bizarre, you know. And so I'm bullish on crypto. Here's the thing. I do giveaways. Somebody would win in India and I'd be like, I'm going to send you 500 bucks. It's almost impossible. The US bank thinks it's spam. They block it. It ends up taking three hours. I pay a fee. He pays a fee. It's that he had 500 bucks. He ends up with, you know, or 60, which is a big chunk for somebody like that. Now with crypto, I can just send it to them. They have it in five minutes. I could do it on Saturday. So what do you think about central bank digital currency? You think it'll ever go through? Oh, governments are powerful. Usually not for the best. I'm not a big fan of the idea that governments are going to take over crypto currencies. They're going to mess it up most likely.


Thank you, Mark My name is David Alvarez.  I know you're all thinking, this shirt is so cool that it has this man here, right? Because everyone has asked themselves, when could I have a shirt from Néstor Alonso, from Professor Potachop? Well, now you have the opportunity to have a shirt from Professor Potachop, personalized, you can find it on other internet pages, at lolacamisetas.com. You're looking for this shirt, and there you have several models of... What do I have to sell in my book? The companies are like that, you know? Well, I'd like to thank the invitation. Also, the interface is especially innovative, as you've seen. They've recovered the backchannel, which we don't have now. One thing that I did three or four years ago, that I didn't see, so it's totally retro, but it's also very innovative, it's retro. And then they've invented what's the Flipper Conference. I don't know what the Flipper Conference is, that's when those who are up here, I don't say it because of my colleagues, but because of me, we know less than those who are down there. Of course, it's a bit weird. They go up to those who know less, because we have the Master Jordi Adele, VP Cuerva, El Crif, my friend Antonio Monge, Carlos Medina, and I come here, I don't know very well what I'm going to tell you, but well. You've seen that we're talking a lot about centers throughout the morning, the importance of the centers, the change in the process of modernization of our educational system, and a lot of understanding in the centers. And then there's the Telefónica Foundation, which we have Javier representing. Well, they've developed a project in which they have awarded some of the most innovative centers in Spain, probably not the most innovative, but among the ones that have been presented. Well, that's how it has been. I have formed a part of the team that has evaluated those centers, collaborated, and I think it's a very interesting initiative to go to the centers, to see what the centers do. I mean, patting, taking the camera, interviewing the director, to enter the classroom, to talk to the children, I mean, I think they've done a very interesting job, because they were looking at the centers. And yet, that's it, however, now we have the power to be able to handle it. I didn't look at Javier because the poor people don't have the blame for anything, but now we have the power to handle it, which is going to look for the coolest teacher in Spain, the most innovative teacher, and then we're taking a step back. We want the centers to be in the engines of change, and now we're going to look for the teacher, César Bona. I know they don't look for César Bona, but the media say so, we're not going to look for César Bona. And, unfortunately, Spain is the country of envy. That is, the poor César Bona, some people think he's the winner of a prize, which is among the 50 finalists, there's no one who can see it, because César Bona is the first in the country of envy. And I'm sure that that man will never return to his center, because everyone has a horrible habit, this guy who has left the latex sector, but today we have Jordi Martí, a greeting from the streaming, so I think that few favors make this kind of call to the educational system, and to the teachers who are selected, because they turn them into star teachers, so they're the signs of their claustro, because, unfortunately, we live in the country of envy. So, well, that said, I'm perfectly aware of this phrase that you'll probably remember, the truth is out there, right? The beginning of the TV series Expedient X, remember? The truth is out there. And there are many people who think the truth is out there, right? And it doesn't happen to us. I think it's happening to the Telephone Foundation, in this case, in this project. They think the truth is in Spanish TV, with this program model that I believe won't work, and that Flaco favors our teachers and our centers. Our organizations tend to work with that way of thinking. The truth is out there. Let's see if it works here. There's a lot of parties in the middle. The Party Knowledge is out there. If we need to know our organization, we can look for someone out there who doesn't tell us, because we think that our organization doesn't have anyone who is sufficiently ready to know about it. And we also think that talent is out there. So if we need a directive, we'll call a selection process for someone out there to take care of a directive or a technique, whatever it is. So we work a lot with that mentality of the truth is out there. I don't think we're wrong. When I worked for La Junta Andalucía, I found out that when I was working on a topic that was supposed to be interesting, they called someone out there to come talk about it to my colleagues. They said, well, that's enough. And they called me from where this person lived so that I could go and tell him. Well, Mar proposed to us this multidisciplinary table that we would address from some of this initiative, from some of this line of work of this IPTS document as we wanted to focus on. So I proposed several lines because I was trying to tell or I could tell things of different aspects. For example, the issue of roles between teachers and professors I look back because I see at least the exchange of roles of teachers and students. For example, the