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. …

I like to use the two-year planners from Leap Year Publishing. They are just so handy to keep on my desk.
I like that they have large squares for each day of the month. It is just enough room for me to jot down information that I need to. …

Ah, good old Hi-Point. Here’s an Ohio-based company that has, apparently, decided that you shouldn’t have to cash in your life savings in order to enjoy your Second Amendment rights and protect your home and family. The Model JCP 40 SW lists for $199 and you can probably find it …

I bought this Cross pen to replace my then-current primary pen, which is a Cross Townsend Rhodium. The finish on that pen was pretty scratched and I wanted something for a good replacement. I liked the look and feel of the Cross Townsend line, so it was no brainer …

Papermate ink pens usually come in large packs of 10 or more for a reasonably low price. If you loose pens often, then these can be a great purchase. they’re cheap, and loosing one isnt a huge loss. If you hang on to your pens you may want …

Some of us deal with problems in our body that at times seem to never go away. One of those problems is the presence of dry, flaky, or cracked heels. The cause can be multifactorial. It could be due to inadequate moisture in our feet or it can also …

In my opinion, Zebra Z-grip pens are not worth paying extra money for. I purchased a pack of multicolor Z-grip pens for use at work. I liked the rubber grip at the bottom of the pen thinking that it would make writing easier and be easier on the …

I love to travel and I take tons of photographs which I like to get printed, so I often need durable and easy-to-use photo albums that are also inexpensive. I bought a couple of Pioneer Classic 3 ring photo albums to try.
The covers are appealing and come in a …

The Joby Gorilla Pod is a fantastic little device. It is essentially a miniature tripod (about six inches tall) with legs made of many separate joints. I love it because the legs can curl around almost any object making almost any place available to take pictures from. For instance, …

I was running low on paper for my LaserJet printer, so I dropped into my local Ben Franklin Variety Store. Previously I’d seen some reams of paper there for a good price, but now that I needed some, I couldn’t find them. The only plain paper
I saw were little …

I purchased these forty-eight inch torches from the Dollar Tree, but later regretted the purchase. The reason I regretted the purchase is because once I set them up along our patio, I began to see just how “cheap” these torches look. They really do look chintzy, and because they …

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 …

I’m glad I was actually paying attention to the community announcements in the newspaper the other day. Otherwise, I would have missed out on the annual Kid’s Share Fair at the Beaver Dam Mall.
This is our third year attending the fair (we attended our first when our oldest was …

Whoever wrote that the pen is mightier than the sword obviously didn’t have these pens in mind. I have used a variety of Bic pens over the years, mostly because they are inexpensive and readily available. In the past, they also seemed to be fairly reliable, giving you …

I was in Munich (Germany) to the Oktoberfest. What is it?…It’s the giant “beer festival” that the city of Munich celebrates every single year. Today, 2005, is the 172nd time, incredible! Every year the Oktoberfest increases its visitors, around 6 million people. Statistics report that these people consume more …

As someone who loves candles and has at least 10 candles in each room, I am always looking for the best, longest lasting scents as well as a way to get that scent without taking up too much time, space or money. I have worked at Yankee Candle and …

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 …

Electronic cigarettes - or E-cigarettes as they are often called - are becoming more popular as more people transition from traditional tobacco cigarettes. These battery operated devices don’t produce smoke at all, but instead an odorless water vapor, while the user still gets the flavor and feel of smoking, …

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 …

The Targus school style backpack is popular for good reason. It is strong, durable, spacious, and long lasting. I have had this particular backpack for about 4 years. There has never been a broken zipper, nor any ripped material.
It is equipped with three major compartments that are ideal for …

We bought a Marvel Heroes Bop Bag at the Dollar General for $3. This one is 36 inches tall. The ones I had when I was little were prefilled with sand and as far as I can recall lasted pretty near forever as I know I had it for …

The Ghostbusters Ecto-1 License Plate Replica was a 2008 San Diego Comic Con exclusive intended to promote the 2008 release of the Ghostbusters video game. That game has now been, for all intents and purposes, cancelled and the replica plate is a collectors item.
The plate itself is quite …

I became an addict of collecting Iwako Erasers after finding them in this Japanese book store I go to. Oh my gosh! These erasers are so cool. First of all, there are many and I mean many different types of erasers. There are pets, desserts, fast food, sushi, cars, …

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 …

CD-R King is known for their blank CDs, computer parts and accessories and other media source materials. I personally go there to buy my needs starting from mouse pads, skins of laptops and other pc accessories I need like web cam, headset with microphone and more. I bought this …

