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Bathroom Blogfest: Still Climbing Out with Cancer

This week we are participating in the 7th annual, week-long, “Still Climbing Out” Bathroom Blogfest. This year (which is our first) we will be joining numerous bloggers from across the U.S., Canada, Dubai, and the U.K. who have signed up to participate. It does appear that there are actually two topics this year, customer experience […]

Filed Under: Remodeling & Renovations Tagged With: Blog Off, Ceramic Tile, KBTribeChat, Radiant Heat(ing) October 31, 2012 By SLS 10 Comments

RIP: Let’s Blog Off

Let’s Blog Off, June 22nd 2010 – May 8th, 2012, after 48 topics with 800+ posts contributed by a 134 different contributors the Let’s Blog Off will officially be laid to rest tonight at 9PM EST when the proud parents Gerard & Paul pull the plug. While its rise was like a rocket, it unfortunately […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Articles Tagged With: Blog Off May 8, 2012 By SLS 22 Comments

Let’s Blog Off: The edge of your world

Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492… Ahh, but his friends said – you must not go as everyone knows the world is flat & surely you will fall off. {Bah, go ahead you fool, just make sure you pay me back before sailing} Thus starts this week’s Let’s Blog Off, what is your […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Articles Tagged With: Blog Off April 24, 2012 By SLS 4 Comments

Let’s Blog Off: COOKIES!!!

You know when I saw the topic of this week’s Let’s Blog Off was on cookies I couldn’t help but laugh & wonder if the Cookie Monster managed to sneak in & post this topic… After that nice little laugh and thinking that I didn’t really have anything to add to the topic (much less […]

Filed Under: Holiday & Vacations Tagged With: Blog Off March 27, 2012 By SLS 24 Comments

Let’s Blog Off: Psst… you want a job?

This week the Let’s Blog Off crew goes off on an interesting tangent – “In an era where everyone who’s anyone publishes content to the internet, the English language is being abused like never before. While it’s true that English is a remarkably adjustable tongue, there are some rules. We pride ourselves around here with […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Articles Tagged With: Blog Off March 13, 2012 By SLS 2 Comments

Let’s Blog Off: Warning, objects maybe closer than they appear

Well, well, doesn’t time just fly by? It seems like just a few days ago we were doing our final post for 2011, preparing for the Holidays & now we are already a few days into the New Year. This week the Let’s Blog Off crew asked a pretty simple question, “What are you looking […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Articles Tagged With: Blog Off January 3, 2012 By SLS 12 Comments

Let’s Blog Off: How much should I charge…

This week, the Let’s Blog Off crew threw us an interesting twist, and it all started with them using a statement for the title instead of the normal shortened question, namely “If you can’t afford the tip, you can’t afford the meal.” They then proceeded to ask quite a few hard hitting questions on dealing […]

Filed Under: Regulatory Issues Tagged With: Blog Off, How To December 20, 2011 By SLS 12 Comments

Let’s Blog Off: Dog Shoots Man?

Ahhh hunting season, you can forget Christmas, as this is the best time of year for many. Shoot, there are still some schools & business that close down for a few days to a week just because it is hunting season.  With over 12 million plus hunters going out every year you know there is […]

Filed Under: Around the home Tagged With: Blog Off December 6, 2011 By SLS 8 Comments

Let’s Blog Off: Thanksgiving Leftover’s

Gee’s it Thanksgiving, I wonder what this week’s Let’s Blog Off topic might be about? And wow, I have never seen Rufus (aka @DogWalkBlog) so excited; his tail & ears have been perked up like you wouldn’t believe, so it is must either be about naps, going for a walk, or FOOD. I get a […]

Filed Under: Food Safety, Holiday & Vacations Tagged With: Blog Off, Holiday, Thanksgiving November 22, 2011 By SLS 24 Comments

Let’s Blog Off: Growing up is so hard…

*** UPDATED – I swear, some companies remind me of a bunch of kids – nanny nanny boo boo – that stinks – does not – does to – well you stink so I am going to give you a swirly…  Ahhh, welcome to another “Let’s Blog Off” where this week’s topic is based on the question […]

Filed Under: Consumer Awareness Tagged With: Blog Off November 8, 2011 By SLS 10 Comments

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    *** UPDATED – I swear, some companies remind me of a bunch of kids – nanny nanny boo boo – that stinks – does not – does to – well you stink so I am going to give you a swirly…  Ahhh, welcome to another “Let’s Blog Off” where this week’s topic is based on the question […]

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