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Lifehacker founding editor Gina Trapani recently decided to take the plunge that she’s written about others taking, and, after a few days and some adjustments, is digging her new standing work setup. Here’s how she, and others like her, made the transition.
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Whether it be the dead of winter or the high life of summer, colds and allergies seem to pop up out of nowhere and “catch” us completely off guard. Hand-in-hand with these seasonal terrors come the dreaded cough, which you can treat with store-bought cough drops, or make your own.

My grandmother used horehound for cough drops and I swear by them myself as well.  This recipe suggests several herbs, among them is horehound.  My friend Amanda picks up a bag of horehound candy for me whenever she runs across it.  You can usually find it at Bob Evans or Cracker Barrel.  It would be really fun to make it myself.  Perhaps I can convince Carol to purchase some horehound for our garden from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds?

How to Make Homemade Cough Drops – wikiHow.

I was first introduced to this organization through listening to a TWiT podcast.

According to the site, almost a billion people on the planet don’t have access to clean drinking water. That’s one in eight of us. charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations. 100% of public donations directly fund water projects.

Visit the Stone Soup Community Donation site to lend your support to this effort.

Check out the charity: water projects to see what they have accomplished to date.