I recently celebrated my 35th birthday. And, as part of that, I realized my driver’s license was set to expire and I had to go to our local Wisconsin Department of Motor Vehicles to renew it.
I received the renewal notice in late August. But, even though they gave me …

Less than two weeks ago, my family went through the arduous moving process. Money was a concern so we decided to use UHaul rather than professional movers. It was a very stress free process - probably the easiest part of the move!
They ended up not having the vehicle that …

I am used to having a letter box and opening it to collect my paper mail. I always remembered waiting in anticipation for the postman especially when I am expecting letters and packages. I cannot imagine not having a postman in any place. But, such is the case here …

This is my first year ever trying a tanning bed . Normally I lay out in the sun , but a friend of mine recommended Electric Sun . I tried it , and now I go atleast 5 times a week .
They have a few different beds . I …

After living in Bellingham for thirty years, I finally found a real barber shop. I’m talking about a small shop with a real revolving barber poll, stacks of magazines, and men who come in to get a haircut.
I’ve been there twice now and have no intentions of going anywhere …

Doctor Who Christmas Special titled „The Return of Cybermen” is another installment in the popular Doctor Who franchise. Once again the role of the Doctor is played brilliantly by David Tennant.
After the end of Season 4, when Doctor was forced to leave his last companion behind, when he wiped …

I recently got a tattoo in New York and i didnt have Lubiderm that i like to use. So i used Tattoo Goo. When you get a fresh tattoo your suppose to put a thin layer of Bacitracin but the tattoo artist said there was no need for that …

A few years ago I had a lot of used clothing, lightly used shoes and assorted items that I no longer wanted and needed to give away. The Salvation Army seemed like the perfect solution. I had seen their trucks driving around the city on several different occasions …

I am reviewing the Comcast services that are provided to my area, which is actually Anderson, Indiana. However, the company is based in Muncie, Indiana, which is about twenty minutes away. We were all recently customers of Insight Digital, which offered internet, cable, and phone services all in one. …

For some time, I’ve been a big proponent of utility budget plans, especially when it comes to keeping some sort of control over what you spend on your monthly heating bill.
But, after Alliant Energy managed to screw mine up, I am no longer a fan.
My wife and I bought …

The FCC hired The Geek Squad to help people in America with the transition from analog to digital TV. This was announced in early June of 2009. The Geek Squad is part of the Best Buy chain. They do home service for computers and such, only …

I have always had to clean my house myself, like all of the other typical mothers do. For mother’s day this year my husband got me a gift certificate to merry maids. I really can not tell you that I left my house in a mess and they did …

I recently decided to take a CPR class with my local Red Cross. I have young children at home, so I want to make sure that I know how to do CPR in case of an emergency. I know a lot of people who have taken courses …

I thought LCB was an expensive courier which charged a bit pricey when it comes to shipping documents and packages, but I was surprised to find out they were even cheaper than Air21, which is the local courier used owned by Fedex. I had to deliver a document which …

Water concessionaire for eastern zone of Metro-Manila and nearby towns. It prides itself as the best water supplier Manila has ever experience.
All is not well though for Manila Water Co. Inc. (MWCI) as I experience a sad incident involving their subcontractor for the town of Cainta.
It happened …

Genia is the only person that IO know of that can achieve any look that I am looking for. Even if your hairstyle idea is fresh and has never been seen, she can achieve this look. And at her really low, low prices, it is highly …

It all started because we couldn’t get enough money to move. We couldn’t afford a truck from Wisconsin to Texas with all of our stuff. So, we decided to give most of it away. Then we would ship what we had to have and move on from there. My …

The Morristown Library is located in the center of the city of Morristown. It is a large library in a big gray building that looks like a church. One of the good things about the library is its size and the sheer number of books it has. It is …

Chicken buses are the main form of transportation around Guatemala. You can catch a chicken bus from anywhere, to anywhere, for pennies. They are old U.S. school buses that have been retired for whatever reason, (silly little things like failing brakes) and have been sent off to work as …

This is a government building specializing in Employment Insurance, Social Insurance Numbers, etc. Unfortunately, I had to visit this place recently to get more information on Maternity Leave and Permanent Residency.
First of all, the parking lot is quite big, but 80% of the parking stalls are for staff …

I recently started to ride the city bus to and from school, due to the fact that gas prices have skyrocketed out of this world. My two year old son and I went and got on the city bus and paid out little two dollar fee and sat down …

THE Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) Company has failed us so much with the conventional landlines. There are four of them in our office but they are always down and out. The conventional phones are always dead and the linemen would always tell us it is due to the …

This is probably the most reliable money remittance service worldwide. My Aunts have been using it to send money for Mom; most of the time money transfer which goes directly to her bank other times my Mom has to pick it up from Western Union agents. But it’s really …

Evryone is always looking for a deal when they want to make long distance calls using a calling card pin.
Speedypin.com seems like a good phone card company to use when calling long distance overseas, but with the seemingly reasonable rates comes the incredibly unreasonable and unreliable customer service.
When I …

