Category Archives: Home Furniture Sinners

Jeans for Large Bottoms: Do You Want to Look Like J-Lo?

Jeans for Large Bottoms:  Do You Want to Look Like J-Lo?

 

When looking for jeans for large bottoms, do you want to look like J-Lo?  Well, I heard she does have a million dollar ass.   At least, insured for that much.  It’s how she makes her money, shaking it while dancing and lip syncing.   Hey, if Keith Richards can insure his middle finger for over a million bucks, why can’t Jennifer insure her butt for the same?  Just because she can’t flip someone with her bottom doesn’t mean it’s not insurable!  If you wanted to look like J-Lo and could with jeans for large bottoms, would you also insure yours?  Do you think it would be worth as much as Jennifer’s?

When buying jeans for large bottoms, ask yourself if you want to look like J-Lo.  After all, she was most recently voted most beautiful woman in the world by People magazine.  In April of 2011, that is.  So why wouldn’t you want to look like J-Lo?  Wouldn’t you want to look like the most beautiful woman alive?  Keep in mind while she might have a large bottom, the rest of her figure is awesome, and she shakes her booty to make it happen.  Can you dance like J-Lo?  Can you shake your booty and make those jeans for large bottoms work for you?  Try it out.  If the answer is “yes”, go for them.  If you look like an overweight, large bottomed fool, leave the jeans for large bottoms to the Jennifer Lopez of the world.  Or, buy them and wear them but don’t try to look like her.  Look like yourself.  We can’t all be Jennifer Lopez and sit next to Stephen Tyler on American Idol.  But we can be a contestant and come close!  So wear your jeans for large bottoms and practice your singing.  Who knows?  You could be the next American Idol!

Small Corner Basins For Cloakrooms: Useless Investment?

Small Corner Basins For Cloakrooms:  Useless Investment?

 

If you work somewhere, as most employed people do, and your supervisor or boss talks about getting some small corner basins for cloakrooms, you think to yourself that it’s a useless investment in company money.  What does a cloakroom need with a small corner basin?  Or what does a small corner basin need with a cloakroom?  Indeed a useless investment.  Unless you have use of a small corner basin in a cloakroom.  Perhaps someone wants to wash their hands in the cloakroom rather than the bathroom.  Of course, in the U.K., a cloakroom is a bathroom.  In that case it makes sense.  In the U.S. a cloakroom is a place where you put your coat or cloak.  Whatever you wear, depending on where you are from.  I guess if you are from the U.K. you wear a cloak.  Or if you are from Romania or Transylvania and related to Dracula.

So, if you live in the U.K. or other place where a cloakroom is actually a bathroom, what about small corner basins for cloakrooms?  Are they useless investments?  In a bathroom you need a basin.  You need something in which to wash your hands after using the toilet.  It’s practically the law everywhere.  Warning!  Don’t leave this Cloakroom With Unwashed Hands! – you can just see the signs everywhere.  Small corner basins are perfect for small cloakrooms as they take up little space, yet still function as basins need to function.  Small corner basins run from the relatively inexpensive to the relatively moderately expensive.  In fact, some are so small you could fit four in one corner!  That means four people can wash their hands at the same time! It might be a bit awkward, but some could stand on the shoulders of others and everyone could reach a basin!  Think of the possibilities for that one!  No more waiting in line to rinse off!  Nothing that is needed is ever a useless investment.  And how can something that doesn’t even cost a hundred dollars be a useless investment for the businesses that use them?  Most rooms have at least four corners.  That four small corner basins you can get for a cloakroom.  I wouldn’t call that a useless investment.  It means four people simultaneously washing their hands, instead of one by one.  If it’s for the workplace, that’s a great investment.  If it’s for home, it’s also a good investment.  The kids don’t have to fight over who gets to wash whose hands first.  It’s a win win all around.  No matter what your reason for wanting a small corner basin for a cloakroom, because you need a basin in a cloakroom, it’s a good investment.  And that’s what counts in the end.  Hey, some even have vanity units attached!  So for a small downstairs cloakroom, go for a corner basin.  You won’t want to wash your hands of this one!

Corner Baths for Small Bathrooms: Under $100?

Corner Baths for Small Bathrooms:  Under $100?

 

When you live in a small house or even a bigger house yet have a small bathroom, do you want to look at corner baths for small bathrooms?  Do you want to find one for under $100?  I guess you could find a corner bath for small bathrooms for under $100, but wouldn’t a corner bath be a tight squeeze, even if it’s in a corner?  And what good would a little corner bath do you?  It would probably only be big enough to soak your feet in.  You can do that with a pan for two bucks!  A corner bath is a unique idea if you have a nice large bathroom and can get a corner bath large enough to soak your whole body in.  Or large enough to soak two whole bodies in.  Luxury at it’s finest.  And even if corner baths for small bathrooms run under $100, what about installing them?  Wouldn’t that run a lot more?

It’s your money.  You can waste it if you want.  But corner baths for small bathrooms, even if under $100, seem like a waste of time and money.  After checking out some corner baths online, most appear to cost over a thousand bucks.  And seem to be a fairly decent size.  So if you can find one for under $100, more power to you.  Just keep in mind it will cost far more than that to install it.  Wouldn’t a corner shower work just as well, for less money overall?  These corner baths still look awfully small, even if they are spa baths and fairly deep.  You could sit in a crouched position in one.  What fun is that?:  A bath needs to be big enough for two for fun.  Take that $100 and buy an inflatable pool with a screen to fence out curious neighbors and have all the fun you want on a nice, hot summer’s day.

