October 15th, 2017 › Uncategorized › admin › Comments Off ›
Earlier this year, my husband and I went to a financial planner. He said that we needed to do something about curbing our spending or we would be in big trouble when we retire. We are in our thirties, and we had not done anything to save since we started working in our twenties. Now, I am very careful to focus on things that cost nothing like using free Virtual Families 2 cheats to play that game without spending as much money as I used to spend on it. I wasn’t sure at first if I would be able to do cut back easily, but after I started doing it, I found that it is a lot of fun to cut back wherever I can.
Both my husband and I agree that we were previously headed down the wrong road of not thinking about what we will need for our future financially. My father is the one who said that he was really concerned about the fact that we were ignoring what we need to do to save money. He is also the one that suggested that we meet with a financial planner. The planner really opened our eyes to how much we will need to have saved in order to retire comfortably.
Although we are getting a late start with putting money aside, there’s still time for us. Some people wait until they are in their forties before they actually start saving for their future. We were told that we need to think about the fact that we may not be able to work starting in our fifties if either one of us ends up having a medical disability of some sort. That’s why it is important to reign in our expenses now so that we will have enough money to live on if we find that we need to stop working much earlier than we want to.
October 15th, 2017 › Uncategorized › admin › Comments Off ›
I am pretty pleased with my sons. They both stay out of trouble and are good kids. We are a close family, and we like to play fun pranks on each other. Recently, the boys were teasing me by stating that I would not catch up with them on our favorite video game because I’m older and slower now. So, I quietly looked for cheats for Forge of Empires without telling them. My plan was to use it to surpass the boys quickly. I then told their grandfather about it, so he got in on the fun, too. He began playing the game and let the boys know. He then used the cheat as well.
When the kids found out how well their grandfather and I were doing in the game, they burst into the room with stunned looks on their faces. They immediately asked for information about how we were suddenly doing so good. Their grandfather and I exchanged a smile and pointed out that we may be older, but we are also much smarter due to experience and age. The boys begged us the next couple of days, and we finally told them how we did so well on the third day. We all laughed about it.
My wife loves to join in on our pranks at times, but she also tends to stay out of a lot of them. This is because the boys try to get her back by leaving horrific, plastic cockroaches on her pillow at night or other equally gross pranks. There have been multiple situations where I have seen my wife race out of a room yelling at the top of her lungs because she thought she saw a real dead mouse or an insect. So, she feels more comfortable staying out of the fray. She’s good at giving me ideas for new jokes to play on our sons, though.
September 1st, 2017 › Uncategorized › admin › Comments Off ›
There is a movie that I always watched as a child. In this movie, a man who was a driver for a company had to drop a woman off at the airport. The woman left a briefcase at the airport and the man finds it and goes on a trip with his roommate to Aspen to return it. This movie probably wasn’t intended for kids to watch, but I still loved it anyway. I’ve always wanted to look at luxury Aspen rentals and rent my own place, just like the two roommates in the movie, but I never had the money to do it.
Everything changed when I was given a nice bonus by my boss. Read more…
August 19th, 2017 › Uncategorized › admin › Comments Off ›
If you have ever been out on Biscayne Bay in Florida, the thought of living in such a beautiful place has most certainly entered your mind. We were there on vacation once visiting relatives that live in nearby Westview. We were out on the bay when we went close to the shores of the North Village. I saw a nice building and asked what it was. It was the Treasures On The Bay apartments. You can click here for website information about the place. Later on when we got back to the home of my relatives, I looked the apartments up online. Then my wife and I took a drive over to the North Village to check them out. We got a tour of a three bedroom apartment that was absolutely beautiful.
The views from the private balcony of the bay were spectacular. We liked everything about the apartment from the large closets to the two baths. Read more…
August 19th, 2017 › Uncategorized › admin › Comments Off ›
I did not want to look at apartment complexes in DC, and I even thought about having my secretary do it for me. I realized that was pushing the limits though, and besides, no one but myself will really know what will make me happy. I figured it would take a while, so I blocked off several hours to look at the various websites of apartment complexes in the area I was looking at. The Westbrooke Place was the first on my list, and it ended up being the last on my list too because I didn’t look at any others.
