When we first moved into our home in a suburb of Vancouver, BC, the previous own had allowed her two large dogs to tear up and ruin the lawn for years before we bought the house. Therefore, there were huge patches of dirt where the grass should have been, …

Vanish specialize in a range of stain removers for your clothes. This Vanish Crystal White is a white powder that promises to whiten your whites and remove tough stains. You are supposed to put it in your whites wash along with your usual detergent. A large …

Alberta was extremely hot for a few days this summer. I didn’r have air-conditioning in my house. So, it was getting very hot in the house, becoming unbearable.
I had to rush out to Calgary and look for a fan. I dropped in at The Canadian Tire …

Dry Cleaner’s Secret Woolite Dry Clean at Home, Quick & Easy Dry Cleaning Cloths have saved our family hundreds of dollars over time. I was so happy when a product like this came out. This is the perfect solution to the dry-clean only clothes that need to …

Have you ever had so many flies that you begin to wonder if someone has stashed a dead body in your crawl space and maybe another in your attic? I have! This year has been the worst year for flies that I have ever seen. Sure I have gotten …

I recently went on a camping excursion in Ionia, MI., at a campgroud infamous for its mosquito infestation. I wanted to be prepared, so I stocked my bag with a variety of insect repellants, sprays, wipes, and anti-itch sticks (I know how to pack for any occassion after all). …

Since our building has decided to start enforcing a “no real Christmas tree” policy, I’ve been forced to break with the habit of a lifetime and get myself a fake tree. I’m used to spending about $50 on a nice tree so I was surprised to find that if you …

The Glade PlugIns Scented Oil Fan is in my opinion the best plug in room refreshener on the market! The fan really does disperse the scent throughout the room better than other outlet plug ins. I have two large dogs and their odors are definately noticeable. I have bought …

I decided to try one of these deep fryer mainly because I would like to avoid using the pan. I usually just use a pot and fill it with oil. I would like something a bit cleaner. A friend actually recommended this model for me and I decided to …

Normally I don’t shop at Asda, but recently I found myself there by chance. One item I had wanted to buy was floor wipes; I usually use the Tesco ones and find them very handy, so I brought the ones Asda sold since I had run out.
Of course you …

My boyfriend’s parents were coming to visit and we realized that our microfiber couch could really use a cleaning. We have had the couch for over a year and have not cleaned it once. The couch is also a pull-out sofa, so many a guest has slept on this …

The Home Fragrance Light Bulb Burner in a very smart product. For years we have been dabbing our light bulbs in a little fragrance and then letting that fragrance drift through our homes.
Now we don’t have to do that. And I am glad, because for one reason …

We recently purchased two home fire extinguishers, one for our kitchen and one for our den. We looked at several different brands, I wanted something that I could easily handle. I went to Lowe’s department store and found a product called Kidde Full Home 110 Fires Extinguisher. …

I needed something that work to get the baked on food off of my dishes when I cooked. Nothing seemed to work well and I don’t really care to use brillo pads because of the extra soap and the little cuts that I would sometimes get from the. I …

Having a small vacuum in an apartment is very useful. Particularly if its cordless one. I suspect many of us have yelled in frustration as you drag around one with a cord. Finding that it’s banging into door frames and getting underfoot.

The Dyson V8 is perfect for me and probably …

Samsung’s new 3.8 cubic foot high efficiency washer is pretty cool. Its said to reduce about ninety two percent of your energy cost too which helps to ease the $1400 cost it typically goes for in local stores these days. You can even get it in those shiny …

I like to hang wreaths both on the outside and inside of my home. I feel wreaths add a degree of warmth and seasonal spirit to a home and that’s why I like to hang wreaths throughout the year. If one knows what stores to shop at and what …

For many years, I’ve been using Clorox regular bleach to clean my house and most especially the bathroom. This Clorox helps clean and kills germs that cause illness to my family. When I clean the bathroom I mix a 15 ml of Clorox into a powder soap and let …

The Honeywell Thermostat has been a great addition to my home. I have the Honeywell RTH7000 programmable Series that provides control of 24 VAC heating and cooling systems. There are a lot of great benefits to adding a programmable thermostat to your home. The best part is the amount …

I wanted I nice scented lavender candle so I got some of the Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day Soy Candles in Lavender. I must say the scent of these soy candles smell exactly like lavender and really help create a relaxing atmosphere in my home which I so happy about. …

Reusable products are always a good thing for me because I take a lot of pride in the fact that I’m careful with the environment. I really watch what I’m doing and recycle my cans and paper, but sometimes you just don’t know what to do with things like …

I use this thing quite regularly to cook on and it’s wonderful. I use it a lot when I’m traveling but I also use it some when I’m home. It works just as well as a traditional stove in my opinion. I purchased it …

For Christmas I got myself a puppy. It wasn’t a gift, the timing just happened that way. In fact I got two puppies. As much as I love them and as adorable as they are it’s been a pain trying to potty train them. They’ve made several messes over …

I have tried all of the Room and Linen Sprays from Avon and this isn’t one of my most favourite ones. It’s not that it is all that bad, but it isn’t all that interesting and the other ones are a lot nicer in my view. There just isn’t …

Talk about a smell I absolutely love! Bath and Body Works holiday scent of Winter Candy Apple is something I could smell all day and still not be sick of!
The candle comes in the largest size with 3-wicks in a glass casing and is approximately $20 CAN.
Whenever I …

