How To Change The World

Changing the world, requires doing good things, which relieves stress. Changing the world is not as hard as you think. Most people think of changing it by one whole, but this is not how things work. Climbing to a mountaintop is not easy, you have to climb it to it one step at a time.

The same goes for changing the world, you have to do it one step at a time. This is only reality because we cannot change some just like that. One act of random kindness is changing the world. The world will never be perfect, even if it came close their are still things that could be changed.

Doing something changes the world, it does not have to be something really big, it can just be something simple, remember changing the world is one random act of kindness at a time.

Anybody can do this, you do not have to be superman to accomplish an act of kindness to change the world. It can be as simple as doing something for a neighbor or giving an animal food or water. In the world tons of acts of kindness can be done. For instance, just donating some money to a charity to help people, a little money goes a long way especially if a lot of people contribute to a cause.

This will not only benefit other people but it will benefit you, a good feeling inside will come to you and that's priceless. Their is always time to do a random act of kindness, even if it is just for a few minutes. Someday the favor will be returned to you.

Changing the world only happens one step at a time.

How I built my computer

I always want to know how to build computers, so I kept researching online about it and asking people I knew for information on it. When I finally decided to just do it, it really was not that hard. I went on http://www.newegg.com which is a website that has good deals on computer components. I went on this website and looked at all the parts and tried to get not the most expensive parts but pasts that would last but I did not need the fastest computer in the world, it would have been nice but I did not need it. What I did is a picked out the processor first, and then I looked at all the motherboards and I matched up the socket and speed that the motherboard supported. The motherboard was a gigabyte one and it had on board sound and LAN but did not have on board video. I did not want on board video because I wanted a better graphics card. The best slot at the time was AGP (which is PCI EXPRESS now) and so I got a AGP graphics card. I did not get the most expensive one just one that would look good and run good. I picked out a case which I had to get an ATX form factor which that is a really popular one, the other one is micro ATX which I did not want. I made sure the case had a lot of fans for ultimate airflow. I bought 2 CD Roms, one was a burner and one was a DVD-ROM. The hardrive which information is stored on was a Western Digital 80 gb Sata which is a different and faster interface then IDE. I bought 2 512 MB sticks of Kingston DDR ram which is 1024 MB all together or you can just say 1 gb. I bought that Artic 5 I think it is CPU thermal gel that you put on the CPU and it makes it cool and it is under the heat sink on top of the CPU which I bought also. The power supply is 500 w which I wanted a big one in case I went crazy and got a lot of stuff. It is clear so you can see through it and it had blue LEDS on the inside which make it lite up like a Christmas tree which is really awesome. The case also has LEDS which I forgot to mention. Of course I had to buy a keyboard and mouse and monitor and speakers also. I kept watching out the window for the delivery people to come and my dad and I went somewhere and came back and their all the boxes were and I was so excited. After I opened the boxes, I took the motherboard and case out. I made sure I put on the spaces that are behind the mother that connect to the case so the motherboard wouldn't short out. Then I connected on the other devices and started the computer up. I had to install the sata drivers before I could load windows because the hardrive needed these drivers to work. Then I just put the XP disc in and it went through its automated setup. After windows was loaded, then I installed all the drivers for all the devices. That was it and then I installed all the software I wanted. I built this in 2004 and I am still on it today. I would like to upgrade sometime but not right now or maybe get one of those apple computers. I have only reformatted it once and I make sure I run spyware removal software and anti virus software frequently. I thought this task would be hard but it was not that bad. If you put your mind to it, eventually you will accomplish your task.

Rich Dad Poor Dad

I read this book by Robert Kiyosaki called Rich Dad Poor Dad. I really enjoyed reading the book and it did indeed open some doors. This book is about Financial Freedom. It talks about what the rich do, that the poor do not. It explains the difference between assets and liabilities clearly. It gets your mind thinking the way it should be to be on the road to Financial Freedom. People with high paying jobs are not really in Financial Freedom. They may look like they are with the things they buy but it really depends on if they owe anything or paid cash for their things. It talks about how college isn't everything and that a person that didn't do to well in school may succeed and become rich without even having to be really that smart. It talks about ways to handle your money to get into Financial Freedom. It guides you in a way that you would of never thought was possible. Rich dad thinks in very different ways then poor dad does. Poor dad wants Robert to go to college and get a good paying job, Rich dad on the other hand wants Robert to go to college and then open a corporation and to start acquiring assets. They may be very well different but they both help Robert in ways that are unimaginable. They give him and his wife the strength to keep moving on until they succeed. Rich dad tells Robert that when you make a mistake, you learn from it. Poor dad is afraid of making mistakes. It is a really good book and I recommend reading it. The I recommend reading the Cashflow quadrant also. They both are great books!

