I have a handful of friends who have been, are, or have wanted to be firefighters and EMTs. I know that the training to be a firefighter or EMT is incredibly intensive, but I did not know that, like teachers, they needed continuous training. Of course, it makes perfect sense, but it is just not anything that I've thought of before ( Read more... )

At the beginning of every year, when I think about whether or not I want to make any new year's resolutions and what I want them to be, sending out real live birthday cards generally pops on ... and then off ... that list. I love, love, love getting love in the mail. I still run home from work and the first thing on my mind is, "Was there anything ( Read more... )

I truthfully don't know what's next for us. Joel and I originally talked about putting our house up for sale this spring, just to see if it sells. If it did sell, then we were going to rent until we figured out what to do/where to live. The reasoning behind this is that we know it's possible we may have to move when Joel gets his next job and I ( Read more... )

I recently learned that 75% of Minnesota’s home foreclosures are in St. Paul and 3/4 of those homes are unoccupied house-flipping homes that didn’t flip quite so well. My husband thinks all the houses should be bulldozed down - and I’m really torn on that opinion. I’m a little nervous about all the empty houses in our neighborhood that will likely ( Read more... )

We're kind of going the cheap route with our kitchen remodel. We want it to look nice and be quality, but we also need to spend the littlest amount of money. Yes, we have heard that money you put into your kitchen is money that you get back; but I'm not so sure that's true in this market. And, besides, we both feel we can't put too much more money ( Read more... )

Joel and I are thinking about getting a credit card with both of our names on it. Not to rack up anymore debt, but just to have some consistency. We each have a credit card in our own names and we think we either need to add each other's names, or get rid of them altogether and start over. A new credit card is appealing because you can get such a ( Read more... )

I sometimes wish that I worked for a company that invested more into teamwork training. I know that sounds kind of silly, but I think some team building projects can be fun, light-hearted, and just what people need to improve morale. They once had some management leadership training that was designed to help project managers efficiently manage ( Read more... )

When I was in high school, I really thought it would be a good idea to be a trucker for a little while. I thought I'd meet a guy, fall in love, get married, and the two of us would hit the road. We weren't going to fit into the trashy trucker stereotype (after all, I knew it was just a stereotype), we were going to be classy drivers out to see some ( Read more... )

I am not a golfer. I have never had a desire to be a golfer. But I could absolutely go on a golfing vacation. Just click on this link for Las Vegas golf courses and you will see what I mean. It's a warm, scenic, beautiful looking place. A good place to relax, maybe learn something new, spend time with friends, drink tasty beverages, get some ( Read more... )

I wouldn't call myself a fan of online rap music (or rap music, in general ... though I can appreciate a little hip hop now and then), but I just spent way too much time browsing around rapartists.com. I guess it's because it's a decent looking website, pretty easy to look around and gain information from. I guess I expected it to be full of ( Read more... )