Amy Currioman

Scholarships are the hands down best way to reduce the cost of attending college or trade schools. When I was expecting my first born, I did a lot of reading about parenting issues, and one of the things that I was most interested in was how to be able to afford to send my children to school. Back then the Internet wasn’t even invented yet, so most of my research was done by reading magazines; most notably a magazine named “Parents.”

One of the more interesting suggestions that some of the articles in that magazine seemed to be making was to NOT save a lot of money for college, as the families that scrimped and saved for college were the ones that would get less financial assistance. The argument was made that financial hardship would actually benefit the students in the long run. What do you think of that advice?

Many years ago I used to go to a frozen yogurt store that sold a frozen yogurt that they called “Raspberry White Chocolate Cheesecake.” That flavor was a specialty flavor that they only had once in a while, and it was my favorite flavor. And by my favorite flavor, I mean that I LOVED that flavor. I CRAVED that flavor. If it is possible to be addicted to a frozen yogurt flavor, then I would have been a hard core addict of that frozen yogurt flavor.

When that little store closed up shop, it nearly broke my heart. Where was I ever going to experience such a divine taste again? Lo and behold – I found the Cheesecake.com website and they have a recipe for white chocolate cheesecake that sounds like it is something I could actually make from scratch myself. Drizzle a little bit of raspberry sauce over the top – well, okay, a LOT of raspberry sauce over the top, and I’ll bet that I’ll be able to recreate that flavor that I have been missing these many years. Maybe I’ll actually drag out that springform pan that I bought twenty years ago and never used and finally put it to use!

Thanks to Lemuel Craft

I’ve been researching satellite internet in my area because getting internet at the house is the last thing I haven’t done yet. I moved in about a month ago and I LOVE the place but it needed a lot of work so I basically spent the last few weeks of my life, nights and weekends, doing renovations and fixing the place up, you know? So anyway, I think it’s great so many people tried to buy this place and I won the bidding war but at the end of the day is it okay that I paid so much for it? I don’t know. Only time will tell if I can get out of it what I’ve put in but I really love it here and I can actually see myself living here for a while to come which makes me think it’s worth it regardless. I know it’s all about whether or not you’re comfortable in your house and I can honestly say this place really does feel like home.

With so many consumers struggling with job loss, many of them have been forced to make some difficult decisions between paying for their foods and medicines or to pay for loans that were taken on good faith that the income needed to pay those bills would be there. Suddenly many of us are getting embarassing collection calls; sometimes even for bills that have not even come due yet! Fortunately there are resources available on the Internet that the savvy consumer can use to help stop collection harassment for good.

In some states, there was a law enacted in 1978 in California called the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act that is designed to protect the consumers against abusive and unfair debt collection practices. Since then, lawyers have become specialists in how to stop collection harassment California and in some cases the debt collectors have had to pay penalties and fines for their unfair debt collection practices. Sometimes the government actually does help the little guy!

One of the interesting ways that the Internet is evolving is that some of the website developers and producers are combining functions together into one web page, so that the consumer can find what they want, read reviews about it, get discount coupons for it, and then go to the web site that sells it and actually buy it. Being able to do that is becoming more seamless with the appearance of the become.com website.

What I think is so awesome about this website is that it encompasses almost anything you could think of. There is a huge variety – it is almost as if you don’t have to go to any other website to find what you need.

You can start out looking at pool sweeper reviews so that you can make an informed suggestion to the sister that is putting in a new swimming pool, you can order an automotive ammeter for that hot-rod builder husband (why exactly why that is an important thing to have in a car I’m really not sure. I know it measures electricity. Hmmm… maybe it helps you figure out if there is a drain on the battery so you know you need to get to a repair shop right away because your car is about to die!)

And you can research baby walkers for girls to see which one would be the safest and most user-friendly one to give to that pregnant niece that you need to buy a baby-shower gift for. That site truly is a one-stop shopping tool, and I’m really glad to see that the Internet is becoming a more useful instrument in helping us to live our lives to the fullest by getting the best value for our dollars!