I have always considered myself kind of a pack rat. I have a hard time keeping things and closets neat and orderly. I wanted to get my house straitened out and decided to purchase some plastic storage boxes with lids at a local Dollar Tree. They were not very …

My other Maytag lasted what seemed like a lifetime and I wanted another Maytag.
Although I like the refrigerator, it has some quirks. There are 2 spots in the of the refrigerator that have cold spots where things will freeze… I’ve set the inside temperature up 2 degrees and …

When I split with my ex, he wanted to keep the crock-pot. That was fine with me because I had been wanting to get a new one anyway. That is what prompted me to go to Walmart in search for a better crock-pot than I had before. After looking …

Every day of the week, I engage in cleaning whether it’s a simple de-cluttering or a tedious one. Cleaning seems to ruin neither my schedule nor my day, except if I work in vain. After all the effort and the mess wouldn’t give in, I am hoping that I …

On a recent trip to town I popped in to Harris Scarfe to see their Manchester sale. It was there that I came across the Ramesses Supersoft Bamboo Cotton 400 Thread Count Sheet Set sheets. Bamboo cotton is softer than cotton as it also contains silk. The bamboo cotton …

I got the Philips Ice-cream Maker when I wanted to make my own ice-cream and experiment with different flavors. Besides, there’s nothing like a homemade ice-cream which is suited to your taste and needs. For instance, I don’t make my ice-creams too sweet or I just add skimmed milk …

It is getting harder to find my favorite dish washing/stain remover, SunLight dish washing Liquid. It has great cleaning properties and is the absolutely best for getting food, lipstick, etc out of clothes before washing. I’m the world’s worst at leaving lipstick in my pockets! I’ll …

Winter is coming and I can start to feel the chill. I feel that it seems a waste to heat up the whole house when I am only in a few rooms. I decided to get a portable heater that quickly heats up the area around me and at …

When my rice cooker turned a mess, I thought of buying another one for my family. ‘Panasonic SR-GO6FG 3.3-Cup Rice Cooker/Steamer’ is great and is like a basic cooker that helps me a lot. However it has no special features or whistles or different settings that are usually found …

When I shifted to my new apartment I felt that it had quite small bathroom and I wanted to have everything within the reach of my hands. I just hate to check things daily in my bathroom. I want everything ready and love to take bath with full relaxation …

I found Windex Clean & Shine Dry Microfibre Cloths on sale five for a $1CDN plus tax. Each microfibre cloth came individually wrapped, in an attractive blue package, and here was the first mistake, the Windex company could easily have fitted two cloths in each package and avoided landfill …

I’m in North Carolina where the weather is pretty mild during the day but where there are extreme jumps in the temperature during the day. During the winter the nights are 25 degrees Celsius but the days will average between 45 and 50 degrees Celsius. Heating costs …

I bought this dish detergent at a dollar store about a month ago. Usually dish cleaners that I find in dollar stores are not of th best quality, but since it was Palmolive brand, I felt confident it would be a decent product.
It claimed “oxygenated …

Late last summer we went to a lot of places riding our car with our little cousins who were not more than 2 years old. And of course, as we had not really expected it, it turned out to be a huge mess because of the food spills and …

I know that it might sound a little crazy that I’m actually talking about toilet paper. But to be honest with you I wanted to break down this whole toilet paper situation. I have seen tons of commercials on this tissue to the point where I finally got sold …

I don’t like to dry my clothes in a dryer because I consider that a waste of electricity and money. Specially because I have a big balcny and I can dry my clothes there. But during the rainy weather when the clothes just doesn’t dry a dryer is something …

I wanted to focus on getting my bathroom toilet really clean. I am always using the toilet brush and some sort of cleaner, but I wanted to get some real sparkle into my toilet. I like to shop the inexpensive way and headed to my favorite dollar store to …

I’ve always wanted a bunch of little knives, spoons and forks for serving appetizers. So, when World Market had a sale on theirs pieces a few months ago I snapped them up. I got a good deal on a bunch open stock little cocktail forks, spoons and knives and …

We loose power quite frequently at our house and when I saw this little unit for sale at $129….how could I pass it up?
I was a little leary though as it is made in China, sure enough it does have some issues out of the box.
It boasts a running …

For about three years (2006-2009) I lived in a rather large 1977 double-wide mobile home that was not very insulated and didn’t have central heat and air. I had installed a heat and air conditioning window unit which was only good enough to heat my big living room …

Doing laundry is like doing your homework on a Friday night. I mean, when I do laundry it is like I’m being punished for something I didn’t do. Kidding aside, laundry and ironing clothes are something I’m not really good at but it is my husband’s expertise. …

Nimyle is an herbal floor cleaner. It is made up of Neem and Neem extracts. It is produced and marketed by Arpita Agro Product (P) Limited. It comes is transparent plastic bottle with a green cap on the top of it. The floor cleaning solution is green in colour …

The E-cloth Glass and Polishing Cloth retails for just under ten dollars. One cloth comes in a package and the cloth is guaranteed up to three hundred washes. I’ve found though that I can typically still get use out of the cloth passed the three hundredth wash, but admittedly …

As a sole home owner I have to do all the shopping myself, and since I am relatively new to this whole setup I have decided to stick with household products I know will work, as they have been tried and tested and they have worked well before.
As for …