The Millhopper public library is one of my favorite libraries to visit in Alachua County. The staff is always friendly, helpful and resourceful; the library is relatively quiet, unless it is Thursday which is preschool day; and they have undergone a renovation a couple of years ago which have …

I joined Cavalier Telephone service instead of Verizon. I dropped Verizon way to expensive I was paying 80.00 per month for toll free calling and long distance calls and no internet service. I also paying for amother internet provider for $13.00 per month so total for this per month …

The soccer league that my kids played on this Fall used ABS Photography for the pictures. They were taken the first week of October and the process went smoothly. The order forms were a bit lengthy but the picture sessions were quick and individuals and a team picture was …

The latest news from the magnificent Hawaiian Islands, is a new Ferry called “The Boat” fare is $2.00, people travel from the west side to Honolulu. The difference here is the support of “The Bus” system. Bus service is provided to the Ferry, and off the Ferry. This has …

Since our house is near at the 7 Eleven in Sampaloc Manila, I am always going there to buy some food or drink every afternoon and if I have free time I am hanging out in there to expose myself from air condition.
The place is good. It is clean …

Singtel recently hit into the paid TV programs market, competing with Starhub (another local company with similar services). They started this service called MIO TV, using IPTV (Internet Protocol Television), which basically runs through the internet for television sources. It has a much higher bandwidth to provide HD (High …

I have avoided SuperCuts because of people saying how bad their haircuts are and don’t go get your hair cut there.
But you know what? I paid $50 for a haircut at ULTA and the girl butchered my hair and left roots on my highlights she just did.
I …

My day would always start out really stressful whenever I have to ride an MRT going to work, especially in the morning and going home. The only reason for this is the number of people trying to get in faster, and the capacity of the said services.
MRT is the …

I received a call from a telemarketer one time while I was at work. She was offering a BPI Credit Cards and she says I was pre-approve. From the meaning of the term, pre-approve means I need a few documents to give and I can the big chance to …

Every year the Bass Pro Drive in Garland creates Santa’s Wonderland down in the hunting and boating section downstairs. Kids get to take a picture with Santa and they have different crafts and games on different days.
I took my three kids there tonight. I decided to do it tonight …

I went back to Shaw Cable services on May 5, 2010. Not that I had the entire service cut out. It was more like I moved to another unit in the same apartment building and it took these cable guys a month to send the technician out.
They …

A few years ago, Wisconsin followed a trend started by several other states and implemented a Do-Not-Call list to cut back on the number of calls by telemarketers.
In my opinion, it was a complete failure.
Not only do I still receive telemarketing calls, I receive just as many as …

Telephone is considered a valuable communication instrument, that is why it is not new that for Filipinos, we never miss to have one at home. For us, we had once a PLDT landline telephone line, postpaid telephone, our bills reaches at least P600.00, which is the minimum monthly payment …

Not long after moving to another town from where we were, we found ourselves needing a helping hand (no matter how well panned your move is, you normally find yourself broke to a certain extent when moving long distance) with groceries as we needed to pay bills.
I found myself …

There are plenty of private companies which will collect and deliver packets, packages and other items of mail. The British national postal service, known as Royal Mail,is still the biggest handler of letters, cards and small packets within the U.K. I am not the only one to notice how …

When I moved out on my own from my parent’s house, I wanted a telephone company that was inexpensive but that provided unlimited service to anywhere in the country. That seemed too good to be true, but then I heard about Vonage. The commercials all said that Vonage would …

Harvey Allen Salon
I have had my hair cut everywhere and I fell as if I am constantly searching for the perfect salon. My Aunt recommended Harvey Allen Salon and I am so glad she did, I finally found the perfect salon where I will be having my hair cut …

I don’t usually try the vending machine in our office; well for a change, I did grab a cup of mocha latte this afternoon. The amount indicated in its label wasn’t the exact amount it requires for a cup. It was indicated that each cup of mocha is for …

A very close friend of ours will be moving here from Dearborn, Michigan to Manitoba, Canada. With the time restrictions that he have, and considering the fact that he is still expected to go to work until his last day in United States, he is quite worried with all the …

Victory Liner Bus Corporation is one of the largest and oldest Bus Company in the Philippines. It has routes going to all the major cities in the island of Luzon and to some cities in the island of Visayas. I had the chance to ride one of their bus …

My landline service at home is provided by the Botswana Telecommunications Corporation. The office of my husband usually keeps all the telephone lines in the houses of their staff to avoid the connection and disconnection issues which will arise when a house is vacated by staff members who are …

Greyhound bus services are present all over the US and they are one of the main sources of bus transportation for people looking to travel from one major part of the country to another.
My experience with it was travelling from Anderson,South Carolina to Silver Spring, Maryland.The ticket for the …

If you like convenience, you probably like to order things on-line so you don’t have to add it to your mileage and your errands. The post office is one of my least favorite places to go. I don’t like to stand in line for stamps!
Did you know, you can …

I have been one of the individuals who has been fascinated by the ability of DNA to trace ancestry all the way back to all of humanity’s common African ancestor since reading about The DNA Ancestry Project, by Genebase, in the National Geographic some years ago. Finally, I decided …