Specialty Archives

Every time I go to the pet store to get food I end up buying another toy for my cat.  The problem is my cat never wants to play with the toys I purchase him.  Clearly, he had no interest in the average to mediocre toys I kept bringing him, and to be honest I [...]

I am not usually into reality TV shows. They are all usually pretty much the same. You know, drop off a bunch of people in a remote place and have them find stuff and choose among themselves who gets to stay on the team. Or then there are the ones where a bunch of girls [...]

My wife doesn’t get it.  She sees me running gleefully off to the marine parts store and she thinks I’m a kid with a new toy.  Yes, new Evinrude parts do offer a certain inexplicable excitement, but this isn’t a toy.  I don’t look at it the same way I do Call of Duty or [...]

With everything that is going on with our economy, it’s nice to know that there are some things that you can fall back on to help out financially. While my husband and I have been fortunate enough not to get laid off, my hours were cut at work, meaning that we have been having a [...]

A beautiful artificial Christmas tree is more than a random concoction of rope lights and mini lights. It’s a well planned out design that captures the eye and directs it throughout the tree in a logical path.
Here are a few tips to consider when decorating your Christmas tree.

Add Depth- One of the biggest mistakes people [...]

My father-in-law said something interesting:  he said that my husband and I should split up and each take one boy on a separate plane when we travel so that if something happened we wouldn’t all be lost.  A little inappropriate but his heart is in the right place.  My husband said he’d rather we all [...]

I never use Tanning Lotion myself because I am naturally a golden brown even at my whitest, thanks to my half-Hawaiian heritage. I go out in the sun and I never burn, I just turn this offensive (apparently to my white friends) beautiful brown. Meanwhile they are applying sunscreen and Tanning Lotions trying to achieve [...]

Phoenix is getting a new park near the Arizona State University campus.  The park is meant to weave together ASU and the nearby neighborhood, giving students and tourists a place to relax in the bustling city. 
Specific details about the park have yet to surface and current budget cuts may threaten to halt any progress on [...]

Managing an apartment complex is an interesting job.  For the most part I love managing the property I live in but there are ups and downs to my job title.  I have gotten to know many of our residents and most of the time it feels like I am living amongst a community of friends.  [...]

Many people get disability insurance through their employer as opposed to getting their own individual disability insurance policy.  There are many reasons that an individual plan is better than a group plan.
First, many group plans can be cancelled or changed without any notice to you.  With a group policy you may find yourself without coverage.  [...]