When Chris and I moved out on our own one of the first things that we got (I can’t remember if we bought it or if someone bought it for us) was a deep freezer and it is one of the best things that we currently own because it saves us so much money on food.

We save money with the deep freezer when something goes on sale. For example a few weeks ago, boneless skinless chicken breast tenders went on sale at a local grocery store. I was able to pick up a few bags for less than $3 (not bad for something I pay $6-$7 regularly). Without a deep freezer I would not have had anywhere for the chicken to go and now I have a freezer full of chicken that will last us for a while.

I also use the freezer for bread…yes, bread. I was shopping through the aisles at Wal-Mart and noticed something; bread costs almost $2.50 a loaf here. That is outrageous in my honest opinion. When we’re running low on bread I hit up the local Wonder / Hostess store. I can get bread for less than $1 a loaf there (sure it is close to the expiration date, but as long as it’s not moldy it’s ok in my opinion, haha). I’ll buy several loaves and freeze them; it’s something that my parents did and I suppose I’ve continued the tradition.

So what keeps in the freezer? Well, of course meats will. Anything that you find in the freezer section of your grocery store will.I have been told that milk will, but I have never tried it. I do freeze shredded cheese and haven’t had any issues.

I’ve included a YouTube video on expiration dates. Have a look!

Have you ever been running your online business when all of a sudden your domain name went up for sale and you were unable to re-register it because you had forgotten or simply forgotten where you registered it?

Thousands of webmasters lose their domain names a year because of these reasons. They are able to not lose their domain names because of the 30 day redemption period that was put into place by ICANN. People who register domain names and run their businesses on them need to understand how important the name is and to keep it up to date with contact information. When your email address changes or you move, that information needs to be updated with the registrar.

How do you find out who your registrar is if you have forgotten? If you do a WHOIS inquiry, it will tell you everything the registrar knows about the domain including contact email, phone and fax numbers, and last known address. Luckily for the person needing to know where their domain is registered, the WHOIS inquiry also gives the name of the current registrar, DNS servers, and the creation and expiration dates of the domain name.

You can check your domain name through this website (Just replace yahoo.com with your domain name)

http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/whois.ch?ip=yahoo.com

There’s always more than one way to lose your domain. Sometimes hosting companies with less than a clean ethical record, other webmasters, and people who have an interest in your failure may be able to hold domain names in the name of a small business simply because the webmaster didn’t signup or re-register the domain when the time came.

You can avoid the situation or at least reduce your chances of losing your domain by registering it for 10 years, the maximum time allowed currently. In that time, make sure to extend it every year to the 10th year and always keep administrative email and physical addresses up to date through WHOIS.