| tub spa can be one of the most relaxing and | | | | at night, for the right mood, so get your candles out. |
| re-invigorating things that your home can have. | | | | If you're throwing the spa party in the Summer in |
| Especially in this day and age of monumental stress | | | | areas where those evil mosquitoes are known to |
| and consequent health difficulties that many people | | | | buzz around, a very good idea for both ambiance |
| experience as a result, a spa can be a mental and | | | | and practical concerns is to place and light some |
| emotional vacation as you sit in the soothing hot | | | | Citronella Tiki torches. Place them in a perimeter all |
| waters and let your worries and cares be soaked | | | | around the hot tub. |
| away for a while as your inner batteries recharge. | | | | And let's not forget the fruit juices, the bottles of |
| Soaking in a spa has also been shown to have | | | | red, the bottles of white, the beer keg, and the |
| rejuvenating effects on the skin. | | | | finger sandwiches. |
| You'll want to tailor your spa to your own personal | | | | One thing to be careful of in a hot tub spa is the |
| sense of aesthetics, landscaping, sunlight, prevailing | | | | spa-ubiquitous bacterium Pseudomonas Aeruginosa |
| winds, and of course to any privacy considerations | | | | (PA), which can cause urinary tract infections; otitis |
| that you may have. But in the end, it's not difficult to | | | | externa or "swimmer's ear"; dermatitis; and "hot tub |
| have a spa installed on your property. You may even | | | | lung" among other possible ailments. If you get a rash |
| want to consider getting a spa that's not just for | | | | from the PA, it will appear 8 to 48 hours after |
| personal enjoyment but can be shared at family | | | | you've been infected; it will itch like crazy and may |
| gatherings or parties. | | | | cover an extensive part of your body (like poison |
| If you do throw a "spa party" to help get people you | | | | ivy); and it will fade away within a week and a half |
| care about as relaxed and stress-free as you want | | | | without any treatment. |
| to be, you'll want to plan carefully. You don't want | | | | In the even that your spa becomes contaminated |
| anything like a spa party at your home to be a total | | | | with PA, you'll need to completely drain it, scrub it |
| flop! You should first off plan what kind of music | | | | thoroughly with bleach, and remove the filter and |
| you'll want to play--and of course there does need to | | | | soak it in chlorine (two Tbsp. of granular sodium |
| be music. Perhaps you should go for the classical | | | | dichlorine for every five gal. of water). |
| music here: yeah, Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, | | | | Let yourself feel like you're royalty from time to time |
| and all them. Some of you might prefer "New Age" | | | | and be good to yourself for all your hard work. A |
| music, though, like Michael Hedges or Irish harp music. | | | | regular hot tub spa treatment can do wonders for |
| You're also going to want to throw the hot tub party | | | | your mood as well as your health. |