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 …

With the election coming up so soon in the United States, I am someone who loves politics and since I will be going to a Holloween gathering next month I needed to get a costume. So, I ordered this Barack Obama mask online and waited for it to arrive …

I am really into scrapbooking, but I never really gotten into any of Martha Stewart’s paper craft products because they always seem to be a little out of my price range, and I just figured that you were just paying for the name. I found a really good sale …

This was a filler issue, pure and simple. Black Canary is being held captive by some thug named Dregz. Ollie has his bow lined up, but he’s got a knife to his wife’s throat. He fires and the rest of the issue is Ollie reminiscing about …

Sewing pattern Vogue 1239 (V1239) is an amazing dress pattern created by one of my absolute favorite designers, Chado Ralph Rucci. I fall over just looking at Rucci’s designs, so to see him create a dress for me to emulate is the best.
Luckily for me, when I …

Last Christmas we needed a new artificial tree. Although I was a bit leary, my husband convinced me to try a prelit. We ended up with a six foot prelit Winston Pine from Walmart. When we got the tree out of the box, we found it was all in …

Unlike most people, who say all bottled water is the same, I’m a critic when it comes to bottled water. I carefully taste the difference between various brands, because sometimes they are actually different. I found a case of Ozarka bottled water at a Fina gas station in Waco, …

As a very rare and popular figure in an even more rare and popular toy line, the best price in which I could purchase this item was $25, and I regret it.
This figure is small. Tiny. It may be to scale with the other DCUC figures, which …

I am so surprise when I know that Bata has its world wide shoes stores. I thought Bata shoes was online in Asia, but I was wrong. I can find Bata store everywhere. When I was a small girl, I always bought Bata shoes for my school’s shoes. Because …

Apart from soy candles, I also burn beeswax candles in my home. I think I have grown so accustomed to burning candles so that without them at night, it does not seem to be complete for me. I don’t want to miss the fragrance candles add to my home. …

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 …

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 …

As a mother of 16 months baby, I Suggest all moms to purchase the vcd ‘A CAMP IN NURSERY LAND’ for their toddlers or school going kids. This cd is collection of twenty favourite nursery rhymes choreographed to teach your kids all …

I didn’t discover Pentel R.S.V.P pens until I was in high school, but I’ve been using them every since. I like the design of the pen: It’s round–cylinder like–and transparent. It has a rubber grip which makes it easier to write for long periods of time, and I like …

The Ticonderoga pencil is arguably the best pencil you will find on the market. The graphite in the pencil is extremely smooth and the words flow very easily when you use this pencil. The biggest reason for its greatness however, is in the eraser. The eraser …

The Leek is one of the most popular knives in the entire Kershaw line, and for good reason. This review will focus on the tungsten DLC coated, stainless steel handled, serrated blade version of the knife, though there are many other configurations available. To start, I will …

I can’t believe that I haven`t reviewed this yet. I have had this scrapbooking tool for over a year now, and use it all the time. This is a small, portable machine that you use to make die (shapes for scrapbooking). It is a little bit …

Volunteering with the Yanapuma Foundation in Ecuador is a unique experience. At times one can feel overwhelmed with the scope of what the foundation does, but the overall experience brings together the expertise and genuine spirit of the foundation itself with the setbacks and frustrations of trying to …

Velociti is the ultimate petrol free electric scooter now in the market… It is made up by Hero exports and Ultra motor company,uk… And it comes with high performance impulse inertia technology.. The greatest attraction for this scooter I found was that the cost of running this scooter is …

I use foam core boards for many projects I do. Sometimes I use large sheets of foam board and have to glue them together to make thicker foam boards and sometimes I use smaller foam boards that I need to make precise cuts on. Either way, the …

The Gillette Twin Blade razor is one of the best disposable razors that I have seen and used. With an excellent deal at CVS called Gillette good news, I bought a pack of twelve Gillette twin blade razors for just five dollars. What a deal. It was way economic …

Back during the summer, the wheels on my Easy Wheels Shopping Cart broke and I needed replacements. Well, the replacements for the large back wheels are Arnold Ten Inch Steel Wheels. I have had them for about a half year now and I am glad to report they work …

Belle de Jour Power Planner is the perfect planner for independent and busy career women. It is mainly for working girls who balances time between work and personal life. On the back cover, it says Belle de Jour means “it” girl and it’s the modern-day woman who dares to …

Red Hood the Lost Days Issue 4 of 6 has Jason learning how to create and successfully detonate explosives from a man named Shurik Ivanko. Jason learns more about what Batman has been doing and discovers something about his mentors.
This was an excellent comic issue from Judd Winick, he …

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 …