I don’t know how much money we spend throughout a year to keep our homes smelling fresh and inviting. But I do know that I have found the perfect product for my home. It’s the Airwick Freshmatic Mini.
I picked one of these up because I was looking for …

Before this time, I had never dealt with rats before. I actually never even saw them in real life right in front of me before unless they were on TV. So when I found two rats in my house lately, I got freaked out and didn’t know what else …

If you are a bird watcher, you know how heavy binoculars can get walking around with them around your neck. My husband has a nice set of Bushnell Binoculars but they are the large ‘manly’ ones. I purchased a nice small pair at Wal Mart. They are Bushnell’s …

If there’s one thing I have a lot of in my house, it’s definitely got to be air fresheners. I’m spraying them constantly. Either that or using scented candles. I just like having a nice smelling house, and I like air fresheners that not only hide odors but truly …

Maintaining an insect-free house is very difficult, especially in a house as old as ours. There are a lot of cockroaches, ants and a variety of other crawling insects around the house especially on the cabinets under the sink. And this really bothers me because I have a daughter …

We love meatballs in our family but I have never mastered the knack of cooking them without a sauce, until I came across this excellent Meatball Griller from NordicWare, my absolute favourite cookware brand.
It is a metal pan which has been shaped to hold twelve good sized meatballs, …

I am not a clean freak, but I do like my countertops and surfaces to feel clean. I purchased a container of Lysol Disinfecting Wipes from my local grocery store for around $3-$4. I wanted to try the wipes because I like to be able to wipe down doorknobs …

I love this latest product from Lysol. Because I am such a clean freak (I admit it!), Lysol is the just about the only brand I will use. I love all of their disinfecting products, but the harsh fumes from most cleaning products are enough to make me pass …

I’m always suffering from a ridiculous amount of mosquito bites and, in extreme conditions, even ant bites and things of that nature, any time I head outside for more than twenty minutes at a time. And forget it if it’s a woodsy area, or an ill-kempt yard or a …

My sister always tells me that you only need one good knife in your kitchen and it will work for everything you need it to work for. Right now in my kitchen, I have about five different knives and they are all pretty much useless for everything I use them …

Febreeze Unstopables is a product used to freshen clothes, fabrics, carpers, etc. I have been using the original Febreeze (the older version) for many years and I liked it, but wanted something “stronger”, so I decided to try this product. It claims to freshen for up to 7 days. …

I was so amazed as to this new kind of style of peeler. Its not the traditional peeler of Y shape or those that looks like a knife but this ones has a handle and a shaft.
This is a full mechanical peeler only and doesn’t need any electricity. …

I have a Lysol Steam Mop that I bought at Bed Bath and Beyond for 39.99.This mop is good for cleaning floors and comes with a small bottle of lysol cleaner. It also comes with a package of three cleaning cloths. The cloths are attached to the cleaner similar …

With the advance of monsoon comes the damn and smelly atmosphere .Everything around the house gets smelly and we living in a hilly region it just gets worse, the rain is dripping almost 24 hours and so the room in the house gets a pungent smell. Now we were …

SC Johnson and Company’s Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower Cleaning Kit is a fairly decent kit for keeping mold and mildew from building up in your shower. It is not meant for large bathtubs with shower-heads at one end, it is meant for a smaller shower stall, and that …

I love the Itso wood storage cubes! When we moved my room was smaller so I had to get rid of my big dresser. I started out with three Itso products: 1×1 cube with door, 1×1 cube with 2 drawers, and 1×2 cube with door.
The 1×2 cube has …

When it comes to washing of my clothes and my family I want to used the soap that has good fragrance and has active ingredients that easily remove stains. I am very particular with white and colored clothes and I don’t want it to mixed it together. I see …

Cleaning windows can be a very ungrateful job, specially during the winter and when its raining often. In general I don’t like cleaning windows because it takes quite some time and it is very difficult to clean them perfectly, usually stripes remain. When it is cold then you have …

I bought Melitta 46894 Thermal Coffeemaker despite some people had asked me to not go for it. Many of my friends are using glass carafe coffeemaker and they are happy with their machine. It was natural for them to not suggest something different.
Nevertheless, I bought this metallic coffeemaker …

There were a lot of stains and build up inside of my washer so I wanted something that would easily clean it out. I tried several products but I really didn’t like the results that I was receiving from some of them. I decided to use Tide …

I got these at Walgreens for a little under two dollars. The assortment contains 25 sticks of Musk, Sandalwood and Vanilla. When I’m trying a new brand of incense, I love assortments because I feel it gives me a better chance of finding something in there that I’ll like. …

I like buying the tea lights from Pier One because they give me the freedom to change out scents more frequently, and this past month, I was looking for something bright and fresh to welcome spring. I found just that in Pier One’s Citrus Cilantro scent.
The tea lights from …

This product is very good. I use it all of the time to wash clothes. I love the smell and it does not make me itch like some other detergents. It gets my clothes clean within one wash. I don’t us a lot of the detergent per …

I have used a few different cheap laundry detergents and have never really been impressed. Recently I purchased a different bottle of laundry detergent for a dollar. I figured at that price I had nothing to lose by trying it. The bottle was kind of cute with flower print …

I had previously used the Mr. Clean magic eraser to clean up some pretty heavy duty stains. I sent my husband to pick some up for me and he came back with something else. He bough the Great Value Miracle cleaning eraser. I didn’t know if it would work, …