research we're doing together at INTEF have a lot of that. The traditional team of tutoring of an online course has nothing to do with a course where there are 1,500 participants or 2,000, as my friend Anusca said in the courses that they do from their organization. So there are changes in those roles. The teachers go through learning, the students become a teacher at some point and mentor, accompany, lead the learning process of their classmates. Well, there are several lines that I find very interesting. But I proposed to talk to them about professional development in the organization. And how organizations have to try or have to help the professional development of the members of the organization and it has to do with that the talent, the knowledge that is out there and look more towards the organization and make a better management of the talent. So I can tell a little about my own professional experience. The title of this positive day that is a mashup of another presentation because of course here you have to use it otherwise it is not in the 2.0. So I have copied myself and reused that positive day of another presentation that I have aligned my goals with the organization. I come to work in a project called the Guadalinfos project that is the tele-center network of the Andalusian community where there are more than 800 centers in all the municipalities of less than 5,000 inhabitants. So in that project in a given moment approximately in 2010 and due to a need that was proposed within the project or that I understood that there was a need to solve technical and pedagogical type then we approached the concept of the personal environments of learning and we even came to develop a free solution a tool that helped that the citizens and citizens of Andalusia could manage their personal environment of learning. It was a prototype it had all its normal process in the organizations, in the public administration solicitation, offer we gave it to a very big company of Cataluña that helped us in this development and of course that I had previously started as a personal research process because it was not an interesting topic I started reading what is at the end of the room it led me to a professional development that my organization facilitated in the sense that it gave me the resources that I needed to solve a problem of my organization but at the same time help me in my professional development with that tool and with that prototype we developed a massive project open to the public in 2012 it was not massive because there were 25 participants more than a mock it was a mock but the case is that many of the methods that we used in other MOOCs we started testing it there as an open publication that the students had a blog generate aggregators that you can use that I unfortunately died open web all the content published in a week and instead of a platform where it was accessible to any citizen that was interested in the subject it was a course on marketing that was called my project on digital marketing and it helped us to start to experiment on massive courses so later we even published a paper there was when my organization stopped making things easy and the director told me a greeting to my ex-director that the consortium didn't win the money was in those things because you know that you have to pay the registration in the congress to present the papers I paid it from my pocket I appreciate the support of my organization but the case is that that led me to be in another project but that professional development within my organization during the time that my organization understood that it was useful all that knowledge that was generated helped me to develop professionally and helped me to start a line of work that is now part of my professional activity and we continued investigating and exploring in a new way of learning in collaboration with INTEF in collaboration with the University of Mondragon I'm saying it right I look like I'm from Bilbao you already know that Bilbao is born where it comes from I'm a Bilbao born in Granada What conclusions did I get from that experience that led me from the administration to start a company that is the University of Granada but it doesn't stop being a company in addition to training projects we also do research projects I'm an entrepreneur does that sound like an entrepreneur? in our organization we have a lot of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs people with creativity people who want to change things and do different things and our mission is to leave space for those people to grow develop, start their projects lead them, these are the shared leaders we seek a leader we seek a shared leader and that is the key when there is no leader who leaves the organization headless but what we have is an organization that continues to work because it has become a company and an organization that shares the leadership another conclusion my blog has been a key tool in my professional development because in the end we are talking about digital competition for me the blog has been a key tool in my professional development my organization didn't have a space to tell the project what we did well and what didn't come out well I talked to my director he told me for 2 minutes but I'm going to do a Jordi Vivankos here at Mar I'm going to continue a little more my blog helped me to develop professionally why? because I used it as a space to share and spread knowledge what my organization did and therefore my salary and my colleagues paid with the money of all the Andalusians it was a space to show my competition and therefore it was not to be a professional portfolio to reflect on my own practice which my friend Anusca also mentioned the importance of reflecting on your practice to change, improve and grow professionally it was in the end a space also to build my digital identity although it may seem that I am, I am not my brother nor my brother Fernando Trujillo and he once said I am a teacher who has a blog and I said I am a teacher who has a blog and a Twitter account because it has been my other