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As the countdown continues for the first real hurricane that threatens the U.S. mainland, we can all expect things to pick up after midnight on Thursday. This will pretty much be the starting point for those Southern states like North Carolina and Virginia, as their beaches begin to take on the first rains and ocean waves from Hurricane Earl.

The scary thing about the early morning hours on Friday, is the fact darkness will be in place as the affects of Earl begin to be felt all up and down the U.S. eastern seaboard. I would not want to be around with any tornado or hurricane like Earl during the night time hours. At least during the day, we don’t need electricity to see what we are doing. Losing your electricity at night can be difficult and very stressful. A lot of families may not be able to sleep well Thursday night, as Earl is approaching very fast up the Atlantic waters just off the United States coast.

The weather officials who have been keeping up with this category 4 hurricane, believe Earl will stay out in the Atlantic Ocean. Just because the eye doesn’t touch the American soil, doesn’t mean no storm damage or flooding will take place. Most eastern states will see sustain wind patterns, stormy weather, and beach erosion from this very large Atlantic storm. Hurricane Earl is the largest storm on the Planet right now and a lot of weather enthusiasts will be following this one closely from all over the world.

Once the sun does come up on Friday morning, the New England states will still have to see if Earl will pay them a visit at some point on Friday. It is possible on Friday afternoon for New York or Massachusetts to get the eye wall of Earl on their shoreline or very close. All New England states on the Atlantic coast, who live within 12 miles of the ocean, will feel the affects of this powerful late summer time hurricane; which is currently spinning a few hundred miles off the coast of the United States. Stay tuned to your local weather and the weather channel for the latest updates on the path of Hurricane Earl. I expect the Net to be buzzing on Friday, with a lot of folks searching for the Hurricane Earl path or Earl damage reports.

Pills are a growing concern for addiction in this country. The two most common prescription drug addictions are with opiates and benzodiazepines. These pharmaceutical addictions and alcohol addictions are two very serious problems which face our society today. Learning how to cope and recover from an addiction will usually take some form of professional help. Addicts can find that help at Malibu Horizon. One of the very few places in the world that offers a non 12 step program. Malibu believes addiction is a chronic medical condition. Identifying the problem in this manner has helped them to have a high success rate with their clients. If you or someone you know has a drug or alcohol problem, you should find professional help somewhere. Malibu Horizon offers a toll free telephone number for anyone who seeks more information on addiction problems.

The first 1 to 2 weeks is the hardest part; when someone decides to stop swallowing pills or drinking their alcholic beverages. People with severe addiction problems can’t function properly anyways, so being unproductive for another week or two isn’t that big of a deal in the big picture of things. After these tough days are gone, the patient will start to feel better and feel like they are a part of the World again. However, the addiction battle is still not over. It will really never be over. Stopping is just the first step. Most who stop using alcohol or prescription drugs will get back addicted to them again. This is why professional help is best. So people can put a long term recovery plan into action, so addicts won’t slip up down the road. It will be a life long process, but one you must do, if you expect to get rid of all the problems that surround you now. Come back and join the rest of the World and learn how to live a life without prescription pills, illegal drugs, or alcohol. Be sure to check out the non 12 step program; which Malibu Horizon endorses and has had some real good results from.

Our yearly Christmas cards is the best way to keep in touch with families each holiday season. I know some Christmas card packages come with more cards than you will probably send out this year. You may have bought a big pack last year and can send your 2009 recycled Christmas cards to your friends and family for the 2010 Christmas. Just in case your loved ones are saving these cards each year and comparing them; you may want to skip a year, before you send out the same Christmas cards again.

Our modern lifestyle doesn’t require the use of cards during holidays anymore. A text message from a cell phone or a holiday email greeting could replace a lot of the holiday cards we use to send out each year. I still like the traditional ways in life and Christmas is one of our most traditional holidays we have. I think leaving the emails for the other 364 days of the year is how we should apply our computer technology. We can still use snail mail and let the postal service employee deliver our traditional holiday Christmas cards. Your friends and family are more likely to keep a real card; than a card you found online; which you sent by email. S0 embrace technology, but don’t forget about tradition and especially on December 25th!

