Ticonderoga is one of the most famous wooden pencils you’ll ever come across. It has been one of the standards since forever. The company in my opinion has been #1 on wooden pencils since the dawn of my life. I mean, who can deny the metal eraser container or …

The NSPCC is one of the biggest charities in the UK. NSPCC stands for the national society for the prevention of cruelty to children.
I have been aware of the NSPCC for many years, they do really moving television campaigns raising awareness of child abuse and raising funds for their …

Some of you may be going, ” Why would anyone want a button maker?” However, I tell you now that a button maker is one of the most things to use in a group setting. I purchased this button maker for my congregation’s youth group about 3 years ago …

There are plenty of people who strongly dislike Hi-Points line of very affordable pistols. I love these little guns because you can pick up a Hi-Point in your favorite caliber (.380 ACP, 9mm, .40 S&W or .45 ACP) for less than $200. These American-made pistols represent true bang for the …

It seems every year there is anew Elmo toy just in time for the Holidays. This one is the best of all. He acts just like Elmo does on the show with a question of the day. He has a clock that he goes by to tell it …

I bought this product a year ago but when I snoop around my cabinet it was still there and the scent was still great. The reason why I bought Natures Touch Tawas Powder Deodorant was that my feet were perspiring a lot during my exercises and I was wearing …

I send out a great deal of regular mail with envelopes, return address and stamps. I know that technology has made it easier than ever to pay bills on the Internet and to send email to friends and family. I guess part of me doesn’t want to exactly jump …

It’s almost time for the cold and flu season, and as usual, my allergies are already beginning to bother me. I purchased a box of the new Puffs Plus Lotion facial tissues with the scent of Vicks and I love them! The ingredients label shows that they …

Sewing pattern Vogue 1237 (V1237) is a pattern designed by fashion design duo Tom and Linda Platt. Tom and Linda Platt do both ready-to-wear for women and couture, and they also do custom design for clients. I have seen a lot of their work and I am fan especially …

Customers can walk into any Hallmark store and see shelves full of Yankee Candle products. One product frequently sold is the Housewarmer Candle. The candle the company claims as their strongest scented candle.
Housewarmer Candles come in six inch high and wide containers, holding a recorded 14.5 ounces of wax. …

Okay typically I am a very creative person and one day I decided to take the stretchy part off of the back of a foam hat and twist the ends together to make bracelets. All my friends think it is so cool that I decided to make these bracelets. …

Something occurs when you’ve more or less mastered the smaller size pom-pom maker by Clover. It produces very small pom-poms and with practice, does a great job.
While in JoAnn’s Craft’s Store, my 17 year old son said he “wanted to make huge yarn balls.” I said, …

I paddled for my high school paddling team during freshman year, and it definitely took me a while before I got decently good at paddling. I honestly wasn’t even that great by the end of the year. I didn’t have my own paddle or anything, so I just used …

If Magic: the Gathering players have sleeves to protect the cards, there are also deck boxes and deck vaults to protect and store their decks. I recently bought an Ultra PRO Gallery Series Deck Vault for my own deck of cards, especially since I got it at a discounted …

I’ve used my Royal Postal Scale for several years. Mine is a small scale and it will weigh anything up to 3 pounds. It is compact and attractive.
The thing I really like about it is that when the postage goes up in price, I can go to the …

The Legacy System boots are designed to protect and support the tendons, ligaments, muscle and bones of the horse while being ridden in high impact type environments. Like most equine sport boots these come in a variety of colors and sizes and are offered in specially shaped and …

Knowing how much my husband loves to cook with fresh herbs, and what a hassle it is to grow them in the winter when there is very little sunshine, I went looking for an indoor herb garden, and found a great one. My friend recommended something called the AeroGarden, …

The Copper Canyon apartments are a very nice community to live in. It is a big complex with a lot of features. I lived here for about a year and enjoyed every moment of it. I can say the only down fall to me was that the apartments were …

Universal Review Center is one great NCLEX Review Center in the Philippines. Situated at the heart of EDSA-Guadalupe in Makati, URC houses top caliber review professionals who did have gone through years of experience knowing the in depths of international nursing. In fact, one of the reviewers, Mr. Felix …

2007 Donruss Threads Football is one of the better donruss products of 2007. Recently, me and a friend purchased a hobby and were very satisfied with the overall outcome. The cards have a beautiful design. What I am really positive about is their Gridiron Kings insert. This is insert …

I’ve had my Reaction by Kenneth Cole Men’s Wallet since Christmas last year. A friend gave it to me as a gift and i immediately used it after i opened it. I admire it’s luxurious look and style and the fact that it has multiple pockets for calling cards …

I gave up my clear lime green Nalgene sports bottle when the rumors started about toxins leaching into your water from the plastic. Nalgene, of course, rushed to fix the problem, and after a few years of confusion over which plastics were okay to drink out of and …

We do a lot of art work in our home business and we have to mount pictures and prints. One of the products that I found that cuts down on the time that we have to spend and is really a good product is the Cist Cut Mats …

I bought a container of this paint to make a bulletin board type surface for my mom. She wanted somewhere to display the little school pictures of her grandkids that she has in magnetic frames, besides the refridgerator. I fixed up a 30 inch square piece of hardboard …

