Hand warmer giveaway by Janet

Click here to win a free mouse hand warmer at Grammy Janet's Place. It will keep your hands warm and covered with a cozy fleece blanket.

Mouse Hand Warmer - Designer Mouse House
Creates the Perfect Mouse Hand Environment
from IGMproducts.com

And along came fall.

from What Grows Here

I'm not sad to see summer go.

I will miss the flowers. The sights and smells. But nothing beats the cold crunch of fall.

A perfectly clear day with the bite in the wind.

The leaves dancing silently down the street side. Unaware of the passer by.

I love the colour. The outstanding red, that can only be replicated by the local fashionista's, but it never compares.

I love the smells. The wood burning stoves and pumpkins seeds roasting. A cup of hot coffee, bought purley for the aroma, and of course the hand warmer.

The kids playing up the street, hockey of course.

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Keep your hands warm this Fall!

Hand Warmer to relieve mouse hand distress

Customer Testimonial: Mouse Hand Warmer blanket by Sally Montaine

I had my doubts. I was skeptical and didn't think this little gadget would actually keep my mouse hand warm, and I was wrong. The Mouse Hand Warmer is like crawling inside and under warm covers. It's made of a fleece blanket material and actually insulates the heat generated from my body. I used to work hours on end with a freezing cold mouse hand. Now, using the Mouse Hand Warmer, my cold mouse hand is relieved, and I can work as long as I need.

The Mouse Hand Warmer has a non slip surface and lots of room inside to move my hand as needed. I use a standard sized mouse pad and a very large ergonomic shaped mouse inside the hand warmer. Last week I had to travel to Canada. I packed the Mouse Hand Warmer with my laptop. When I arrived, I forgot to pack my mouse pad. That was not a problem. The Mouse Hand Warmer's bottom works as a mouse pad, too. I was all set. The room I had in Canada was quite chilly. I was able to prepare my presentation without pain or a cold mouse hand.

If you are considering a computer gadget to relieve "mouse hand," you should consider this new item being introduced online this year.

Keeping Warm In Winter

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By David Collins

As the weather turns colder and more depressing, many in the UK will be feeling the chill.

As the temperature drops we find ourselves reaching for the electric blankets and woolly jumpers to try and keep warm throughout the cold days and nights.

With gas and electricity prices fluctuating throughout the year, there is uncertainty as to the price of their supplies, but there are a few simple steps you can take to help you stay warm and cut the cost of your energy bills.

Insulate your home through draught proofing and attic insulation to help reduce heat loss. Grants from your gas and electric supplier can be available in certain circumstances.

Grants are also available for installing efficient and modern heating methods, and some providers offer year-round boiler service for a fixed fee.

Try and keep the temperature of the main rooms of your property at around 21°C during the day, as well as ensuring that you keep your water system at a warm temperature in order to prevent pipes freezing.

Make sure you wrap up warm this winter, both inside and outside - ensuring you have a good quality coat, hat, gloves and scarf for when you have to venture into the cold. If you use an electric blanket during the night for extra warmth, be sure that it's been tested for safety purposes, and you should never use a hot water bottle at the same time.

Ensure you eat well throughout the winter months, try and have regular hot meals and drinks throughout the day to help provide your body with fuel to help keep warm.

Do your best to exercise at least once an hour in order to keep warm. If you have a regular exercise routine, you should try and stick to it during the winter months.

Have your heating system serviced annually to reduce the risk of breakages during the worst of the cold weather. Some gas and electric providers offer free safety checks, while grants are available for the over 60's to help towards winter energy bills.

Try not to leave electrical appliances, such as televisions and stereos, on standby mode during the night, you could save yourself money on your electric bill through simply switching appliances off properly.

Sun City vet wants to send WWII memento home to Japan

By DAVID LAUDERDALE

Richie Powers of Sun City Hilton Head was a World War II Marine who came home with a metallic hand-warmer found somewhere on Okinawa. Japanese writing etched on its side raised a newfound hope in Richie and his wife, Marge. They hoped it was a person's name, and called me thinking newspapers here and abroad could help find kin of the fallen soldier who owned it.

But a Hilton Head Islander fluent in Japanese said the writing is not a soldier's name. It's a brand name. Richie doesn't like to talk about the war. But life has taught him why a piece of metal might be meaningful to the soldier's family today.

He witnessed countless casualties from both sides as he and his Marine comrades cleared the rugged island. The 82-day battle resulted in extraordinary horror: 12,000 Allies killed, 50,000 Allied casualties and more than 100,000 Japanese troops lost. Richie's mother -- who was widowed when he was only 8 -- had four stars in her window in the Hell's Kitchen area of New York City. All of her boys made it home.

Richie spent 27 years in the New York Police Department in the dangerous Emergency Services Division. He and his partner, Patrick J. O'Connor, climbed the Brooklyn Bridge to talk down jumpers. They were in gunfights. They broke up armed standoffs. They retrieved two teenage girls from a hotel ledge who were going to jump because they couldn't meet the Beatles.

O'Connor was killed in the line of duty, and Richie was devastated. With Marge's blessings, he became the surrogate father of his partner's four young children. The two boys became NYPD officers. On Thursday, the younger one, Jimmy, will receive a medal of valor from the U.S. Justice Department for his actions during a New York City standoff in which a terrorist was killed.

