Post Tagged with: "crazy"
Did I Listen on Prom Night?
May 12, 2013 1:32 pm Auto, Conversation Thread, Featured Articles, On The Road, Safety CrazyI was not so smart as a teen….School smart, maybe -since I have this cool job writing articles for Foremost Insurance Group, but street smart…no. I distantly remember the first prom I drove to as a junior in high school-disastrous. A couple things my parents were not so happy about: I had a date they [...]
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Hot Topic! 9 Ways to Prevent Youth Firesetting for Arson Awareness Week.
May 7, 2013 10:12 am Featured Articles, Home Sweet HomeIt’s Arson Awareness Week and this year’s theme is reducing residential arson. One of the main motivations for home arson is curiosity and these types of fires are most often set by children. According to the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), fires set by children are responsible for more than 100 fire-related deaths, nearly 1,000 burn [...]
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Watch Out! Distracted Driving Dangers.
February 27, 2013 8:45 am Auto, Featured Articles, On The Road, Safety on the RoadSometimes I am amazed at how distracted I can be while driving. Before I worked here at Foremost (in my opinion, a very safety conscience company) I never realized how distracted I really was. Just last week, I asked myself a series of “have you ever” questions: Have you ever arrived at your destination without [...]
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Snowmobile Thrill Seeking Gone Wrong. Safety Crazy’s Take on Winter Adventures.
January 16, 2013 1:00 am Featured Articles, On The Trail, Safety Crazy, Snowmobiles, Special InterestWith international snowmobile safety week being recognized this week, I’m reminded of my own snowmobile experiences. I’m sure it’s hard to believe, but me, a person scared of most thrills, has been on a snowmobile three times! I think you might appreciate the how and why of my snowmobiling adventures: As a high school student, I wasn’t [...]
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Don’t Get Burned! Fire Prevention Week Tips
October 12, 2012 9:54 am Featured Articles, Home Sweet Home, Safety At HomeIt’s National Fire Prevention Week and it reminds us that fire protection is a very important The National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) offers great tips and statistics for the cause. They also offer an informative and fun quiz to help families brush up on fire prevention safety. Check it out here. NFPA Fire Statistics that [...]
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Keep Your Home Healthy with Gutters
September 14, 2012 2:31 pm Conversation Thread, Featured Articles, Home Sweet Home, MaintenanceEvery time I’m in my house and hear the rain start to pound on my roof, the only thing that goes through my mind is…gutters. Were you expecting me to say, lush greenery or a beautiful rainbow? The fact is, my home doesn’t have rain gutters and it needs them, badly. My husband built our [...]
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Put Those Flames Out! Why Every Home Should have a Fire Extinguisher.
July 13, 2012 1:17 pm Home Sweet Home, Safety At HomeWhat happens if you have an unexpected electrical cord fire? Or maybe you accidently leave your iron on in the morning? If you are like me, you might panic, not because I’m nervous, because I just realized I don’t have a Fire Extinguisher! Safety is my middle name and I have overlooked one of the [...]
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Favorite Time of Year? National Safety Month for the Safety Crazy blogger.
June 12, 2012 2:31 am Featured Articles, Safety CrazyMy favorite time is here! What time is that you ask? June? Summer? Boating? Baseball? No, it’s actually National Safety Month and a time when everyone can reflect on the concern I feel all year around. Not that I think it’s healthy that I am “safety crazy” as they say, but a little concern and [...]
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Teen Driving=Big Responsibility
May 14, 2012 9:40 am Featured Articles, On The Road, Safety on the Road, Teen DriversCruising down the strip in my mini-van, windows down, friends in tow, listening to some sort of 90’s hair band without a care in the world…now that was the life. I remember how fun it was to finally turn 16, drive around the town feeling 100 feet tall because I was an adult (in my [...]
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Drunk Driving without Actually Drinking? Welcome to Drowsy Driving town.
May 3, 2012 11:04 am Auto, Featured Articles, On The RoadI have visited this so-called drowsy driving town once or twice. It’s when you are so sick or tired or just plain sleep deprived that it is actually hard to keep your eyes open, let alone concentrate on the road. Case in point; last week I had the flu and hadn’t slept more than two [...]
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