What to Look for in Green Buildings
Green building, also often referred to (somewhat inaccurately) as sustainable development, is a movement where office buildings and residential structures are made to have as little an impact on the environment as possible. This generally means using materials that are not harmful to the environment or are recycled/recyclable, installing a furnace and appliances that are [...]
Dealing with Child Allergies
Nowadays, many parents are battling their children’s allergies.
If you are a parent who has an allergy, a homeopathic approach most likely makes sense for you and your child.
Purchasing a whole house hepa filter from iqair is a wise move; this will essentially keep the entire house allergen free for you and your kids.
Buying and stocking [...]
Credit Card Bills
My credit card bills are through the roof and the interest rates are unbelievable! I can’t stand the stress of how much debt I have racked up but I refuse to claim bankruptcy. It seems that corporate America and Wall Street are looking for someone else to bail them out. I, however, plan to own [...]
Driving Green
The push lately is for green redevelopment — builders are tearing down older buildings and replacing them with structures that don’t use materials that are harmful to the environment, and are as energy efficient as possible.
I can’t help but think, in the midst of this green trend, of a documentary I saw not too long [...]
Keeping Safe in an Unsafe World
Turning on the evening news or reading the local news on the internet or in the newspaper can leave you feeling utterly depressed. Violence, theft and destruction of property are shocking revelations in an unsafe world. The stories on the news leave me with nightmares as I worry about how to protect my family from [...]
What to do With a Department that isn’t Producing
Outsourcing can be a difficult decision, but sometimes it’s the best one. I am in executive management with a large company and I have been evaluating the value of keeping one of the departments we have, in house. This department has been consistently idle in a call center environment and the employees are not crossed [...]
Friday Night Brawl
I am embarrassed to say my boyfriend was in a bar fight last weekend. I wonder what that says about me since I am willing to date someone so immature they get into bar brawls. The manly side of him claims he won but his teeth tell a different tale. Monday I drove him to [...]
Cheap Life Insurance: Options
For anyone that is looking for cheap life insurance, it is very important to know just what you are purchasing. There are a variety of companies on the market that offer good products, but here and there, there are companies just looking to take your money and run with it. If you have been abused [...]
Busy, Above and Beyond
I am busy. Not just kind of busy, but BUSY! I was not sure if I would ever have the time to pursue the online associate degree program I was so intent on getting as I was nearing the end of high school. Now that I have been out of school for one year, I knew [...]
Peer Pressure
I have an addictive personality. I started having problems with food at the age of thirteen and became bulimic. It took a lot of counseling to put me back on my feet. Then in college, I developed a taste for various drugs, like pot and Ecstasy. I skipped a lot of classes and finally dropped [...]