I do not always like cooking. I always welcome an invitation from my husband to dine out during weekends so that I could take a break. It is really nice not to be in the kitchen once it a while if only to avoid the smells of garlic, …

I wanted a grill for the backyard and I wanted it to be a gas grill because I just like them better than a charcoal grill. I didn’t have a lot of money to spend, so I got the one that would work best for me at the lowest …

I have never been a fan of airsprays. I have always found their scents so tacky and itchy smelling! Roses and Violets, Apples and Lavender, urgh, no thanks! There’s nothing worse then a bad smell being mixed with apples and peach, trust me! All I wanted was a product …

I’ve been into African accessories for home décor for a while now. This rainstick is not from Africa and the design may not be African either, but the colorful pattern of dots reminds me of the intricate designs of some of their pottery and baskets. Hey, I’d love to …

The Saeco Odea Go is a three-in-one coffee machine that allows you to brew your coffee or espresso, steam your milk, and dispense hot water. The machine is pretty small, having dimensions of 11.5″W x 15″D x 14.5″H, which I find quite convenient because older machines have been …

I like to use my dishwasher to do most of my dishes, sometimes however, I need to wash some of my nicer glasses and dishes by hand. When that time comes, I like to use Dawn. I think dawn is the best of the liquid dish soaps that are …

I needed to create a display board for the fair I will be selling my greeting cards at next Saturday. I have limited table space and wanted to come up with a good way to utilize the floor space for display so as to not take up table space. …

Velvet curtains are the worst when they are cheap looking. The last time I saw velvet curtains at an import store advertised as chocolate brown they turned out to be a wimpy sort of light milk chocolate color. I think most of us think of saturated jewel tones when …

I use the Ultimate Cloth (ultimateclothcanada.com) and absolutely love it! I have tried many different cleaning cloths and this one is the real deal. You wet it with water, wring it out and wipe and everything dries without any streaks! Who knew you could REALLY clean …

Our five-year old refrigerator went under flood water during typhoon Ondoy/Ketsana. An electrician cleaned it and fixed it in running condition. But after a few months, it began to emit sounds, almost as if it was moaning. I have no choice but to replace it. I took shelter in …

I purchased this over a year ago and I really love it. I purchased it from Amazon.com and at the time I paid 24 dollars for it. This may seem expensive for a towel holder but it’s so much better than any other that I have found. …

When the spring time come along I’m ready to get my plants up and growing. You may all know that when it comes to fertilizer you need the right kind. There are so many to choose from and I have tried almost all of them I feel like. Well …

Since I bake and cook a lot, having storage containers and bags are essential for me to keep around. But not only having them them around solves all your problems. Having the right ones are what solves your problems.
What I mean by having the right ziplock bags or …

Scotch Brite rescue pads are the greatest thing invented. They replace brillo pads that rust up and lose their soap. The only problem is that they were hardly advertised when they came out yet are always stocked in supermarkets next to the brillo and sos pads. …

My family and I tend to buy lots of florescent and energy saving light bulbs as a means of finding ways to decrease our light bill, especially since electric bills seem to get higher and higher. Since we tend to be on a fairly low budget many times, it …

I have quite a lot of the Wax Scented Teddies range in the house. There is often a Stall set up at my work where the range is for Sale. It isn’t that large a range, and just consists of Wax Scented Teddies, Tea Lights and Wax Melts. I …

My favorite house wares item is the Pampered Chef Egg Slicer. This little gadget is such a handy tool to have around. I never really realized how often I used it until I bought it and had it in my drawer! This egg slicer is a small little gadget …

I love using my Dawn Dishwashing Detergent! It eats up more grease on dishes than any detergent I have ever used. It really does clean your dishes much better. I love it because if grease were to spill into the sink or you need to drain …

When you made the decision to take the metal tin out of your banquet pot pies and use another microwavable container for your pot pies, did anyone ever test what the microwavable tin does to the pot pies when you put them into the oven?? Since this change, when …

I joined Ecoquest in an attempt to start my own home business. Their business program was an expensive failure and I will never try MLM again. However, I do like their air purifiers!
We have a smoker in our home and this air purifier definately controls odor problems. …

I always feel dishes and glasses remain cleaner when you let them air dry. Unfortunately, when you have room for only two small drying racks and no dishwasher, this means patiently waiting for them to dry and only doing so many dishes at a time.
When I found this …

I’ve got to say that Dawn just keeps on keeping on. When they came out with the Direct Foam dishwashing liquid, I was a bit skeptical. I mean really. The commercial shows a woman putting a bit of the product onto a sponge, and then washing a whole pile …

The Presto Cool Daddy Deep Fryer is a great addition to my kitchen. We love to deep fry foods at my house and we do a lot of it. So when it was time to replace our old deep fryer I ran across this one when I was shopping …

Even it soudns as if I have alot of babies, i do have teenagers in my house and when it comes to teenagers, I need something that will keep them and me happy. It’s hard to find something that will keep two teenagers happy when both like to use …

Good Cook products seem to always find their way into my kitchen. They are well made, and yet cheaper than many other similar brands. Their Apple Wedger is a simple tool that makes the job of cutting an apple into wedges an easy one.
This contains eight stainless …

