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It Pays to Shop Small on Small Business Saturday

We are on the brink of holiday shopping madness as another year has practically come and gone. Many of Americans will flock by the thousands to the big department stores, Walmart, Best Buy, Sears, Macy’s and shopping malls to get the best deals on just about anything and everything. Sadly for many local businesses in…

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How to Choose the Right Mattress for Lower Back Pain

Choosing the Best Mattress for Lower Back Pain Sleeping on the wrong mattress can cause or worsen lower back pain.  Lack of support from a mattress reinforces poor sleeping posture, strains muscles and does not help keep the spine in alignment, all of which contribute to low back pain. Sleep comfort is also sacrificed if…

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Brains Sweep Themselves Clean Of Toxins During Sleep

While the brain sleeps, it clears out harmful toxins, a process that may reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s, researchers say. During sleep, the flow of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain increases dramatically, washing away harmful waste proteins that build up between brain cells during waking hours, a study of mice found. “It’s like a dishwasher,” says Dr. Maiken…

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Sleep is food for the brain. During sleep, important body functions and brain activity occur. Skipping sleep can be harmful — even deadly, particularly if you are behind the wheel. You can look bad, you may feel moody, and you perform poorly. Sleepiness can make it hard to get along with your family and friends…

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Helping Parent’s Choose Quality Mattresses for Their Kids

“I’m an experienced pro in retail mattress sales, but the one area I would like to improve is how to gently take parents looking at the cheapest mattress they can find and reorient them toward the importance of the quality of their child’s sleep.”  If you have found yourself in this dilemma time in time…

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How to Buy the Best Mattress for You

When it comes to buying a mattress, how do you cut through the confusion and buy the one that will get you the best rest? To start, consider the most affordable mattress lines from the top brands like Sealy, Serta, and Simmons. And make sure you test-rest each mattress for at least 15 minutes – spending 5 minutes on…

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Trouble Sleeping? Paint the Bedroom Blue.

People who paint their bedrooms blue get the most sleep, according to a study released in May by Travelodge. The United Kingdom-based hotel chain surveyed 2,000 men and women across the England and found that Brits who sleep in blue rooms, reported the best shut-eye patterns, banking an impressive average of 7 hours and 52…

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BedBug Bytes: 10 Remedies that DO NOT Work

Itchy and frustrated, people dealing with a bedbug infestation are willing to try just about anything to get rid of the insects. At best, most of these are ineffective – some downright dangerous. Brian Hirsch, director of Protect-A-Bed’s Pest Control Division, has compiled a list of the 10 least effective home remedies he’s heard of people are using: 1) Gasoline…

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Want to slash your health care costs, boost your brainpower and increase your financial smarts? Get some sleep. Too little sleep can bring on costly health problems. A 2011 study by the University of California at San Diego and Harvard University concluded that men who most missed out on deep sleep were 83% more likely…

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Common Dreams Part 6: “I’m falling”

Is it true that if you have a falling dream and don’t wake up before you hit the ground you will die? Find out below in this week’s blog post – the last installment to our common dream analysis! “I’m Falling” Falling dreams are another theme that is quite common in the world of dreams….

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A Positive Spin on Local Skagit Valley Businesses

Here is a recent article about our sign spinners from the Skagit Valley Herald in recent news! Check out our “sign guys” in action! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfCJ6hTTxWs&w=560&h=315]  Positive spin Sign spinners put ads in motion By Mark Stayton @Mark_SVH BURLINGTON — In the traffic-packed aftermath of the Interstate 5 Skagit River Bridge collapse, when commuters and tractor-trailers…

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Seattle is known in the music industry as the inventor of the “grunge” era, but let’s not forget our friends in the rap community and one man put Seattle on the map.  Recently at Mattress Depot USA, we were asked our employees to share sales stories with fellow co-workers about how they took that sale…

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