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Dale & Brennan
Have you ever seen the movie “Step Brothers”? It stars Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly (two of my personal favorites) as Dale and Brennan, two goof-balls who are forced to live under one roof when their parents get married. If you haven’t seen it yet, do yourself a favor and watch it. It is pure comedy gold! I was watching “Step Brothers” the other night and it reminded me of my partners Keith and Ryan. Keith and Ryan and brothers and while they can get up to some mischief from time-to-time, it’s nowhere near on the scale of Dale and Brennan. But watching the movie made me reflect on the idea of family. The family you are born with,...
Read MoreShipping during a Pandemic
This week’s blog is about…wait, hold on one second, I just have to answer a question about shipping. OK, back. Now where was I? Right, shipping. If you’ve been following our blogs you know that we are a true start-up. That means everyone wears every hat. Someone needs to design the website? Make it happen Scott! Someone needs to put together a marketing plan? Got get’em Scottie! Someone called in sick and we need someone to pack product? Hey Scott, you’re up! You get the idea. Nowhere was this more prevalent than in shipping. When we started I tried to handle it all on my own and what I quickly realized was that I never, ever, ever want to be...
Read MoreWhy Use Car Deodorizer
You Should Be Using a Car Deodorizer-- Here’s Why Odors at home are frustrating enough, but odors in the car can be downright annoying. In 2019, the New York Post reported that the average American spends approximately 35 minutes on their daily work commute. When added up, that equals about 19 workdays a year spent sitting in the car. That means that on average, we are spending 19 days breathing in car cabin air...and that’s just on our way to work. Don’t you want to spend those commuting hours breathing in clean air? Automobile Air Quality When we’re sitting in our cars with the windows rolled up, we are effectively sitting indoors. The car’s air system is pumping through filtered...
Read MorePet Odor Neutralizer
Combatting Common Pet Odors: Getting Rid of Pet Urine Smells at Home Stubborn Pet Odors at Home Have you ever gone away from home for a vacation and returned only to notice that your place, well, stinks? You might have just recovered from a case of “nose-blindness.” Nose-blindness means that your nose has become accustomed to your environment, bad smells and all. So when you leave your home for a while and come back to unpleasant odors, chances are you are smelling odors that have been there the whole time. The smell is coming from inside the house. There are so many causes of persistent odors at home. If you have pets, your home is susceptible to even more smells,...
Read MoreListening to your Family
What seems unique to one person can seem very normal to another. I had what some would consider a very unique experience growing up. My family was in the funeral business and for the first ten years my life my family and I lived above the funeral home. You heard that right; we lived above the funeral home. Here’s what that meant for my little brother and me growing up in that environment. It meant that right away you learn a lot about compassion and grief and the value of life because while other kids your age were watching cartoons and playing with their toys* we were exposed to families who had just lost something very precious. If that...
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