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If you’re not sure what you’d like to do in life for your career, I do believe real estate is a great option. I once knew someone who was making bank off selling homes, and it actually seems like it would be pretty fun. Hard, but fun.

Every now and then I hear from my real estate agent and recently he asked me out to lunch. I’m not sure what sort of an invite that was, work related or friendly but I said perhaps. I don’t think I will, though. He was nice and all, but I don’t even know what the hell we would talk about.

Listen to this

Bedouin Soundclash came out with a new album recently, Street Gospels. I made a copy of it for a friend and I think she pretty much adored it like I do. Their myspace page classifies them as reggae/pop but I classify them as fucking wonderful. If you like reggae, or even just feel good music, then you should listen to them.

Their previous album was called Sounding a Mosaic and it is just as good as their newest, if not better. When I listen to Bedouin Soundclash, everything is right in the world.

Reach out

If you have a problem with drugs, drug treatment is crucial. You should never let a loved one try to fix things on their own, because it is obvious that they wouldn’t have ended up in that boat own their own.

I have a special place in my heart for an addict, and regardless of what other people say, or how they handle certain situations I will always have hope.

I love the smell of laundry

This weekend was a laid back, lazy weekend and even though I am ALWAYS gung-ho about going out and taking advantage of my weekend, I admit it was very very nice. I went out on Saturday with a couple of friends and ended up at a friend’s friend’s house, which was just goooorgeous. They had a claw foot bath tub! And a checkered floor! HAWT!

Another great thing about this weekend was that I finally got a washer and dryer! I couldn’t be any happier about this because I hate not having direct access to one. It’s been over a year since I’ve been able to freely do my laundry. There was a set in the house prior to “the breakup” but I didn’t use it for whatever reasons.

I spent Saturday washing ALL of my clothes, and Sunday washing ALL of my towels. It’s sooo nice to have nothing but clean clothes and towels :) It was getting down to the wire!

Business Christmas Cards

Have you ever seen a Business Christmas cards? I think they’re a really nice way to give happy wishes to those that you work for, without stepping on any religious-related toes. If you were given the opportunity to make your own greeting card, what would it say?

The Gallery Collection is a company offering premium quality customized greeting and other similar cards. The Gallery collection is currently running a greeting cards scholarship contest, where the winner receives $10,000 in scholarship funds which is a WONDERFUL opportunity for high school and college kids.

Contest entrants may submit photos, artwork, as well as computer graphics. You have until January 15, 2008 to get your entries in, so hop to it!

nappy headed ho

The first thing that I do when I get home this evening is going to be clean. The house is a little disastrous, well, not really I guess it’s just general living mess. The same ole crap has been sitting around, mostly on the coffee table. I need a coffee table but I hate coffee tables, all they do is collect shit. Unnecessary shit that shouldn’t be there. I know for a fact that there are bubbles (yes, bubbles) on the table as well as a bunch of Halloween stuff. Halloween was soooo yesterday :P

There are also dishes that need to be done, because believe it or not I’ve been cooking here and there. GASP. My bedroom also needs to be picked up but I really believe that’s about it for the mess. I guess it’s not so bad, but you know since I “neeeeeeeeeeever clean,” I’m sure it’s really just a pig sty.

1,000,000 dollar limited warranty

America’s largest online flooring retailer, iFLOOR, has sent out a press release announcing a $1,000,000 warranty to protect online purchases. If you make a purchase online and are denied because they made their purchase online (which seems absolutely ridiculous! Everything is online these days) you are now covered for up to $1,000,000! See below to read the full press release.

iFLOOR, America’s largest online flooring retailer, today announced a $1,000,000 limited warranty designed to protect its customers from predatory manufacturer policies that exclude warranty coverage from online purchases.

The policy, which goes into effect immediately, offers up to one million dollars of coverage in the event that a customer’s warranty claim is denied specifically because they made their purchase online. It is complimentary for every iFLOOR customer, and protects the buyer under the same terms as the original product warranty.

iFLOOR, Inc. CEO, Steve Simonson, came up with the program to combat “scare tactics” used by manufacturers of hardwood floors and laminate flooring. “Their idea is to discourage you from buying at a discount!” wrote Simonson in his blog “It’s About Flooring”. “This is not right! You deserve to save money! So we’re going to take care of this problem once and for all.”

And it would appear that federal law is on his side. Section 108 of the 1975 Magnuson-Moss Act, states that, “In general, tie-in sales provisions are not allowed. Such a provision would require a purchaser of the warranted product to buy an item or service from a particular company to use with the warranted product in order to be eligible to receive a remedy under the warranty.”

Under iFLOOR’s new warranty, a key provision allows for iFLOOR to “seek justice” on behalf of the customer in the event of legal action. According to Simonson, “I’m putting iFLOOR’s money where my mouth is.”

About iFLOOR, Inc.
Since 1998, iFLOOR.com has been the leading online and retail flooring company, with 36 local retail stores nationwide offering more than 70,000 products, including hardwood floors, laminate flooring, bamboo flooring and cork floors. iFLOOR.com is the largest online flooring retailer according to Internet Retailer Magazine, and was named by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest growing private companies in the United States for the past three years. Committed to quality customer service, superior selection and friendly expert advice, iFLOOR.com enables customers to buy flooring both online and in its retail stores at a substantial savings over traditional retailers. For more information about iFLOOR, please visit www.iFLOOR.com.