The Better Parent

When my spouse asked me if I wanted to get into the pot-selling business with him, I laughed and dismissed his question at first. He told me that he wasn’t joking, and said that he had been thinking about it and hoped that the two of us could own and run a dispensary together now that it is legal to do. I was thinking about the conversation while watching a demonstration yesterday to learn about a new marijuana trimming machine that I was thinking of purchasing for our business. Continue reading Our Country is Rapidly Becoming More Progressive

I used to work from home, which counted as self employment. When I would file my taxes, I could do it online for free at a particular website because I was under the income limit and age for their requirements. Since then, I’ve gotten a job outside of home and don’t have to deal with self employment forms like schedule SE anymore. This came with a downside of not being able to file for free because I made enough money to pass the income limit. Instead, I turned to tax software by Keystone Tax Solutions to file for federal and state taxes.

Although I could have used the website I was using before to file, I just didn’t like the restrictions they had in place and didn’t want to run into anymore in the future. Continue reading Ditching the Restrictions on Tax Prep

I went to college to learn chemistry. I have worked for industrial plants and pharmaceutical companies as a chemist. Most of that work is monitoring or confirming what someone else has already made. I wanted to be more hands-on in making something that would help people. So, I came up with the idea of an organic white paint that did not present a volatile organic compound risk and was very earth-friendly. I sourced raw chemicals, bought a volumetric filling machine and paint cans and had a side business.

The paint was expensive to produce, so I knew it was a niche operation. Continue reading A Side Business Selling a Product That Requires Commercial Equipment to Prepare and Package

As a young person, I wasn’t really concerned with anything outside of myself. I did not know that was a problem. As I grew older I realized that about myself, and I started working for the greater good and spent less time on myself. I now help people in the community by bringing issues to the forefront with meetings, protests, fliers and petitions. I really like how Singapore door to door flyer distribution helps me to get info out to the people who really need it, and it helps them to learn about different events or topics that they might not otherwise have known about.

We have a lot of services in the area, that not everyone knows about. Continue reading I Help People Learn About What They Need in Life

I fell down while walking down the street. It was quite embarrassing because I didn’t even trip over anything other than my own feet. There was a tiny bump in the sidewalk that I feel might have been the cause, but no one else seemed to have a problem with it. Anyway, I was in a lot of pain because I used both arms to catch myself as I fell forward. I didn’t break any bones, but I was certainly sore enough from this to visit a chiropractor in Peoria a few days after the accident.

I was going to go to my regular doctor, but I changed my mind because of where the pain was located. I figured that my doctor would just want me to go to the hospital and have X-rays done, but I could tell that nothing was broken. Continue reading I Had Torn Some Tissue

I think that many people are familiar with the concept of there being a lot of great plastic surgeons in Beverly Hills. When I think of Beverly Hills, I immediately think about my wonderful chiropractor, who I would consider to be the best Beverly Hills chiropractor. I think that if people focus as much energy and attention on their backs as they do their outward appearance, people living in Beverly Hills would have the best posture in the world. I’m a huge proponent of visiting the chiropractor regularly, and I tell all my friends that they really should schedule a visit.

Last time I was discussing my back with my friends, I mentioned the fact that not only did my chiropractor provide me with my regular adjustments, but he also provided me with a massage. They gave me a funny look, so I decided to clarify my statement. I don’t think a lot of people know this, but massage and basic chiropractic care go hand-in-hand. Being able to have a massage after traditional treatment is a bonus for your muscles. Continue reading Getting a Massage from My Chiropractor

Back problems run in my family. You should hear the war stories of back pain when we get together for a family reunion or at Thanksgiving dinner. Every aunt, uncle, grandparent, parent and cousin has a story of aching backs. I never bought into it as a kid, but in my twenties my back really started to bother me. Mine was in my neck and shoulders. It was so bad that my posture was changing. I had all kinds of tests, and I was told that there was little that showed up as damage. A chiropractor in Redding is who finally got me relief. My back bothered me so bad at times that I actually considered letting a surgeon look around to see if he could find something that was not showing up on MRIs and CT scans. Can you imagine that?

After a few weeks of adjustments and exercises tailored especially for me, my back feels tremendously better. In addition to being a family of aching backs, we are an eclectic bunch when it comes to careers. Continue reading My Family Issue with Chronic Back Pain Finally Got Around to Me

Our teenage son was not happy that we would have to spend the next six months in Japan. I go where my company sends me, and my wife is a successful novelist. She can work anywhere in the world. Our son has been uprooted a couple of times and had enough of it. He had good friends back home and did not want to go to Japan. He was withdrawn for the first week until I suggested he attend a Niseko snowboard school. He had been wanting to take a short trip to Colorado to learn snowboarding, and Niseko actually had a really good snowboarding school staffed by instructors that speak several languages including our native English.

After learning all he could about snowboarding, he went on the slopes at every opportunity. We bought him a pass to the slopes for the season. At the end of the six months, he was in no hurry to go back home. He made some friends in Japan, and he was actually picking up a decent amount of the language. Of course, it was a girl who was fond of him that caused all of his present interest in Japanese language and culture. Before we left I sat down with him and had one of those dad kind of conversations. Continue reading Learning to See Opportunity when Given a Chane to See the World

With the global economy beginning roo finally improve, you might have to be asking yourself how much is copper a pound. With improved economies comes the development of the citizens lives. New housing, Nye cities, new technologies and improved utilities for most people. Every home it’s going to need wishing and plumbing in order for anyone who expects a modern home to be attractive for sale. With all that modern infrastructure comes a great deal of copper for the wording in telephone and other communication sis that will stretch across vast distances. This it’s why it’s important for every country to take a seat at the global table of trade in order to help all countries to develop themselves.

