The hosting of your website is something most people do not think about until there is an issue. If you have ever had a problem with your website and spent hours on the phone on hold, passing from representative to representative, you know why this is a bad idea! Even...

If you are anything like me, a lot of research goes into something before a decision or purchase is made. If I am looking into vacation destinations, I compare multiple places and look at their lodging, activities, cost of travel, and amenities before I choose where I...

Shopping for and finding a healthcare insurance policy that works for you can feel like a long, tedious process that has no clear answer. It is expensive, highly jargoned, and hard to understand exactly what you are getting with your plan. There are hundreds of...

In a fast-paced world, we are not very patient people. Most people hate waiting in lines, waiting on hold, and waiting for things to load. In fact, I’ve been known to leave an app or site if it doesn’t pull up almost immediately. Website speed matters more than you...

Every girl wants to wear a dress that is unique, authentic to her style, and beautiful for special occasions, and most know the feeling of showing up to a formal, the prom, or a wedding and seeing that someone else has on the same dress! Mostly Pink Boutique, an...

There is a phrase my cousin often uses in passing when we are joking about spending money on something: “Buy nice or buy twice.” While we are mostly trying to justify the amount we are paying for an item, there is a good bit of truth (and advice) in this statement. A...

After 17 years of remodeling homes and businesses, Signature RV Designs owners Chuck and Melissa Harris were ready for a new adventure. From the time their three children were young, they loved to go camping, and now the grandparents of seven, it is a shared love...

Lubbock Property Services started officially in December 2018 when owner James Russell started to take small fix-up jobs from his customers, but he has been serving the West Texas community since he and his wife Courtney settled down in Lubbock in 2012. From...

If you think that it does not really matter how fast your website loads, think again. Delays as small as one second can make a big difference in how much traffic your website receives. According to a 2019 study on user experience by The Daily Egg, a one-second delay...

At the beginning of last year, my phone charger stopped working. I didn’t think much of it and got on Amazon to order a new one. The cord I found was six feet long, looked durable enough, and the cheapest option I could find. I enthusiastically purchased it without a...

Wrench It Forward is a 501c3 nonprofit based in Lubbock, Texas, with a goal to move people out of poverty and homelessness by providing low-cost car repairs for households with limited means. It is very difficult to get anywhere without a car in West Texas, and simple...

I learned a lot about increasing the speed of our home internet when I was growing up. We lived in the middle of a cotton field and had notoriously slow, fragile internet connection. If the wind blew too hard (which happened a lot in West Texas), it was raining, or...