I figured why look further when I already knew that I wanted to live there. Read more…
August 17th, 2017 › Uncategorized › admin › Comments Off ›
When we moved here it was in a hurry. I had gotten a new job, and we were given a cash moving allowance and a couple of months rent. I had to pick a place to live while my wife got everything squared away where we were moving from. I showed her a website for some Asheville luxury apartments, and that was all it took. We did not have to look any further. We did Facetime from the apartment when they were showing it to me. Her and the kids were watching on my wife’s tablet. I showed them the pool outside, and the kids really liked that. When I showed my wife the kitchen and granite countertops with the stainless steel appliances, she told me she did not need to see more.
I kept the video going and showed her the big closets and the high ceilings. We would have a private balcony, and there is garage space too. I was thoroughly impressed when I went to tour this new apartment complex in Asheville. The District South is a nice place. Read more…
August 16th, 2017 › Uncategorized › admin › Comments Off ›
I have some major decisions to make and it starts with what I am going to do about apartments for Asheville that are within my budget. This is a great situation when you are in college. There were some of the time up to half a dozen people living in this huge house and sharing the costs. Of course the place is more of a dump than I can really tolerate at this point. In fact there is a drunken landlord who enjoys being a big fat jerk to add to the other things. However it was great for saving money. I managed to get a job that pays well that is relatively close to this place and since then I have managed to pay down what debt I had and save up a good bit of money. Read more…
August 14th, 2017 › Uncategorized › admin › Comments Off ›
When my father in law passed away last year, my husband I wanted to find something special to give to my mother in law and his brother to remind them of his father. When you are in mourning sometimes it is so hard to focus on the little things, so I told my husband I would find the gifts for him. I knew he would be so busy wanting to be there for family. I went online and did a internet search for the following Jewish bronze plaques in nj . My husband and his entire family are Jewish and I converted when we got married, so I knew I wanted something religious for them.
Religion is a source of comfort for all of us and finding the perfect gift could definitely be the perfect gift. Read more…
August 14th, 2017 › Uncategorized › admin › Comments Off ›
After almost a year of listening to my best friend’s marital issues over the phone, my heart broke for her when she told she was looking for a divorce lawyer in schenectady ny. She had reached her breaking point when her husband had admitted to having an affair. She wanted to file for divorce, but having moved to her husband’s home state of New York, she had no idea where to turn for help. She definitely needed an attorney to help her navigate her way through the process and find out what her options were. Without children, I knew it would be somewhat easier than having to deal with custody issues, but my friend had sacrificed much for her husband and there would be a lot of financial considerations to be made.
My friend had supported her husband throughout his college years and then through medical school, often working two or three jobs at a time, while sacrificing her own advanced schooling. She had moved across the country and made a home for them in a completely unfamiliar place with no friends or family of her own. It had been apparent from the start that my friend’s in-laws were basically the same as their son, expecting my friend to help support them as well. Read more…
May 14th, 2017 › Uncategorized › admin › Comments Off ›
I have always loved Las Vegas since the first time I visited there when I was just 19 years old. When I turned 21 and had full access to everything there, I knew that I wanted to live there one day. Well, I thought it would take a while for that dream to materialize, but I received an incredible work opportunity last year. It did involve relocating to Vegas, but that was certainly not a hardship for me! I wanted to look at apartments first to make sure I could swing it. Click here for apartments was on an email ad I received, and it was like it was meant to be.
I did click there, and it took me to a listing of different apartments that are available in downtown Vegas. Read more…
April 20th, 2017 › Uncategorized › admin › Comments Off ›
By far the best tree removal in Long Island is one that will remove any tree you want with no questions asked. I had some trees in my yard that were covered in poison ivy vines. Trying to pull of the vines would have caused me to itch and have rashes like some kind of diseased person. I was ill equipped to handle the situation, so I put my faith in the hands of the professionals to do a good job. I called a company that one of my relatives had used in the past with good results.
The tree removal company told me that they could get rid of the poison ivy ridden trees with no problem. They came to my home wearing protective gear to make sure that none of the vines touched their skin. I don’t blame them for having such an elaborate set of clothing for this job, because touching poison ivy is no fun. Read more…
April 7th, 2017 › Uncategorized › admin › Comments Off ›
Ever since Instagram implemented their stories feature, people have been having all kinds of fun uploading their own short videos. The only drawback about the feature is that all stories are gone after a day. While people have become more relaxed about the kinds of content they upload, sometimes opting for more risque videos that would never be posted as regular videos, the videos will be eventually be lost, and if you didn’t see them the first time, then you’re out of luck, or so I thought. Using a pretty clever Instagram hack, those once gone videos can be brought back and downloaded.
