Tuesday, July 21, 2009

African Cichlids Fish

African Cichlids Fish are beautiful tropical freshwater fish that are very popular to fish enthusiast. They tend to be a fairly aggressive fish and do not do well with some types of fish from other regions. Most of the African Cichlids found in fish tanks today come from one of three rift lakes in Africa. Lake Malawi, Lake Tanganyika, and Lake Victoria are the not the only lakes with cichlids, but these three tend to be the most popular.
My first apartment had six fish tanks with two of them holding fish from these lakes. I did not realize at the time that I was mixing fish from different regions of the world and I lost a number of fish to the aggressive African Cichlids. Some of the more popular varieties of fish from these lakes are the Oscar's an Jack Dempseys. My wife worked in a pet store at the time and knew of a woman who had an Oscar jump right out of the tank and bite her on the nose. Apparently she thought it was cute to lean over the tank holding feeder fish and watch the Oscar jump in the air. I bet she never did that again.
Over the years we sold off the tanks one by one until now we have no more fish tanks. I've been thinking of getting back into it again and started researching African Cichlids.

Here are some links for African Cichlids:
African Cichlids Fish
African Cichlids Description
African Cichlids Aquarium
Breeding African Cichlids

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Thursday, July 9, 2009

Better Sex For Christian Couples

After 21 years of marriage to the same woman I definitely realize the need to keep things fresh and exciting! I'm talking about our, shhh, sex life, of course. It is true that any venture in life will become stale and boring if you do the same thing over and over again. That also applies to intimacy within a marriage. The good news is that if you both love each other and are willing to work on your intimate relationship then you can keep the spark fully alive in the bedroom for years to come. I don't know what the next twenty will bring, but the last twenty-one have been amazing and I look forward to every moment we have together.

Searching for new ideas to bring into the bedroom can seem like a journey into the dark world of pornography. In truth most information available is not made for a monogamous christian married couple, but instead is made for the masses of non-married people. It can be very difficult to find specific and explicit information on improving sexual intimacy for Christians that is also tasteful and not pornographic.

God made man and woman to enjoy the pleasures of each other sexually. The only clear restrictions in the Bible placed on sexual relationships are that it is monogamous, one man and one woman, and only within a marriage. Other than that he has given us free reign to explore each others bodies! Woo-Hoo!! I like that part!

If you are searching for that little extra zing or are completely frustrated with your sex life and want more, than you need to read Robert Irwins book,
Sexual Skills for the Christian Husband. Oh, he has a book for women also written by his wife, Susan.


Better Sex For Christian Couples

Monday, June 22, 2009

Is Lia Sophia A Family Friendly Business?

Raise your hand if you have a family member who bought into one of those get rich, change your life, network marketing schemes?

Both of my hands are raised. Been there, done that, ate it, bathed in it, washed clothes in it, rubbed it on my face, told my friends about it, stockpiled it, paid for it on credit, hated it, loved it, faked it hoping to make it, and on and on and on. I loved the idea of network marketing and absolutely hated the reality of it.

And then along comes Lia Sophia. My wife told me about a friend who just started in this business and she was interested in trying it out for herself. Being the supportive husband that I am, I nearly screamed "Are you out of your mind"?!? Well, actually I think I said, "Well, honey, if you think it is something you want to do. Just remember what it was like with Herbalife and Amway. Are you really sure about this". You know that way family has of acting supportive while really bringing out the negatives?

I did not want to have to completely change our lives around this new thing and lose our friends and family and lifestyle so that we could be working our butts off for something we really don't believe in. Besides she had a good job as a 5th grade schoolteacher and loved doing it. Although the pay was not great.

We came to an agreement
She will start this business on these conditions
  1. We want a return on initial investment in 30 days.
  2. Only invest money made from business.
  3. Cannot harass friends, family, neighbors, and church members about the business opportunity.
  4. Will not stockpile ANY product.
  5. Must be able to make money without recruiting other people.
  6. Business will NOT take away from family time.
  7. MOST IMPORTANT. HAVE FUN! IF YOU STOP HAVING FUN, THEN YOU MUST QUIT!

That was over four years ago. Now for the TRUTH about how this changed our lives!
  1. She got back her initial investment within 2 weeks of starting the business. She has received a direct deposit check into our bank EVERY single week since then for over four years.
  2. We only use a small percentage from her profits to pay for overhead expenses. Over 75% of her pay is free and clear income.
  3. She has never approached friends, family, neighbors, or church members about this business opportunity. She does have people on her team from this group, but only because they came to her first.
  4. We have ZERO product on our shelves. The only product she has is for show display in a bag. She does not even have to deliver product to customers; it is all automated.
  5. She did this business for about one year before she started bringing in team members. You can make a great income without adding people to your team, although team members sales are an additional 10% commission and added bonuses from Lia Sophia. Plus her team has become close friends.
  6. Her business takes her away from home 2 nights a week from about 5pm-9pm. And she works about 1 hour every day around lunch time. She did stop teaching which took her away from family 7am-4pm every day of the week and some evenings. She spends a LOT MORE time with her family!
  7. She hasn't stopped so she must be having fun.
  8. This business has made her a more self-confident person. She is much more interesting to be around. (5th grade jokes get old). She has a much closer relationship with her children, because she has more time to spend with them. She is not too tired for her husband, (read into that whatever you want ;-).

Does it sound like I am bragging on my wife? Well, I am! I am very proud of her and wanted others to hear from a husband what it is like to be the spouse of a Lia Sophia Advisor.
Lia Sophia is an excellent opportunity for women who want to be more involved with their family.

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