There’s a quiet evolution happening in Wadena, Minnesota. The artists have taken to decorating the sides of the buildings with large puzzle shaped murals. Like a big giant that randomly tossed the pieces of puzzles throughout the town, gluing them to various sides of the buildings to …

I first heard about the Uniball Jetstream pen from a TV commercial. What caught my eye was the part of the TV commercial advertising to get a free Uniball pen. I could not pass up free, especially since pens are essential.
The Uniball Jetstream pen is a ball point retractable …

Some time ago I had purchased a package of Papermate 1.2 M Ballpoint pens. These pens did not write very well at all. They would write a little and then stop in the middle of a word. I then would waste a lot of time trying to get the …

I bought 2 Fisher Price Digital Arts Studios one for my house and one for my grand daughter for Christmas 2007. The one I bought for my grand daughter had extended product features and cost 100.00 + shipping. The one I bought to keep at my house didn’t have …

If you are looking for a pistol that is reliable, packs plenty of punch and is very affordable, the Stoeger Cougar should be high on your list. Stoeger — a Turkish company — makes the pistol in the following calibers — 9mm Luger, .40 S&W and .45 ACP. The pistols …

I have recently purchased the Yamaha RBX 374 4 string bass guitar. It is my first bass and I am very satisfied with it. It has a rosewood fretboard, which has twenty four frets. It has two humbucker pickups. One thing about these pickups that is very helpful that …

The Ocarina Traveler’s Bag from Songbird Ocarina is a denim bag advertised to carry and protect up to four ocarinas. Songbird claims that this bag will prevent breaking because of its padded interior. This bag costs $35 to purchase from the Songbird website and I do not feel that …

Potting soil seems a silly, small thing to discuss, let alone write a review about. My husband is the gardener in the family, and although we do not have a huge garden, our yard has herbs, flowers, shrubs and several trees that we take care of the best we …

Hole in the Wall Gang Camp has quite a bit of noteriety throughout the country; providing a true summer camp experience to children suffering from terminal illnesses. Last summer I had to pleasure to work as a member of the kitchen staff, and was able to see first hand …

I always thought this backpack was cute and adorable! I got it for myself a month ago because I wanted something cute and portable to carry my things. I tend to have a lot of things to carry when I walk from class to class. It can be very …

The Jansport Daypack bag pack is great. I love it especially now that I am in high school. It is not too kiddy or out of style. It is cool and comfortable.
I have had three now. I buy a new one each year. These bag packs …

Summer is almost coming up, having only about 2 months to go before school goers prepare for their 2 months long break; even so, I’d still like to comment on the most common thing a student have aside from ball pens or pencils and that would be their notebooks. …

These nursing pads are a little weird, but they do the trick. They’re rather small in circumference compared to other nursing pads, but that doesn’t hinder their function. They’re pretty thick and they are efficiently absorbent. I don’t worry about leakage when I’m wearing them.
They don’t show under most …

I looked everywhere online, bookstores, and superstores for the perfect Mom agenda to help keep track of my 4 kids dr appts, school events, ect and I was NOT willing to pay $40 and up for it. I found the Amy Knapp Family Organizer to fit and exceed my …

The United States Post Office just released the stamps scheduled for release in 2009. Included among the issues are a set entitled Early TV Memories. I can’t wait for this set, and I certainly hope someone gifts me with a mint set. I can’t afford it …

While I was visiting with my mom, in Canada, I was surprised to find, that when it came to 24 hour food service, there was only one place to go if you got hunger pangs like at 3am. That place was called Denny’s a typical western diner that serves …

Moleskine started selling their products in some of Manila’s high-end bookstores such as Fully Booked some years back. I was in need of a nice compact notebook to help me keep organized, so I picked up one of their little Reporter’s Notebooks, and I’ve been using it ever since.
This …

The Pilot G-2 pen has for a long time been my #1 choice of a pen.
SUPERIOR WRITING QUALITY
The writing quality of the pen is awesome. It uses gel ink refills which allow it to write much smoother than your average cheap pens. They write much smoother, saving a lot …

After having bought and had such good luck with Classic Equine’s other pad the ContourPedic I decided to try this pad as well. I can say that while I do like this pad it is not nearly as easy to maintain and clean as the foam based …

I fell in love with this feminine handbag when I was browsing at Zappos, that I ordered it fast before telling my husband first. As soon as it was delivered to me, I was very satisfied with the look and feel of this bag. I ordered the bag in …

Add gel refill pens are my all time favorite because these pens are very special to me. I always use them to write my notes. These pens come in 3 colors all of them write very smooth on the paper. Even my hand writing is very …

These days, all the health and fitness experts tout the importance of keeping your body moving. And one way to make sure you stay active throughout the day is to wear a pedometer, a small device that counts your steps. If you are in to health and …

While Bic is supposedly a very common pen product and known by people over the world.Their 10 pack of Gel Ink Pens which sell for around $2.00 do not keep writing as their ads say. The gel is always leaking. Not to mention how hard it is to …

A Wintec is the kind of saddle you can always count on, if it’s raining, if you don’t have time to clean it and have to hose it down, if you need to hurl it up on the highest saddle rack in the tack room - ANYTHING. I’ve never …

I first bought these cloths when I started going to the gym. I wanted something that I could use to wipe down my face right after a workout before I had a shower at home. I am so glad that I found these cloths, they are so …

