8th
March
2010
Last year a friend of mine and his wife purchased their first home. They have 5 bedrooms with two and a half bathrooms. They currently have two children, so they were going to have two bedrooms to use as guest rooms for the time being. My friend asked his wife if she would be okay with letting him turn one of the rooms into a sort of game room until they actually needed to use the room for another child. She told him that he could do whatever he wanted to with that room and it could be his little area that only he uses if that’s what he wanted to do with it. Since then, he has purchased four full size arcade games and 3 game tables for the room. The arcade games didn’t work when he purchased them, so he had me put new computers in them so that he could run any arcade game he wanted and select them right from an on-screen menu. He has gotten rid of the game tables and replaced them with a huge high definition television. Anytime there is a football or basketball game on, it’s usually me, him and a few other guys in that room watching the game on TV and playing his arcade games. I would like to do something similar in the basement of my home, I just dont have the spare time or money at the moment.
8th
March
2010
I’ve been in the market for a new entertainment center for a while now. Every time I think I’ve found the perfect one, I come across a few more entertainment centers that look even better or are better priced. I think I am just going to endup ordering a new entertainment center online. I’ve found the same units online for about half of the price that they are in local retail stores.
27th
February
2010
I am the one who is responsible for ordering various promotional products for my office. We typically give away ink pens and free mini-notepads to clients and potential clients when they come in to meet with us. Last week I began searching for a new company to handle all of our promotional products and I couldn’t be happier with my new choice. The previous company I used was starting to take forever to fill orders and the last order I placed with them contained the wrong style of products. I just started using a company called US Imprints and I really couldn’t be happier. Turnaround time on their orders seem great and the quality of their promotional products are top notch.
14th
January
2010
I was searching online for baptism invitations for my sister for my niece and I can’t believe how many beautiful ones I’ve seen out there. Most of these invitations are even available with matching stamps for mailing which is also very clever. I probably spent close to two hours browsing the web for the right invitation until I found exactly what my sister would like at a website called Invitation Consultants. They have an incredible range of baptism invitations but I really like the one with the pink baby booties. I can see my sister going crazy over it. She likes cute stuff like that.
11th
January
2010
Thanks to HGTV network I’m finding myself falling in love with modern furniture. I’m particularly looking into it for my bedroom; I think I really need to step things up in there. I always say that I work hard so I ought to treat myself and at least sleep like a king. I saw this really cool platform bed that’s brown in color that would go great with my brown and gold color scheme. I see that it has really thick headboards and space to put two lamps. I really thought the price was going to be high but it’s only $800 and I’m thinking what a steal!
2nd
December
2009
I just love the flexibility of working from home, particularly because I was able to get some great office furniture. I think this was a good year to purchase furniture because everything was so affordable yet functional. I am working out of a nook in my living room and the furniture really fit in well in my small space. I’m anxious to see what the New Year would bring when it comes to office furniture trends.
26th
November
2009
I’m thinking about installing a few copper sinks in my home for the holidays. There is something about the texture that gives it a vintage look and one that I like a lot. I’m already envisioning one for my bathroom which I know would go well with my existing décor. I ‘m also thinking about getting double sink for the kitchen which features a hammered copper look.
26th
November
2009
Another Christmas is fast approaching and I have not even decided what holiday gifts I want to get for my parents. It’s hard enough that my vehicle is in the repair shop and getting a ride from a friend to go shopping is not an option for me. So I guess I’ll have to tune in to the television shopping networks and see what they have in store. I found a few things that I liked for my parents while watching the other day and the prices were quite reasonable.
25th
November
2009
A friend of mine recently started using a new appetite suppressant called Anoretix. So far he has had great results. He is eating a whole lot less and he is losing lots of weight. My girlfriend’s sister is going to start using it pretty soon, so that she can be a few pounds lighter for her companies New Year party. She hopes to lose about 10 pounds in December, which really should’nt be hard. My friend lost nearly 10 pounds the first week he started using it.
20th
November
2009
I was looking on POSGuys.com the other day and came across some pretty decent deals on POS systems. A friend of mine is setting up his own little retail store and I am helping him get everything ready and trying to find the best deals on everything he will need. The POS system was the last major thing that we needed to order. Now he is ready to scan bar codes and get everything going.