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Friday, March 12, 2010

The Hotels in the South Can Outclass the Others

Posted by special buzzer on August 21, 2009

Who out there has horror stories about a hotel stay?  Gosh there are so many, like on the news when they reported that scams were even being pulled in hotels where prank callers asked guests to break their window to allow “gas” to escape from a fabricated gas leak.  But I’d love to hear of some personal stories-stories that would warn me which hotels to stay away from!

Like the time we checked into a hotel in Santa Fe, and when we opened the door the bed was broken, the walls had holes, the cover was filthy…and that’s all we saw because we shut the door and got our money back.  Or the time in Lakewood, Colorado, when two times someone tried to open our hotel room door at one in the morning, and then the manager called to ask us who we were and why were we in that room!  Someone had evidently inadvertedly checked us out and had checked some drunk New Year’s reveler in!  And we’d only just checked in at six that very evening!

I’ve been in hotels in Anchorage and hotels in Atlanta, and everywhere in-between.  Most were really quite good.  A few that stand out include the big resorts in Hawaii, but as far as regular hotels, one of the better ones was the Comfort Inn Medical Park in Durham, NC.  They really knew the meaning of the term, “Southern Hospitality!”

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Stop Complaining and Stay Healthy

Posted by SpecialBuzzr on August 19, 2009

The more that we complain the more likely it is that we’re going to be unhealthy. Simply approaching life with a negative attitude can significantly impact the amount of stress that we feel. Increased stress increases many different health problems. A simple way to start feeling healthier is to quit complaining.

Work is a good place to start since most of us complain about our jobs. Next time that you catch yourself griping, change your attitude around out loud. If your boss tells you that it’s time to go do your annual loan officer training, refrain from saying that you hate those classes. Instead, focus your attitude on what’s good about getting this mortgage education. Smile and say what you’re looking forward to about it. Eventually, your mood will turn around.

These small efforts will add up over time. You will begin to actually feel happier and less stressed out once you start regularly saying positive things. This, in turn, will lead you into living a healthier life. You may still experience some health problems but they’ll be fewer and less damaging to your daily life than they would be if they were exacerbated by the stress of constant discontent.

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