Most people love to go out and watch movies over the weekend, but every-increasing prices coupled with shrinking budgets makes it hard. The average ticket price for a move ticket has climbed to about $8, while cinemas offering IMAX and 3D cost even more for an entry.

Rather than staying home and starving yourself of entertainment, you can actually take steps to help you save some money when you head out to the cinema next time.

Here are five ways that can help you to save money at the movies and enjoy the big screen experience: [Read more…]

Your wedding day is one of the most important and special days of your life. Wedding photographs will capture the special moments of this beautiful occasion and provide you with long lasting memories you can share with your children and grandchildren, so getting the right images is key!

Take your time choosing a good wedding photographer – ask to see their portfolio of previous photographs. All professional photographers can capture a good image, but each one will have his or her own unique style so you need to find the one who takes the kind of shots you want.

Perhaps that’s the traditional group photographs – bride and groom, bride and bridesmaids, the whole family… or maybe you want some funky shots from unique angles, or ‘un-staged’ shots that capture every detail of the day as it happens, without needing everyone to stand around and pose. [Read more…]

If you’re pregnant, you will probably wonder how big your baby will be. After all, how does an 8lb baby fit through the birth canal and out of your body?! Sometimes it seems like Mother Nature didn’t think through her method of birthing babies very well!

The average size of a baby girl is 7lbs, and 8 lbs for a boy, but a healthy baby can be anything from 5lbs 8oz to 10lbs. Less than 5 lbs 8oz is considered a low birth weight, and babies this weight may have some health problems

Over 9lbs 8 oz is considered much larger than average (the technical term is macrosomic). Approximately 5-10% of babies are considered macrosomic.

How can you tell how big your baby is going to be? [Read more…]

On a perfectly normal afternoon I was working at my desk when I smelled smoke. At first I thought perhaps my wife was cooking dinner and the smell was permeating through the house, but when the odor grew stronger I decided to check it out. Imagine my surprise when opening the door to my office revealed a cloud of black smoke rolling up the basement stairs.

I rushed back inside my office to grab the essentials and then raced through the garage with my laptop in one hand and my cell phone in the other, breathlessly panting our address to the emergency dispatcher while joining my wife who was in the front yard with the dog. She joined me and I explained what was happening as we waited for help to arrive. Within just a few minutes’ time, fire engines swarmed our home with neighbors close behind wondering about the commotion. [Read more…]

White water rafting offers one of the most fun and exhilarating outdoor experiences available anywhere, but proper preparation for a multi-day rafting trip is absolutely essential. Forgetting even a few basic supplies could cost you valuable time by forcing you to go to the nearest town to purchase what you need.

Even worse, forgetting first aid and repair supplies could pose a serious threat to your health as well as the health of others on your trip.

Before you set out on your rafting trip, make a checklist of what you need to bring and cross items off as you pack them. Here are a just a few of the absolute essentials: [Read more…]