Most of us think of Memorial Day as the start of summer.  Usually pools open for the season, boaters enjoy the water, the Indy 500 takes place and stores offer sales.  However, the day has a much deeper meaning.  Memorial Day was originally created as Decoration Day which was meant to honor the fallen Union soldiers of the Civil War.  Since then the event has changed meanings and names, and is now called Memorial Day.  Memorial Day is now a day dedicated to remembering the men and women who died while in service of the United States Armed Forces.  Congress passed a law (PL 106-579) that on Memorial Day at 3pm your local time we are to honor a moment of silence to remember the soldiers that gave their lives protecting our country. Read more »

We live in a fast pace world were image is everything and the more you have the better you are. Our society has become very materialistic and if something breaks oh well, it can be replaced, right? Not that long ago in our history instead of throwing away items such as a broken clock, toaster, washer and dryer, or vacuum we would take them to the local repair shop. Read more »

The time has come where the tread on your tires is wearing thin; and the $900.00 that you have saved towards your well-deserved vacation to a tropical island, is now going to pay for 4 new tires.  You think to yourself, that you can never get a break, and that there is always some unexpected expense anxiously waiting right around the corner.

Unfortunately, there are many unforeseen expenses in life; however, with a sufficient amount of research and proper saving you might just be able to take your well-deserved vacation and pay for the unanticipated expenses in life such as new tires. Read more »

Although most of the country didn’t have much of a winter it is still important to get your vehicle ready for summer.  Summer can be pretty hard on a vehicle; we drive a lot more in the summer than in the winter.  All the extra driving can put a strain on the cooling system, suspension and tires along with just about everything else.  Here are a few things to do to ensure an enjoyable summer instead of fixing the car all the time. Read more »

Sounds easy, but it’s not.  So many social media outlets to consider, and yet so overwhelming as to how to handle all of them.  After many weeks of constantly mulling over every effort needed to be performed and maintained, along with many sleepless nights, it came down to starting from complete scratch.

First, I realized I needed to handle drafting something that won’t make me feel so overwhelmed.  To do this in a simple way, I started with a blank excel spreadsheet and put in the basics.  The first column was a list of every day in the year, and broke them up into segments by week. Read more »