For as long as I can remember arts and crafts have been a huge passion of mine. I really love to scrap book, but card making is one of my favourite hobbies. There is nothing more special than to give a loved one a personalized card that you have made …

I have a slicer and although it can slice anything from breads to meat, I found that when it comes to slicing cooked meat this would actually become a problem. For one, the meat is too hot and by the time I let it cool down, then it is …

We’ve been using All Concentrated Power Detergent for several years now and really enjoy using it as our main laundry detergent. In terms of pricing I feel that this product is middle of the road, not extremely cheap yet not extremely expensive either. In my opinion this detergent …

So for some odd reason our furnace ended up going dead and we couldn’t figure out what was going on. Well it was in the middle of winter and there was no way I was going to have my kids in the middle of winter with no heat. I …

I purchased the Kenmore 10 cup food processor because it appeared to be a good product. Kenmore offers a ten year warranty on the motor which was a good feature to get us to buy the white model# 219103WH.
The very first time I used the food processor it …

I’d like to say that I’m a neat person. Okay, so not only am I neat, but I am freakishly neat. All my towels need to be folded the same way, and my books need to be on their shelves in alphabetical order. It’s a sickness. What can I …

When I started living alone, one of the things that I did was to buy some supplies for my small place. One very important item for me is purchasing my kitchen wares. To minimize expenses, I bought cheaper items at first so I won’t run out of budget. The …

The Power House spray furniture polish is a great furniture polish to use weekly for dusting and polishing. Unlike some furniture polish products, I especially liked that the Power House spray furniture polish does not clog in the can. I do not have to stop dusting to …

I went to visit my parents two weeks ago and today I came home. My sister was home alone for all that time so I was kind a curious which new stuff she bought. The two of us always buy stuff which are on discounts and around our …

Years ago my mom’s ex bought this washer and dryer for her. We had a small washer and dryer and they weren’t very good. This washer and dryer are really good. I would definately recommend them to anyone. We have had them for years and years now. We have …

I recently purchased two Airmax pillows after one-too-many bad nights sleep and stiff neck in the morning. I had already tried different pillows of all different price ranges, but nothing had really made the grade.
I saw an infomercial on the Airmax Pillow and decided to give them a …

This is summer luxury in a tin. Saijo Persimmon is part of Voluspa’s Maison Blanc (”White House”) line, which generally consists of the brand’s feminine and lighter scents. This particular scent definitely fits well with the others from the line. It is a beautiful, flirty scent that is perfect …

I love Mr. Clean Magic Erasers! When I first saw the product advertised on a television commercial, I thought to myself, there is no way that a hand held cleaner, that looks like a sponge, can clean that well. I was not a believer at all. Then I had …

Spyderco Delica
This is definately THE best knife Ive ever had. I used to wear a Swiss Army knife, but I needed something lighter and easier to open wuick. I really wanted more blade than accessories. I did some searching and the Delica turned up. I was a little nervous …

This is a great cooking pan that I ever have so far. There is no other pan has similar function like Presto Cooker. Especially when you want to cook meat.Actually it can be used for cooking vegetables and poultry as well, but I normally use it to cook meat …

Dew freshener, a concentrated deodorant cleaners, good for cleaning the living room, kitchen floor, bathroom, urinals and similar sanitary house wares. Living in a joint family the floors get dirty very much and like was the urinals and bathroom is just very dirty and smelly. It’s not just possible …

Once again I found myself out of dish detergent and almost out of money to meet the needs of my family. I spent a great deal of time going over my options, I was thinking of using a bar laundry soap that I had used once before and now …

For as long as I can remember I have had my Cuisinart blender, and I used it practically every day to make drinks and soups until the motor recently died on me and I had to quickly find another. I wanted to buy another quality blender, but at a lower …

One of the most important part of the house is the bedroom and so I took time to search for an affordable yet quality bed. I considered two options, one is getting a spring type bed and the other one is to buy the foam type. I have used …

When I saw an infommercial on TV about microbeads pillow I immediately decided I wanted one, however I don’t like the idea of telemarketers calling me everyday to offer their new products so I figured I’d have to look for a shop which sells that kind of pillow.
Fortunately, while …

I bought Accusharp 001 Knife Sharpener for $20 a while back as a gift because other knives at home were old and useless. I own a lot of knives, around 10 of them, and of various types, in fact. I own cheese knives, bread knives, regular knives, big knives, …

The first thing I learned to use when I started carpet cleaning two years ago was an RX20 rotary carpet cleaning tool. It was very easy to learn. The hardest part is controlling it. THe RX20 is very powerful and if you are not carful …

Home maintenance is one of the essential day to day activities, faced by all individuals. When you think of maintenance, you can jolt down lot of activities, one major activity would be carpet cleaning, many of my friends pay lump sum amount for cleaning their carpet, if a female …

I purchased this product because I was looking for something to hold the bath toys that seem to accumulate in the bottom of my bath tub. I have 2 babies that I take care of, and when bath time comes, they love to play with bath toys. …

I see this Maxglow Liquid Dish Soap displayed everyday at a nearby store until finally, I decided to give it a try. After all, it only costs 35 pesos per liter, which is undeniably a lot cheaper than leading brands.
The product comes in different variants; (1)blue, which I think …

Ever since I have moved into the place I am living at I have had problems with ants. They come every summer and they will come at the littlest things. I try to keep my house very clean but they still come. They are hard to get rid of …