Pixabella

In our house we have terracotta floor tiles which look fantastic and are easy to clean but they're hard, not just for walking on, but also when you sit on the floor, and that's why we love having soft Rugs in the living room.

When we have guests over, or even if we just want to relax and listen to music or read a book, sitting on a cushion on the floor can be so much more comfortable, so of course those terracotta tiles need to be softened up.

Of course it isn't just tiles that are hard on the body. In our last house we had polished wooden floors and they were every bit as bad until we put down the rugs.

Recently I've started playing around just to have some fun creating backgrounds. It's not a serious effort to create anything new for a template, more so I can practice making tiled backgrounds.

Anyway, I came up with this Moroccan background which I thought I'd put into a zipfile and let you all have for your own web projects of scrappbooking needs. Hope you like them. Download the zipfile here.

One of the beauties of owning a laptop is that you can plonk yourself down and start plugging away where ever you like. I like having this luxury but it more often than not your posture tends to suffer.

I like to sit on the couch with my legs up but it doesn't take long before my bum goes numb and my legs start to hurt. I put it down to our couch, it's a nightmare. To me it looks more like a day bed than a couch. I call it the slab seat because it has no give and before you realise it, you're half way down the seat, wondering how you got there.

Crawling your way back up the couch isn't easy because your body is screaming in pain. There is a knack to sitting on a slab seat, when you start to feel uncomfortable wriggle your toes, do small stretches and take mini power breaks. It gets the blood circulating.

Power breaks help get the blood circulating whilst clearing your mind so you can return to the computer fully charged to plug away.

The next time you find yourself at the computer feeling sore or having writer's block get up and do something else. Go for a walk, play with your pets, visit a friend, who knows? You might come back with a new story to blog about.

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For years I had a PC with some type of work station to house all the bits and pieces. It did serve it's purpose but it took up an enormous amount of space, and in some cases a whole room was dedicated to a so-called study.

To me a desk is ugly and they aren't exactly designed to house all the bits and pieces you require. Sure they are easy to put together but when you move them around they change shape and start to wobble everywhere. Say goodbye to that once sturdy desk.

Since owning a laptop I've done away with workstations, office chairs and a ton of cables. To me an existing draw or cupboard works perfectly and when I am feeling lazy it sits on the dining or coffee table.

To me this sounds appealing and frees up another room in the house for a dedicated movie/entertainment area, guest room, hobby/craft area or a baby nursery if you're contemplating having children. In the greater scheme of things if you thought your house was to small here is a perfect way to reduce clutter.

I joke about the meteorologists saying I wish I had their job, because half the time they get it wrong. Open the window, stick your head out, and predict the weather. Ok maybe it's not as simple as that, I'm sure they need their whiz bang technical gadgets to detect rain.

For me the window works fine. Once I get used to the climate in a different country my weathervane kicks in. Call it women's intuition or being plain out weird it works for me. I am sure I am not alone on this one.

My weather detecting skills have saved me many a time from my car being pummeled by hail stones, or just knowing when to wear suitable clothing, and my favourite, knowing when to wash clothes.

My family joke about me being a rain caller, it could be a bright sunny day and as soon as I hang out clothes the clouds roll in. Maybe I could make a living out of becoming a rain caller. Call it coincidence or what ever you like but in my travels to date the countries that I lived in for long stints have all experienced record high rainfall.

Some might see it as me being jinxed and others might see it as a gift I just see it as, well I am kind of lost for words. I guess when I settle down somewhere it will have to be on a hill top so there is no chance of being flooded. Just need to watch out for lightning and hail stones as big as golf balls.

I love being near beach, there is so much beauty underwater that we hardly ever see, but it doesn't have to be like that, get somescuba diving lessons under your belt and be able to get much closer to the fish and corals than you ever imagined possible.

Snorkeling keeps you right up on the surface, so learning to scuba dive is a great skill to have for your next holiday, and scuba diving isn't just something you can do near the beach, for example one of the better schools in the US is in the middle of the desert, yup, scuba diving lessons Arizona is an accredited school in the heart of the desert.

Nearby lakes are a popular destination for local divers, but Ultimate Dive and Travel also organize some amazing dive trips all around the world, such as Fiji, Truk, Honduras, and a bit closer to home, the Californian Channel Islands or the Bahamas.

In fact Ultimate Dive and Travel also provide equipment sales and repair, and not just scuba diving lessons Scottsdale, their instructors are PADI and SSI qualified and the the center has been open since 1997 so they know how to look after you and your equipment.

Divers living close to Scottsdale or Phoenix should also be sure to join the crew and other dive club members for their monthly meeting and social night.