I have no shame in admitting I follow a few models on Instagram. Read more…
March 30th, 2017 › Uncategorized › admin › Comments Off ›
My brother and his girlfriend announced their engagement not long ago. We all knew that they would end up getting married, and we were just glad that they were finally going to tie the knot. My sister and I wanted to do something really special for his girlfriend because she has been like another sister to us since they first started dating nearly three years ago. We are the closest thing to family she has too, so my sister looked up Toronto limo bus rentals so we could start planning a really special bachelorette party for her.
They are having a short engagement, so this was something that needed to be done pretty fast. My sister already knew which company she wanted to use because she has rented limos on a few other occasions too. Read more…
February 19th, 2017 › Uncategorized › admin › Comments Off ›
I take good care of myself. Though I do indulge in junk food at times, I mostly eat healthy foods. I exercise three times a week at the gym, and I either walk or ride several miles every day too. I have a great boyfriend who is hopefully going to propose to me soon, and I have a great job with great friends. I should be completely happy, right? I am, but there is one area of my life that I have never liked. That all changed when I heard about this site though.
The reason this excited me so much is because I had never been happy with my breasts. They were too small for my liking. I did not want to have extremely big breasts, but I knew I would not mind going up at least one cup size. Read more…
November 12th, 2016 › Uncategorized › admin › Comments Off ›
My uncle just passed away and I am helping my brother clean out his house and property. We were in the back yard and we found a tremendous amount of scrap metal that nobody knew was back here. I mean, everyone knew that he had a lot of junk, but this quantity of scrap metal has to be worth a good bit, and so I want to figure out how much is scrap metal worth?
I think that we are going to try to go ahead and sell this metal today and split the money between the two of us, so long as we can figure out an easy way to haul it all to the scrap yard and sell it. Read more…
October 17th, 2016 › Uncategorized › admin › Comments Off ›
I am not a criminal or a terrorist that has to worry about being spied on by the government, nor do I worry about black helicopters swooping in to arrest me for whatever things I could imagine. However I have problems with my stepfather and he has already tried to snoop on my messaging apps. He thinks I am on drugs or something like that. I figured out that he had installed something on my phone called snaphack, which is supposed to spy on snapchat conversations. Of course the problem is that I never really used that app as a messaging app. I did some research and it turns out that there is not much I can do about, other than tell my Mom and that is not going to give anyone much satisfaction. Read more…
September 15th, 2016 › Uncategorized › admin › Comments Off ›
Although it can be nice to save money, sometimes you can’t save money on everything. I was faced with the unfortunate decision of buying a new air conditioner after mine wouldn’t work. An air conditioner is an expensive purchase, but without it, a normal summer would feel like torture. I bought a unit and tried to install it myself using an instructional video that I found on the Internet. The video seemed pretty straightforward when I was watching it, but as I attempted the installation, things became complicated, and I had to call for HVAC installation in Manhattan, NY to finish the installation.
The parts weren’t fitting together like they should have, and I didn’t understand some of the connection procedures. Read more…
January 14th, 2016 › Uncategorized › admin › Comments Off ›
I have an apartment now and it was fine for a long time. I never had any problems here until the last six months when some college aged boys moved into the place down the hall. Of course they like to party and make noise at all hours of the night, which I can understand as I would do the same if I had my way about it. I used to show up at class in sunglasses myself. However I can not do that at work and 7 AM comes really early here. So I am on www.multifamilytraffic.com and the other places on the web looking for a new place. In fact I am not particularly thrilled with management at this place. They have raised my rent three times in a year and a half, but if something needs to be fixed they seem to think that I should take care of it for them. Read more…
September 18th, 2015 › Uncategorized › admin › Comments Off ›
When a job opportunity opened up in Baltimore, I immediately applied for it. I had never been there, but I already knew that I would like it. It is super close to Washington D.C., which is my favorite place in the world, plus it would get me closer to my favorite football team too, the Ravens. I had been chatting with other Ravens fans in online forums, so I asked them if they knew of any great apartment complexes that are in the general area of where my new job would be. 101Ellwood was the answer given by quite a few, so I went to the website with all of the details of this apartment complex to see what it is like.
I was really impressed with what I saw there. First off, it is in the perfect area. I was able to look at it on a map that showed everything around it, and I knew that it was about the best location I would be able to get. Also, the setting is really nice. Read more…
September 5th, 2015 › Uncategorized › admin › Comments Off ›
When my boyfriend asked me to marry him, I was ecstatic. I knew we were going to get married one day, but I had no idea he was going to propose to me as soon as he did. Knowing he felt exactly the same way about me as I did about him made both of us want to get married right away. We did not want a super fancy wedding that would take a year to plan. The only thing he did want to do was contact a limo company to see how much it would cost to have a limo on our special day.