Donate Furniture to Veterans: Is it Worth Doing?

Donate Furniture to Veterans:  Is it Worth Doing?

 

You want to donate furniture to veterans but wonder if it’s worth doing.  You are either insane or a rich, calculating business person wondering how big of a tax break you can get if you are wondering if donating furniture to veterans is worth doing.  Because generally the only people who wonder if something is WORTH doing are those who wonder about the worth investment or money wise of whatever it is they are doing, especially when it comes to donations of any sort.  Now, if the veteran happens to be a rich person, say, someone who just won a couple million dollars on the lottery, or a guy who has inherited wealth like a member of the DuPont family, it’s certainly not worth donating furniture to them unless the furniture you are donating contains priceless antiques.  In that case, it’s a great gesture to a man who has served our country.

What about people who want to donate furniture to veterans – is it worth doing?  I guess it depends on the motive.  And the need.  If returning veterans are coming home and don’t have much of anything, sure, it’s worth it.  To them.  Again, unless you have priceless antiques you are donating it’s probably not worth it to  you in terms of tax breaks because it would fall under your standard deduction allowed for donations.  It may be worth it to you in that it could make you feel good.  And that’s always worth something.  You could donate to a place that accepts donations in the name of veterans, and sells stuff like that to make money to give to veterans in need.  That would be a worthwhile cause.  Then you all can feel good!  And once more, isn’t it worth doing something to feel good?  Other than going to a movie

International Movers and Packers: Moving to Afghanistan?

International Movers and Packers:  Moving to Afghanistan?

 

If you are moving to Afghanistan, should you hire international movers and packers?  Only if you have something to pack and move to Afghanistan.  If you are moving there with only the shirt on your back, better put on some pants and shoes, too.  It’s required if you are flying to Afghanistan from anywhere in the U.S. and certain other countries.  Now, if you are going to Afghanistan because you are being deployed there, because you are in the armed forces in some capacity, it’s not necessary to hire international movers and packers if you are moving to Afghanistan just for your tour of duty.  The armed forces will provide basically all you need in the way of a bed and pillow and meals.  They’ll even provide computers and Skpe so you can call home, like E.T. wanted to do.  Only he was on another planet.  Far, far away from his home planet.  Which had no cell phone signal.   And this was no problem as cell phones weren’t invented back in his day.

Would it be a good idea to get international movers and packers if you are moving to Afghanistan for a long, long time – or even a short time – and you are not going thanks to the armed forces?  Let’s say your job takes you there.  I have no idea why your employment would have an office in Afghanistan, but let’s say they do and the top guy there retired and you’ve been recruited for his position.  Your company is paying all your moving expenses.  By all means, use that money to hire international movers and packers if you are really moving to Afghanistan!  They’ll probably steal you blind, but get a cheap company and pocket some of the moving expense money to buy new stuff once you are there.  Afghanistan will love your for that.

Rental Assistance in Georgia: Needing a Miracle

Rental Assistance in Georgia: Needing a Miracle


If you live in Georgia, you will be familiar with the song by Ray Charles (Georgia on my mind). That of course will not help you with rental assistance. One of the many basic needs of humans is having appropriate accommodation. It is ironic that a country like the US still has a lot of poor people. It is often said that poverty is a state of the mind. That is of course debatable but the more you analyze it, the more you realize that it is true. Some people tend to enjoy playing the victim. They feel that the world owes them a living. There is nothing wrong with rental assistance in Georgia for those who might be in financial difficulties. There are those who require assistance because of ill health, old age, disability or loss of income. It is nice to know that with life being unpredictable, you can get help for important things in life like paying your rent.

 

Rental assistance in Georgia is the same like in most states in the US. It is very difficult to get help if you don’t know where to go. The most common rental assistance is the section 8 program. If you already have an apartment or house, you can apply for rental aid. You must avoid what some people do, which is to wait until they are in rent arrears before seeking help. It is important that you start early because the process of getting assistance in many states can be long. You must also bear in mind that you will need to bring proof of income and monthly charges. You might feel that you deserved to be helped but that will depend a lot on the way you manage your money. At times, all you might be entitled to is about $50 per month. That might seem to be very little but it is better than nothing. In some cases, you might be able to combine rental assistance in Georgia with utility assistance.

 

You must avoid the temptation of cheating during your application. Receiving money you don’t deserve might sound appealing but you might get yourself in trouble and end up in jail for fraud. Some people fail to declare all their income. Others hide some of their belongings trying to pretend to be poorer than they actually are. If you get caught, you might end up losing more than you will gain.

 

 

 

Getting Squirrels out of Attic: Going Commando?

Getting Squirrels out of Attic

A lot of people have hamsters, snakes, dogs, cats and more animals as pets. It will be difficult to find a family with squirrels in the living room. That is not to say that some crazy people might not have them but they are just not the typical domestic animals. Getting squirrels out of attic is not funny. That is because they can be quite destructive and can cause a lot of damage. The best way is to make sure you keep them out and seal any hole through which they can get back.
You should resist the urge of going commando on the squirrels. Climbing into your attic thinking you are going hunting is a bad idea. You will either get yourself killed or caused more damage. It will be of course a lot of fun shooting at them but it can be messy and unhealthy having to clean up after your carnage. Most animals that move into your attic likely got there because there is an opening and it is warm. Apart from the damage that can be done by squirrels, it can be worse if you happen to find a poisonous snake in your attic. You will likely die of a heart attack than being bitten by one.
As mentioned above, getting squirrels out of attic is effective when you chase them out and seal off everything.