Glade has been around for ages, and is a product you can trust. We trust Glade and buy it all the time. We like our house to smell good.
We also have two cats & 3 kids. The latest carpet & room deoderizer scent we bought is Rainshower. This is …

When our fridge starts throwing tantrums about June last year, we have no choice but to buy a new one as soon as possible.
We shopped around for a while and finally decided on the Samsung RT32K5552SL fridge. It’s not really our first choice but it’s the one that fit both …

This cloth certainly works in helping to clean off the delicate surfaces of DVDs and CDs, but it doesn’t work quite as well the Allsop CD and DVD FastWipes. I think it’s probably due to the Allsop CD and DVD FastWipes get used once and are then thrown away …

I just bought the most comfortable bed sheets I’ve ever owned. I’ve always been very traditional with my bedding; cotton in the summer, flannel in the winter. But now I’ve found a wonderful in between ‘ jersey knit sheets. And they’re so affordable.
You crawl into bed and feel like …

About a year ago, my gas stove and oven quit on me. The range had come with our home when we moved in, but was no longer safe or even operable. My husband and I decided to check into a new model, and with some help from family, were …

Whilst I have a compact flat I find that my living room does not heat up as well as the other rooms; this is mainly due to the fact that my sofa sits in front of my large radiator (ok, it’s not the smartest place for it to go …

Since I love Hello Kitty, people are always buying me different things with her on it. One of the things I recently acquired was a mini Hello Kitty water dispenser that actually cools the water inside. I almost started jumping up and down when I first got it and …

Hi all, today i would like to tell you something about my AQUAGUARD WATER PURIFIER (Model: Classic), a good quality product from the house of Eureka Forbes, but today i am here to share with you the secrets behind electronic water purification systems, actually, electronic water purifiers can …

I recently purchased a Makita 18V power drill and have to say that it is the best cordless drill I have ever owned. The most impressive thing is the battery which lasts longer than the battery on any cordless I’ve used before. This is especially valuable since I …

I bought this grid brush at World Market for the simple reason that I lost my other brush for cleaning the surface of my cast iron grill. My grill top really holds onto heat, burns things a lot, charred meat sticks to it all the time and quite frankly …

There are quite a bit of home fans that are used for cooling the home when you don’t want to use so much eletricity running your air conditioner. But the best fan that I have found so far is the Industrial fan. it usually runs you about 30 bucks …

For a while, I was very satisfied with my Dirt Devil Model 086325 Vacuum Cleaner. It came with a lot of accessories to help clean my home, all of which worked nicely. When the belt broke, I called customer service and had a very pleasant experience with the …

I purchased this trash can for my bathroom and I really love it. It’s 4.5L which is not very big so it’s not intended to hold a lot of trash. I purchased it from Wal-Mart and I paid 20 dollars for it at the time. The …

Sometimes I attempt to save money by purchasing products that cost less. My reasoning is that just because a product costs more, doesn’t mean it does a better job. There are times when my thinking is right on, but when I bought Sun Burst Clothes Detergent, I was totally …

As water dispensers are for storage of potable water, so do rice dispensers in safekeeping grains of rice. Back in the days, the storage space designated for keeping rice was unsafe. Rice seemed to draw mice to that corner, no matter how tight the measures we implemented …

I am a proud owner of Siemens washing machine. I have used proud word here for my association with this washing machine is not out of focus. In fact, I was warned by my friend not to buy this one because of some faulty reports. At least for me, …

I don’t usually use the Compliments line of products for my dish washing liquid but when I received a $1 off coupon in the mail I decided to give it a try. There were a variety of scented detergents in the Compliments line, and I decided to purchase the …

Body sponges seem to be an essential when you want to use body wash. It seems that body wash never lathers up right on wash cloths and to get the full affect of it you need a sponge. I have tried a few different sponges and never have really …

Water quality is a big concern, which is why a lot of people have Brita and Pur filtration systems for their tap water. The only problem is that you can only take one to go, and then you’re left to resort to tap water. The Brita water bottle solves …

When George Foreman invented the George Foreman Grill and put it on the market, people were buying them up all over the place. My husband knew how badly I wanted one so for my 30th birthday he bought me one and I use it all the time. I get …

It was just a co-incidence that I bought Philips HD 7450 Coffee Maker for personal use. I had always preferred hand made coffee as I never liked the taste emanating from coffee vending machine or portable coffee maker. But one of my friends told lots of positive about this …

This is a brand new Liquid Soap that is out in the Avon books. The scent is in Liquid Soap and Shower Gel, and I have bought and tried both of them. It is the perfect light scent that I tend to go for, and hope that this scent …

I have been using this ratchet pruner throughout the growing season and it’s the best item I have ever used. I always have a ton of yard work to do each year as I have lots of shrubs and trees on my property and this nifty pruner has made …

I dislike nailing anything to any wall simply because once I no longer wish to have that something hang there, I have to deal with a hole in the wall, which I’ll then either need to repair or place something else there. I much prefer wall hooks that I …

When it comes to getting a broom for my home I will never spend too much. I don’t think that a broom is the sole most important thing in the house but it is needed to keep a clean home. I won’t spend more than 2 dollars on a …