Recently, I was lucky enough to have been chosen to attend an exclusive designer event through Ferguson Enterprises, one of our favorite vendors. This event, held in Orange County, California, was an opportunity for designers across the country to learn more about selected vendors that Ferguson …
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Home Resolutions for the New Year
I have never been very good at making resolutions for the new year, and this year was no different. We are just over a month in to the new year, and I am still not sleeping more, drinking more water, or leaving work at a reasonable hour. Thus, I decided that instead of making personal resolutions …
A Year Later by Matthew Hurley
The haunting images of April 15, 2013 have begun to resonate once again as Boston prepares for this year’s marathon. Yet despite the sorrow that still brings a tear to the eye when we remember Krystle Campbell, Martin William Richard, Lingzi Lu and police officer Sean Collier, who died that day as …
Thanksgiving Message by Matthew Hurley
As the holiday rush rolls along and corporate America continues to squeeze away the meaning of the season in pursuit of the all mighty dollar, Thanksgiving remains a beacon of familial comfort. Christmas decorations began infiltrating shopping malls as early as October, in the process diluting the …
Charlie Brown And The Wonderful World Of Peanuts by Matthew Hurley
“All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed. For after all, he was only human. He wasn’t a dog.” Charles M. Schulz on his two most popular characters, Charlie Brown and Snoopy. On February 12, 2000 Charles M. Schulz, creator of the Peanuts comic strip, died in his …
Breast Cancer Awareness by Matthew Hurley
It’s an alarming statistic. One that resonates all year long but takes on added significance during the month of October – Breast Cancer Awareness Month. One in eight women, or 12.7% of all women, will get breast cancer in her lifetime. Those numbers would indicate the very real probability that …