2016 – Slinky Life

Budgeting For Your Next Car Service

The modern world is expensive. We’ve all got things like rent or a mortgage, phone bills and loan repayments to deal with, which can make one-off expenses hard to handle. Unfortunately, getting your car serviced and maintained can lead to some pretty big bills, especially if you’ve got a luxury vehicle or a 4wd.

MB Star Motors advise that something like a Mercedes Benz service can cost a small fortune. However, even a basic service on a basic car can cost anything from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars, depending what needs to be done. This means that it’s important to make sure that you include your car services in your budget so that you can afford to pay for them when they come around.

First, Work Out How Much An Average Service Costs

The first thing that you should do is work out exactly how much an average service for your car costs. If you’ve got a basic car that doesn’t need a lot of maintenance, an average service should cost less than $200. However, some cars are a lot more expensive to get serviced, especially if you need a highly qualified mechanic or someone with special skills.

November 26, 2016Business AdviceBy Slinky Life

Great First Impressions For Meeting On That First Date

When that online dating profile on the single’s site leads to a fun correspondence, soon it’s time to meet in person. That’s a lot of pressure on both parties to live up to expectations. Here’s a few online dating etiquette tips and hints on how to greet your online date in the real world and have it go as smoothly as possible.

1. Dress up. Men need to hear this more than women. Mates, your T-shirt and jeans just aren’t going to do! Especially you should consider what you plan to do on your first date – are you going to a formal dance, a rugby match, a day at the Renaissance Festival, or a hiking expedition? We don’t mean that you should do a full make-over if it would mean trying to be somebody you’re not, but just pick your best outfit that goes with the mood of the date.

2. Smile! A winning smile and a positive attitude will go a long way. This isn’t always easy if you’ve had to travel – we aren’t all at our crisp best after a red-eye hop on Quantas or a two-day trip on Greyhound. But try your best, anyway!

November 5, 2016Lifestyle, RelationshipsBy Slinky Life

Divorce Proceedings in a Marriage of Less than Two Years

While divorce proceedings are relatively easy to instigate these days when compared with many years ago, experienced family lawyers will tell you there are still certain rules and regulations in place to make sure the decision to divorce is not an impulsive one that may be regretted at some later date. While divorce is necessary in some cases, it does bring with it a whole new set of problems when there are children of the union.

According to acceleratefamilylaw.com.au, when people who have been married less than two years want to file for a divorce it is essential – and a legal requirement – that they go to counselling first. Their application for divorce will not be heard unless counselling has been tried and failed to accomplish a satisfactory ending to the problems. However, it is often the case that one party may refuse to attend counselling. In this case the other party may go alone or simply request permission of the court to file for divorce.

August 28, 2016Legal Advice, RelationshipsBy Slinky Life

What’s Yours Is Mine Too – when executors and administrators help themselves

Litigation involving lawyers and deceased estates has rapidly increased over the last 15 years, to the point where even non-lawyers are aware that the massive depletion in the estate from legal expenses almost renders the fight untenable.

However, reconciling that somewhat philosophical view point with the prospect of a recalcitrant executor or unworthy beneficiary receiving more than they should, often creates an odd type of stand-off between parties.

The issues are always complex and the outcomes often unsatisfactory. That however, is the result of the law awkwardly trying to solve problems that are a mixture of emotion and good sense, with inherently rigid syllogistic decision making.

July 22, 2016Business, Legal AdviceBy Slinky Life

Alcohol Recovery – The Gift of Feeling

Growing up in a home where feelings were not appropriate, I learned from an early age to hide my feelings, to keep them as a secret because feelings were somehow unacceptable.

It was expected that I put a smile on my face and jump into the day, and I became very good at keeping my feelings to myself. There was never discussion about feeling sad, overwhelmed, depressed, anxious or lonely – these were “bad” feelings, and therefore I was “bad” for feeling.

In my teen years, I became somewhat of a recluse. I played my guitar for hours at night and read books into the wee hours of the morning, getting caught up in the world any book provided. This escape allowed me to ignore the fact that I felt lonely, sad and overwhelmed. I kept these secrets tucked away and showed up for life with a smile.

As a young adult, I discovered alcohol and drugs. All of my secret feelings were gone when I drank or used. It was magical.

The momentary relief from feelings became more of a need as time went on. I knew how to stop feeling. The solution of alcohol and drugs worked for a while. I could hold down a good job, make good money and a name for myself, and drink away the worry of what ‘they’ thought of me when I went home.

