Here is an excerpt from a New York Review blog post entitled ‘Why I Hate Dreams’ – after reading only a few sentences, it becomes readily apparent that this guy needs to get a better mattress.   At Mattress Choice our motto is ‘Better Sleep. Better Dreams.’ With a good mattress, you are assured a [...]

If you live in Duncan, BC, you are probably already coming to Victoria to do a lot of shopping. There may be a ginormous Walmart in Duncan, but that doesn’t satisfy when you are in need of some higher quality goods – like mattresses.   There may be your local Duncan mattress store, but if [...]

 Do you hoot and scream for joy when Canada gets a gold in the Olympics. Do you stand up and high five your friends and hug the closest stranger?   Or do you cry and tear at your hair when you break a fingernail?   There are appropriate degrees of expressivity depending on the scenario. [...]

As soon as you have kids, your whole world gets turned on its ear. One minute you’re down with the latest slang, and the next you’re finishing Dora the Explorer’s sentences. Not only does your mind go into a child-like regressive state, but, paradoxically, you also have to take on an authoritarian, and protective, role [...]

Here are Mattress Choice we are always curious to know how our readers found us. We try to keep our blogs and tweets and Facebook updates as interesting and informative as possible. We have a Google+ page that we update about once a week. And we put things out there on the Interwebs in hopes [...]

It’s good to buy local. Of course. If you can, get your vegetables and fruits in the markets from around Campbell River. There’s no better place to buy fresh fish and seafood. And when it comes to arts and crafts, there are plenty of artisans in the area that could keep you stocked in Christmas [...]

Those who have irregular shifts know what it’s like to have their sleep schedule scrambled. They actually have stats that say those who work on graveyard shifts have shorter life spans than those who work regular hours. Is it the lack of sunshine, or the lack of sleep that gets them in the end? It’s [...]

The minute your head hits the pillow, remarkable things happen. You drift off into another, unknown mysterious world. You journey to a place where your conscious mind shuts down and your subconscious takes over. Your autonomic nervous system takes over. You no longer have control of your body. You are essentially on auto-pilot. You breathe. [...]

If you live in Ladysmith mattress stores are few and far between. You might be able to get a bed from a friend or older sibling, but really, isn’t it nice to have your own bed? There are mattress stores in Ladysmith, BC, but there is not a store that specializes in only brand-name beds [...]

Do you dread the rain? Or would you rather shovel water than snow? Would you like to maximize your number of sunlight hours? Or are you happier where the climate is mild? Canada is a huge country, made up of mountains, lakes, oceans, tundra and even deserts. It has big cities and small scattered wide [...]

Sometimes ignorance is bliss. If you have always slept on a luxuriant Serta mattress, then you might not appreciate the pain and suffering endured by those who sleep on common mattresses. Some people spend their whole lives dragging their aching bodies out of bed each morning. When they stretch, their elbows pop, their back crackles [...]

You don’t necessarily need religion to admonish your sinful actions. Guilt goes away eventually. But you need to put up with the nag known as Your Conscience first. It will keep most up at night. But not everyone. Your conscience is no match for the coma-inducing Beautyrest. If you’ve been relying on pills, or hours [...]

June 1st is here up and unfortunately, for a lot of us, this means moving day. The secret to moving is elimination. Get rid of all the junk you don’t need. In a lot of ways it’s a means to refresh. A new start. So have a garage sale. Sell off your baseball card collection. [...]

Without dreams there is no hope. The idea of a better life never comes from the gossipmongers and tavern haunts. It comes from the idealists. The big thinkers. The dreamers. It’s no coincidence that John Lennon, Martin Luther King, Jesus and Ghandi were all referred to as dreamers. They found inspiration, and hope, in the [...]

A lot of people dream of having kids. But like any major decision in life, there are extraordinary pros and cons to this decision. To spawn, or not to spawn, no decision is right. But here are a few things to bear in mind if you are deciding to go forth and multiply – or [...]