Trade it’s no longer a linear concept. It’s a global, multi lateral agreement between the nation’s of ride world in order to bring some modicum of posterity for all people. The more successful the nation the more m money it’s people have to spend and save. Continue reading The Demand of Economic Growth on Resources

I was not too worried about a few trees that were downed during a bad storm a few months ago. They were not close to the house, so I knew that I had time before I had to hire a company that does tree removal in Nassau County. I just did not have the money at the time because we were getting ready to go away on vacation, so I decided to put it off until we got back from the beach. As soon as we got home, that was the first thing on my list.

We have never had to have any trees removed before, so I asked my neighbor which tree company he used when he had some taken down last year. He had told us in general conversation that the price was really good, and that was something that I had always remembered. Continue reading Storms Took Down Some Trees

I had no idea just how spoiled I have become. If anyone would have asked me if I could go without air conditioning, I would have laughed at how ridiculous the question was. That was only until I had to go without my air for a couple of days. I was so miserable that I actually went to my mom’s house and stayed until I was able to get HVAC services in NYC to come out and take a look at my unit. I had no idea what was wrong with it, and I was not about to leave it to someone who is not a professional in that area.

The only thing I knew to do was to go online and look at the different companies that provide this type of service to residential customers. Before doing this, I had called someone that my neighbor had recommended, but they were not able to come out for almost a week away. There was no way I would be able to survive that! So, that is when I went online to see what I would be able to find on my own. I have to say I did a really good job of finding someone too!

The repairman that came out was extremely professional and friendly, and he actually explained what he was doing so I would not be left in the dark. It turned out that it needed a few small parts to it, and he happened to have them on his truck. He also cleaned it for me, and he suggested that I have it serviced at least once a year before the hot season even begins. He told me that I may have been able to avoid this if I had it inspected earlier this year. I am definitely doing that next spring, because I never want this to happen again.

Going to school was something that I always did because I liked seeing my friends. This is something that always bothered my parents. They worried that I might one day be a failure when it comes to the work world. But they did not need to fear, because once I grew older and had my first chance to take a visual communication course at school, I found my passion. I found what would give me my drive for the rest of my life.

I was never all that interested in what all my teachers had to say each day when I was in elementary school. They just droned on and on about things that did not seem very important to me. I did not fail any of my courses, but I also didn’t do wonderfully in them either. I really did not understand why I needed to learn really hard math because I just could not see how it would need to apply to live every day. Everything bored me. Continue reading I Finally Figured out Where My Passion is in Life

I got this idea the other day when I was talking to this guy who was telling me that there were all sorts of programs for spying on other people’s messaging apps. There are literally hundreds of these spying apps, one of them lets you snoop on snapchat conversation. I think this is called snaphack and I played around with it, using my tablet and my phone to see how it worked. Of course my interest in how it works is based in the idea that an effective countermeasure might be a profitable app if I could develop it. All of these messaging platforms work in similar ways and in many case maintaining security is a rather important concept. Not all of the application involves thirteen year old girls talking about their favorite boy bands or who is cute at school. Some of the time the people chatting are involved in serious matters, like things that involve profit and loss. Those people have to worry that their competitors could be listening in.

At any rate no one is going to want to have uninvited guests on their private conversations. Continue reading Working on a Little App Project

When I learned that my office was being shut down, but that each of the managers in our department were welcome to transfer to another branch in our company, I was not in a panic. I welcomed the possibility of change, after learning all of my options. I had wanted to live in Florida for a long time, and it looked like I was getting my chance to do just that. We have an office there, and the coordinator helping us to make the transition told me to take a look at The Marq Highland Park and some other apartment buildings in the area to see which one I would like to live in.

My boss told me that transitioning to another office would be coming with a big raise and an extra living costs benefit for one year. They planned to give me $800 per month to put toward renting a place, and that sounded fantastic to me. And after looking at the places that the coordinator had told me about, I was even more excited. Each of the places were absolutely beautiful and did not look like any apartments I had lived in, in the past.

I ended up choosing to live at the first place I heard about, which was The Marq. The place looked amazing online, and I had complete trust that I did not have to fly out to see it in person. The floor plans were set up so that it feels like you are inside your very own house. Everything is modern and new looking. There are no boring butcher block counter tops and drab carpeting. The walls are painted in modern colors, which is really nice because so many places will not allow you to even paint their white walls another color. My extra living cost benefit is going to come in handy there!

I really like a heated saltwater swimming pool. It is like the ocean in tropical places I have visited. When I heard they had one at one of the nicer places that offer Orlando apartments to lease, I had to check it out. My wife and I have been looking for a place. Our lease is coming up for renewal, and we wanted to look around before signing for another year. When we saw the specs for the Murano opening up in the summer of 2016, we had to book an early lease. I would move in right now if the place was open. My wife said she would go too. We would leave our lease that is up in three months to move there today. It would be worth it to pay out the rent until the lease expires. Continue reading An Apartment That Has More Features Than Most Houses

We were on track with our budget when we got married. We planned on having children in about two years. My wife wanted us to get ahead in paying our mortgage, and I really wanted us to have a Lincoln Navigator. We both like SUVs, and it was one we both agreed on. Right now we had a used minivan I bought from my brother. Well, long story short, we got pregnant way ahead of schedule. That kind of threw a monkey wrench in the budget plans. I found out about it after my wife visited starnightlimousine.ca planning an evening for us.

She rented the Lincoln Navigator stretch limo. The whole evening including the dinner was the last splurge we were going to have in a really long time. I just did not know it at the time. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not a spendthrift. I wear clothes from the department stores, I wear my shoes until they are worn out, and we only dine out about once a month at family restaurants. We put our money into our house and savings. Continue reading A Limo Ride I Will Never Forget