When I decided to purchase the Febreze Set & Refresh Apple Spice & Delight Air Freshener it was because the store had some value packs on clearance. I had never tried this type of air freshener product from Febreze before, but have tried other …

It always irritates me to see dirty windows, especially after the rain and the marks of the raindrops were left on the window glasses with dust settling in, making the marks more visible to the eyes. What added to my irritation that it is very difficult to clean …

I happened upon these drawer dividers while I was looking for other things at Bed Bath and Beyond. I guess you could say it was an impulse purchase. They had two choices of drawer dividers, a normal wood (pine?) and these cedar ones. I bought the last package of …

Once my wife became pregnant with our second child, it became apparent we needed some help with the housework. I work 40+ hours a week and, even though she is a stay-at-home mom, having two kids to care for does make things like doing the dishes a bit tricky. …

The classic glass canisters from pottery barn aare a great quality for the price. I bought the whole collection of four pieces for my bathroom. Each is a heavy thick glass with a rounded bottom so they sit very stable on the counter. Each lid is a …

Cinnamon Sugar & Home is a candle that is a part of the Febreze Candle product line. The candle gives off a very rich cinnamon aroma. Give the candle about fifteen minutes, and the room the candle is burning in will be filled with a soothing and sweet cinnamon …

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 …

Like everyone, I have plenty of electrics in my home. To keep a lot of them running, I need batteries. Though batteries are a necessity, I have never felt it is necessary to spend 5 or 6 dollars on them. When I was shopping around a local dollar store, …

There seems to be a terrible ant problem this year. They are always around, but this year I’ve heard more people complain about them than usual. After trying a lot of products that promise to eradicate ants, but do not do as well as expected, I finally …

Like everyone else in the world, I am always on the look out for ways to save money. When I noticed the prices at the bistro in my office building going up, I decided to reevaluate buying my lunch there several days a week. I thought about my laziness …

For most of my life, my family has used Tide detergent in the powder form. I don’t actually recall my folks using anything else and I’ve basically just followed suit. Recently, though, I tried out Tide with a touch of Downy detergent just to see if it …

In my house there are always a lot of different hands dish washing detergents because I always buy them on discounts and we also wash the dishes by hands a lot. We have a dish washer but somehow we rarely eat all together so usually everyone just washes his/her …

Last Christmas I hinted, maybe not so subtly, to my love that I would like an accuquilt go! baby die cut machine. I am a seamstress by trade and I really enjoy quilting at home. I am not sure exactly what it was that I thought I …

Since oil prices are getting to be a pain, I started to look for alternative means of heating my small house in the winter. Not usually using a lot of money on electricity, and not having the time or money to switch to natural gas, the logical step seemed …

I needed a good all-purpose cleaner that I could use on countertops, glass, tables etc. Someone I knew liked the Greening the Cleaning products so I decided to give it a try. I paid $4 for a 32 oz bottle. The label says that you can …

I have been using the Prestige Deluxe Stainless Steel Deep Pressure Pan of 3 liters capacity for over a year now and I am extremely satisfied with it. At first I was not sure about buying the Prestige cooker because my mother always uses Hawkins pressure cookers and …

I’ve been using energy efficient bulbs for a little while, but recently, I’ve been adding small lamps around my house that seem a bit awkward with the typical large energy-efficient light bulbs I use. I happened across these while I was at Home Depot, and so far, I have …

My family and I always keep two things stocked in our bathrooms: two-ply toilet paper, and Cottonelle Moist Flushable Wipes. These personal wipes are similar to baby wipes, though I think they are softer and feel almost quilted. I love how convenient it is to keep the …

I used this product once in a while alternately with another similar product in cleaning my computer specifically the keyboard and speakers. It comes in a 12 oz aerosol spray with a long nozzle to help you blast pressure to hard to reach places that you want to clean …

When we first bought our house, we didn’t see the benefit in having a microwave up above the counter. Our microwave was the only thing we didn’t replace. Our refrigerator, stove, and dishwasher all had to be replaced as they were not in working order. As soon as we …

We have had a pool in the back yard for a couple years. The pool is they kind that you put up each summer and then take down each fall. We have had good luck overall with our pool, and when we purchased it, it came with everything …

I did not expect these to be good candles. Usually I don’t cheap out when it comes to scented candles. I usually go for quality. Normally I would just pass them up. I also did not buy these because I thought they were a good deal. Not everything at …

I consider myself environmentally conscious; I try to buy organic when I can, and I love to find nontoxic cleaning products that seem to clean as well as their toxic, harmful counterparts.
So I purchased Earth Friendly Products’ Wave Auto Dishwasher Detergent (about $6.99 for 50 ounces) instead of my …

I found this phone to be a definite case of “You buy cheap, you get cheap junk”.
This waste of two hours from my paycheck comes with the typical cordless phone features. The memory stores up to 45 previous incoming calls, as well as 20 names in the phone directory. …

This is an attractive, modern style washing machine that loads from the front of the unit. It has a reasonable sized barrel that holds a significant amount of clothes. The size of the barrel has been adequate for my family of four. It’s main positive feature is that …