My husband has a leather jacket which he is very fond of. While I am not into leather jackets, I do have a couple pairs of leather fashion boots and leather shoes. We had heard that use of Kiwi Saddle Soap was an excellent way to preserve our leather …

The Benson Mills Poinsettia Scroll Printed Tablecloth retails for fourteen dollars and ninety-nine cents. This is a very beautiful tablecloth. If you are someone that’s wild about the color red and if you are a person that enjoys purchasing the red poinsettia flower around the Christmas season, then you …

The Odyssey White Hot putters have gained considerable acceptance on the professional tours. Your can easily recognize them by their distinctive white face. For the regular golfer, the odyssey two ball mallet putter is the most recognizable. This putter has two galf ball sized circles inscribed …

The Crane Drop Shape Cool Mist Humidifier with the product model number EE-5301 retails for around forty-four dollars and ninety-nine cents. I have found this humidifier to be very effective when it comes to helping me be more comfortable when I’m suffering from a cold. I find that I’m …

The rising cost of LPG had compelled me to look for an induction cook top. Some of my friends were already using various brands of induction cook top and hence after taking their suggestions I decided to get Morphy Richards Chef Xpress 500 Induction Cook Top. I had …

For many years I used disposable lighters for some reason, until I discovered that it is more cost effective to buy a refillable lighter and a can of butane gas, which lasts me ages. That is, unless I buy a damn Clipper lighter. Clipper is a famous …

These solar lights disguised as rocks I picked these up last year for somewhere around the 30 dollar price range. I was hoping to use them as a less conspicuous alternative to staked solar lights so that I can see where I’m going in my backyard at night. It’s …

I need the smell of freshly brewed coffee in the morning in order to begin my day effectively, there is nothing like that first sip of coffee to awaken my sleepy senses. So, I want to make sure that the coffee and coffee machine I use is effective and …

I wish I had bought this product much sooner. Everyone told me to try it out, but I was skeptical that anything could beat my old tried and true sponge mop. Finally, I had a coupon for Swiffer so I bought the Wetjet Starter kit. I was …

After more years than I really want to think about, I finally had a small bit of yard in which I could put a fire pit. I’d been dying to get a fire pit for years, ever since a friend of mine bought one to keep in her backyard. …

Brasso metal polish is a product you can use to clean and polish household items. It works well on Brass, Copper, Stainless, Chrome, Aluminum, pewter and bronze.It cleans and polishes these types of metals so that they look new and shiny.
I have used Brasso sucessfully on the drains that …

Jack LaLanne’s Power Juicer Deluxe is my first juicer. It does the job well, but then I’m only a moderate juicer. My household uses it maybe once or twice a month for the extra health benefits. It does what it’s supposed to do, meaning it will juice fruits …

Although there are many newer cleaners out there, I still use Comet. I have always been a fan of this product because it served the purpose and it works. I have many days that I needed a heavy duty cleaner to get rid of those tough rings around the …

Sometimes the weirdest prep tools for the kitchen end up being the ones that we love the most. That is kind of what happened with this tiny grape tomato slicer that most home cooks won’t even realize they are going to fall in love with. Someone bought this OXO …

*Before using this or any other “home remedy”, please check with your doctor that this is a safe method for you. As everyone is different.*
Yeast infections aren’t a pleasant topic and after getting my first one at the age of 20, I was mortified. It was what everyone had …

I have owned a George Forman Grill with 5 interchangeable parts for around three years now and this product is absolutely great. The interchangeable pieces include a grill plate, steak plate, 2 different waffle plates and a shallow pan. The parts are easy to change and they are …

What pushed me to buy an air purifier was the nasal congestion I experience almost at a daily rate. I had nothing to blame other than the AC unit, so I cleaned the filter as usual. The condition persisted and I was convinced that the air inside …

My favourite cookware and bakeware brand is NordicWare, not only because of the quality of their products but also because they come up with such amazing designs to suit everyones taste.  One of their quirkier (fairly new I think) items being this excellent Oreo inspired cake pan set, designed …

I just bought this a month ago and have been telling everyone I know how wonderful this product it. I had two other vacuums that just weren’t doing it anymore. I needed something that worked great but wasn’t too expensive. I found this on sale for …

I recently moved into a furnished condominium, which meant that I had no say in any of the furniture or appliances. This wasn’t an issue with anything, or so I thought. Everything was brand new and high-end, so I was pretty happy. However, after doing laundry for the first …

As I live in a third world country, clean drinking water is an issue. Buying bottled water becomes too expensive in the long run and so we use Brita Water Filtration Pitcher to ensure that the water we drank is clean without spending a lot.
The Brita Water Filtration Pitcher …

I am not sure up until now who exactly was the person who bought this and when, but these cleaning tools have been in our house for quite some time. They are actually one of my favourite cleaning tools since I think that they have made cleaning so much …

I use Tide powders and bars for my laundry but I realized however that it does not really clean clothes as efficiently like it says so on advertisements. On commercials it would show a dark ring on the collar area and after just one quick wash with Tide it …

Any task or activity can be done with ease provided you have the right tools and devices. Cooking is one such activity or chore as I see it. Cutting up things is a major part of cooking which probably takes the most energy of them all. The rest is …

When I saw a newspaper advertisement to exchange old gas stove to the new one from Sunflame, I decided to do the same. In fact, I was willing to change my gas stove the wish of which only sharpened by this advertisement.
So, I exchanged the old by a new …