What Would I do if I had a million dollars?

If I had a million dollars the first thing that would come out my my mouth would be WOW!!! I would pay off my house and I would buy a truck. I would try not to spend to much of it. I would actually invest in hopes to gain more money. I would donate to some type of charity. I also want to open my own business and that would be a way that I could and I would have plenty of capital to start it off. I would make sure I am out of debt completely and that would be an awesome feeling. This is what I would do, now I am going to say some of my ideas that some other people might do with it. They probably would buy an expensive car. I wouldn't doubt if they bought a gold toilet. A big TV is a must want for a lot of people. Bose surround sound system would be awesome and I might even buy me one of those. Hopefully they wouldn't buy a million dollars worth of gumballs or something stupid like that. I think the best thing you could do with it, is to buy assets to make more money, so money would just keep flowing in. Some people wouldn't do that though and they would just spend it and it would be gone. Id rather have the money making money for me so I wouldn't have to work and just be able to enjoy life and its finest luxury's. I would like to retire at the age of 45 and that would be the way you could do it. It's OK to buy a few things for yourself but the smart thing would be to buy the assets. I would love to be financially free, but that just comes with time and the decisions you make!!! That is what I would do with a million dollars.

It's sure getting cold!

It is sure getting cold outside. You want to make sure you have a warm enough jacket for the winter. It would be a good idea to pack a blanket inside your car in case you break down and it's really cold and your in the middle of nowhere. Also you should have mittens and some flares and a flashlight. Some food would not hurt either. You want to make sure that your furnace is working properly, you can call someone to give it a tune up. There are alternate ways to heat your home. I have a pellet stove which I have to buy pellets but it heats my whole house pretty much (1024 square feet). This saves some money and it's not the hassle of wood. If you want to save a lot of money a wood stove would do the trick as long as you have wood available and you don't have to buy it. The reason I do not like wood stoves is because you have to fill them a lot. Plus you can't control the heat to well and it gets really hot in the house. Other then that they are pretty darn cool. If you are using your furnace, your going to want to have the thermostat 68 degrees or less to save some money. You can buy one of those programmable thermostats and that should save you money also. By redoing your weather stripping on your doors and stuff will block all the drafts that you have coming in. Also buy replacing your door threshold will do this also. You can even put a door sweep on. Replacing all the windows will really seal your house air tight and that is what you want. Also caulk any air leak holes that you can find. If you have a ceiling fan, switch it to the winter direction, this will make the house seem warmer because it won't allow the warm air to stay at the ceiling because heat rises. Thanks for listening to Jamie's safety and energy tips! I hope it helps!

Spyware and Viruses suck, Heres where you get some tools!

There are free spy ware removal software out there and free anti virus.
Here's a list:

You can obtain spybot search and destroy for free at http://www.spybot.com . There is a products box on the right side and the first one in the list is spybot search and destory, click on it. Scroll down that page to the download part and hit the download button.

Ad-aware is another spyware remover I use and you can get this at http://www.lavasoft.com/ . On the right side you want to click download Ad-aware Free for the free version.

I use AVG antivirus and that is also free. You can get this at http://free.avg.com/ . Click the get it now button under the Free basic Protection.

These Programs work good for me. You can buy ones you have to pay for if you want but the free ones work good enough for me. Just make sure you run the programs once a week if you want to keep spyware off your sysem. I hope this helps anyone that needs it!

