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Soup’er up!

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Oh boy and what a fantastic weekend it was. Alfie got a total of 7 hours of walking in the past three days and he’s just as hyper as ever. We ended up walking all over the city and saw so many people out in their fancy sports cars with their shiny new honda accessories shined up on their spoilers and rims. Not everyone has their winter tires yet off, I noticed. I put my summers on what seems like ages ago.

Have to admit though, I found myself browsing through those sites to fancy up my car too. When I was looking at Honda Civics I always saw souped up ones. But they were really nicely done with just different tail lights attached, changed the honda logo to a different chrome one, and added a new exhaust. A nice shiny one at that. I love it when cars are all neatly taken care of! Now I’m not talking about replacing my whole dashboard or anything like that. I meant just not-so-noticeable changes to the car. It makes all the difference, really. I think…

In fact, I ended up vacuuming out my car on Good Friday. It wasn’t even that dirty, because I keep it clean. I did take away my shovel that I had in the trunk, and my “backup” winter hat that I kept in the car in case I forgot mine and it was chilly.

I have yet to wash it this season. I’m going to bring it to some fancy place to wash/wax it for me though. They always seem to do a great job on my bosses car.

Do you take care of your cars like I do? Or do you not care? Lol. I love it when classy touches are added to the car, just to make it stand out a wee bit, but not so it’s too overdone, you know?

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In the Kitchen, Photos

Cheese’n’cake

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I made my very first cheesecake yesterday evening and since it had to be chilled in the fridge for four hours we didn’t get a chance to eat it til today. It was pretty moist. My co-worker’s cheesecake has a more dry crust, and dry cheesecake, but I also put sour cream in mine. Maybe that was why it was like that. I loved it though.

I’ll be posting this up on my recipe section, but all I did was get it from the Kraft Canada website. :)

I have a giveaway coming up soon. A HUGE one at that. I’m going outdoors to get Scott to take pictures of it with me!!

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Geek Speak, Photos, Reviews

Pilot crisis averted

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I’m a stationary fanatic, and when I find an item that I love, I rarely use it for fear of “wearing it out” such as the Pilot G2 0.5m pen lol. DON’T LAUGH, I know some of you are just as crazy as I am about pens and other writing utensils. Trust me on this.

I ended up writing the Pilot pen company back in October about my favorite pen asking where they now sold it as I couldn’t find my favorite pen anymore, to buy a backup!!! CRISIS!

Here is my e-mail that I sent to them:

Hi there!

I’ve been rarely using my favorite pen: Pilot G2 (0.5mm) for a few years, for fear of it running out of ink. I picked up this pen from a store that sold them individually. Little did i know that it became my favorite one to use, because of how fine the tip is.

I’ve tried to purchase a back up for when I run out but I have been out of luck trying to find one whether it be a new pen or a refill. I can easily find the 0.7mm tips but I don’t want to purchase those.

I’m currently located in Waterloo, Ontario Canada and searched online at Staples Business Depot and have gone to various other office stationary supply stores only to not find the pen.

I haven’t been able to find them online either on your pilot website. Did Pilot stop making this sized pen? If you could direct me in the right direction I’d be thrilled! I clearly love this pen and am on the hunt until I find my backup. I can then use it everyday. Awesome.

Thanks for your time!

Their reply?

Dear Ms. *****,

Thank you for your recent E-mail message. We appreciate the opportunity to assist you.

Listed below is the Pilot subsidiary for your location.

You may contact Crestar Limited. Crestar Limited is a subsidiary of Pilot Pen in Canada.

Website:    www.crestar-limited.com Tel:        1-514-731-3808

Each Pilot Affiliate has a specific list of products available to them and the residents of their marketing area. They may not sell outside of their area, nor may they sell directly to consumers. Regrettably to say we are unable to provide assistance for these pens.

Once again, thank you for your interest in our products.

Sincerely,

Holly ******
Consumer Advisor

Ugh. Those people do not sell singles to a person who just wants one or two pens for a back up. I’m not looking for hundreds. So I stopped, and only used my pen like once a month, literally. I’m crazy, I know. But it’s my favoriteeee pen.  It’s super incredibly fine pointed and I can print like no other.

See? I mean, a regular pen can’t make me write like that. I only use this for writing on envelopes now, or special occasions.

I thought all hope was lost.

That is, until I was at a loss for what to search for next, on Ebay to buy. Since I’m a new user and all, it’s gotten terribly addicting. I searched for my Pilot G2 (0.5mm) and found a seller in HONG KONG and I purchased a package of 6 in the first few weeks of March.

The package of 6 pens arrived on March 31 just 12 business days to get to me from Hong Kong! I’m going to covet these pens with everything I’ve got. Nobody is allowed to ever use them. lol.

Who knew people like that existed? Pilot doesn’t sell the pens, but then there’s an Ebay seller, in Hong Kong no less, who sells them. It’s an incredible place, ebay.

They are all now, sitting pretty on my desk at work — replacing my second favorite (Uniball 207).

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