Archive for September, 2009

Posted on September 29, 2009 - by admin

Getting your House ready for Winter

A chill is in the air … it was 80 this past weekend, barely got to 60 degrees today and it is supposed to be 40 tonight. I figured now would be a good time to remind you of some things that you can do to save money this winter.

By the way a good place to look to see how cold it is going to be this winter is by going here.

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/long_range/seasonal.php?lead=4

That is from the national weather service - a prediction for Jan - Feb - March.

Looks like it is going to be chillier in the south… so even if you leave where it normally isn’t very cold, you may want to winterize a bit more than usual.

An excellent source for winterizing can be found here -

http://www.consumerenergycenter.org/tips/winterize.html

Enjoy the rest of your Tuesday.

Posted on September 22, 2009 - by admin

Great way to save money on Groceries

If you are looking for some good local deals - make sure to check out this site.

http://www.mygrocerydeals.com/

Just enter your zip code and you’ll find local deals at the grocery store.

Enjoy your Tuesday.

Posted on September 19, 2009 - by admin

Starting the Conversation - Building your network

Out of Gas Newsletter - Issue 54 September 19, 2009

Summer Savings for you.

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Had some hiccups in our hosting system this past week - apparently too much traffic with one of our sites.

Hopefully we have corrected that.

Links you can Use

If you enjoy tailgating to a sporting even then you’ll enjoy this site.

http://www.tailgating.com/

Keeping the Job you Have - Finding folks to network with (offline)

How to start a conversation - the trick here is to focus on being a friend. If people think you’re using them, then they will run away from you.

1. Be yourself.
2. You have to give to get.
3. If you’re talking to someone that is shy, use open ended questions… ask them about their work or hobbies.
4. Some conversations won’t lead anywhere, and others will. Just realize that every conversation won’t build your network. As you work on it though, you’ll get better at it.
5. If you’re shy, set a goal to start one conversation. As your confidence builds, set your goal at two for the next outing and so forth.

Posted on September 12, 2009 - by admin

Keeping the Job you have - Building your Network

Out of Gas Newsletter - Issue 53 September 12, 2009

Summer Savings for you, brought to you by Aion Leveling Guides

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Hopefully you had a wonderful Labor Day weekend.

Keeping the Job you Have - Finding folks to network with (offline)

Here are 8 places (that you may not have thought of) to find folks to network with.

1. Your church or place of worship.
2. Parents at your child’s school (going to the PTA can be fun).
3. Local sporting events.
4. At the library. See someone browsing the same books you do, start up a conversation.
5. At restaurants / coffee shops / fast food places.
6. At local festivals and gatherings.
7. While shopping.
8. While waiting in line.

The key to finding people is starting a conversation. We’ll work on some tips for that in next weeks issue.

Next week we’ll talk about some ways to grow your network.

Enjoy your weekend.

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Posted on September 11, 2009 - by admin

Fun this weekend - won’t cost you a dime

Something fun you can do this weekend is participate in a Beta Test for a game we’ve been following.

You can download the game here -

http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/aion/beta/?_cmpid=fp197

There is no cost for that - they are working on testing the Aion Online Beta.

This message has been brought to you by -

Aion Online Leveling Guides

Posted on September 4, 2009 - by admin

State Tax Holidays - Happy Labor Day

Found this today - it is a list of State Tax holidays. These holidays would save you at least 6% or so. You can find a list here.

http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/rate/sales_holiday.html

We’ll be taking the weekend off but will resume posting next week (probably around Tuesday). We hope you and your family have a wonderful, safe, fun-filled weekend.

Posted on September 1, 2009 - by admin

Playing Fantasy Football

We got several notes about playing fantasy football from our Saturday Newsletter. Several people were interested but didn’t know how to play.

Here are some sites that should be able to help you out some with that.

http://www.fftoolbox.com/how_to_play.cfm

http://www.ehow.com/how_2052900_play-fantasy-football.html

We hope you have a wonderful week.