workout channel

Thanks for the guest post by Donn Schroeder

I’m currently researching my different television package options over at www.cabletvadvisor.com. I am specifically looking for a package that will include an exercise channel with different workouts available. Do channels like that exist anymore? I think I remember when I was a kid, there was always a channel my mom would watch and use to workout. I haven’t seen one like that yet, and I’m hoping to find one for me. I work such ridiculously odd hours that it is difficult for me to find a gym that accommodates my schedule, and frankly, I’d rather workout at home. The only thing is, I get bored doing the same workout video over and over, so I’m hoping to find a show to watch that changes every day. You know, like a different setting, or different workout routines. Surely something like that exists on television still. I guess I could also buy a selection of videos and switch them out, but that still sounds really boring to me compared to finding a show that I always watch.

Have You Experienced Identity Theft?

These days, you cannot be too careful about your personal information. Identity theft protection is an absolute must! My husband and I are very careful about all of our personal information, because we have both had incidences where information was stolen from us.

At this point in our lives, neither of us has any credit cards - except debt cards, and we try to pay cash for most everything we purchase.  We bought ourselves a nice paper shredder and don't throw anything in the regular trash that would have any personal information on it. Unfortunately, paper isn't the only thing out there where our personal information is kept. No matter how much you try to protect yourself, there will always be information in the "cyber-sphere" that can be "stolen."

That is where IdentityHawk can be of assistance. They offer a number of ways to protect your personal information, including Identity Theft Insurance, Comprehensive Alerts, and 24/7 Identity Security Scanning - just to name a few.

In the future, we will probably look into getting something to help protect us from identity theft and this will probably be our first stop. I have a feeling it will just get easier and easier for the people that commit this crime to do it.

Favorites

Post contributed by Fletcher Vargas

All of my favorite programs on our direct tv new haven come on Thursday night when I am at work. I am a nurse on the night shift every Thursday night at a local children’s hospital. I enjoy working at night because it is usually really quiet at the hospital and there are not any doctors around to hassle you and make you feel intimidated. I don’t usually feel intimidated though because I know that I have saved their butts plenty of times when they have prescribed too much medication for a patient or have a crazy parent after them that I can run buffer for. I just don’t like the feeling I get when the doctor thinks he or she is making you afraid of them. Not all of them are like that. Some are really nice and helpful and even like to teach you new things. But then you have the ones that think they are right up there with God on a level that no one can reach. I usually just try to stay clear of them. But when I finally get to go home in the morning, I can watch all my shows that I missed the night before because I always record them.

My Memories Suite Review and a Give-Away

I was recently approached to review My Memories Suite, a digital scrapbooking program. Sadly, I had never hear of it until I had been approached. So naturally, I was all about it! I have never done a review of a product before, and I figured this is something I enjoy doing, so I figured it would be completely worth-my-while!

Now, I have heard of other digital software similar to this, but I have never used anything digital for any of my scrapbooking. My Memories Suite appealed to me, because unlike some of the other programs, this one pretty much said "simplicity."

I checked out the My Memories website and there are a large number of design templates a person can purchase to download and use with the software. What I liked about that was, you only purchase and download the design templates that you want. You don't have to become overwhelmed with the amount of stuff you have to look through on software that has already has "everything" on it. It is also nice, because, as far as I can tell, you don't have to worry about buying new software in the next year or so that has "new" stuff. You get to choose the "new" stuff you want and don't have to worry about spending your entire crafting budget on it.

While I was able to review the software, I did a bit of playing around and "scrapbooked" some older digital family photos that we had taken. I must say, even without purchasing newer design templates, there is quite a bit of fun stuff that comes with the software. Most of the scrapbooks I have made are 12x12 and 8 1/2x11. This software offers both sizes as well as the landscape _x__. Unfortunately, I haven't had the chance to print anything off, but I now know what my husband's side of the family will be getting as gifts in the years to come. My Memories Suite will allow me to make family albums without the hastle of cutting and pasting photos into 3 separate albums. I will be able to design each page and then have them printed 3 times.

Honestly, I am uber excited to utilize this software to get family albums made and to get caught up on all of my other albums that I never seem to have time to work on. Oh the life of a full-time wife, mommy, and nurse!

Just to give you an idea of what you can do with the software, here are a few things that I made. Seriously, it is just too much fun! I was even able to make this entire album in only minutes! The best part is that you can also make it into a slideshow if you want to share it via the web. I didn't do that, but I just may do that at a later time.

Okay, now on to the fun stuff... The give-a-way...

One lucky girl (or guy) is going to be able to download this fabulous software for free. That is a $40 value...FOR FREE!!! 

To enter:
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Good Luck everyone!!! The contest will close December 10th at 11:00 p.m.