You know how they say “what comes around will go around?” Well I never did give much thought about that expression, but after 1 day in the hills of North Georgia, how that would all change. How one true story changed my life forever and will change someone else’s one day too.

 As I have grown old and not in good health, the golden treasures I have found, can not be gotten by these weak hands and spent in the same lifetime. I leave these gold discoveries behind, in the hopes some other adventurer will scoop them up and work them out of the clear North Georgia Waters. When you have stayed single for a lifetime and never had any children, there is really no one around you can pass your knowledge on to. So I will pass mine on to all Georgia Residents, who have the time, desire, and passion to search for a treasure that not only exists, but would be a retirement package for even the most well-to-do folks living and working in our community.

History of Cherokee County Gold

Gold can be traced all the way back to the Indians living in Cherokee, County. Their last piece of land in Georgia they would ever get, before the forced migration that would later be known as the Trail of Tears. Two years prior to this, the Cherokees had worked on a tunnel in the area of Hightower. It was during 1836 and 1837 the Cherokee Indian Tribe would construct a secret tunnel, so in case of the rumors about the Indian Removal were true, they would have a place to hide their valuables; which did include gold. The Cherokees at this point and time were good gold prospectors. They used a lot of their own knowledge and combined it with the ways of the White Men for prospecting gold and it proved very effective in the red dirt, in which they found a lot of gold.

The Cherokees did manage to get the tunnel complete, while only working during the night time hours, so no one would know where this very sacred spot was located in Georgia. The present day area of the Forsyth and Cherokee County lines are an approximation of where the tunnel may have been constructed almost 175 years ago. The idea was to hide it and then come back for it later. Most probably didn’t know the trip they were about to go on would lead them so far away from Georgia and make a return trip very unlikely for most of the native Cherokee people to Georgia. The Trail of Tears would end half-way across the country in Oklahoma.

The tribe of Cherokee Indians in Georgia would later hear about the gold rush in California and some of these Cherokee Indians, now living in Oklahoma, would pack up and head west. Out there they were able to settle a new area of land and they called this Cherokee, California; which is still recognized today. Thomas Edison owned and worked a mine in Cherokee, California, so he took care of a lot of the electrical needs miners needed back then. These mines were a lot better to work with the electrical fans and pumps created by Edison and it made these the best mines in California around the 1860′s era of mining out west. This area was in Butte County California, where the first homes with running water in California, were built right here in Cherokee.

The interesting thing about Cherokee, California was some of the people who visited this area. In 1880, the President Rutherford B. Hayes and his wife Lucy Hayes visited the hydraulic gold mining area of Cherokee, California. Along with the President and his wife, were John Bidwell and General William T. Sherman from the Civil War. Now Bidwell had discovered gold in Feather Creek and also was hired around the time gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill; which John Sutter hired him. General Sherman, who famously burned Atlanta down in the Civil War, took a path right through the former Cherokee Nation of Canton, Georgia. It was out of the way from his southern targets of Atlanta, Savannah, and the Atlantic Ocean; while Sherman’s troops came in from Chattanoonga. It never was really clear why General Sherman went through Cherokee County and ordered for Canton to be burned down in October of 1864. The current Georgia Governor was Joseph E. Brown and he worked and lived in Canton, GA. Another theory suggests it was due to McCollum’s Scouts who may have threatened those sympathetic to the Union cause. Could it have been the rumors of gold and a tunnel filled with gold, left by the Cherokees? Why did the General seek out the Cherokee Indians in California in 1880? Maybe the General and even President Hayes were in search of the forgotten treasures in Georgia and needed the Cherokees help to find the tunnel? No one has ever found the secret Cherokee Tunnel and it still remains hidden in 2010.

One of the things which is interesting today is the Etowah River. A river which starts up in Dahlonega, Georgia and is located in Lumpkin County. It runs pretty close to 98 miles from the start until it flows into the Allatoona Lake in Canton, GA. Most of the information online is from me or my people with the statistics for the Etowah River, so they are the most accurate numbers you will find, compared to other estimates online for the Etowah River. This river has proven to be a rich source of gold and has almost carved a path through the middle of the Georgia Gold Belt.

