Some of you may have heard that Laura is in the hospital (thanks to my late night updates on Twitter that appear on Facebook and MySpace) and I’m sure you are wondering how she is doing, and what got her there in the first place. We don’t know what exactly is wrong with her, but […]
has finally been resolved! It isn’t exactly what we expected, but at least we’re satisfied. In short, the seventh top arrived damaged as well and I was ready to keep it because I was sick of the hassle. Laura made me call them though because she didn’t like the idea of paying $600 for a […]
One of the best things about business and human nature is that when we take the time to observe what goes on around us, we can learn from the mistakes of others. This is what I’ve been doing the past year at my now part-time job, where I assist small business owners and entrepreneurs with […]
This is a follow up to yesterday’s post, which I actually spent most of the day Saturday and Sunday working on between customers at work. As I mentioned here, we purchased a table from Hillsdale Furniture through CSN Stores / DiningRoomsDirect.com in November, and have been waiting to receive the glass top in one piece […]
Dear CSN Stores (Niraj Shah, Steven Conine), FedEx, Hillsdale Furniture: I would really like to have a dining room table, but you do not seem to be able to ship one that doesn’t break along the way. My name is Chad Smith, and on Sunday, November 18th, I placed an order on diningroomsdirect.com for a […]
Laura and I began our new year visiting family and finishing some of our home improvement projects. We finished painting the first guest bedroom before Christen moved in, and now we get to choose colors and carpet for the rest of the basement. We saw her family on New Years Day and then visited mine […]
When the years start going by faster I think that’s a sign that you’re getting old, but least I don’t have gray hair yet like a certain someone I’m married to. It’s new years again which means we’re probably going to go to bed early since we have nothing better to do, and have to […]
now posted on his website. Go see what it is at Baby Smith.
Laura and I are pleased to announce the newest members of That Smith family. Members as in plural, and I’m not talking about the baby.
Believe it or not, ProGreeting is the result of a business plan not carefully thought out. We all make occasional mistakes when it comes to planning (some of them larger and more costly than others). This one happened to cost me $6. The initial idea for ProGreeting was simple. At the time I worked for […]