New to website creation
My cousin has been talking about starting her own business in the next couple of years. She actually has a good idea for a non-profit organization that is going to be helping people who have served time in jail for non-violent crimes. The ex-cons that don’t have friends or family waiting on the “outside” to help them get their lives back together will be able to come to her business and get some help. She’s talking about building a large campus with dormitories and apartments on site. I would love to help her out with her project, but she lives hundreds of miles away from her.
I was reading a webhostinghub review about how easy it is to create a small business website and thought that maybe that is one way I can help my cousin from afar – I could help her with her website. I’ll offer to set it up for free and help her out that way. I’m sure that will be a relief for her. Now she can focus on her fund raising and picking out a location for her business and all of the other hundreds of decisions that need to be made when you plan something that big and great!
Country Safety
This guest post compliments of Carlene Schlesinger.
Living out in the country, on a private dirt road, with only a few neighbors in close proximity, you would think a neighborhood watch would be useless. Instead, it is probably the single most useful tool to preventing any of our homes from being broken into or other crimes form taking place. Choosing to live outside of a gated community type of setting allows freedom, but also comes at a cost. With no private security in place, and the State Police over 30 minutes away, neighbors need to band together to keep the area safe for the families that live here.
Taking turns with the neighbors, we patrol the area every few hours, and have come across some very interesting situations that were reported to the police. We don’t follow a set schedule, and you may find two or more of the families out at the same time, but there is almost always someone watching out.
There are a few “party houses” in our area that draw large crowds on weekends. Because of this, we’ve installed motion detector lighting around the entire house and garage, and a home alarm system, to warn us if anyone is trying to get in the door. I feel safer knowing that if something happens, the door alarm system is there as another layer of protection.
Using Landscape to Privatize Your Home
Thanks to Molly Bloom for the guest entry.
A few summers ago, I worked in Beverly Hills, California. I was a nanny to a very prestigious family and watched the kids everyday, after the parents went to work. When I first got this job, I remember being surprised by the large bushes surrounding the home. At first, I could not even find the right address to the home since it was tucked away so far behind large bushes. In this article, I recommend landscaping as strategy to build a home security alarm system within your own home.
Large bushes are a great way to protect your home, I have learned. They can securely tuck away your home so that no one can even see it. For high-profile people, large bushes can protect homes from people like the paparazzi. The family I worked for in Beverly Hills used large bushes to refrain the paparazzi from taking unnecessary pictures of their home. Along with that, they also had a fancy ADT Security system complete with video cameras and the whole nine yards.
While I am not famous, I have chosen to surround my own home with large bushes. I live on a busy freeway, and I simply enjoy the privacy that smart landscaping has brought to my home. I am glad that people driving by my home can not see an inch of my private space. Landscaping makes my own life feel more secure and my home feel safe.
Bank of America done me wrong
Guest post by Linda Bradshaw
When my hubby was injured in my car accident in 2007, I tried to get my mortage company for our house in New England that we were trying to sell to grant me a hardship forebearance. Since he wasn’t able to work due to my injuries, I was hopeful to get some empathy from the company. Boy, was I wrong!
Long story short, the mortgage company has dropped the ball and tossed me around from department to department, where I have been met with gross incompetence at every turn.
After over two years, even though we FINALLY did a deed-in-lieu with the company last November, and the deed to the house was transferred into their name in December the company is continuing to send me notices that I owe them the money and the company is still sending notices to the credit agencies that the mortgage is overdue. This is resulting in credit card companies closing my credit cards or lowering my credit limits.
Every time I call Bank of America I am shuttled around from department to department, and told the matter will be escalated and someone will call me back within the next week. That never happens. I have called them about once every two weeks, and nothing is resolved. I have sent them letters, and I get replies that someone will contact me within 20 days, and that never happens either! I got collection calls several times a day for years on end until I finally blocked their telephone number!
As of today, I have been on the phone with Bank of America for the past four hours, being shuttled around from department to department, trying to find some help. I’m on hold at the moment, waiting for a supervisor to talk to me. The lady I just spoke with said that my account was in the process of being assigned to someone in the home retention department!
I have contacted my state senator Mark Warner’s office, asking for help a couple of weeks ago. Haven’t heard back from them yet.
Anyone know a good lawyer that would like to sue this company on my behalf to get this resolved and maybe some punitive damages for emotional distress it is causing? I had hired a lawyer that I was told is an agressive lawyer that loves to sue people, but for some reason he just doesn’t seem to be in the mood to take this on! If you know of a class-action suit going on for people in situations like this, or know a good lawyer that could/would help me, please post comment to this blog and I’ll get the information!
Can you feel my pain?
Find repairs anywhere you need them
One of the things that I like the most about the Internet is how much easier it is to find businesses than it used to be. Last night Sandy called me from Los Angeles. She was there on a business trip and the head gasket on her Ford Explorer started to leak a lot of oil. She wasn’t sure if she was going to need to take it into a Los Angeles auto repair shop and have it fixed immediately or if she was going to be able to keep driving it for a couple of months.
I told her that I’d help her find a local repair shop and they could advise her as to her best course of action. I used the repairpal.com website to locate a place, and Sandy took her car there. They told her that the leak wasn’t serious and that she could easily drive it back home and get it fixed back here. That was a big relief! There’s nothing worse than having to deal with major car issues while out of town on a business trip!
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