In Cherokee County, you have a rich history of gold being found to the north in the Franklin Gold Mines and around the Creighton Gold Mines. While in the south you have the Sixes Gold Mines which proved to have gold in the southern end of the county. All of this gold being found in the north and in the south, sorta made the central part of Cherokee County gold-less or free of gold. I wanted to learn what made these two areas so rich for gold and why the land in between was like a ghost town for gold prospecting.

It didn’t take long to find an answer to my gold questions in Cherokee County. The reason no gold has ever been found in between, the discoveries to the north and the gold found down to the south, was because no one had ever tried to look for it. The town of Canton had too many other things going on and other business avenues were being pursued. Many of the folks living just to the North of Canton didn’t have much else to do, other than to look for gold. The same was true in the Sixes area and how gold was discovered there. There are a couple of public mining projects that have taken place in Canton or very near, but not a lot of information can be found.

La Belle Mine – Cherokee County

Most people will quickly push the Le Belle Mine in Canton as part of the Sixes Mines just to the south of these mines. I wouldn’t, because there is more gold veins in this area discovered and undiscovered; than you can find up in the Auraria area of Georgia, which still holds a fair share of the shinny yellow metal. This gold is in veins and does required to be mined out. Not real easy to access this gold, but a few creeks in the area offer small flakes of placer gold deposits, for anyone that has the time to scoop up the small stuff. Also, this area produces a much more pure form of gold than any where else in the state or it would appear to offer it, based on public records and knowledge of the area.

Canton Mining Works was another company in the area that did blast mining; which was an advance form of hydraulic mining in the 1850 – 1860 mining era in Canton, Georgia. They would take a network of shafts that would run hundreds of feet long. Some would go down about 200 feet and they would take gunpowder or dynamite and blast material away, inside these underground shafts. The Canton Mining Works was one of the largest crews around who were using these blast mining techniques. All in an effort to find the heavy deposits of gold in and around Canton, Ga.

A new 2010 mining operation is about to begin in North Canton and not too far from the Canton Lake. This company out of Chicago is preparing to mine coal out of a 1,084 acre farmland property; that just lies about 1  1/2 miles northeast of the Canton Lake. Coal may not be the only thing that gets discovered at this mine. If these miners have a keen eye and know what to look for, there is a good chance they will run into some gold, running through some of the underground rocks in North Canton.

The Etowah River is the key to unlocking all of the golden treasures that are currently just waiting to be found in the Cherokee County Area. If you learn the River, you will learn her secrets. There is a lot of great fishing you can do all up and down the Etowah River in Canton. These huge strippers are even more fun to catch than the big flat-head catfish the fishermen in South Georgia like to catch. 3 types of Darter Fish are on the Federal Watch List for endangered species and they are the Cherokee Darter, Amber Darter, and theEtowah Darter. The Etowah Darter is very special to the Etowah River, since this is the only place in the whole world where this fish exists! I think most of these so called “fish experts” working for the government, would be surprised to see all the Darter fish swimming in the Conasauga River which is in North Georgia too. The lake Sturgeon is a fish the DNR is trying to reintroduced into the Etowah River and if anyone catches the Sturgeon, they should release it safely back into the water. Most have probably seen the signs and warnings posted up and down the Etowah River about the Sturgeon.

Rare Etowah Darter

The best way to begin a Etowah River journey, is to leave from Knox Bridge boat ramp on Highway 20 going toward Cartersville. Go toward your left and under the Knox Bridge and you are traveling up the Etowah River. Once the river becomes 50 feet in width and not 300 feet; you can keep a lookout for your first main tributary that flows in from the left side of the Etowah River. This is Shoal Creek and you can travel a few miles up it, before the water gets too shallow for crossing. You will see an old Civil War Bullet Foundry as you make your way up the shoals going toward Waleska. If you stay straight on the Etowah River, you will go right up the middle of Canton, Georgia and these parts of the river hold so many clues. Clues of where the gold might be leaking into the river from and where.