My Favorite Season and Why

We have 4 seasons here in Wisconsin. Spring, Summer, Winter and Fall. The season I like the most would have to be Spring because the warm season is beginning. It is cool at night and you wake up in the morning and when it gets about 55-60 it feels so warm because you are used to the cold winter that we just got out of. I have really gotten to like fishing and it is awesome in the spring because it is not to hot and not too cold. I like to watch everything grow and bloom. Nature is wonderful. I like being outside a lot and enjoying the fresh air. When it goes below freezing at night and warms up in the day you that's when they get maple syrup and I thought that was so cool how that is done. It is also really neat when you feed the birds and the ones you haven't seen all winter come and it is just amazing. Last spring I seen my first hummingbird and I only seen it once all year but that was so awesome seeing it hover in the air and to drink nectar out of my hummingbird feeder. I really enjoy watching the birds and to see their reactions to anything. I also like be able to identify them and their sounds. Oh that's a blue jay or Oh that's a cardinal. I like going mini golfing in the spring also because it is so relaxing and gets you away from home for a while. I like cooking out and just being in the outdoors. Sometimes as people we are just indoors to much and we don't enjoy the outdoors like we should. Don't get me wrong I also like the other 3 seasons but this is just my favorite. It is perfect for working on this outside. Just going for a walk and enjoying the beauty of everything. Spend time in the outdoors as well!!!

Things you could do to make extra money

We are always looking for ways to bring in extra money. Right now it just seems like everything is so expensive that this could help us out. Here is a list of services you could provide.

-Mowing lawns
-Snow Removal
-Raking
-Lawn Care
-Cleaning
-Telephone Answering
-Billing
-Grocery Shopping
-Car Washing
-Car Detailing
-Fix Computers
-Remodeling
Buy Products for cheap and sell them for a profit. Make your own products and sell them, it's a bigger profit that way. You could sell...
-Paintings
-Cleaning Supplies
-Stuffed Animals
-Toys
-Cooking Supplies
-Food
-Electronics
-Craft something out of wood
-Vitamins
This is just a few of many things you could do. You could come up with your own ideas and try them out to see if they work and if they work stick with them. It's hard to figure this out if you don't go with an idea and just stick with it. If you stick with an idea, it will most likely pay off. Most of us could us a little extra cash or you could even start your own business full-time. I hope the best of luck to all of you!

Love your Pets

You come home after a hard long day and there they are. They are waiting for you all excited that you are home. Wagging tails, running around like they have lots of energy. The look in there eyes is so priceless because they are so happy because they have missed you and they are glad to see that your home. They want to play but do you? Sometimes we get so busy in our lives that we are just to tired when we get home. They will wait and wait until the time is right to play. You throw the ball and they get so excited and go after it. They bring it back most of the time for you to throw it again over and over and this makes them happy. They are always glad to see you. They come and lay by you as you pet them. You can take them for walks and they will be glad to go, it will get them exercise while its getting you exercise also. You will share moments with them that you would never thought you would be sharing. They will keep you company when you feel alone. They will keep you warm at night. Whenever you feel down, you can always count on them to make your day better. You can tell them anything and you know that they won't tell. Kids love pets and the pets should help wear your kids out. When your pets are being good you reward them with treats which they love. No matter how frustrated you get with something or even your pets, you should always love them as if they were your child.

Top Ten Things to do for or with your Wife

Starting with Number Ten
10. Call her on your way home and tell her you missed her.
9. Buy her a Star.
8. Watch a Movie.
7. Buy her a rose or some flowers.
6. Do the Dishes.
5. Do the Laundry but don't shrink her clothes.
4. Put a big I LOVE YOU sign on her car.
3. Make her a heart shaped pancake.
2. Clean the house.
And the one you have been waiting for
1. Take her to a nice restaurant and have a romantic evening.

Make her Happy!

