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Follow These Tips to Crime-Proof Your Home

January 22, 2015 By Kelly

Did you know that the United States is at the top of the list when it comes to home burglaries? In 2012, there were an estimated 2,103,787 burglaries and 354,520 robberies. Broken down into more digestible figures, that’s 1 burglary every 15 seconds and 1 robbery every 1.5 minutes. Scary, isn’t it?

What could be even worse is that you may feel that your neighborhood is safe from hardened criminals, so you’re not all that worried about a home invasion. However, according to criminal lawyer Samantha Greene, people who break in aren’t always hard-core criminals. They may just be people who find an opportunity at the right time.

So, to be on the safe side, it’s best to crime-proof your home. After all, better safe than sorry.

Tips to Crime-Proof Your Home

Lock doors and windows.

This may seem to be a no brainer – in fact, it is. However, some people who feel safe in their neighborhood tend to leave their doors and windows unlocked, especially when they’re at home. But, whether you’re home or out for some shopping, you should always lock your windows and doors.

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More than that, you ought to get secure locks such as deadbolts and double bolts for the doors. These are more secure, and prove to be a deterrent to burglars.

For your windows, you also need to pay particular attention to the locks and latches so that they cannot be opened from the outside. Additionally, you may want to pay a little more for material for windows that are easily accessible. Shatter-proof glass can be a little expensive, but if you only use it for windows that present the most danger, it should be fine.

Get an alarm.

Another obvious way to crime-proof your home, getting an alarm is something that you will want to invest in. Home alarm systems come in all shapes, sizes, and prices, so you will easily find something that fits your needs and budgets. The best way to go about it is find a knowledgeable home security provider and consult them.

Some other tips:

  • Simple can do the trick: an alarm that makes a loud sound can deter burglars.
  • Consider motion sensors in dark areas. Set it up so that a light turns on.

Keep your hedges to a reasonable height.

Your hedges and shrubs may be your pride, and they do provide you with privacy, but they can also help burglars do their “job” more easily. This is especially applicable when no one’s home, as high hedges will give the burglars privacy, with the neighbors totally unaware of what’s happening.

Use automatic timers if you’re going away.

For those weekend trips, or long vacations, it’s best to give your house a lived-in look. That is, make it look like there is someone at home. Remember Home Alone? There are some nuggets to pick up from the movie.

Purchase sockets with timers that will automatically turn electrical appliances on and off, such as lights, the television, radio, and so on. These sockets are not that expensive, and they will totally give you your money’s worth.

Crime-proofing your home need not be a difficult task, and if you think about it, what you do is going to save you a lot of money – and stress – in the long run.

Also read: Should You Buy or Rent?

How to Actually Get Things Done as Opposed to Just Being Busy

September 22, 2014 By Kelly

We’re a society which glorifies being busy. People humblebrag all the time how busy they are that they have had only 4 hours of sleep the night before. Sounds familiar? That’s because you might have done it yourself, maybe without even being truly aware of it.

It seems that the general consensus is that, if you are busy, then you are working and that you are getting things done.

The sad reality is that busy does not equate to getting things done. Busy can be anything from shuffling papers trying to decide which ones to tackle first to reading articles and blogs that may be related to your niche. At the end of the day, what do you have to show for it?

Nada. Nothing. Zilch.

So how do you actually get things done instead of draining your energy being merely busy? [Read more…]

5 Things Graphic Designers Can Do to Make Money Online

October 20, 2011 By Kelly

If you are a graphic designer, then you are in a high-demand field that is “where it’s at” in terms of what’s most important to today’s consumer market: technology. Do you know that, besides actually designing for the web, there are a number of other things you can do with your expertise to create some cash flow for yourself from the Internet? Here are five things graphic designers can do to make money online:

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Stock photos. As a graphic designer, you understand the importance of well-placed images in good web design. No doubt you use images all the time for your own creations. Most likely, you even use your own camera and eye for design to snap shots that make good additions to web pages. Well, you can make money selling those shots by marketing your stock photography on sites like iStockPhoto.com and ShutterStock.com. You can list your photographs on these sites and users can view them and purchase them at different sizes for different prices. Your images are protected from theft by a watermark that can’t be removed unless the image is actually purchased properly. [Read more…]

5 Diet-Friendly Tips for Getting Past Halloween

October 19, 2011 By Kelly

Halloween is merely days away and for most it brings feelings of excitement and intrigue – especially if you’re young and love dressing up, decorating your home, and giving out treats. For others, however – for those of us struggling to maintain a healthy weight or lose a few pounds – Halloween is more like a nightmare. Here are a handful of things you can do to ensure you are able to participate in the fun without cramming down a zillion extra calories.

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Don’t Buy Candy Until Halloween Day

Hopefully it’s not too late for you. The longer the candy is in the house, the more tempted you will be to eat it. According to WebMD, a single snack-sized candy bar can contain 100 calories – just one. Eat a couple of those things because they’re small and you’ll add a few hundred calories to your diet in a single day. It only takes 3,500 calories to gain a pound, so you could see the weight gain creep up on you in no time flat. Buying your candy on Halloween day will ensure you don’t have it in the days before to munch on. And if you have leftovers at the end of the night? Dump it all into that last lucky kid’s bag. [Read more…]

Need Help in the Kitchen? Check Out Recipe Finder!

October 10, 2011 By Kelly

Recipe Finder Home Page
Recipe Finder Home Page

Cooking is a great way to blow off steam. Even those who do not have much cooking experience can gain a lot of benefits spending some time in the kitchen and enjoying the fruits of their labor. For some, cooking is a necessity, but this fact does not have to take away from the experience.

One thing is for sure – both the seasoned cook and the newbie has to have access to different recipes and ideas. Naturally, there is the adventure of coming up with your own recipes, but even the best cooks will tell you that inspiration also comes from existing dishes and recipes.

Speaking of inspiration, here is something that will give you some assistance in that area. The newest recipe site in town is here to serve as your most important helper in the kitchen. Recipe Finder is a new search engine that features a host of dishes that anyone can make at home.

The advantage of Recipe Finder over other recipe sites is that it offers a collection of over a million recipes found online today. Recipe Finder crawls other recipe sites, doing away with the need of having to check individual sites over and over again. Consider it your one-stop recipe site! And with Recipe Finder regularly checking for new recipes, you are assured that you will always have something to new to discover.

Recipe Finder can help you get organized. It has a built-in menu creator which you can use to plan meals. Whether you are preparing for a normal everyday meal or a special one, the menu feature can make the planning so much easier for you. And if you want to plan meals days or weeks in advance, the calendar function will serve you perfectly. Finally, if you like having printouts of your recipes, you simply have to press the print button on the recipe page.

Searching for recipes on Recipe Finder is as easy as pie. You only have to enter the names of recipes or keywords in the search bar. If you have stricter requirements, you can make your search more specific by identifying details such as ingredients (include or exclude them), calorie count, cook time, number of servings, and so on.

Furthermore, you have two viewing options: text or images. If you want to get cooking immediately, the former option is perfect. If you want to choose recipes based on how the final product looks, then the latter is ace.

Ready to start cooking with your new helper? Visit Recipe Finder now!

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