I will leave the story right here for now and will tell more later. The Etowah River isn’t the holder of all the precious gold that lies around Canton, GA. It is a trail to which anyone can use to lead them right up to the exposed gold veins; which continue to deposit flake after flake of beautiful gold into our water ways in Cherokee County.

You know all of those books you have on your book case or some corner in the room all piled up? Did you know those books could be as good as cash? Instead of collecting cob webs like they’re doing now, those dusty, old books could be collecting interest for you in some bank or other interest bearing account. Some people are not aware of how easy it is to sell books online. One man’s trash is another one’s treasure and this old saying couldn’t be more true when it comes to books. Especially those classic books with the popular titles. Those are books people still want to read, even though many of them are 50 to 100 years old. The authors of some books are always in high demand and you may currently own some of these books with these famous authors. You never do know, until you get out there and give it a try. Old books could mean new money for anyone that takes the time to gather up all their old books and try to sell them online. Let me know if you have ever bought or sold used books online before. I’m sure a lot of my readers that follow this blog, would be interested in this topic. I’m sure others out there can offer a lot more advice on how to sell books online or where to find good deals for those who want to buy books on the Internet.

It has become hard to get affordable healthcare in this country. If you get sick and need a doctor, you better have a good insurance plan to help with the medical costs. Doctors are charging a lot more for their services these days. Even after the doctor has treated you and you need to get a prescription filled, you will find the drug store prices have increased too. We have gotten to the point where most Americans are too poor to get sick. Everyone needs to act now and find solutions for their own health care system. If you wait until you get sick or injured, it will be too late. You need that umbrella now; even though it may not be raining outside. A good insurance plan from a private company or seeking some form of a social security disability insurance plan is something we all need to look into now. Medical costs have skyrocketed over the last few years and will probably only get worse as we move forward. If you can’t afford to get sick right now; then you’re not alone. Check now to see if there are any government benefits you qualify for or if you need to buy your own insurance. Doing it now, before you get sick, will help to get things in place, in case you do need assistance with the expensive medical bills for a future sickness or injury.

You wouldn’t have to stay in our kitchen long to see it is an all American kitchen. You know one with a can opener on the counter, a microwave oven nearby, and a loaf of bread which can be found in plain sight. Something of that nature is what I call an all American kitchen. I think our faucet is even made in the U.S.A., but I could live with changing that to a German part in my kitchen. Especially one of those beautiful Fairfax Faucets, that have the one handle design. It is one of the Kohler kitchen faucets; who are known for beautiful, well-designed kitchen and bathroom faucets.

What do you think about my taste? Do you like the Fairfax style of faucet and would put it in your kitchen? It seems most kitchen faucets have the two handle design for hot and cold water. For those that have a tighter space or wanted to condense things a bit. You could probably achieve this by choosing a one handle style of faucet.

More than likely you probably already have a German-made faucet in your kitchen, bathroom, or both. The German Faucets have always been good sellers here and Americans seem to prefer them over any other faucet; regardless of what country makes them. We are taught here, that it is better to buy “made in the U.S.A.” products, but these faucet-building factories are located in the U.S. and many Americans do work at these places. So you won’t be hurting any American jobs, American workers, or even the American economy, if you decide to buy a German-made faucet for your bathroom or kitchen.

I have always wanted to have my own restaurant. I eat out a lot, so I think I could fill a void that currently exists out there today. I have eaten at a lot of buffets that offer fried chicken. A lot of times the drumsticks or legs of the chicken are the first pieces that get taken from the buffet. I would like to create my own buffet restaurant and call it the Drumstick Buffet; which would offer plenty of chicken drumsticks for everyone. For me to start a restaurant like this from scratch, is almost impossible from the financial standpoint.

