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25
Feb

Flats to rent

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Guest post by Daniel MacDonald

When I think of all of the great ways the Internet has made life easier, I am simply amazed. For example, back when I was a young adult, looking for Flats to rent in Glasgow I had to depend on a newspaper advertisement. And if I was coming int own from a place far away from there I had to first rent a hotel room for several days before I could get my bearing.

Now it seems as easy as pie because with the Internet you can go to to a variety of websites designed to help people who are looking for Flats to rent in Edinburgh or Flats to rent in Aberdeen or any other place in the UK.

The website I was just looking at is called lettingweb.com, and what I like about the website is that in addition to looking for flats to rent, you can also use the searching wizard to find a room mate. I think that is an especially handy feature for single people, to be able to find not only a place to live, but someone to share the rental fees with. Yes, the Internet has definitely made life a lot easier for a lot of people.

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CATEGORIES: family and friends, Internet, opinion, shopping, technology and gadgets, travel and vacation

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24
Feb

Worrisome

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Yesterday I called my mother just to say hello and tell her that I love her. She is eighty years old now and I am very aware that every day that she is alive and healthy is a blessing and a gift. When I think back on the many years past that we were at odds with each other I feel very sad for the time we lost that we could have had together. I am absolutely NOT ready for her to leave this world and go into the great unknown. So when I call her and she tells me that she is worried about some aspect of her health I worry too.

Recently she was in the hospital because of blood clots in her lungs. That really worried me. A lot. Now the doctors say that the blood clots are gone (that’s a good thing!) but that they have found something in one of her lungs that they might need to biopsy. My mother has never been a smoker, but her parents WERE smokers. I am worried that she may have something terribly wrong with her and that the doctors might say that because of her advanced age that they don’t want to treat her.

So right now we are waiting for consultations and test results. Sitting on the edges of our chairs. Trying to remain positive, and cheerful, and worried sick. And if I may pass on a little advice to you, it would be to call YOUR mother to say hello and tell her that you love her. There will be a time when you won’t be able to do that.

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CATEGORIES: blessings, family and friends, health, my life

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24
Feb

Same old same old

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Have you ever watched any of those interior designers shows on television? I used to watch Decorating Sense and Design on a Dime, but I haven’t seen them on the television listings for a very long time. I’m getting very tired of looking at all of my furnishings in the same spot all of the time. I’ve been thinking about rearranging a few rooms, but to be perfectly honest the majority of the decorating scheme of this place has been “where will this fit” and not necessarily “where will this look really terrific.”

I was looking at a website I found recently – houzz.com – and saw that it had a lot of resources for interior decorating. Some of the featured bathroom designs really made me want to have my master bathroom renovated; there were some fabulous baths there. The website has a search function to search for a local professional interior designer. Out of curiosity I typed in the name of my town, and was very surprised that there were no results. The biggest reason for my surprise is that just last week I met two different ladies that told me that they are professional interior decorators! The next time I see them I think I’ll mention this website to them as a resource and suggest that they check it out. My guess is that they will have to pay for a listing, but I think it is worth checking out anyway. After all, when trying to promote a business, all avenues should be explored, right?

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CATEGORIES: family and friends, home improvement, Internet, my life, shopping

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23
Feb

Too many calories, too much salt

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One of the biggest contributors to the problem of obesity in my opinion, is the sad fact that Americans are too rushed. The financial pressures that they are under are causing them to work more hours, which leaves them less time to cook nutritious meals. Because of that lack of time they end up buying quick-fix short-cut convenience meals which taste really fantastic, but have too much salt, too much fat, too many calories, too many additives, too much everything bad for you and darn little anything good for you.

To make the problem worse, the foods that are good for you are more expensive to purchase than the foods that are not healthy. So when a person is short on time and short on money then they are going to go to the fast and cheap meal. I know that there are families where all of the adults work outside the home and are happy with their jobs because they have rewarding careers and are making great money and can afford to hire people to help raise the children and cook good and nutritious meals, but that is not the majority of the families in America. I sure wish that it WAS the majority of the families, but it isn’t. And now I think that I had better end this post before I start a political ranting that will prove to my readers that I am a nutcase!

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CATEGORIES: family and friends, good food, health, my life, opinion, shopping, work and money

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23
Feb

Collection harassment

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Guest post by Lucinda Barkeley

Have you ever been the victim of collection harassment for money that you didn’t even owe? Let me tell you, having collection calls from companies when you really owe them the money is bad enough, but when you don’t even have an account with the company that is harassing you it can make you crazy mad! It all started out innocently enough, there was a phone call from a collection agency asking to speak with a person that I had never heard of before. It was one of those recordings, that says “if you are this person, please hold on for an important message, if you are not this person, please hang up now.” So I hung up. And hung up again. And again.

Got to the point where I was hanging up on the collection calls more often than I was talking to people who I actually knew! I had no idea how to stop collection harassment for good with this robo company. Finally I decided that I’d just go ahead and take the call as if I WAS the person that they were looking for, thinking that I could explain to the operator that there was nobody here by that name, and would they please take my telephone number off of their robo collection call procedures. Well, the representative did not want to believe that I was not the person that they were looking for, and gave me a really hard time about it. I asked to speak to the supervisor, and was told that the supervisor was “in a meeting” and could not be disturbed. So I left a message for the supervisor to call me. (Supervisor never DID call me!) But about forty-five minutes later the robo call comes in again.

Margie suggested that I do two things at this point – to Google “stop collection harassment California” and see what resources I can use to make this stop, and to use my telephone features to block the telephone number that the collection calls are coming from. D-UH – why didn’t I think of call-block before? Ah, sweet, sweet peace and quiet; I love you!

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CATEGORIES: family and friends, Internet, legal, opinion, work and money

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