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Bright light! Bright light! Yeah that’s your option over tripping on the floor mat in your bathroom and banging your shin on the vanity.

Now that I’ve been using the Nokia Lumia 710 Windows Phone for a couple of months, I’m trying to figure out how I ever functioned without one. The one thing I’m still in awe about is that if you’re wary of contract plans (like I am) you can still have this great phone through T-Mobile using a monthly pre-paid plan or pay-as-you-go.

I have been so happy with this phone and the Windows interface is so easy to use. The phone retails for $349.99 and for a limited time (April 17, 2012) on the web-only you can get it free with a contract plan. You will have to pay for the phone in full to use the no annual contract plans, but that’s the trade off for not being locked in.

I’ve written a couple of posts already on the Nokia Lumia 710 Windows Phone, and you can read about all the features it offers in those posts, but let me bullet point quickly what I still love about this phone now that I have used it for a longer period of time.

Happy Easter to all my readers.

Easter is a very important holiday to my family. While Christmas celebrates the Babe that came to Earth as fully God and fully man – Easter is the fulfillment of that event. The victory of life over death and the hope that each of us can have if we accept the gift that Christ offers us through His death and resurrection.

I received an e-mail in my inbox, and today seems like a good day to

My mom has passed down a lot of things to me in life, both by nurture and by nature. But one of the things her DNA was dominant over my dad’s was hair color…or lack there of, however you want to describe it. My mom had COMPLETELY white hair by the time she was 41. I mean yeah, at least it was pure white, and not a salt & pepper or a yellow-white, but still…41.

As I get closer to that age, I’m getting that eerie feeling that…I’m turning into my mom!!! Okay, not really but I have a lot of white hair, and am too cheap to go to the salon every month to have it colored or highlighted, so I do it at home.

I read a lot of books. Some I like, some I don’t like. But then there are the few and far between that completely absorb me, the kind that I can’t put down, or I feel like I’m reading about my neighbors, friends or families…they’re that good. Dancing on Broken Glass, Ka Hancock’s first novel is a completely compelling story that touches all your emotions about birth, death and all the moments that happen amidst those two points.

This post is about credit card responsibility. I know, you may be thinking ‘boooorrrrring!’ But hopefully not, hopefully you share my concern for financial responsibility. Whether you’re paying your monthly utility bills, education loan bills, car insurance, or just your weekly grocery loot, the credit card is the usual suspect as far as method of payment.

Ziploc conducted a Fresh Eating Survey and the results they received were quite interesting. Although 81% of Americans would like to find more ways to use fresh ingredients in their meals, less than 50% of American’s eat vegetables and fruits daily. It’s not that surprising though, it’s one of those “easier said than done” types of scenarios.

The Secret Life of a Fool: One Man’s Raw Journey from Shame to Grace. Andrew Palau. 2011. 191 pages.

“People seem to want guys like me – son of a preacher man – to have some scandalous reason for all my ‘mistakes.’ But my scandal is less of what you might expect and more like something we all deal with…”

I am writing this post today on behalf of The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards to tell you about the extraordinary students who were named America’s top youth volunteers of 2012.

These young volunteers have helped their communities in ways that range from assisting Americans who are sick or disabled, to

War Horse is a movie that follows a horse named Joey from a farm in England across the European continent during World War I. Being directed by Steven Spielberg, you’re guaranteed an epic experience as you’re immersed in the history of the first World War and the emotions and relationships that war inevitably touches.