Someone in my position would have a much easier time of owning a restaurant franchise that already exists. You can look online and see which industries do have the best franchise opportunities currently available. I am familiar with the food industry, so a restaurant would make the most sense for me to choose. If you prefer a different line of work, you could select from a variety of franchises; that cover a broad area of different industries. One of these franchise opportunities make it much more affordable for someone like me to start up my own business and be the boss of my own company. You also get the benefits of TV and radio advertisements, which most popular franchises have in place already. Starting your own business from scratch, you would be responsible for the cost of your advertising budget. An established franchise is one of the best and safest ways to start your own business. I still like my idea of a buffet restaurant; which would serve up a variety of vegetables, breads, and a salad bar; not to mention an endless supply of chicken drumsticks. However, no franchises currently offer this specialized food buffet, so I will have to keep dreaming of my all-you-can-eat chicken legs for now.

The news about mesothelioma still make up our headlines today. This is a type of cancer that can form in the human body; when someone gets exposed to asbestos products for a long period of time. There are no cures for this form of cancer and no bright futures for those that do get asbestos mesothelioma. There are attorneys that advertise a lot on TV and on the computer for those that do have mesothelioma or meso. People that are currently dealing with meso issues, may be able to get a financial payment for the cancer they now have. Employers are well-aware of the dangers of asbestos and the products that contain asbestos now and no new cases should be coming up from the work place. Most businesses have made the necessary repairs on their warehouses, so that none of these cancer-causing materials are left for workers to come into contact with. If there are any warehouses or ship yards, that are still conducting business with asbestos materials near by; these places are just asking for legal trouble. Lawyers all across the country seek out employees that are dealing with meso from their employer’s factories and warehouses. Hopefully we can get a cure or a better understanding of meso in the future and how it attacks the body. Until then, the best advice to everyone, is to stay away from any places or materials that contain asbestos.

How many times have we heard the line “the book was better than the movie“? The reason why (in most cases) is because the book really is better than the movie. A book gives us a chance to know what the characters are thinking and the movies don’t really offer this. As a child growing up, I always preferred the movie over the book and what kid wouldn’t? Now as I have got a little older, I see why books are really better than the movies.

Many of the books you can buy online are cheap. Book worms will sell used books online for a good price. It’s really cheap to buy some of the most famous titles and classics we have heard about. I have recently been looking for these classic book titles and trying to understand the stories they’re telling and what it was, that made them become a popular book. You probably know of a few popular book titles now and have no idea what the story is about. It’s now easier than ever to discover these classical stories that were written many years ago and by some of the most famous book authors the world has ever known. I look forward to discovering more of these classical books, so I can learn what made them so popular and helped them to withstand the test of time.

A lot of happy workers are glad that Monday is Memorial Day and will be a day they can pay tribute to the soldiers that have kept our country safe. It’s also nice knowing that you don’t have to go into work Monday and will have a short 4 day work week upcoming. One of the most popular things to do during the Memorial Day weekend is to cook out on the grill. Many will be throwing the charcoal on or just dusting the cob webs off of the electric grill, so they can prepare some delicious food for this holiday weekend. Two of the most common things to cook this weekend on the grill will be hamburgers and hot dogs. Nothing wrong with this, because hamburgers and hotdogs are easy to prepare and taste great off the grill.

Some grilling chefs will be looking to add more flare to their holiday cookouts. A few pork chops or some chicken is the route they will take. I know a big slab of ribs always taste great; when they’re prepared right on the grill. I hope my family decides to get the grill going this weekend, so we can eat something good from the grill. I would be happy with a few hamburgers that are covered in A1 steak sauce. I like a steak burger and a fresh ear of corn from the garden goes great with a grilled hamburger. Corn on the cob and a hamburger from the grill is a good meal for me. I don’t mind eating the big slab of ribs either, I just hate to go through all the steps you must take to cook them right. If someone wants to prepare a nice meal on the grill for me, I will be happy to eat it. If the cooking is left up to me, I will choose the easy way out and just prepare hamburgers and hot dogs for everyone. I hope you and your family have a safe and delicious Memorial Day weekend!

Maybe you or your kids have heard about the movie Ice Age? Well there is a 2nd part to this movie called Ice Age: The Meltdown and it should be just as popular as the first Ice Age movie. The thing that is so cool about this movie for kids, is the fact they created a video game for it. You can play a free Ice Age game online or you can order and pay for the Ice Age movie for the Wii. I’m sure other popular gaming systems also offer a version of this Ice Age video game. I know Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is a cool video game that every kid would love to have. Especially if they have already seen the Ice Age movie.

