A report in Australian newspaper The Courier Mail called "Easter egg gorging has unhealthy costs" reveals some troubling Easter statistics regarding chocolate and other holiday goodies. Sales of chocolate eggs, bunnies, and so on total $230million in Australia & New Zealand alone. On average, residents eat 20 eggs per person, and ingest 1kg of chocolate [...]

Gary’s Story: Surviving a Bomb On Saturday November 8th, 2008 my world blew apart – literally. I was carrying a package I thought was gift when it exploded in my hands. We had recently sold our cozy townhouse and were excited to move into a larger home with yard for our daughters. As I went [...]

Christmas is just a few weeks away so I thought I would share my own personal “33 Steps to Surviving Christmas”, gleaned from years of holiday experience. Take a break from the rush and enjoy. 1: Walk into any store and see red and green everywhere. It’s here. 2: Panic. Solution: buy and drink one [...]

What are your Easter holiday traditions? Chocolate Eggs? Bunny rabbits? A man standing by an empty cave? For Christians, Easter is about Jesus’ victory over death. If you’re thinking that the Easter story is too good to be true, you are not alone. Watch Now

Sssshhh. Listen. Is your stomach grumbling? What do you crave? Coffee, chocolate, power, or sex? Are you merely riding along a roller coaster ride, grasping tight through ups and downs only to meet the next quick thrill? Every human being knows the feeling of the pangs in our hearts when it desperately craves something – whether [...]

California unveiled vending machines that dispense medical marijuana. That’s right, you can get your pop, your chips and pretzels — and the pot to spur your big ol’ snack attack — all in one convenient location. Of course, these new vending machines don’t work quite the same way as your typical soda machines; you still [...]

Along with brightly colored Easter eggs, rabbits have become associated with Easter. But while giving a bunny as a present to a child on Easter morning may seem like a fun and innocent gift, it often doesn’t turn out that way. “Rabbit sales at pet shops generally quadruple right before the Easter holiday.” says Lisa [...]

How do you make time to rest and relax on a budget? If you've got an afternoon and $10, here are three ways to escape.

Often we think that acts of kindness need to be grand gestures, but I have to agree with Richard Dehmel who says, “A little kindness from person to person is better than a vast love for all humankind.” Often it is the little things – like not sighing loudly in the direction of the mother [...]

One of my fondest childhood memories of the Christmas season is the Advent calendars my brother and I would receive every year. If you’re unfamiliar with this tradition, the particular version my family enjoyed consisted of a nearly flat decorated cardboard box, with tiny doors on it, numbered from 1 to 24 representing the days [...]