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Too much email!

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You know what I’ve been doing over the last two days? Trying to catch up on all my email. I get so much email coming in it’s ridiculous!

I run a few mailing lists so I get mail from the lists. Most of the time I don’t have to do anything for those emails other than read them and watch the lists for arguments or really bad advice.

I also get a lot of spam! Tons and tons of it each day.

Then there’s mail from forums I participate in, and affiliate companies discussing the latest deals or offers that I should place on my site.

Buried in all of the above are requests for the blogrolls that I run and advertising requests from private companies, email from family and friends, as well as comments from those who visit any one of our many sites.

The last four types of email are what I consider most important, however they easily get buried in the on slot of other email that I have coming in. I do filter my email to separate folders depending on what the topic of the email is, but I still have to go through all of it at some point.

I get over 1000 emails a day! At least half of that is spam but I still have to go through the spam because real mail gets caught in the spam filter all the time.

Between maintaining our sites, the lists and the blogrolls I’m almost ready to hire someone to go through my email and only give me the stuff I need to respond to!

So if you’ve written to me and there’s a delayed response don’t worry I almost always respond if you are asking a question, it just takes a while sometimes!





A Comfy Sack would be perfect for our Rec Room

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Don’t those ladies look comfortable?

It’s probably because they are lounging on a Comfy Sack. That certainly seems to be an appropriate name for this chair since these women look absolutely comfortable.

Now, I haven’t personally ever sat on a Comfy Sack – not that I’m aware of anyway, but the beanbag chairs are said to be one of the most comfortable foam beanbag chairs available.

I know that if I show this photo to my husband or let him visit the website he’ll want one of these for our future basement recreation room. He loves this kind of furniture!

The Comfy sack comes in many different sizes ranging from the gigantic 8 foot party sack which appears to seat 6 people to the 3.5 foot Joey model which looks perfect for one person.

If you were to purchase one of the mid to large size beanbag chairs and use it in an active room you’d have a great piece of alternative seating for your guests. One person could comfortably sit or even lie down on any of the Comfy Sack bean bag chairs or several people could lounge and mingle on one.

I wouldn’t doubt that it would soon become one of your and your guests favorite pieces of furniture.

If you were to order a Comfy Sack you’d be able to choose the color and material for your chair. They have a wide selection of fabrics such as twill and Micro Suede as well as many different colour choices.

One of the closest competitors of Comfy Sack is Lovesac. Perhaps you’ve heard of that brand name? Well, the Comfy Sack website has a page with an article – Compare Lovesac Today – that compares the features of one of each companies beanbag chairs. If you’ve ever thought of getting a beanbag chair you might be interested in reading the comparison article to see what the main differences are in each product.

Looking at the comparison chart it’s easy to spot some key differences. The Comfy Sack comes with a 5 year warranty where as the Lovesac only has a 2 year warranty. There also appears to be more Micro Suede color choices for the Comfy Sack.

If you prefer to purchase North American made products you’ll be pleased to know that Comfy Sacks are made in the USA where as the Lovesac is made in China.

There is also quite a price difference between the two brands that were compared. They compared two 6 foot beanbags, one from Comfy Sack and the other from Lovesac. Along with the other differences that I’ve already pointed out the Comfy Sack turned out to be much less expensive than the Lovesac. The 6 foot Video Sack made by Comfy Sack is $332.60 where as the 6ft Super Sac made by Lovesac is being sold for $530.14. It looks like the Comfy Sack is about a third of the price cheaper than the Lovesac.

I’ve only mentioned a few of the comparisons but just the warranty and price difference alone would be enough for me to take a serious look at the Comfy Sack models if I were thinking of purchasing a beanbag chair.

Who knows, maybe we’ll get a Comfy Sack when we are finished our basement renovation. I certainly like the look!

Oh and if you are interested in the Comfy Sack you might be able to win one of your very own. Check out the YouTube contest that they are holding.

Surrounded by Reflections

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Wordless Wednesday

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On Saturday Chris and I attended an outdoor art exhibition, then we went to Dundas and Yonge in Toronto to see part of the Toronto street festival where they had “green” exhibits.

The buildings surrounding Dundas and Yonge at Dundas Square have glass panes. I quite like the way they look so I decided to take some photos to show you.

You can click on the photo and visit my Flickr account to see everything I took photos of on Saturday. Warning – I took about 200 photos!

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Blame the border for our desire to go to Brazil!

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Last year we had a border from Brazil. Our previous borders had been from Vietnam so we didn’t know what to expect when he was moving in. It turned out that he was a very nice, quite guy who absolutely loved his country.

He talked about Brazil all the time, showing us photos, and talking about areas that his family would holiday in and so on.

I’d always thought of visiting Brazil, but actually talking to someone who lives in a country that I was interested in visiting gave me some insight into the country and increased my desire to take a holiday there some time.

I would imagine that it will be a year or more before we visit Brazil, perhaps we’ll even have another border from the country before we go ourselves.

I do know that I’d definitely like to see some of the historic sites, go somewhere to hear traditional Brazilian music, visit the famous Ipanema , and of course while in Rio de Janeiro we’d take a trip down to the Copacabana Beach. I’m sure we’ll have a whole list of things to do and places to see by the time we eventually visit Brazil.

Have you ever been to Brazil? Do you have any suggestions for me?

I really want a Boston Terrier

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Boston Terrier I don’t talk about my love of pets and animals all that often of this site, but I absolutely adore animals.

Having a dog as a pet has always been a dream of mine. I couldn’t have one as a child because of my and my brothers allergies, but now that I’m an adult I still long to have a pet dog.

I’m not sure that it will ever happen, but if I were to get a dog I think I might choose a Boston Terrier.

Why? Well for one, Chris is scared of big dogs. He probably won’t admit to that if you asked him, but trust me, he is. I know for a fact that he likes Boston Terriers though. A few of our friends have them, and one of the pet stores that we go to in order to get supplies for our turtles has an in house pet Boston Terrier. Chris always plays with these dogs. They are so cute too with their big eyes.

I want a pet dog bad enough that I’ve even gone so far as to look up the Boston Terrier breed in the Dog Guide. The guide has quite a bit of information about Boston terriers including health issues, skills, personality and their need for attention. Apparently these dogs have a strong need for companionship, are extremely intelligent and playful.

Well I definitely knew about the playful part. The Boston Terriers that a few of our friends have love nothing more than playing a game with their ball or chew toys.

My blogger friend Cynthia has a blog about her dogs and she occasionally writes articles about other dog breeds. She has an excellent Boston Terriers Dog Guide Article. I actually found The Dog Guide through her website when I was surfing the web.

If we ever do get a pet dog, a Boston Terrier perhaps, we’ll probably get a rescue. All of our other pets have been rescues.

Do any of you have a Boston Terrier? I’d love to hear about your experiences with them.

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