This is only one of the many free kid games online you can set your little ones up with. You may know of some more free games that share the title with a big Hollywood movie. Anyone can find free online games for kids, your teenagers, and even the adults (like me) who haven’t decided to grow up yet.

You don’t have to try too hard to get your kids to watch or play a video game that has the characters from Ice Age in it. I think it’s great to see Ice Age movies and games both available for kids. Our children can start off with the free version online and if they like that one, I’m sure the Ice Age game for $30 would be a wonderful surprise for them. If I had the Wii game system at my house now, I would order the game and probably the Ice Age movie too, for my twin 5 year-old nephews. They would have a good time with Ice Age. One could watch the movie on television; while the other one was playing the game on another TV or just playing Ice Age for free online.

If anyone is looking for the Ice Age movies; where you can get part 1 and 2, there is a way to order both Ice Age movies for one low price. This is the best way to buy it, so you can save money. Also, I believe a 3rd part exist for this cool movie for kids. You can save even more of your hard earned dollars; if you just buy the Ice Age Triple Pack (Ice Age, The Meltdown, Dawn of the Dinosaurs). I think the 3 pack of DVD movies; which is available for the Blu-ray is your best way to capture the whole collection of the wonderful Ice Age movies. I believe I got them covered now and anyone can alert me to a 4th movie or more information abut the Ice Age movies I might have left out. Once you get the movie collection, you can work on the video game side of things, by choosing the Ice Age game online for free or getting the really good video game for Ice Age; which should be cheaper than most of your other top notch games for the Wii.

Each day is precious and a gift for all of us to be here. It’s a shame more relatives don’t spend more time visiting each other. Some families only see their kin folks at funerals or hear from them through graduation or baby shower invitations. We are only here for a short time and we should enjoy our home families and our extended families much more than we do now. A good way to start spending more time with each other is with family reunions. Just one family reunion a year is better than waiting 5 or 6 years to see your family at a funeral home. Don’t wait for others in your family to set up the annual family reunion. Go ahead and make all the plans and pick out the place yourself and then it will be up to your family members if they decide to show or not. At least you did your part in trying to bring the family together and years down the road, you will remember for your efforts.

The king of afternoon TV comes from Chicago where the Oprah Winfrey show comes from. She had a big show yesterday on dieting that was suppose to be big. I didn’t watch the show, so I have no idea what she talked about. The headlines for the Oprah Show was about the yo yo diets and how after watching this episode of Oprah, you would never want to diet again. I’m not sure what she and her guests talked about in that hour or if she revealed a new diet pill that will keep people from ever gaining weight. If you watch Oprah on Wednesday about this new dieting break through, perhaps you can relay some of the information she talked about. I know Oprah’s words can move mountains, so I am curious to know what she had to say about dieting on her latest Oprah Winfrey Show.

Your small business isn’t that small anymore and your ready to make the next step up. Careful planning and knowing what to expand and what to leave the same is a difficult task. What isn’t difficult is selecting a larger cash drawer. A drawer that can keep receipts and other important items around the counter is something that will come in handy as your business starts to grow. You may want to check out an mmf drawer if you need a larger storage area for cash, credit card receipts, cashed-in lottery tickets, and other items, that pertain to your specific business. This is one of the more affordable steps to expansion for a small business; which is getting ready to bust-out at the seams.

I believe its time for a new faucet in the kitchen. My bedroom is located next to the kitchen and I get to hear the non-stop drips all night. A brand new Kohler kitchen faucet would be perfect for my kitchen. I like the way they design their faucets. I would select one that has nice chrome polish to it. The folks at Kohler know how to brush their chrome parts right and they look better than other faucet companies I see. Just any faucet that didn’t drip would be fine right now. I hope I can find it in the budget soon, to get a non-drip faucet for my kitchen. It sure would help the nightly sleeping patterns for me. The sleep I get now at night time is not that much and since there is a drip noise in the kitchen, I do blame the kitchen faucet for it.

