Insomniacs Unite
Everyone with a smartphone has heard time and time again that looking at your phone before bed is a bad idea. According to the National Sleep Foundation, “The use of electronic devices in the bedroom further disrupts the natural pattern of the sleep-wake cycle” primarily because of the blue light emitted from the screen. While most scientific data pertaining to sleep recommends you place your phone in another room overnight, those who toss and turn regardless of phone location might benefit from using technology rather than tucking it away. Here are three FREE sleep apps
that might help you get to dreamland faster.
Basement Blues
I’ve been rebuilding my basement. We first moved into our house in 2004. We used to have a smaller, one-story ranch house, but Kim and I decided we wanted a larger home for our growing family.
So, toward the end of 2003, we moved out of our ranch house and had it torn down. Over the next year, we had a new house built on the property. During building, I decided to leave the basement
only partially finished. The idea was that I would finish it later. I wanted it to be a certain way — to be my “man cave” with a great entertainment center, maybe a bar, and a place to store wine.
Tax Reform Cheat Sheet
What does tax reform mean for me? A simple cheat sheet: If you’ve been following the tax reform debate, odds are you’re confused. At this point both the House and the Senate have passed their own version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The dreamy vision of a “postcard”-style tax return is long gone.