This entry is part 17 of 17 in the series Healthy Tips One of the disagreements Mike and I frequently have when it comes to going to the gym and exercising revolves around how often you should be doing weight training and ab exercises... I have always heard and believed that abs are a muscle group too and should be treated like all of the others... Meaning, you exercise them and then give them 48 hours to rest... Do them every other day... … View Post »

Only one more day to go and hopefully my internet connection will be reinstated at home tomorrow morning... I also rerequested maintenance to stop by my apartment today so I am hopeful that they have solved the sink leak and have looked into my dryer issue... Not sure what I am going to do but something is better than what I have been doing which is nothing... … View Post »

The sale began with the release of the Sears weekly ad both in the newspaper Sunday as well as online when the ad was released... I was particularly interested in the Sharp AQUOS blu-ray Disc player, $179.99 you save $120!... With blu-ray finally winning out on the high definition dvd player wars I am finally ready to invest in the next generation player and $180 for a player is quite the bargain... Additionally, Sears is advertising the Nintendo Wii in stock and on sale for $250 which includes 1 controller, 1 nunchuck, and the Wii Sports pack... … View Post »

I m writing to you from my new blackberry curve this morning... First,I called Thursday to check on the order status to be told it was turned on and I needed to reinstall the welcome disk... So not really believing that, I went home that night and tried... So in goes call #2 to tech support this time... After an hour the tech gives up on me and passes me to a line test department... I didn t mind since the guy only really knew one thing to do to try and fix the issue and I was getting tired of him... … View Post »

This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series Aloha Fridays Welcome to week 1 of Aloha Friday... is Where do you live and whats the weather like there?... If you would like to play along with us this Friday, leave a comment below answering the question, make your own blog post with a new question, and then head over to islandlife808.com... … View Post »

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This entry is part 16 of 16 in the series blogging I am so excited... I have been seeing a few blogs that have weekly features such as Mindless Monday, Wordless Wednesday, etc but have never figured out how to join into the group... I know it seems like something very minor in the grand scheme of things and something I could do on my own but I like to meet other bloggers and I think this is a great way to do so... I am planning on joining in the Wordless Wednesday group to feature a fun picture that I have taken either recently or even in the past... The challenge will not be the picture but not posting too much with the photo - letting the photo speak for itself... … View Post »

A few weeks ago I wrote an article about the use of Dragon NaturallySpeaking software for the NaNoWrimo contest that began November 1... I really think using this software to type for you is a really neat idea... Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 is a program that enables you to type with your voice by speaking out loud... All you have to do is speak in a normal voice at a normal rate of speed, and your computer will capture every word that you say almost... That the nice thing about it is that you don t have to stare at your computer screen for long hours anymore... Now that s not necessarily the most effective way to capture information off of a whiteboard, but if you need the information copied into text form, it can be very useful and I m simply trying to illustrate a point... There are many ways that you can use this particular program to save you a great deal of time, to further illustrate that point, I have written this entire note so far in under three minutes flat!... Use this coupon code to get 25% off Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Preferred or Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 Basic... … View Post »

Mike and I have been Houston Zoo members for three years now... We realize this is part of the circle of life - birth and death... Often times we joke about how our children will quickly understand the circle of life as we plan on taking them to the zoo monthly just as the two of us do now... The other day, I received an email from the zoo... One staff asked him the question Do alot of animals die at our zoo?... So we have quite a few abused, very old, and unhealthy animals that are rehabilitated and given some happy moments for the remainder of their lives... … View Post »