Archive for July, 2008

If Only I Would Have Known

Anyone remember what gas prices were in the late 90’s? I do, in New Hampshire it might have benn $1.19 or so for a gallon of 87 and when I moved to PA, gas was being for $.99 a gallon. Yup, that’s right $.99 a gallon. Even when I turned 18 gas hovered right around [...]

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

And the Deficit Soars

It is projected that the government will carry  at 482 BILLION dollar deficit for the 2009 fiscal year, not including the housing market  help bill or the 80 BILLION dollar war costs. With this deficit the new total will be with interest is 9.5 TRILLION dollars.  I can’t even imagine what a trillion dollars is [...]

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

If You Reached a Weight Loss Plateau

For some folks, they may diet and do the right things but then all of a sudden you don’t lose or gain anymore. Take a look at some of these habits and try changing some to see if that helps. Some of these people do might not even realize that it could be holding your [...]

Friday, July 25th, 2008

Democratic Whispers of Another Economic Stimulus

Nancy Pelosi, D-Cal, wants to pass another economic stimulus package including more tax rebate checks, bolstering food stamps, heating and cooling subsidies for the poor, infrastructure projects and additional aid to the states.  Of course this sounds wonderful, who doesn’t want free money from Uncle Sam. I think the most important of it all is [...]

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Rising Oil Prices Just Don’t Hurt Our Wallets

We spend a lot of time complaining about the cost of fuel is cutting into our wallets. I think we forget that the local governments and states are feeling it maybe even worse. Some places are even scraping some jobs on the police, and road crew and asphalt [...]

Friday, July 18th, 2008

2008 Top Ten Best Places to Live

Think for a moment where you live… do you like it? Are there enough jobs or are there a lot of people uneployed? How about crime is there a lot of crime? Is the rent cheap, how are the schools? All of these factors are important if you will be moving or plan on moving [...]

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Living to 100

I read online today that the oldest blogger died. She was 108 woman from Australia and a dedicated blogger. Amazing, she was born in 1899.
In way I would like to live to 100 to see how the world would change and what the future would hold. If I lived to be 100 that woud occur [...]

Monday, July 14th, 2008

The Credit Score

A lot of us know by now the that the mysterious credit score determines if you will pay the loan back. This is also determines interest rates for the credit you are applying for. We know the credit score is a number but do we really know anything about it? I wondered that myself a [...]

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

How Many Calories Burned

For most people a successful diet would actually losing weight. One way is to keep track of your incoming calories and exercising. However it would be nice to know how many calories you are actually burning. Remember you would want to burn more calories then your intake for you to lose weight. Exercising is [...]

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Easy Tips to Cut Cooling Costs

The dog days of summer are on us and many people rush and crank up the AC either a wall/window unit or central air. On a triple H day the ac does feel nice but it could eat a huge hole in your pocket. Not only will you be [...]

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008