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Holiday Office closures in January:

Monday, January 2, 2023 New Years (Observed)

Monday, January 16, 2023 MLK Jr. Day

The Hays, Blanco & Comal County Office of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension service is sponsoring the annual Multi-County Turf Grass Conference. This will be an opportunity for TDA Commercial, Non-Commercial & Private Applicators to receive 5 CEU’s (pending).

The registration fee is $50.00 per person with lunch included.

Please RSVP By January 5th, 2023.

Registration applications are available at:

Hays, Blanco, & Comal County Extension Offices

Step Up Scale Down is designed to help you live a healthy lifestyle and manage a healthy weight. Over the course of 12 weeks, you will learn about ways to form healthy habits, improve your nutrition and increase physical activity, all in an effort to reduce your risk of chronic disease and enjoy living a healthy lifestyle.

Register today by using the QR code or click the flyer

Registration Closes 1/23/2023

For questions, please contact Jymann Davis at jymann.davis@ag.tamu.edu

Have a Healthy Happy New Year!

Make it your 2023 New Year’s resolution to visit our Facebook page weekly for great recipes!

DID YOU KNOW? New Year’s resolutions—they’re easy to make but easier to break. Why is it so hard to make the healthy changes that we know can help us feel better and live longer? And why is it so hard to make them last? National Institute of Health-funded scientists are learning more about how we can make healthy changes and, even more important, how we can sustain them. Change is always possible. You’re never too out-of-shape, too overweight or too old to make healthy changes. Making healthy changes takes a bit of commitment so do the following for your best chance to win at the healthy resolutions game:

·        Set realistic goals. Write down the steps that will help you achieve them.

·        Plan for obstacles. Figure out how to overcome them. Don’t give up just because you’ve slipped.

·        Track your progress. A journal or diary is one of the best tools for helping you stay focused and recover from slip-ups.

·        Get help. Ask friends and family for support. Consider enrolling in a class or program.

·        Reward yourself. Give yourself a healthy treat when you’ve achieved a small goal or milestone.

·        Add variety. Keep things interesting by adding new activities or expanding your goals to make them more challenging.

Of course, you don’t need a new year to make healthy changes; you can make them any time of the year. But New Year’s is an opportunity to think about the improvements you’d like to make and then take concrete steps to achieve them.