The Big Bass

The sun was rising and it was an very early morning. I headed out of the house to go fishing. I arrived at my fishing spot, and I started setting everything up. It was a calm clear morning, perfect for fishing. I did not have a boat so I would have to shore fish which can turn into a good day even though I didn't have a boat. I have a very rich good feeling inside like its going to be a very rewarding day. I put a worm on and cast my first cast out which goes a long ways. I let it sit there and wait for a bite. As I take a drink of water I notice that my bobber has went down. I grab my fishing pole with my two hands and start reeling in. I set the hook, started reeling in and it seemed to fight pretty hard, This could be a big one. I keep fighting and fighting with it, reeling in and adjusting the drag. Finally I manage to pull it out of the water. It was a pretty good sized bluegill which is good for our first catch. I cast in again and it goes a littler shorter this time. I wait about 2 minutes and something takes it again. I start to feel in and this time it goes quite smoothly and I pull in another bluegill which is a little small then the last one. I decide to change it up a little bit and put on a scum frog. I cast it out for a first time onto some lily pads that I have spotted. I reel it in with 3 reels, pause and start again. I do this slowly and all of a sudden something jumps out of the water and starts to take my scum frog. I start to reel in and it is quite hard but I just keep reeling in and all of a sudden it gets off which just plain sucks. You know what they say, try, try and try again. I cast out a little farther but onto some lily pads and repeat the same thing. Reel in 3 time around slowly, give a pause and start reeling again. Everything is calm all of a sudden BAM!!!! I start to reel in a set the hook, The fish is fighting fiercely, It feels like a monster. I keeping reeling in and adjust the drag trying not to snap the line. I just keep on reeling even though my arms and hands are getting tired. This fish is fighting really hard and all of a sudden I must be getting it close to shore because I see this huge fish and I start pulling it out of the water with excitement in my eyes. It is 25 inch bass and I am amazed. I can't believe that I have caught something so big. It has been a very rewarding day.

This was the Big Bass!!!

Top 10 ways you can tell if winter is coming.

We will start out with number 10
10. If the leaves are almost off the trees you know winter is coming.
9. If the ice cream truck hasn't come into you neighborhood in a while.
8.If you can't stand to go swimming outside anymore because your too cold.
7.If you go fishing and you just can't stop warming up your hands.
6.If you switch from squirt gun fights to snowball fights.
5.If when you water the grass it turns into ice over night.
4.When you go to the water park and your the only one there because its closed.
3.When it looks like everyone can almost breath fire but its really because its cold.
2.If they stop washing cars outside.
And number 1
1.When people are trading in their roller blades for ice skates!!!

Winter is coming, dress warm and don't get sick!!!!!

Colorful Leaves

The Beautiful season is here, Autumn. The leaves are changing on the trees with the brightest of colors. My personal favorite is orange. Orange has been my favorite color for a long time. Just for some enjoyment, go for a walk or a bike ride or even a drive and look at the beautiful colors of the leaves on the trees, nature is beautiful. It is getting where it is getting cool at night. Sometimes you will need them extra blankets unless you have the heat on. Please enjoy it before the beauty goes away because winter is coming. Winter has its own beauty! As we get closer darkness appears closer and closer.

Is everything going down the drain?

It sure seems like everything is getting very pricey. You can't really go anywhere anymore because gas prices are way up there. It is getting harder to make a living, every time you turn around something costs more which takes more of what you earn and if you aren't getting any raises to compensate for it then it leaves you with less and that is money that you could of done something else with. Maybe they could figure out a different fuel that we could burn in our cars that is renewable and good for the environment. I hope they come up with something like that because with everything rising, you can't really have any fun anymore and that is what life is all about. I have been riding my bicycle more until my spokes broke on it and I have to yet get it repaired. Where will we be in 50 years from now? Will we have a lot more advanced technologies or maybe we won't be here. Maybe we all just can't get a long and the world ends with I big war. I hope that doesn't happen but sometimes it seems like we can just not get along. We are all the same and depend on the same basic needs, so why can't we just get along and work as a team to survive. Maybe everyone is just getting greedy and they don't think of other people and won't help them because they have to have everything for themselves. They are very selfish. It just seems that to me and I'm sure a lot of people agree. If everyone would just work together we would have world peace, that will never happen. I guess all you can do is your part and that will make you feel really good. You can't control what other people do, all you can do is talk to them and try to get them to do their part. We can only pray that one day the world will have world peace.

