Entertainment Choices for Your Enjoyment

Is the tough economy making you look at reducing expenses more and more.  You shouldn’t have to deprive yourself of entertainment, just pay less to see movies, or sporting events or TV.  Why pay cable or satellite companies hundreds of dollars per month.

There are many ways to enjoy movies, television shows, sporting events without paying a lot.  The internet offers you ways to bring legitimate television and first class movies  rigth to your living room or den without inconvenience.  No complicated installations or extra equipment to purchase.  You can even watch television shows on your smartphone.

It doesn’t have to be expensive to enjoy what you want to watch.

Here are some options  to help you decide which one can offer the best options to prevent high cable television or satellite TV bills:

Movies Capital --  - unlimited legal movie downloads available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; not file sharing, your own copy to watch now or later.  Watch it on your television, computer, mobile or tablet; enjoy first run movies while they are in the theaters.

SatelliteDirect -- over 3500 channels of tv can be seen on your PC anytime, anywhere….is that what you want; don’t feel left out of seeing any show you want. No Subscriptions or monthly fees.

MobileTV  -- Your mobile device can now be your television; a simple 4 minute download can turn your mobile, smartphone into a television.

TV Noop -- TV for your PC – over 2100 satellite channels available with an easy to download installation package.  

Tackling Chronic Ailments or Conditions

A cold or the flu goes away. An upset stomach goes away in a day or so. They are temporary inconveniences, that make your daily life uncomfortable and unpleasant, but in a few days are gone.   A sprained ankle or knee injury or even a joint replacement, has a treatment plan with a rehabilitation program and eventually you are back to doing the things you like to do.  These could be described as short term or acute conditions

A long term or persistent health condition is described as chronic.  Some chronic conditions would be bronchitis, gout, cancer, diabetes and fibromyalgia for instance. The most common chronic conditions are high blood pressure, arthritis, emphysema and high cholesterol. If high blood pressure and high cholesterol are not controlled they will lead to other problems. A chronic condition can be controlled to minimize pain and suffering of the patient.  There are many more.  Some people find help in homeopathic medicines as well as traditional treatment plans.  With proper diagnosis and the implementation of a treatment plan, you will have the most relief from the condition and a better life.

Chronic conditions like gout and diabetes require dietary changes often along with medications to give the patient the best chance to minimize life threatening flare-ups.  

Prevention of chronic conditions is important and healthy living can play a large part in that. It takes combination of medical treatments along with lifestyle changes to combat a chronic condition – some helpful articles.

How to Reduce the Risk of Cancer with Food

How to Cope with Gout

How to Live Better with Bronchitis

How to Reduce the Pain of Fibromyalgia

How to Live on a Low Cholesterol Diet for Better Health

Improve Your Daily Life, Even with Arthritis

Paying for College -- Scholarships, Grants, Loans -- where to find what's available

Planning for college should begin the day your child is born.  Starting that college fund so there is money to pay for college, can be an enormous challenge.  There are ways to qualify for scholarships and grants, and there are always loans that can be taken out to pay for college. Avoiding the burden of a large debt after graduation is very important. With the constantly escalating cost of a college education it isn't surprising that parents just don't know what to do.

If you have available a college saving program within your state that will guarantee to cover the cost of tuition to an instate school, participate in it.  Grandparents and family can help by making contributions to special funds set up, specifically targeted for the child's college education.

Below you will find reading material on how to tackle the issues it takes to get a college degree.

Choosing the Right College

10 Step Guide to Win College Scholarships
How to Tackle the FAFSA  Financial Process
Get Scholarship and Grant Money to Pay for College  
Be Better Prepared to Handle Paying for College

Vacation Planning -- the challenges to plan a cost effective, terrific vacation

Now is the season when people start to look at planning their vacation. Whether you have two weeks or two months, you want to get the most out of what you do and what you spend on it.

The pressure of day to day life, makes it important to go on vacations.  Spending quality time with family, will help with all the stress that you deal with the rest of the year.

It is important to get away from home to recharge your batteries, not just 'take your vacation time' and stay at home. The change of scenery will do you a world of good, yet you may not have a large budget to work with.  Regardless of what you have  to spend on your vacation you want to 'stretch it as far as you can'.

Identify what you want to do.

There are simple tips for How to Plan your Perfect Vacation.


Here is a resource to plan your trip to DisneyWorld without paying Disney World prices to do it.

Entrepreneurial Madness

With the downsizing of corporate America, people have looked to being in their own business.  The entrepreneurial spirit is alive for sure. Sometimes it is a part-time venture, sometimes a full-time venture. They may have decided to take the skills they used in corporate America and start a business, providing the sames services, just as an 'entrepreneur'. Other people take their hobby, and try to turn it into a 'revenue producing operation'.  If it succeeds, they will never again feel like they are 'going to work' -- yet they will be.

What you will find here are things to help you in your journey to be the success you want to be. 

Did you know, that more women start businesses each year than men? More than 51% of businesses will be started by women; some statistics say that more than 80% many will fail in the first few years.  It isn't because of they lacked the desire to succeed -- they did not plan to fail, but too many do.

Get the professional help you need from an attorney and accountant. 


Start with a good strategic plan, learn how to build it.
From Day 1 -- Use Contact Management Software -- make sure every person you meet in put into your contact management database, so you don't have to worry about losing their information. 
Learn how to effectively manage and control your expenses.  Quickbooks is a great tool, use a Quickbooks tutorial to use it properly. 


Keep coming back for more.

Are you a 'hobbyist'? -- what to do in your spare time?

Everyone says you need to balance your work life with things you enjoy doing. After work, it is family time and taking care of them. In the hours left for you how do you make the most of your personal 'leisure time'?

Have you thought of doing something you never had time to do before, and want to do now -- some ideas you can do.

Learn to Play the Guitar
Easy Way to learn to play the piano
Learn to Dance, its great for exercising and special time with your partner

Eating Healthier --- it shouldn't have to be so hard

Each day there are choices to be made....everything from what to eat, how to exercise (simply getting motivated to exercise is a start).  Where do you start?  Just a few suggestions to help make your choices simplier. 

Have you wondered how to find healthy snacks, because you can't keep eating rice cakes?
100 Healthy Snacks and Treats to prevent boredom to Eat Smart

You have made the choice to become a vegetarian, but want easy recipes to tay a vegetarian.  Look at 'easy to make vegetarian meals'. 

Why do all your delicious desserts have to be filled with items that aren't what you should be eating? 
Try, some "Guilt-Free Desserts" -- that you can make yourself.


Now you are on your way to making better choices.