In a Newsday story five years ago about Richie and the O'Connors, Jimmy recalls the only time he saw Richie cry. It was on the day Jimmy lost his close friend and former police partner. It was Sept. 11, 2001.

Richie can flip through scrapbooks in his home with its American flag fluttering by the door. And he can look at a hand-warmer.

"I didn't think anything of it at the time," he says. "But now I'm 83. Maybe I have more sympathy, or more compassion. It belonged to a soldier who was loved and cared for." Richie and Marge hoped it could warm the hands of the soldier's grandson. Now they will pray for the family, whoever they are.

Let your heart warm your hands

Being cold isn't fun. Vampires know this. That's one of the reasons they drink blood - to keep warm. Well, to celebrate the joys of being a vampire and to help keep your hands warm this winter, we bring you the perfectly named Heart Hand Warmer. But unlike most hand warmers, this one you can use over and over again. And, you don't have to pop it in the microwave to heat up.

The magic with the heart hand warmer is in the metal disc you see inside it. All you do is click the disc back and forth a few times and you'll see the clearish gel inside become opaque. As the opaqueness spreads, so does the heat! It's a crazy chemical reaction which we like to call AWESOME! Seriously, the pretty red gel is a supersaturated solution. Bending the disc starts an exothermic crystallization of the gel (i.e. it goes opaque and gets hot). And when it loses its warmth, all you have to do is wrap it in a towel and throw it into boiling water for about 15-20 minutes and the Heart Hand Warmer resets itself. Once it cools off from its boiling bath, it is ready to be used again. A great, fun way to keep your fingers warm this winter. Got a chilly butt? Then slip it in your back pocket. Just be careful when you sit down.

Dimensions: approx 3.75" wide

Added Bonus: You can pop the heart hand warmer in the fridge for a few hours and use it as a cooling pack too!

Zippo Hand Warmer

This hand warmer from Zippo uses a platinum-catalyzed glass fiber burner to produce heat from lighter fluid without a flame for up to 24 hours. Except for the burners which have to be replaced (perhaps every 24 hours; I'm not able to tell from the website) the whole thing is reusable. It's even claimed to be low odor so you won't scare off your quarry when hunting.

It's my belief that if God hadn't wanted us to stay warm while hunting deer he wouldn't have put deer stands in flammable trees. A forest in flames will cause the deer to run—right into the busy highway. It's a convoluted system, perhaps, but lighter fluid is cheaper than bullets.

Hand Warmer Master Saber Motorcycle Jacket

from Motorcycle Jacket

Keeping your hands warm on a motorcycle can be a challenge. Gloves help, and wearing a good jacket with hand warmer pockets is ideal.

* The 600 Denier Carbolex three quarter shell length combines with a Rainguard waterproof/breathable barrier for a garment that protects from the road and rain

* The collar features a soft, microfiber relief panel

* Zippered chest vents, sleeve vents and rear exit vents provide flow-through ventilation

* Two-way main zipper closure with dual wind flap to seal out the elements

* 360° Phoslite reflective piping and Tour Master's signature reflective rear triangle help increase nighttime visibility

* The Microfiber lined collar and cuffs are soft yet durable

* Adjustable sleeve take-up straps at the forearm and bicep help secure elbow armor and material

* Removable, CE approved armor at the elbow and shoulder with an articulated Triple Density back protector

* Tour Master's removable Z.O.Q. (Zip-Out Quilted) Liner features warming 100G polyfill insulation

* Zippered chest map pocket, hand warmer pockets, flap closure bellows pockets, internal media pocket and dual zippered fanny pack

* Adjustable waist belts, with TPR pulls help fine tune the fit

* Includes a jacket/pant zipper attachment with the pant side included

Hand warmer

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A pair of air-activated disposable hand warmers, US quarter to scale Crystallization-type hand warmer with scale showing metal disc triggerHand warmers are small (sometimes disposable) packets which are held in the hand and produce heat on demand to warm cold hands. They are commonly used in outdoor activities such as hiking and skiing to keep the extremities warm and assist insulated clothing. Other types of warmers are available to provide soothing heat for muscular or joint aches.

Depending on the type and the source of heat, hand warmers last between 30 minutes (recrystallisation) to 12–24 hours (platinum catalyst).

Types
Some hand warmers contain cellulose, iron, water, activated carbon, vermiculite and salt and produce heat from the exothermic oxidation of iron when exposed to air.

A second type generate heat through exothermic crystallisation of supersaturated solutions and are usually reusable. These can be recharged by boiling the warmers and allowing them to cool. Heating of these pads is triggered by snapping a small metal device buried in the pad which generates nucleation centers which initiate crystallisation. Heat is required to dissolve the salt in its own water of crystallisation and it is this heat that is released when crystallisation is initiated.

This second type typically has a shorter heat duration of 20 minutes to 2 hours.

A third type uses lighter fluid (lighter fuel) or LPG which is reacted with a platinum catalyst to release heat by oxidation reactions. These can be used on many occasions by simply refuelling.

Another type, known as HeatBands, consists of a thin band of a certain material that is worn around the wrist. It works by insulating the blood vessels that are close to the skin’s surface at the wrist and by reflecting the body's own heat back to that area. It was originally developed for sufferers of Raynaud's disease.