Category Archives: Lifestyles

Ignorance no longer!

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gasWhen I started driving back in ’93 I recall paying about a buck nineteen for a gallon of gas. A few bucks could take me a long way and I never really worried about having enough money to fill my tank. Living on a small island, two to three dollars of fuel could actually last me a couple of days depending on my driving habits and I never concerned myself with speed, tire pressure, or distances. All that has changed over the past year.

Earlier this evening I was reading the local newspaper online and noticed that the price at the pump rose another $0.12. We are now paying $4.31 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel and about $4.44 for premium. Even with this rise in cost, it amazes me when I see people driving V8 vehicles and speeding in excess of sixty miles an hour. I guess some folks are still in denial and don’t realize that we are already in a recession.

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We need standardized carry on sizes!

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Book Cover ImagePREVIEWWith a little over five weeks left before our month long vacation to the US mainland, my wife and I have been debating on whether to check in luggage or to simply travel light with a single carry on and a small backback.

After reading all the problems the airlines in the continental United States have had the past couple years with baggage claims and lost luggage, we opted for the latter. We just need to find time to sort out our things so we know exactly what we’ll be needing and what we can do without.

Its seems that the biggest problem now is figuring out what carry on we can use to get to all our destinations without having to check-in anything. Each plane we board on our flight route have different specifications for their carry on capacity.

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My Secret to a Healthy Marriage

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weddingbellsI recently read a post on The Secret to a Good Marriage on Saphrym’s site and just had to add my 0.02.

Although I’ve been married for just a little over two years now (since ’05), my wife and I had actually dated and lived together for a total of eight years before we took our formal vows. During that period of time we went through all the typical trials of a growing relationship, but we managed to get through them by learning the art of picking and choosing our arguments. In the beginning we fought about everything, and it soon became physically and mentally draining for the both of us. Our relationship took some bad turns, but I think that we both realized at some point that some things were just not worth arguing about and changes had to be made if we ever had plans of actually spending our lives together. For the past few years now, our fights have been few and far in between, and I credit that to the fact that we both have learned to accept some of our differences and work beyond them.

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