We might have not felt that different when we woke up this morning, but we all did get a day older in the over night hours. Some of us probably feel like we aged more than a day; while others feel better today than yesterday. I think hair is the worse part about getting old. We start to find hairs in places we never have before. Hairs in our ears, nose, and the eyebrows that never needed attention before, suddenly decide to grow foot long hairs from the top of our eyes. Some older people may even notice age spots for the first time. An age spot remover and a pair of clippers are now two things we use today; that we didn’t have to worry about yesterday or a few years back. We also may not be eating the same foods we use to eat. Some foods are tough to chew with no teeth and let’s hope everyone did all they could in their earlier years to take care of them. No matter what your age is today, you are just like everyone else and you did get a day older.

A new office may feel uncomfortable at first. Bringing in a lot of items from your old office should help to make it feel more like “at home“. If you had bad times in your old office space, you may want to try getting new office furniture to change the vibes in your new office. Hopefully your new office is a result of the hard work you have been doing for your company. Most of the time a new office means an increase in pay, but you may have more responsibilities now. Getting organized is the first step for any employee trying to get use to a new office. You want to get your new office as comfortable as possible, so you can begin doing your daily tasks as soon as possible. It will still take a little time to get use to your new office. It’s like anything else and change is difficult to adjust to sometimes. I don’t like change and try to avoid it when possible. You may be happy with your new office and perhaps you have more elbow room now. Just give your new office a chance to get broken in and it will seem like your old office space pretty soon.

Soon the golf world will focus it’s attention on the tiny little area of Augusta, Georgia. This is where the Masters Golf Tournament will take place and it’s the main golf tournament for golfers all over the world. The best of the best are all invited to play at the Masters in Augusta. One of the stories that will be making the headlines in the 2010 Masters Tournament will be the return of Tiger Woods. I don’t think the other golfers on the PGA circuit care much about Tiger these days. That will also be evident by the fans in attendance as many of them will probably be booing Tiger Woods and his return to playing in golf tournaments again. Really no one cares to see him in Augusta this year and him making a point to come back and play shows how little he cares about his family and others. He’s used performance enhancing drugs to win the golf tournaments in his past, not to mention other drugs that caused him to wreck his SUV during the Thanksgiving Day night crash that was heard around the world.

The Masters is a prestigious place for all golfers. Everyone in the field, with the exception of Tiger Woods, deserves to be playing in Augusta. All of these are top notch professionals and have complete respect for the game. The atmosphere should be electric in the 2010 event that has the best golfers in the world playing. A golf ball doesn’t stand a chance on the beautiful greens of Augusta; as many will be looking to tee off with everything they got to reach the greens on 2 strokes. Even the best hit balls can take 3 strokes to get to the greens at the Masters Tournament. These are some of the longest fairways the PGA Golfers will play on all year long. The incredible distances from tee to hole is what makes the Masters in Augusta so challenging. It’s the Super Bowl of golf and all golf fans will get to see the Masters in just a couple of more weeks as the weather begins to warm up around the golf course in Georgia.

A food diet can help with lowering your stress and anxiety levels, but it’s not the only thing you should do. Many times we don’t need to add in anything. Taking away a few things can help. For starters, cut out some of the junk food and avoid lots of caffeine. Dark chocolate is an excellent replacement for your current junk food snacks. Perhaps getting your caffeine from black, white, or green tea would replace your current caffeine drinks. Adding a herbal diet supplement, exercising, and getting plenty of sleep is all great and fast ways to lower your stress levels. There are some other nutritional foods you can eat daily; to help get rid of that awful anxiety feeling that can start in the mornings or be worse at night. Treat yourself to some whole grain pastas or pick up some wild or brown rice the next time you visit the supermarket. You can also add dark green vegetables, nuts, seeds, and citrus fruits to the grocery list. The vitamin C in citrus fruits or strawberries is also good for the skin and can help with any wrinkles that stress has left behind. Just remember to stop doing some things and then back it up with a nutritional meal made with 1 or more of the foods already mentioned. All of this should lead to lower stress and a better night’s sleep; which does wonders on anyone’s stress or anxiety problems.