great tool for my professional development a space to create and share knowledge which was my blog and to reflect and also to debate because the comments, even now they take less comments but for a while it was a very rich space to meet with other colleagues but Twitter in general social media is that way of connecting with other people, with whom you share interests, with whom you learn and with whom you share and put a project in fact I met Fernando Trujillo through the web and we have ended up being not only partners and colleagues but also friends then the importance of digital identity and we can also translate it to the centers that is, the centers also have their digital identity because it is part of their digital competence as an organization and well with this I finish digitally competent organizations are organizations that learn and therefore they should compromise with their professional development they should offer different opportunities of learning, not all not all people learn the same way each person has a different way of learning and the good organizations the good educational services the good training departments they provide different opportunities there for whom a MOOC is a fantastic experience of learning as for example for me that I live in the chaos my life is in chaos so I like to learn and manage that chaos but there are people who need everything very well controlled and guided well everyone has to have space to learn according to their needs and their interests they must participate as a member of their strategies to align their interests resources and efforts I met this last summer two summers ago in a congress that organized the UPV I met Coldo Saratsaga in fact and I found it very interesting the proposal he made of that project in which we all we all are involved and I think it has a lot to do with that professional development of the person and with the development of the organization and finally they must be sensitive and promote the input of knowledge and with that I just tell you this little example look at this tweet that you don't know if you see well it says, you help me to improve it this is a dynamizer it is a person who is going to present a selection process as a dynamizer of a Guadalinfos center then in his blog he has presented his project in open and he asks for help so that we help him improve it in open to the point that another person can use it and he also says it in his blog that he needs to use it freely then that idea so powerful of the open knowledge, of sharing the knowledge that the knowledge is not ours that is to say, if I am here today telling something is because I owe it to very generous people who have shared their knowledge with me then I invite you to give my friend Paco to improve his project because it can be his job opportunity to function in the organization I was helping to improve the project of Francisco because I want to believe and I take advantage of the new experience here that we can have better organizations and better educational centers and that the key is the collaboration the open and the good humor thank you


Wow, there is so many other natural alternatives that really just knock you out in all the best ways. Hey, what's up guys? It's Josh here. Today, I want to say a few words on this chamomile extract. It's actually pretty cheap in this bulk supplements version. I think it's maybe 30 bucks for this huge bag, which is like 500 grams. I think that might be... I think it's about a pound. But anyways, chamomile is one of those really unique supplements to where if you've heard of chamomile, you've probably heard of chamomile tea. I was trying to look for supplements or companies that capsule the chamomile, but to be honest, I wasn't finding very many brands that do it. At certain times, you want something to go to sleep. Most of the time, when you think of things that would make you go to sleep, they're not really the healthiest thing for you. They're not really something you should be taking every day. Some things that come to mind is like Ambien or like Tylenol PM. I was talking to one of my buddies and he's like, yeah, I got to go pick up some Tylenol PM or I'm going to take some just to go to sleep. And I'm like, wow, there is so many other natural alternatives that really just knock you out in all the best ways and have a lot of health benefits. And chamomile is one of them 100%. I love sleep. And I like having the option of taking something all natural like this that really, really works, knocks you out, feel better in the morning, you feel refreshed. And then it also has other health benefits. I'm just going to go over the claims that I found online. Some of these claims aren't overly proven. So it's not like a fact that it's going to help these things. But a lot of people have had positive experiences in these categories. So the first one is reduces PMS pain. I would have no idea if it does that lowers blood sugar. Actually, a lot of these lower blood sugar. But I think a lot of people have that problem. Sugar tastes really good. You know, junk food tastes really good.  And that kind of goes along also with going to sleep too. Because I would think if your blood pressure is kind of more relaxed, you could go to sleep in my opinion. Good for diabetes. Again, it's not 100% going to fix it has been proven. But lower blood sugar is probably going to help diabetes slowing or preventing osteoporosis. I don't know what that is, but I think it's something with your bones getting weak. So it's going to protect your bones. Don't quote me on that one reduces inflammation. That's amazing, because almost all the problems that you're going to have in the body are caused by inflammation, taking something that's an anti inflammatory is just going to help at most situations in my opinion, cancer, treatment and prevention again, probably not 100% proven. Having something that's anti inflammatory, I think is generally going to be helping you possibly if any sort of cancer or tumor comes up, I would think anti inflammatory just would help a little bit. I