Archive for February, 2008
Recently I have been concerned with the level of health insurance that I am carrying. After being in the hospital for surgery last month, I was given a wake up call that I might not have adequate insurance coverage. I am not worried about the level of my individual vision insurance. I know for sure [...]
February 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Health, Insurance | Comments Off
A friend of mine recently purchased a rental property in Phoenix and they wanted to renovate the house before they rented it out. We had a number of contractors lined up to do all the work, but we were having difficulty finding a Phoenix house painter. We tried calling the numbers listed in the phonebook [...]
February 21st, 2008 | Posted in Real Estate | Comments Off
A group of friends and I get together every month to do a scrapbooking splurge club. We recently decided to look into ordering from a Canadian scrapbook supplies company, at wholesale prices. Previously we had been purchasing our supplies from stores at retail prices and we thought we could save some money(or buy more supplies) [...]
February 20th, 2008 | Posted in Art, Shopping | Comments Off
When a lot of travelers go to Europe for a vacation, they just make their reservations and trip itinerary through their travel agent. The good thing about doing it this way is that everything is ready for you and you don’t have to worry about anything. But the one thing you have to consider is [...]
February 19th, 2008 | Posted in Ideas, Travel | Comments Off
My pride and joy sits in my garage for most of the winter. I have an old Ford Mustang that I like to drive during the summer. But, since I live in a place that has a bunch of snow and salt on the roads in winter, I keep my baby indoors to keep it [...]
February 17th, 2008 | Posted in Cars | Comments Off
A good friend of mine recently purchased a doughnut franchise from another friend of mine. You see Jeff had been working at this doughnut shop for a number of years and knew the operations of the company very well. The owner was selling their stake in the store and he thought it would be a [...]
February 16th, 2008 | Posted in Business | Comments Off
Most of you out there can probably relate to me when I say that it sucks when your computer is broken. Whether you use it for work or play, computers have become an important part of our daily routines, and when your computer has to go to the shop, it interrupts your routine. Unlike a [...]
February 16th, 2008 | Posted in Ideas, Technology | Comments Off
Ever since we had a computer in our house when I was a child, I was fascinated with computer games. Sure, back in those days the graphics were not very good, but it wasn’t the looks that were important – it was the gameplay. It wasn’t much after we had a computer that portable devices [...]
February 16th, 2008 | Posted in Entertainment, Gadgets, Technology | Comments Off
I am quite new to my job and I am, in the next few weeks, going to have the opportunity to help conduct a Canadian Immigration Interview. I am probably as nervous about this as the person who is going to be sitting across in the other chair, as it will be a completely new [...]
February 15th, 2008 | Posted in Life | Comments Off
I don’t know about you, but I have a ton of exercise equipment in my basement that I had planned on using, but somehow never got around to it. I have an exercise bike, treadmill, heavy bag, and a chin up bar. None of these exercise methods ever really got my attention so I decided [...]
February 14th, 2008 | Posted in Health | Comments Off