We already decided to get married at our small country church, and we also figured a small reception in the social hall there would save us thousands of dollars. We did not want to start our marriage in debt, but he did want to do this one romantic gesture for me. Read more…
April 18th, 2017 › Uncategorized › admin › Comments Off ›
My mom has often told me that I can sell a man a bridge in the desert. That is true nowadays, but it was not always that way. I was intimidated by sales pitches before, but that was only because I did not understand all of the mechanics of it. I learned that when I took a consultative selling training course through my job. Our sales figures were sharply down for a couple of consecutive quarters, and our manager decided to have all of us go through this training program.
To be completely honest, I was resistant at first. I figured that there was not a whole lot I could learn in such a short period of time, and I am really glad that I was wrong. The reason why it is so effective is because there is no waste in the training time. Read more…
April 8th, 2017 › Uncategorized › admin › Comments Off ›
It was pretty strange to look at this guy and wonder if he was some sort of cyber criminal or it he was just some sort of knucklehead trying to rip off Paypal. He was using this program that was purportedly a paypal money generator and he was trying to convince me that I should do it too. Of course for some reason there was a limit to how much money it could be used to steal. Apparently it is going to only take a thousand dollars, if it even worked. The guy was explaining to me how easy it was, but I had to take a look at him. I knew he did not have a car and the bike he rode to school was not too awesome either. His shoes were practically falling apart and the same was true of his blue jeans. If this stuff was a great way to make money, then he was doing a great job of hiding the fact. He looked a lot like a homeless person. Read more…
February 28th, 2017 › Uncategorized › admin › Comments Off ›
My mom told me that she would take me to look at apartments for rent in North Charleston SC after she learned that I would be going ot the community college there. She knew that I wanted to get my two year degree, and then transfer to a larger school so that I could graduate after 4 years. I knew that I was the only person who has gone to college in my family, but I didn’t realize what a big deal that was to my mom. She told me that she is very proud of me for making sacrifices so that I can go to school. because of that, she wanted to pay for my first six months of rent so that I could just focus on my classes.
Mom and I have been very close. My dad ditched the two of us when I was a small baby. My mother has had to do everything on her own with me. When I grew older, I was a little tyrant and gave her a lot of grief. But when I saw her crying one day, I asked her why. She told me that she was doing all that she could to keep the two of us together, and she feared that if I ended up causing my trouble that I could be taken away. That shaped me up quickly. I realized then how hard she was working for me. I appreciated everything after that point.
I work hard now that I’m in school. I want to be able to graduate and get a good job so that I can afford to take care of myself and my mother. She deserves it. I think it would be great to buy a nice house that we can both live in. My mom deserves that, too.
February 24th, 2017 › Uncategorized › admin › Comments Off ›
I always knew that I wanted to spend part of my life overseas working and living. It took me awhle to figure out how I was going to do that, then planning it out and actually doing it. I now really enjoy the fact that I work for a great company that is allowing me to do that. Just recently, we asked the good folks over at Massive Infinity in Singapore to help us with our mission. My bosy is the one that has put together a team full of people who will be handling our mobile development, and I am the lead team member. It was a thrill to be asked to head this new development up. The people on my team are incredibly smart people. It’s an honor to work with them. Read more…
February 16th, 2017 › Uncategorized › admin › Comments Off ›
Our daughter saw the results of a small spill of a chemical that was not even that highly toxic. We live close to the river. It is at the end of our back yard. We watch large tugs pushing barges, and we see pleasure boats in abundance. A plant upstream spilled a chemical into the river, and a lot of fish were killed. She saw that, and wondered what she could do to stop things like it from happening again. She became a young activist, and even asked us if we could get a green energy provider.
I never really thought about it. Read more…
February 16th, 2017 › Uncategorized › admin › Comments Off ›
I used to live in Ohio back in the 1980s, and it felt really good to be going back home again after being gone for nearly 30 years. I had been back for visits, but this time I was going back for good. I was closing on the house that I was going to buy, my job was due to start in four weeks, and I was just finishing up some loose ends. The biggest one was looking at the different Ohio electricity providers so I could have the power turned on as soon as possible at the house.
The closing date was just under a week away, and the moving truck was just on standby to move everything for me. That is why I figured getting the power turned on should be my top priority. Read more…