Like a lot of people out there, I love scented candles, oils, tarts, incense, anything to make my house smell good. The only place I buy my candles, oils and tarts is Dark Candles.com.
My first Dark Candle experience was with the scent Crypt Moss,a full outdoorsy …

Stationery shopping is my favourite kind of shopping. I absolutely love going out and buying different pens, pencils, highlighters and fine liners. So, whenever I see some stationery which is reasonably priced and could be even slightly useful, I definitely pick it up. That’s how I picked up these …

I bought the Schwinn “Women Inspired” bicycle for three reasons: it was purple, it wasn’t too expensive, and it was a Schwinn.
I’m quite happy with this bike. It’s supposedly designed especially for women - the bike is lighter, the handle brakes are smaller and require less pressure …

I was looking for a product that I could use to make a charm for a bracelet that I had an idea for so I went to a craft store and after talking with the sales peaple at length-they more or less told me that if I used real …

I got this clutch from Sephora the famous beauty online store. The clutch is really so cute to look at and I was so in love with them I had to get them. They are a little pricey at $20 each however the design is something I can not …

I really like this widget. It’s new and different. The only thing I could say to make it better is to have more questions in it. It has only about seven questions in it altogether. I did it and finished all of it. I did like it though because …

If you are hard on your fishing equipment check out the Wicked Tough Breathable Waders from LL Bean.
I have been punishing a pair of these since 2003 and I fish at least 50 days per year. I live in Alaska but have marched through Pennsylvania brier patches and …

I have had the iFly Vamp Remote controlled Bat for quite a while now, and it has given hours of entertainment. This is really a one-of-a-kind flying machine. It has wings that give it flight instead of being just for show. Easy to learn to fly, …

This is another review of another model kit I have built. This time it is Tamiya’s 1:350 scale Yukikaze kit. First, I will share some history of the actual ship. The Yukikaze, meaning “Snowy Wind” in Japanese, was a Kegero-class destroyer in the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was launched …

Everybody knows that small kids love scribbling on walls. But care should be taken to avoid this by providing alternatives to scribble upon.
I have got a small daughter who keeps writing everywhere thus spoiling all walls of our house. I tried to stop her but all my requests went …

In my job, I’m often required to highlight pertinent pieces of information for the management to review. Or sometimes I simply need to highlight some information for my own reference. Regardless of the situation, I use marker highlighters often in my job and need a highlighter pen that is …

I grew up using Reynolds pens. I used them in school. I used them in college and now I use them in office too!
They come in four different colours - Blue, Black, Red and Green.
They have fine tip for smooth writing. The slender stem of the pen makes it …

I love these pens so much its crazy.
Papermate makes the Flexgrip Elite in a series of ink colors, black, blue, red and purple - the purple is a beautiful tone. The rollerball works smoothly, allowing the user to simply glide the pen over the surface. I hate when …

I bought this eraser very recently at the bookshop at my university. It was a spur of the moment thing too since I realised that day that I didn’t have my other eraser and I had an exam. Therefore, I was happy when this eraser did not cost me …

Pom-poms are fluffy embellishments that are always begging to be improved. Pom-poms make people smile. They can be seen on the end of hats and scarves, on socks, apparel, ice skates, roller skates, book marks, towels and anything else that needs a pom-poem.
Stitcher’s, whether they knit, crochet, …

We’ve all been sick recently so my wife and I decided to do some major cleaning in our house over the past couple of days. This included taking the time to dust the house; something we probably should do more often than we do.
I didn’t know if we had …

As a moderate beer drinker, preferring beers on the lighter side, Sam Adams Cherry Wheat is my go to beer. I prefer beers that have a little bit of flavor to them and aren’t too filling, and SA Cherry Wheat is just that.
I can definitely taste the cherry …

I am not a bird watcher by any stretch of the imagination. I do like to sit out on the porch and watch the birds flying around and that is about as far as that goes. I did find an interest in the birds that were beginning to come …

I bought six packs of papermate #2 HB American pencils model number 22424 for school for my kids in August. Each pack had tweenty four pencils in them. I figured that would be enough for the school year for three kids. Well, here it is Febuary and I am …

I love pens. Actually, whenever I visited National Bookstore (store for school supplies here in the Philippines with different branches) I always buy new pen. I buy technical pens, ball pens and gel pens. Gel pens are good to write. It comes out with different colors like blue, red …

I am not a drinker but hubby and I bought this brandy by accident because we were supposed to create our own concoction of Baileys Irish Cream. But to our dismay, it wasn’t a brandy that was needed but a whiskey.
Anyway we already have a brandy so we took …

I just love the BIC Matic Classic Mechanical Pencils. I have so many memories growing up with these great pencils. They are just awesome and always have a sharp point. The thing I like about them is that you never have to sharpen them. And if you run out …

I recently went on a trout fishing trip, and used the new SpiderWire XXX Super Mono fishing line in 4 pound weight on my ultralight rods. Unfortunately, I did not have a very good experience with this line. From the very beginning, I had a terrible time …

Writing on paper works best for me than working directly on the computer. There are times when I just stare on the computer during mental block. By writing on paper, I can write better or should I say scribble faster different ideas, quickly arising whenever there’s an influx of …

This is not a typical coffee that you can just order outside. It is a very delightful coffee that is good for health and it can also be taken by people who have diabetes because it is sugar free. I personally like the taste of cappuccino flavor of Tiens …