don't know if it's going to fix everything though helps with sleep and relaxation 100%. That's kind of why I use it for sleep and relaxation. It totally helps that also treating cold symptoms. And it says it's good for mild skin conditions. I haven't used this topically on my skin, but I would hope that just taking it orally would help with my skin as well. For the most time, chamomile is just tea. And I actually really like this because usually the tea is really dry leaves. And this is actually, it seems more sticky and dense. I find that supplements that are sticky usually have good qualities to them in my opinion. So I really like how that it seems more high quality. And it's weird that you can't really get it in capsules too much. Also, I found online that this is a mild tranquilizer that kind of goes along with relaxation and going to sleep 100%. I see that there's other ones like lemon balm has a very similar relaxing feeling. I would actually say that lemon balm is very, very, very similar to this. Almost like clones of each other. Lemon balm I find is more of an anxiety and relaxing versus chamomile is going to sleep. It's more tranquilizing generally. The pros that I get for this supplement is it's great for relaxation. It says 800 milligrams is the dose right there. I'll usually go for chamomile two to three pills for me. It's pretty good. You kind of feel it about an hour, but it's like really, really strong, really noticeable to be, I find that I'm pretty relaxed and refreshed the next day. One of the things I like about chamomile and lemon balm is it's supposed to increase testosterone. This is more of a male thing. But to be honest, I find that things that naturally increase testosterone probably have hormone balancing effects. And I would assume if you're a female, it probably would have some other good benefits to you too. But that's kind of like a big problem for males, especially when you're getting older. You know, the gyms aren't open right now and all these pretty much toxins than the food or toxins in the air, all of it is going to lower your natural hormones and things. Like not only are you going to go to sleep really, really nice, but you're also going to boost your testosterone. I really noticed it in the morning. I could definitely feel like a more of a testosterone boost to me personally. Because not only like are you going to sleep and it's enjoyable, which also fixing possibly your hormones, you're definitely not going to get that with something like ambient or Tylenol PM. The last pro of this is that the taste is actually really good. Well, not really good, but it's generally pretty good. Some of these supplements taste kind of bad. Some of these supplements are a little bit more earthy. I find that this actually tastes pretty good. If you wanted to blend some fruit up or mix this in a whole blend, it should taste pretty good. Although I capsule it every time. So that was probably another pro. Some people when I buy powders, they don't capsule them themselves. They put it in a drink. I think this actually tastes pretty good. I really don't most don't have any cons of the supplement guys. I really like it. It's all natural. It 100% works. If you're somebody who has trouble going to sleep, try taking like four or five of these.  Like I don't take a lot of stimulants late. I pretty much don't drink any alcohol. I don't really take any prescription like anything. If you're taking a lot of this stuff, maybe your body is really unbalanced and you need to take more of this. I know alcohol is really, really strong. Sometimes when I would want something to work after I've been drinking, I have to take a lot. But for me, I really don't drink. The only other con is it might cause drowsiness. So if you're taking this, just get the testosterone boost or get any of the other health benefits like the reducing inflammation, things like that. It may make you drowsy. It may make you tired. That's what you're taking it for. But if you were to take it and you ended up having to do something, you probably wouldn't enjoy it because you'd be so tired. That's pretty much the only other con. There's a lot of tips that I have for sleep. And one of the tips, in my opinion, is intermittent fasting. Basically eating anything past a certain time and letting your body just digest all the stuff that you've had throughout the day. I feel it more awake sometimes by doing that. So if you were to take this right before bed, you're kind of stopping that intermittent fasting and forcing your body to digest when it was already trying to digest and get rid of all the other stuff that you ate in the day and kind of file it away. I do find that not taking something every single night is good and sometimes going for that intermittent fasting feeling like if you're really hungry and you're tired, just go to sleep and skip this.  I wouldn't recommend taking it every night. And then I also mix up what I take. I don't really take the same thing maybe two or three days in a row. This is just so it's more effective. I could take this pretty much all the time. I'm pretty much going to always get that effect. To me, I switch it up quite a bit and there's so many other ones. If you end up liking this and you want to try some other ones, I recommend lemon balm, passion flower, maybe some trip to fan and some valerian root as well. I find that they're all pretty good. Let me know what you think of caramel. Have you tried the caramel tea? Have you tried the extract? Very few people have tried it in this form. I think a lot of people have tried it in the tea and I think this is much, much more potent just because of stickiness and it just feels like it has more nutrients in it than dry tea leaves. Let me know what you think of camomile extract. Have you tried the teas? Have you tried the powder? I'd be very interested to see down below. We're on the road of 50,000 subscribers and I couldn't do without any of you guys's help. You guys are the best. I'm having a great day out here. Hopefully I'm having a great day at home. See you all in the next video. Peace.