I bought a 56cm Specialized Tarmac Elite in May of 2009. This bike was equipped with a “half” 105 drivetrain. The carbon frame is the lowest end carbon produced by Specialized.
These specification worried me. Was I getting a low-end bike for $2500? I was allowed to test ride the …

As far as paintballs go, these are some of the best that I’ve ever had for quite a reasonable price.
I love the fact that these awesome paintballs are available just about anywhere, and are easily available in almost all sporting goods stores. These paintballs aren’t however, available at stores …

When I was in school I loved coloured ink pens and I eventually bought a package of Rose Art Gel pens which contained twelve different colours of these pens in there. I was delighted. SOme of the pens were just plain colours and some were metallic (they looked glittery …

For many years, I was convinced that the only pen I could write with in anything approaching a legible style, was a fine-tipped, black Bic biro. I had come to this conclusion because my handwriting was so illegible when I was a schoolboy that no one could read it. …

My daughter loves to draw. I had to buy a tub for her to keep her drawings in because she draws so much. I am happy she likes drawing. She can draw some things better than me. She gets so into her art that she …

For my job I often have to use highlighters to highlight reports. It makes it easier to see important points and so forth. I have used many different kinds of highlighters because the company I work for is always trying to find the cheapest …

Is the perfect place to live if you are looking for quiet and really noting to do. It’s a great place to go if you have children and you are the type of family who is really into sports. They are pretty hardcore about their high school Football team. …

I always wanted to have a MontBlanc pen for many years. One day, I got a big yearly bonus from my company and decided to buy my dream pen. I went to a MontBlanc shop and started looking for some pen designs. I knew that I did not want …

I am the type of person who enjoys being organized, it is the easy road to being stress free for me. Part of the reason why I feel that my deadlines and appointments are not missed or forgotten about, is the Quartet dry erase calendar board I purchased for …

I ought to know better than to buy my body jewelry at Hot Topic, but this one looked very cute while in the case, so I thought I’d take a chance.
This curved barbell is the sort that you wear in your navel. I can’t see anyone wearing this one …

When I got my UTG M234 I was pretty excited. The UTG M324 is a spring powered airsoft gun (meaning you have to cock it between every shot.) It is modeled after the army M24 sniper rifle in use by army snipers today. It comes in desert camo or …

My gym is one of those high-tech ones where each treadmill and stepper has television cable in it, and each client has his or her own screen, not the usual where all the screens are on one wall. So I make it a point to come to the gym …

The Tippmann flatline barrel has to be about the best barrel system made for paintball. This barrel will greatly increase the performance of the Tippmann 98 Custom paintball marker, or the A-5 paintball marker. Both are excellent guns, and are made even further better by the addition of this …

My father buys these sometimes for a small water cooler I usually drink from that uses cone cups. Victoria Bay is the brand that he usually buys, and even though I have not ever tried another brand of cone cups, and it took my some time to get used …

Suan Mokkh is a Buddhist pilgrimage spot near Surat Thani, Thailand. I am not a Buddhist, but I heard that the 10 day retreat they had there was of great merit from other travelers I had met along the way. I ended up visiting this temple retreat three times …

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 …

My oldest daughter loves to read. In fact, the thing she is looking forward to the most when it comes to being a 1st grader next year is the fact she can check out as many books as she wants from the school library.
Since it is now summer vacation, …

I purchased Aqua Sphere Kids Seal Goggles for both of my kids and highly recommend them. I have two rough and tumble boys who are 4 and 7 years old. They have gone through so many pairs of cheap goggles that I have purchased on a whim …

I love Ardell False Eyelashes. I wear the ultra long lashes because I love the old Hollywood glamour. The odd thing is that because they are dark and full, they look like they could be my real lashes–only much much longer!
The big kit cost about $8 and came with …

When my son got a new Razor Scooter for Christmas last year, I was a bit worried. I honestly thought that five years old was too young for such a sleek looking, fast scooter. I had seen these scooters in action, and just didn’t think he was ready.
The …

As a child, I grew up remembering two very significant things in my life. One of them was watching “I Love Lucy” on television with my parents and my older sister. The other was spending every Tuesday night at the bowling alley near the Air Force base …

In Jamaica, one of the things people seem to fear the most are lizards. In many other Western countries, spiders seem to be first on the list of things which people fear. However, here I think green tree lizards top the list; and then what seconds them are what …

Eureka, CA has very few home inspectors for people who are buying a new or not so new home. It is important to know whom to call when you want that home to be truly in good shape for you when you do want to buy a different home …

I am not exactly sure how long ago the Robin Daily Planner Notepad was bought or where, but it had lain in a stationery drawer in my parents’ room for years. It was only recently that I decided to take it out and make some use of it for …

Back to my elementary days and I was doing class presentation, I made it using Manila Paper and a marker pen. My ultimate brand of super color marker pen is Pilot, the leading brand here in the Philippines. It ranges from different colors but for professional sake, I always …

Thermos brand has created the coolest water bottle ever. Literally. While out of town at a convention, I needed a small, stainless steel (not a fan of plastic) water bottle that would fit in my bag. I went to the nearest large, discount store and found the Thermos 12 …