Kathy----thank you for your response which is very timely. I started taking B-12 and it is amazing how much better I feel. I have so much more energy and I believe that my attitude is better in these trying times. Hope you are sleeping better. I have that going on too. We are going through a stressful time right now which is effecting me all over. Thanks again

My DH is a Swedish Citizen; when he came to the United States, he came on a visitors visa. When he decided to stay, we then used every penny we had to hire an attorney to ensure it was done legally. As with the majority of legal immigrants, since moving here in 1999, my DH has followed all the laws, paid all his taxes, and been a thriving member of the community. When people who have paid their dues and done things by the book see others who haven't be rewarded with breaks that essentially say it's ok, it doesn't matter that you broke the law, show us you did it for at least x amount of years and we will reward you with legal residency, it's bewildering. Years and years ago, I lived on a ranch in Mexico for 8 months, our house was made of rock and mud, no running water, we washed clothes in the river, cooked on a sheet of metal over a fire and basically lived off the land. I get the poverty in Mexico and why people want their children born here first hand but at some point a line has to be drawn. Why should people who have already broken the law be entitled to skirt through loopholes to take advantage of the benefits we pay taxes to provide? When a child is born to a family who is here legally, he/she absolutely deserves to have any rights afforded to them by our laws, but as harsh as it may sound, I don't think that children born to parents who are here under illegal circumstances should be entitled to those same benefits. And as a side note, many times the immigrants coming here illegally also tend to break many other laws we have in our country. Everything from drunk driving and driving without insurance to working without the proper documents or violence and we reward them. It's bewildering. Granted, there are legal immigrants who break laws as well, but the numbers are not anywhere near as big.

“My understanding is that these promotions are typically in fall/spring and might disappear in 30 days. Since a commitment to HVAC vendor needs to be made about when framing happens, but the actual equipment might not be installed until many months later, how does this work?” It should be noted the installation usually has to be completed within 2-weeks of the promotion’s ending (Carrier). Respect these dates or you might be left out in the ‘cold’ with no rebate! Tiger is right - new homes do not qualify! SR

What sites including Houzz should I use to promote my Interior Design business?