At some point, my solution to not feeling my feelings quit working. I needed to use more to keep my feelings at bay. I became unemployable. My solution turned on me, and no matter how much I drank or used, every feeling I had tucked away was up and in my face. I could no longer hide. I could no longer keep the secrets. I was a miserable train wreck and had no solution.

Going to a drug rehab (ie: getting sober) was one of the most difficult things I’ve ever done. My life was ugly. My life was messy. I was raw and had no idea how to deal with any emotion or feeling. I felt like I was drowning in a big black pool of ick.

May 6, 2016Health & Fitness, LifestyleBy Slinky Life

CMS for Small Businesses: How to Choose One?

You may know this, but every business be it small or large cannot survive with a static type of website. If a small business wants to remain competitive then they will have to keep on updating their particular website, blog often along with other marketing techniques. Whether you are doing the job yourself or consulting an experienced digital agency, it is no use wasting your precious time plus money on a useless static type of website.

This is why many small businesses nowadays form websites that has a useful content management system or CMS. Picking out a good CMS platform may actually be rather tough due to the fact that a lot of open source plus commercial options tend to be present nowadays. This articles aims to aid you in knowing how to pick the best one for your particular small business.

April 30, 2016Business, Getting OnlineBy Slinky Life

Essential Tips on Designing A Modern Kitchen

With the modernization, everything has changed and so do the kitchen. There is a question that you need to ask yourself that “does your kitchen really suit your busy lifestyle that you lead?” Most of us will answer it as a “No.” The kitchen is not just a place where you cook and serve food to the family, but it is a hub where you can spend your family time by eating and enjoying together.

It has progressed into a space where everyone can congregate. So, now if you are thinking about rebuilding your kitchen or just rejuvenate it, then consider going for a more modern kitchen design that will easily accommodate all of your family needs and daily routines. It may have a groovy glass splashback and all new modern stainless steel appliances. Alternatively, if you get a modern kitchen then it will add to the profitability at the time of selling your place or if you think to move to some other place.

March 20, 2016Home & Garden, LifestyleBy Slinky Life

Should You Choose Natural Limestone or Reconstituted Limestone for Your Walls?

Limestone is a strong and durable material ideal for many building projects such as cladding, feature walls, retaining walls and much more. There is natural limestone or reconstituted limestone, which is basically crushed limestone mixed with cement. This makes it even stronger and adds to its versatility. So which should you choose for your walls?

Much depends on the position of the walls, your budget and your colour preference: –

Position – walls that are in very exposed places where wind and rain can beat on them all the time need to be stronger than a wall in a sheltered spot. Limestone is slightly softer than some other stone types. Even though it is considered quite strong enough for walls, some slight erosion may occur over the years, making sharp edges more rounded. So if this is important to you, natural limestone may not be the best choice for such a wall. However, if the position is sheltered from wind and seawater spray, natural limestone could be a good choice.

A feature wall on the sheltered side of the house would be fine with natural limestone; similarly, cladding on the house itself would be suited to natural limestone because the inner side would be totally out of the weather.

Reconstituted limestone blocks will give you a wall that is both attractive and durable, standing the test of time in the weather due to its cement component. It would be fine for garden walls, retaining walls, cladding or even feature walls.

January 24, 2016Home & Garden, LifestyleBy Slinky Life

What to Look for When Hiring Electricians

Electricians handle some of the most important tasks that you will need completed in life. If you’re working on a construction project, only an electrician can bring power to a building; if you’re experiencing an electrical problem at home, only a fully qualified electrician can fix the issue and get everything working again. Because of their importance, you want to find an electrician that offers the highest quality services at the best prices. There are a number of things that you should look for when trying to decide which electrician to hire.

Experience

It’s vital that your electrician has plenty of experience working on a variety of projects. The more experience a company has, the more likely they’ve handled a project just like yours in the past, so they can apply that knowledge to you. Different electricians have experience in different areas, so you want to be sure that you’re picking the right electrician for your specific job.

January 22, 2016Home & GardenBy Slinky Life

The Benefits Of Adopting Organic Food Diet

In today’s world where pollution and junk food has dominated our life, making better lifestyle choices is crucial to our survival. There is no doubt that diet plays an important role in health and well being of a person. Whether eating at home, school or dining out at restaurants a better diet means better health. With more awareness and research on food it has became clear that pesticides and insecticides greatly affect the benefits of food. The overuse of pesticides is extremely common in commercial food production. Adopting organic food diet is the only way to save you from the harmful effects of these chemicals. That is why adopting organic food diet is the essential lifestyle change everyone should adopt.

Following are some of the amazing benefits you get when you decide to adopt organic food diet.

January 6, 2016Food & Wine, LifestyleBy Slinky Life

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