Keeping Footprints in the Home

As fuel prices continue to soar, we are quickly approaching the July 1^st implementation of the Provincial carbon tax which will see an additional 4 cent per liter increase at the pumps. In an effort to “soothe” the sting, tax-filing residents will find a $100 rebate cheque in the mail this week. Considering the insistence of many to continuing driving Navigators, Expeditions, Escalades and all manner of wholly-inefficient vehicles, that bonus won’t get much past a second fill for most.

Accordingly, there may be some sense in allocating those funds towards an incentive to leave the eyesore in the driveway on the weekends. Some new fixture or complement to your home that just might sway individuals to stay in and enjoy the comforts of home.

For those who are similarly inclined, may I suggest an e-stop at cymaxstores.com, an ideal online shopping resource for adding such an addition to your home without having to leave it. My wife and I are considering a new living room piece, and a most stylish Winsome Antique Walnut Coffee Table would fit both our decor and budget. For couples with children and the to-be-expected strew of toys in the living room, a pair of Panagea Natural Storage Baskets would be a welcome depository that could be easily and stylishly tucked into a corner.

Who doesn’t enjoy watching a flick on rainy Saturday afternoon? Your hundred-buck panacea could be just as easily directed towards an RCA Progressive Scan DVD player or Audiovox 300W DVD Home Theatre System. Maybe one or both of you aim to be a Noraebahng champion, and if so bring the singing experience home with a Jwin 5.1 channel Karaoke unit.

While we’re on the topic (barely) of reducing our carbon footprints, how about keeping the more generic ones off of your foyer floor with a Venture Horizon Double Shoe Cabinet? Ample footwear storage for the whole family and a top drawer to boot for out-the-door necessities like umbrellas, scarves or even DVDs to pacify the kids in your perennially-thirsty minivan.

With economists projecting the price of oil to rise to 200 dollars a barrel in the near future, there will likely need to be more of a means for fuming motorists to vent their disdain for OPEC in a responsible manner. Home shopping might seem like an odd suggestion, but unless you’re willing to part ways with the V8 Range Rover, it’s humbly all I have to offer at this time.

Enjoy!