Author Archives: Ryan Gripp

Top 6 April Fool’s Jokes of All time

Today is the famous April Fool’s, the day where things aren’t what they seem. Whatever you hear, see, or do could be a part of an April Fools. Instead of pulling an April Fool’s joke on everyone (which we would love to do) we complied a list of the top 6 April Fool’s Jokes of [...]

New years resolution: Weight. How are you doing?

Photo by eyesogreen If you’re like the rest of us (including myself) you made a resolution to lose more weight earlier this year. How are you doing with it?If you are having trouble one of the easiest ways to cut back on your weight is to adjust your diet. You might not know this, but [...]

Sharing a letter from a customer

We also like hearing from our customers, both good and bad. We received this letter from a happy customer and thought we might share it with you. Thanks to Laraine for sending the letter to us, it made our day! Do you like the Lakeside Collection? Just reply below in the comments section.

New Lakeside Web Design, how do you like it?

Have you noticed our new website redesign? We’ve actually been working on it for quite some time behind the scenes and testing to make sure all our customers will benefit from it. We’ve added a “My Browsing History” which will remember what products you viewed in the past and display them towards the bottom of [...]

5 Amazing money saving ideas

Photo by °Florian With the current economic situation quite a few of our customers have been trying to save money. It is only natural right? Even with the economic situation its always a good idea to put money away for yourself, or perhaps your kids that will eventually head off to college if they haven’t [...]

Wii accessories that you probably forgot you needed

The top selling next generation gaming console this year was the Wii. Most analysts said they weren’t surprised by the lack of availability of the Wii gaming console. Did you have a hard time finding a Wii? I came across this video about kids opening up Wii’s for presents, some of the kids are truly [...]

Brrr its cold here down by the lake

While I’m writing this it’s a balmy 21F degrees outside. Interestingly, it is warmer then it was  in December of 2008 in which temperatures dropped to around 8F degrees. Our lake is now officially frozen over.  I went down to take some shots of the lake to show you all how frozen it was. I [...]

Welcome to the new Lakeside Blog

We’re glad you’re here and reading this. Welcome to the lakeside blog, Down by the lake.  Where did that name come from? Customers have asked why in the world did we name it “Down by the lake”. Besides being “The Lakeside Collection” one of the most popular catalogs of all time (at least in my [...]