I Thought Carbonite Would Be A Great Idea

spending money
I have been worried about my computer lately since it has been doing some weird things, like stalling and freezing and taking a long time to do anything. I kept hearing about Carbonite and decided to try the 15 day free trial since  it would be a tragedy to lose all of our financial data, and Mr. A's business files. Coincidentally right around the same time, AJ decided to try Mozy. The biggest complaint I have so far is that… Read the rest

SodaStream Soda Maker Review

Reviews
For Christmas I got my son AJ one of these Sodastream Soda Makers. He's been using it for two months now, and here are the benefits that we see to using it: Water Tastes Better – You control the water source.  We are lucky enough to be able to drink well water which is delicious. I don't know if you would have the same experience with tap water. Drink Less – AJ finds that he drink less because it's not… Read the rest

Display Widgets WP Plug-In Review

exclusive
I haven't shared any techie tips in a while but I found out about one today that I just can't keep to myself. It's a plug-in called Display Widgets. It allows me to include or restrict where my widgets will show up, by page or by category. I created a new category, named “exclusive” for this particular page setup (no ads at header or sidebars). I use the free highly customizable theme Atahualpa. I needed a way to remove my… Read the rest

Friday Finds & Joining the Yakezie Challenge!

Friday Finds
I'm a little late to join the party but I happened to visit Rainy Day Saver's site from a tweet and happened upon her post about the Yakezie Challenge which originated from Creating Powerful Friends: Samurai’s Alexa Ranking Challenge. This is my official announcement that I'm joining the challenge! I didn't enter any carnivals this week, but here are a few I enjoyed from the Carnival of Money Stories #43 hosted at Simply Forties: Mr. Credit Card is investigating a… Read the rest