Okay. Snoring is annoying and it tends not to be cute. An occasional little snort can be funny or whatever if someone has had a long day but generally snoring is well…just annoying! If there is anyone out there that knows they snore, snort, squeak, or make any noise at all while they are sleeping read further because if you remember correctly…Sleeping Beauty didn’t snore.

"What’s the big deal if I snore," you ask? Is evolution a big enough deal? How about creationism? Take your pick! Your snoring is depriving your cat from its Darwin-declared survival of the fittest adaptation, the catnap. (Darwin didn’t actually write it down because he knew the smart ones would understand. Duh.) Your earth shaking nostrel noises don’t prove the big bang theory. They do however prove that your snoring is doing an awesome job of banging up your roommate’s chances for passing that test at 8 o’clock in the morning. So much for her graduating next year and getting that job in that lab where she would have discovered the cure for cancer. Do you get it now?! Your snoring can change the world as we know it!

Okay, I got off on a tangent. Back to business…where was I? Ahhh yes. The reality of snoring.

If you do snore you’re not alone my nighttime noise-making friend. Snoring is common. Over one-third of people snore several times a month. So what the heck is causing this silence breaker? Well, while you rest peacefully in your bed air flows past your throat’s tissues. Sometimes these tissues vibrate as you breathe and your household gets to hear the nighttime song entitled, "I’m sleeping well and you’re probably not." Restoring the night’s peace and quiet is always good for domestic harmony so here are some things that can help get snoring under control.

Lose the weight and lose the snore. Health professionals advise that if people lose weight it may help them not snore as much. What is it that Kristy Allie yells in that commercial… "Have you called Jenny yet?!"

Surgery is an option for some snoring people if they have sleep apnea , but please, tell your roommate to put that sharp object away and leave the diagnosis and surgery to the doctors.

Drinking alcohol before bed may induce snoring. If you’re going to relax and drink a glass of wine, or two, or ten just remember this! Drinking wine may be sophisticated but snoring is not… so be sure not to chugg from the bottle because alcohol acts like a sedative and can relax the muscles in your throat.

But hey, when it comes down to it and you are snoring tell your miserable roomies to nudge you and resort back to the old trick…roll over! Try sleeping on your side. If it works for just a few minutes your audience will just have enough quiet time to fall asleep and you can continue that all too familiar concert of vexation. So roll over already!