It’s the way your finished artwork is presented that makes all the difference. Although it’s tempting to simply place your drawing in a ready-made frame, there are several things to consider before framing your artwork to ensure it’s adequately protected over the years. Use acid free materialsAny matting, tape or adhesive, barrier or backing you use to frame your art […]

When social media (Facebook and LinkedIn) first became popular, I thought it was an amazing medium. I was continually receiving invitations from high school friends or business contacts. Before long, I had hundreds of contacts on each site and I thought I was pretty well connected. I also reached out to others to build my networks further. As an entrepreneur, […]

Oh, wow! You’ve missed your period! Could you be? You hope you are! PREGNANT! You are so excited that you can hardly stand it! It’s too soon to find out in a pregnancy text strip. Wait, hold your breath! But then one day you wake up sick. Nauseous, he wonders if he’ll be able to hold back breakfast. Drinking water […]

A bold statement, but that’s how much I love this exercise. Partly because I “made it up”, but mostly because it works! I call it the “medicine ball ab shooter” since it’s performed with a medicine ball (MB) and well…”blows up your abs.” This is the best exercise for the abs because it works the entire region (except for the […]

I once read an article by a British doctor who said “growing up is a series of bereavement losses.” It made sense because as we enter our teens and beyond, we’ve been through so many losses where our childhood imaginations of what life is about are constantly challenged by the real world. However, I would also say that in a […]

As we shed that last bit of Christmas candy and move into a new year filled with new potential and new beginnings, I can’t help but wonder how many of our typical New Year’s resolutions can have a double purpose that includes our dogs. According to a USA.gov survey, the top 10 New Year’s resolutions range from managing stress to […]

Most of us small real estate investors buying and renting single-family homes are accused of making every dollar count. It is that habit that makes us make foolish decisions when advertising a house for rent. Just take a look at the Home For Rent classified section of your newspaper. You’ll see rows of two- or three-line ads that seem to […]

Here’s a technical overview of Microsoft Office apps like Visio, Publisher, Access, Outlook, and Project to help us understand the purposes of these apps we can never be without. In summary, let’s briefly discuss the features and components that explain why these Microsoft Office programs capture the imagination of countless users. Microsoft Vision This is defined as a vector graphics […]

Belize has all the potential to be one of the fastest moving, most exciting and multi-tiered emerging real estate markets in the world. After all, there’s no denying the nation’s intense attraction to tourists and its almost inimitable appeal to retirees looking for a low-tax, low-cost, safe, and well-developed country in which to live… …and yet, and yet…Belize has yet […]