When I moved from the south to the dry heat of Nevada, the first thing I noticed was that the water here was much harder than in the south. I used to love the natural water where I used to live, and could drink it straight out of the …

If you never want to worry about buying an all-purpose cleaner again, I suggest you pick up a one-gallon jug of concentrated Simple Green. It’s recommended for cleaning virtually everything, except clear plastic, pearls, unfinished wood and leather. Simple Green comes in a big jug of concentrated liquid. It …

One of my favorite discoveries of all time has been the many uses of Dawn dish washing detergent! Not only does Dawn get the job done with those greasy, grimy dishes- but here’s the 101 on the rest of her talents.
Got fleas? Once a month I bathe my dogs …

packaging looks extremely similar to the brand name product Febreeze. As the name indicates, the purpose of the product is to eliminate odors on fabrics. I have found that Power House Fabric Refresher is great for getting out smoke, pets and other lingering odors. I like …

My husband Greg is a farmer and a wood logger. He works very hard and his jobs are often dirty. It’s not the kind of dirt that comes off with ordinary soap. Greg has tried a number of products but the skin on his hands was getting very dry …

Like most children at the moment, my kids are big fans of cake pops - I make a pretty mean cake pop (if I do say so myself!) but was finding the sourcing of sticks to be a bit of a nuisance. At one point I bought some expensive …

We spend a lot of our life between sheets, even if unconscious a lot of the time, so it’s a good idea to have bedding which makes you feel comfortable and rested. A recent bedroom refurbishment gave me the opportunity to upgrade my sheets and I moved up from …

I already have breathing problems on a daily basis so when it comes to my home I need something that is going to give us cleaner air. I don’t really have the time to walk around my home and not have clean air. I have used a few …

We have a cooler for every occasion. When we go camping, we like to have both large and small coolers, depending on what we are going to use them for. We always like to have a large cooler for drinks for the weekend. Last year we …

I wanted to add a new tissue holder to my bathroom so I decided to go with this one. It has a very basic and simple design but it works well. The installation was very easy to do. It was very cheap and I’m glad …

We are unable to plug in a night light in our hallway or bathroom; making it very difficult to see at night unless we actually turn on a light (something that I would prefer not to do). Needing light in those two places and a few other areas, we …

I am using the new vim liquid dish wash to clean the utensils. And I want to share my opinion about using this liquid dish wash. Actually I used to use the detergent powder to clean the utensils before I use the Vim liquid dish wash and …

Everyone in my family knows what a candle fanatic I am, so I receive a lot of candles as gifts for Christmas, and for my Birthday. On my last Birthday, I received a Woodwick candle. I had not seen one before, and was impressed with the look of the …

I’ve used two different types of Noxema Razors, the eye brow razors and the bikini area razors.
The eye brow razors are great! What a good idea! I hate pucking my eyebrows every few days and using the razor really cuts back on the painful tweezers. I do recommend using …

I recently had been using some really cheap laundry detergent and was quite sick of the results I was getting. I needed something that was affordable, but didn’t want something that wouldn’t even clean my laundry. I was familiar wit Sun laundry detergent and knew it worked decently. I …

I have one child and a bunch of pets. The floor gets dirty a lot. I am always trying to find things to make cleaning the floor easier. I had seen ads for the Swiffer WetJet. I didn’t buy it for a long time due …

I have to say straight off I bought this pan at Safeway having no idea of what a Windsor Pan is or why I would want one. I chose it because it was half price and I think I was attracted to the unusual shape. I’ve been collecting cookware …

I have been using this Maharaja Whiteline mixer grinder for the last two years now without any need of service at all. We use the machine on a heavy load nearly all days of the week. We are very satisfied with its performance.
It was when our previous machine got …

My husband’s favorite ways of spending his free time are to read, watch TV or to challenge me to do sports activities with him. It was clear to me that he’d rather do these things than fix some things around the house (which I understand). I …

In my younger days I spent some time working for a cleaning service. During this time, I realized that vinegar was good cleaning and shining agent, especially for floors. Knowing this I couldn’t wait to try the Windex Vinegar multi purpose spray when I saw it in the store. …

The Four-Bin Condiment Server is very attractive in its neat white color and its four removable sections. I find this really handy and very useful in making my favorite condiments reachable without any hassles at anytime we eat. I don’t need to bring 4 containers anymore on the …

Bathroom tissue is an every day necessity to most I am assuming. I like to use certain brands but do not always have access to them. The one that I ended up purchasing lately is the Magic Soft Bathroom tissue. Through I had never seen it before; it was …

Ok, so many of you have heard of and loved the magic bullet or something of the like. Well, the BAMIX is a kitchen mixer along those lines but it is hand-held! It claims to mix, blend, puree, chop or whip, whatever you need; and it doesn’t …

When I was a slip of a lad, I was perplexed to read about a first-class fighter squadron that fought in the Battle of Britain. It was called The Polish Squadron and for several years, I thought that they must be very well turned-out or something of the sort …

