My Life Broken Down Into Segments - I finally discovered just how I spend my time. - read more...

A New Perspective on Self Esteem - Fortunes have been made by so-called self help gurus on the topic of self esteem. Hundreds of books have been written and countless others touch on the subject in way or another. I have to admit, I haven't read any of them. Every thing I've ever learned about self esteem was through my own process of discovery and examination, and it started when I was very young. - read more...

How to Have a Happy Cat - Do you like to learn about new and interesting things? If so, this article will be right up your alley! A healthy animal makes for a happy pet. If you are a cat owner and you want to make your pet happy, you need to make sure that your cat is groomed properly, fed on time and is given enough love and attention. - read more...

Worth Contemplating - The 92-year-old, petite, well-poised, and proud lady, fully dressed each morning by eight o'clock with her hair fashionably coiffed and makeup perfectly applied even though she is legally blind, moved to a nursing home today. Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary. - read more...

Alternatives to the Traditional Lawn - With recurring drought throughout many parts of the country, it may be wise to consider alternatives to resource-hogging manicured turfgrass areas. Unless you need your lawn for tuning up your golf game, you can replace at least part of it with native plants. Drought tolerant grasses and wildflowers, once established, will make your life much easier and reduce your landscape maintenance costs greatly. Mowing is reduced to one cutting per year (fall in most regions), and watering can often be eliminated completely. - read more...

The Difference Between a Hard and Soft Inquiry on Your Credit Report - By now you know that too many inquiries can hurt your credit score. If you are trying to get a credit card with a really good rate, you may have been shopping around for a while so that you can get the best possible deal. Chances are, you may have found a few different cards that you like, but there were a couple of things that you did not like about each one. Sometimes, you will find one that you like but you have to pay an annual fee. Other times, you will find one with no annual fee but there will be really high late charges or other miscellaneous fees. - read more...

How to Clean LCD Screens - LCD screens or monitors are technical marvels but they have one minor problem; they gather dust like there's no tomorrow. Before you start cleaning any LCD screen you must remember these screens are very delicate creatures and you must proceed with caution. - read more...

Free to Overcome Trouble - Zorba the Greek once said, "Life is trouble." He was not alone in saying that. John 16:33 says, "In this world you will have trouble." In Acts 14:22 the followers of Jesus understood that "We must go through many hardships." Don't go thinking you are something special just because you have a little trouble in your life. We all have troubles, and we don't stop having trouble just because we become a Christian. Sometimes being a Christian means having more trouble in our lives - not less. You are not special because of the trouble in your life, you are special because of the power you have been given as a Christian to overcome trouble! - read more...

Bob Hope Stories - Once when he was a little boy in England, Leslie Hope (He later renamed himself Bob Hope after a race car driver he idolized) wanted to pick an apple off a tree. Symbolic of his career, he didn't want just any apple but the highest one possible. He lost his balance, fell and permanently changed the shape of his nose. - read more...

Thinking About Taking Your First Cruise? - If you have never been on a cruise you don't know what you've been missing! No longer just for the wealthy, there are cruises to fit any budget and lifestyle with durations from one night to forever. Yep, some ships even have condos you can buy if you want to live at sea and travel the world. - read more...

Solving America's Drug Problem - The other day, someone at a store in our town read that a methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farmhouse in the adjoining county and he asked me a rhetorical question, "Why didn't we have a drug problem when you and I were growing up?" - read more...