Getting rid of the habit

I have attempted to quit drinking soda because it is bad for you. It has been a little over 2 weeks since I had my last can. I feel a lot better without it! I have been getting these cravings and I have been dealing with it by drinking water. I keep more hydrated because when I was drinking soda the caffeine in it dehydrates the body. It also makes us loose calcium which weakens our bones. One soda also contains about 10 teaspoons of sugar which is to much for me. The sugar is really bad for your enamel on your teeth. It was pretty easy to quit for the first couple days and then I started getting the cravings of soda, thinking about how good it tastes and everything. I told myself no and no again, it worked. I have been drinking water, juice and milk in replacement of soda. In the long run I know my body is going to thank me by giving me more energy. I can't wait to see the effects of quitting soda for a whole year will do for my body. I am hoping the cravings will stop sometime soon which they should and I bet I won't even want anymore soda. The taste will chase me away in the future because of all the sugar and other ingredients in soda. It seems like I have more energy so far during the day which makes me happy. I am trying my best to stay away and hopefully this works out for me. It seems like I have been getting more hungry which really doesn't make since. If any of you are trying to quit, I wish you the best of luck!

Exercising and Nature

I like to go biking in the summer on the trail that is in our city. Biking is fun and it is good exercise. I just like taking the ride to relieve stress and just to get away. Look at the flowers and everything blooming around you and take advantage of the beauty around you. I like to take Gatorade when I bike because it is good for the body. Water is better for you but I like the taste of Gatorade and it's not to bad for you. I extremely enjoy this and I try to go a little farther each day. I like to stop places on the way like stores or gas stations to take a breather. People walk on this trail and their are other bikers. It goes past the lake so you can watch the people go fishing or you can stop and do some fishing yourself. I have been told that it is a fishing hot spot and you can catch perch over there. Just sitting out by the lake and just enjoying the beauty of the waves and the outdoors is extremely awesome. I would like to go fishing at this spot because I believe I will catch a lot of perch and it will be tons of fun. It gets really hard pedaling the bike if you are heading into a wind and makes me tired. It is very good for you though because you will burn more fat off by having this Resistance. Look for birds flying around and rabbits hopping really helps the sole and relieves stress. Nature is beautiful, why do we all abuse it and litter. If no one littered then the lakes would be crystal clear. Somethings we can't help because the vehicles we drive polite. We can try to make it better and try not to use it when we can. It would be extremely nice if their was no pollution.

Just keep on going

I get tired sometimes like we all do and I just want to take a nap. I don't know why I get this tired sometimes because I'm really not the old. I can't stay up as long as I used to be able to. I guess when you get older, you get tired. I have been taking this fish oil for a while now and it has seemed to help. It is really good for you because it prevents a whole bunch of stuff. For example, it helps with heart disease, it's really good for your heart. It also prevents some tips of cancer. It is supposed to make you be able to think better and be alert. It also helps your memory. It keeps your veins unclogged. I figure by starting to take this at my age which is 21, I should be pretty darn healthy. I just take one 1000 mg tablet a day and it seems to help. My dad started to take them because his doctor told him to because he has problems with his heart. I decided I should take them to because if it runs in our family then it will prevent me from dealing with the same thing. He takes 2 a day, he was taking 4 like the Doctor said but he cut it down to 2. I have went and bought some more fish oil in a bigger bottle and the tablets in that bottle are 1200 mg. I believe this should help. I have read that Eskimos don't have heart disease because of all the fish that they eat. Fish oil does the same thing, it is oils taken from certain fish. It does not have a fishy aftertaste either. I usually take one in the morning before I go to work or when I get up if I don't have to work that day. Make sure you get the omega 3 fish oil because that is the best for you. I also started take multi vitamins recently which I believe will help also over a period of time. I seem to be experiencing more energy and alertness. I take this with my fish oil in the morning. I figure what will it hurt? It will only help me in the long run to stay healthy and to live longer. My goal is to stay healthy the best I can so I can live longer and enjoy life and have the best possible performance at work. Maybe taking these will make me less likely to get sick? I would enjoy that. I hate getting sick and having to stay home from work. I should maybe exercise a little more but I do get most my exercise at work. My goal is to stay in the best possible health I can and that is hopefully pretty much every ones goal.