Although we are all now being encouraged to move over to the more modern CFL type of energy saving lightbulbs, some people still prefer to use the old-fashioned incandescent type for as long as they remain on the market. At the end of 2009, the 100 watt type were …

This is one product sold under the Great Value name at Walmart that isn’t such a great value. The reason I say that is because the product made by Walmart just doesn’t work as well as the product it’s designed after and is intended to serve as replacement for …

‘Honeywell 18155 SilentComfort Permanent, True HEPA air purifier’ is my first air purifier and I am literally happy with it. Just as it promises it is quite silent and I put it on medium or low most of the time. It seems quite effective too because the air filter …

Intertape Duct tape is a brand of duct tape that I use on a regular basis and I would certainly recommend this tape. I purchase this tape from many different hardware stores and the price is usually around 1.50 but the price can vary. I have tried …

I have tried 2 other washing powder brands (including a store brand) but I always come back to Skip. This washing powder for automatic machines outperforms other washing powders of the same kind. First, it makes my clothes clean and free of dirt and stains. Stubborn stains may persist …

Well if you have read any of my articles so far you see that I am a very frugal person. I never spend one penny more on any item than I have to and then it has to be a need. There is one product that I have and …

My brother is very fussy about the kind of bathroom and kitchen tissues we use in the house. We often have to go to a different supermarket just to secure our supply of tissues, both bathroom and kitchen. There are only a few quality bathroom and kitchen tissues, and …

As luck would have it we lost our washing machine and dryer in weeks of each other. Both machines were 5 years old and on an already strapped budget we had to somehow find the money for both a dryer and a washing machine. The dryer my husband and …

My husband’s family had an AEG washing machine for nearly 30 years. It was that durable. The only reason we decided to get rid of that washing machine was that it made such a loud noise when it was spinning and we did not think that it would be …

I got tired of having a ton of different cleaners in my cupboard to do different jobs. I saw the commercials for Pledge Multi-Surface Cleaner on the television and decided to give it a try to see if it really worked as well as they said that it did. …

Although i already gave birth last year, I actually kept this snoogle safe, I’m not thinking of giving it away just like that. I might have another pregnancy after 2 years. This was like the best gift i received last year, My ever-loving sister gave this to me when …

I replaced all of my kitchen drawer handles with these a few months ago. They are wonderful. They work very well and they have a nice attractive look. They really do add a nice look to my drawers so I’m glad I bought them. I …

Not that I really want to know how much I weigh but this scale good number or bad is accurate. I really do believe that has to do with the fact that it runs on a lithium battery, which is not likely to die or weaken during the lifetime …

I originally was looking for just solely electronic wipes for my phone to wipe of the screen so I did not scratch it or anything, but they were out of those, so I found these wipes and had to settle for them. I figured I would give them a …

I love my George Foremen Grill. How ever can you cook a steak patty so quickly and easily. I don’t care what it is: steak, pork, fish, chicken, turkey. All you have to do is throw it on that grill and heat it for ten minutes. A lot people …

I bought the R&C electronic burner for my home so that I will not have to worry about candles and fire and all the hassle of a ceramic home oil burner. I bought it for about Php 600 in the department store. This looks like a black lamp with …

I purchased this OxiClean stain remover with the main intent of using it to remove stains from some of my laundry. At about $7 for a relatively small container of the product, I’m not very satisfied with how well it worked, at least in terms of removing stains.
I read …

I am very particular in taking care of my clothes. I’ve developed profound respect for clothes since I was young, and it’s important for me that my clothes are equally as wrinkle-free as I am well-dressed. Every weekend, I pack my clothes to the dry-cleaners, but it …

As it becomes increasingly fashionable to reduce carbon footprints and turn more self sufficient, people are rediscovering their gardens and the appeal of being green fingered. One of the most appealing avenues of this is to “grow your own”, be it flowers for decoration, herbs and spices for flavouring, …

It was my husband who bought this product from Waitrose store which was more than £50 if I can remember and his reason for buying this is because he loves making smoothie drinks and he decides to do it more frequently with a proper blender. Initially, I wasn’t …

Sometimes I give in to a silly gimick or two from time to time. One such gimick was when I purchased a few of those space bag vacuum seal storage bags. There are certain things I store at certain times of the year, like comforters and sweaters, which I …

We have this 3D 10.0 Liters Oven Toaster in our office. We bought this sometime in October last year to replace the old oven toaster because its timer was no longer working. WE all love to eat hot pandesal for snacks so we purchased this to make …

My mom got this tumbler after reading about all that “scalar energy” that her friend was so into. I’m not really sure I can say I feel that it is working for me, or that my body feels better, or that I am not as moody, as they …

There are so many products out there for cleaning your toilet, and it’s a job that’s no fun and in our house has to be done often. So, when I saw an ad for Scrubbing Bubbles Toilet Cleaning Gel, I decided to give the product a try. …

After my old curtains became faded and old, I needed to replace them with new ones. I have a large slider in my dining area, and it gets a lot of sun shining through. The slider is on the back side of the house, and it faces …