Last night I started to realize that I don’t have a dedicated credit card for my business transactions.  Sure I have enough cash to cover just about everything and I do 90% of my online business through PayPal, but I have been finding more and more that I think that having a CC to buy that offline stuff that it takes to run an online business would be great.  Especially since I do all of my business stuff through my own name so that I don’t have to register a business number and all of the headaches that takes.  I simply claim all of my earnings on my tax return, however for the last couple of years it wasn’t a big deal since I was able to claim expenses and have the business be revenue neutral.

This year however I don’t think that I am going to have that luxury.  I have not had as much time to do investing in online properties so I have been accumulating cash, which is not a bad thing, it just means that I am going to be taxed on it at the end of the year.

Last night I had a pleasant surprise, my new bike was home.  I have a friend building me a new bike since I wrecked my old one.  I have been without for about 2 weeks, and it has been tough.  I don’t think that it is “finished” but it is more than done to get me around before the snow starts to fly.  And then I can get all of the bells and whistles finished.

As for my CakePHP project, I haven’t had a lot of time to spend on it.  I am starting to think that it would be much faster to drop the MCV, but maybe that is simply because I am not sure what I am doing yet.  I am going to work on it as is until the new year,  I think that I should have a good BETA online by then.  In the meantime I am going to start to work on a front end.  This is going to be a ready made CMS, probably Drupal since that is what I know, however since Mambo is going Cake I may decide to look at that for this site, since I am going to have a cake install anyway.

Many people don’t realize how important drinking water and fluids in their diet can be.  Water can increase your health in many ways.  Water is absolutely essential to your bodily functions and is necessary in just about every bodily process.  Being well hydrated can help digestion, your cardiovascular system, as well as your mental functioning.  Here are some tips on being well hydrated.

Most health professionals agree that each person needs to be well hydrated.  Well hydrated usually means about 8-8oz. glasses each day of water.  Many people don’t drink water, but either their beverages or foods such as fruits contain water.  The best way to make sure you get enough water is to drink a glass of water or juice in the morning, two glasses of water during each meal and a glass of water in the late evening.  Following this regiment will keep you well hydrated.  Many people prefer to drink juices, sports drinks, coffee or tea.  These drinks are fine as long as they are in moderation.

Nothing is as perfect as water. Water has 0 calories and helps practically every process in your body.  Another great fact about water is that it can help your skin look great.  A well hydrated body, means well hydrated skin.  So if you are looking to live a healthy lifestyle, make sure your body is well hydrated.

If you are living an extremely stressful life then you are probably looking for ways to cut down your stress and increase your health.  Here are some tips on lowering your stress fast and easy.

Stress affects everyone during their lifetime, no matter what the situation such as a difficult job, difficult relationship or problems with children.  If you are suffering from stress there are a few things that you can do to control your stress or lower it.

A great tip to control stress is to keep a stress journal.  Many people don’t realize what in their lives are causing them stress.  If you are suffering from stress, keep a journal and make entries every time you feel stress.  You might be able to pinpoint your stress and make changes in your life to lower your stress.

Another great idea is to make time in your busy schedule to relax.  Take this time to do the things that you want to accomplish or relax in a bath.  Find ways that relax you instead of agitate you.

You also might want to watch your diet.  Stay away from caffeine and high sugared drinks.  These beverages can keep you wired all day long and stop you from falling asleep in time.  So follow these tips to cut down on your stress.

If you are interested in losing weight and getting in shape, here are some tips that are extremely easy to follow and produce great results- regular exercise.  Many people try to lose weight on miracle diets that promise dieters the opportunity of losing 10 or 15 pounds over a weekend.  While you may lose a few pounds, it will be impossible to keep that weight off and to keep a healthy body in the process.  If you really want to live a healthy lifestyle and keep the weight off, then regular exercise is a necessary task.  Here are some tips.

Regular exercise can be extremely beneficial to your body.  Its amazing what exercising 3 days a week for only 30 minutes can do for a body.  For lots of people that get little activity, exercise is extremely important in any amount.

If you are thinking about starting an exercise regiment talk to your doctor or gym’s personal trainer.  They can give you tips that are very helpful and make sure that you do exercises that focus on the parts of your body that need to be exercised.  So if you are looking to get in shape and lose weight, look into exercising regularly.

If you are trying to lose weight and looking to cut away unnecessary foods from your diet, look to cut away empty calories.  Empty calories is a term that is used by nutritionists for foods that contain lots of calories but give you limited benefit.

One of the most well know items to have plenty of empty calories is soda.  Some sodas contain over 150 calories for each serving and deliver to the body mostly processed sugar.  Many people can drink 3 or 4 servings of soda each day for a total of 600 empty calories.

Other foods with empty calories are fast foods such as French fries.  There are French fries that contain over 500 calories per serving.  For that amount of calories you can literally eat a balanced dinner.

Most health professionals state that it is much more beneficial to eat foods that deliver great vitamins and minerals then to waste precious calories on foods that just deliver fat and sugar.  It is very easy to find foods that are loaded with empty calories, just look at the nutrition labels on your food items that you buy at the supermarket. So if you are looking to lose weight and get in shape forget about empty calories.