Tips on keeping your computer running smooth

Now days computers get spy ware and viruses very often. I don't understand why people make these programs to make your computer run slower and may even have to reinstall everything including the operating system. This is expensive and takes time. The average spy ware/virus removal is $100. Why pay this when you can do this yourself and it does the same thing. It is because of not knowing how to do it. Their are two programs that I use. I use Ad aware and Spy bot. You can download these programs at http://www.download.com . They are free to download. All you do is install the program, when it is installed then you update it to make sure that you have the latest spy ware/virus definitions. After you do this then you want to run the scan. When the scan is completed, it will show a list of objects that are making your computer run rough. I usually just check them all and then I remove all objects. When it is done, you should notice a difference in the performance of you system. You should try to do this at least once a week. This way it won't give anything a chance to become a threat to your system. Make sure you keep your spy ware/virus removal programs up to date. If the program isn't updated regularly then the program can't protect you against new spy ware/virus threats. Make sure you have an antivirus program installed that has a resident shield so you are protected at all times. You can download a free anti-virus program at http://free.grisoft.com/ . This is the program I use and it works just fine for me. You should also run the file checker and the disk defragmentor once in awhile. This will also speed up the performance of your system. Clean the dust out of your computer every once in a while too. I hope these tips help!

Saving you on your home energy bill!

I live in a house and it gets expensive in the winter here in Wisconsin. It just seems like everything just keeps going up and up. It isn't cheap to live anymore. One of the things that can help you out is doing things to save on energy bills. You can set your thermostat on a lower setting and that will save, I have mine on 66 but you could have it on 68 and it wouldn't be so bad. Make sure you check and change your furnace filters, We checked this filter and it was really plugged and nasty! Just remember that every little thing will help! Use compact fluorescent light bulbs! Don't use your dish washers drying cycle, just let them air dry. Turn off your computer when your not using it. Use a power strip so you can turn it off when you are not using the electronics, they are still taking power unless the power is cut to them. Products that have the Energy Star label really help a lot. Check all your insulation in your home and make sure that it is doing its job right. You may need to replace it or put some in if it doesn't have any. Look for any holes or cracks or anyway to let air out of your home. Make sure your fireplace dampers are closed unless your using them of course. You may want to get some sensor that will turn the lights off when their is no one in the room. The best places to add insulation to your home are Crawl space, Attic, Basement, Walls, and the floor. A tip to help find a air leak is to light a incense on a windy day and if the smoke travels horizontally, their is an air leak around the area your testing. These areas may leak air and it costs you lots of money if they leak:
Dropped ceiling
Water heater and furnace flues
Window frames
Recessed light
All ducts
Electrical outlets and switches
Attic entrance
Door frames
Plumbing and utility access
Sill plates
Chimney flashing
You may to install caulk or weatherstripping. It may just be a good idea to change the weather stripping on the doors every so often. Double pane windows will really help also. Make sure you do not leave kitchen or bathroom fans on for extended amounts of time, this will let all of the heat out of the house. Keep blinds open on the south facing windows in the day time to let the sun heat your home. I recommend investing in a pellet stove, these stoves are awesome and they work automatically, all you have to do is fill the hopper with pellets!!!!!! This will save you lots of money. Turn down you water heater if you can. I hope these tips help you!!!!

Gas Prices

Gas prices are getting very expensive these days. In Oshkosh, Wisconsin the price is $3.09 per gallon for regular gas. I'm sure it is more expensive in some places then others. It really hurts to go to the gas station and fill up because it costs so much. I remember when I could fill my car up for $15 dollars and now it costs me $40 dollars. Hopefully they will come down but it doesn't seem like that's going to happen. It sounds more like they will be just getting higher and higher. What happens when people can't afford to put gas in anymore? What will we do? Hopefully if gas goes up then wages will have to go up. Here are a few tips that I thought of to save on gas. Try to car pool as much as you can and split the gas. Change your fuel filters on your vehicles. Also try doing a tune-up and get all your spark plugs and wires changed. Change the distributor cap and rotor if you have one. Change the PVC valve, this helps re burn the fuel and the PVC valve is really cheap and easy to put in. Put fuel system cleaner into your gas tank regularly. Try to use only quarter throttle when you apply pressure to the accelerator. Try to walk or ride a bike to as many places as you can. Cars with smaller engines like Geo Metros get really good fuel mileage. Some MotorCycles get great gas mileage also. Just try to limit yourself to the places you go or try to limit trips. I hope these tips help.