I was in the market to purchase a bottle opener so I decided to purchase this one. I was tired of the hassle that it requires when it comes to opening bottle caps so I wanted something to eliminate the hassle that it requires. I purchased it …

Clean air is a growing concern where I live. A tall apartment has been built next door, isolating my bedroom, the rear end of the house, into a kind of dungeon. Cold, gray concrete walls have replaced the view outside my window. With little sunlight passing …

I bought a bottle of Method All Purpose Natural Surface Cleaning Spray for $30 online. Here is my review.
Method All Purpose Natural Surface Cleaning Spray is an all-purpose cleaner that claims to help you clean your house by eliminating different kinds of dirt. Just like other cleaners, it …

The KRUPS FME4 Coffee Maker is the best designed and best performing coffee maker for home use. I originally purchased the the Krups FME4 from a department store and have been very happy with this product. It’s designed for easy operation of adding and removing coffer grounds. This is …

I own quite a few coolers because they are usually necessary because I travel a lot. This is one of the ones that I own and it has a few wonderful things that I love about it. I bought it from K-Mart about a year ago. …

I really love these leather protector wipes. I have been using them for over a year and I have been really impressed by how well they work. These wipes are sold in several different sizes which I believe is great but I normally purchase the container that …

Being a property owner has meant a number of things: bills, bills and more bills! Oh, and a few D.I.Y problems which require solving sooner than later in order to prevent them from escalating into something major (as my mother always used to say, “a stitch in time …

I have a large family so I need a laundry detergent that will really work. Over the years I have tried a great many different types of detergents both expensive and not. The more expensive detergents make great claims of doing more than the less expensive detergents. I sometimes …

As a mum of four children I do an awful lot of laundry, often doing two full loads a day. For this reason I’m not particularly loyal to any one brand of washing detergent and tend to buy whatever is on offer while I’m out shopping, this wasn’t …

I bought the Fabreeze air effects dual air freshener because I had a great five dollar coupon, and I needed a new electric air freshener. I got the citrus scent, and did not mind paying four dollars for it with the coupon.
When I got home, I hooked it up, …

The Barcana Twenty Inch Illuminated Fiberglass Star of Bethlehem Christmas Tree Topper Gold Star Light retails from forty to fifty dollars, depending on where it’s purchased from. This is an expensive Christmas tree topper and I’m still not quite sure if it was worth the thirty-nine dollars and ninety-nine …

I awaited in eager anticipation for receipt of my Store N’ Tote Stackable Can Dispensers, but all things considered, it was money down the drain.
The Store N’ Tote Stackable Can Dispensers are built to store up to 12 cans inside the refrigerator. Each one is two levels, the …

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 …

A couple of years ago we moved into our new home. We were going to rent out our old one and because homes seem to rent better when they come with appliances, we decided to leave our old stove and refrigerator there. Besides, it was time to …

I purchased Affresh Washer Cleaner for the first time just over a year ago after moving into a new house and feeling less than satisfied with the cleanliness of the washing machine. At first glance, the relatively new washing machine looked fine, but upon a ridiculously close inspection, I …

We have a Sears HE energy efficient washer from Kenmore. The Average HE washer uses about one third less water than the average top loading washer. I have had this washer for just over three years, the lenght of time that I have been in this home.
The Sears Kenmore …

My short use of this handy piece of equipment has built up a great respect for anything that bears the Bosch name as everything of theirs that I have ever used is just simply of the highest quality.
I find this cordless drill of theirs to be one of the …

I had to make a request because my mother bought my the stainless steel stove which I thought was pretty cool. She refused to by it by my father was all over it. It took about a month of convincing him that the LG Stainless Steel French Door Refrigerator …

Both my husband and I frequently take home-made sandwiches to work for lunch, in an effort to save money as well as to eat more healthy meals. I get frustrated with wrapping the sandwiches in plastic cling wrap or using the plastic sandwich baggies because, for one thing, they …

I truly love the magic eraser. Exactly what it says, it does. It magically erases…anything! Are crayons being coloured all over your walls? Use magic eraser! Scuff marks? Use magic eraser! It comes in packs of 2 (mostly) and 4, but even that lasts a dozen times or more(for me). …

I bought two Urban Outfitters rugs this year. They typically come in two sizes: 3 by 5, and 5 by 7. I bought one of each size.
I really like the colors and the designs that they have available. It certainly is a good way to add color and …

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 …

I have found the pre-moistened Lysol Sanitizing Wipes to be very useful. I bought the citrus scent, 35 count towelette size. They disinfect and clean all at the same time. They are so convenient to use, I have put one in both of my bathrooms and …

The first thing I must say about this product is that it is fantastic. I could not believe how fast and incredible it worked. My 6 year old niece came over for a visit one weekend and kept making frequent visits to the bathroom. After the 10th trip I …

After doing house hold task such as house cleaning, floor scrubbing, or before I do food preparation, I usually wash my hands with a regular soap. Doing so many times in a day, I noticed that it makes my hands dry. Using lotion at night hardly helps on moisturizing …

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 …

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 …

In my opinion Method takes the cake for best design. They get the award for making the most beautiful looking disposable hand soap dispenser I have ever seen. When they came out with this hand soap in this beautiful bamboo green Green Tea and Aloe scent I thought, finally …

I can bet on the quality of the Samsung 1050-ST microwave because it is one of the best oven I am now using. Ever since I started using the Samsung microwave oven, I have not encountered any electrical or mechanical problem. I have even recommended it to a …

I like to be able to clean in a snap. I don’t like to spend a lot of time on cleaning, because I am a very busy person. In order to get things done quickly and efficiently I decided to invest in some Spic and Span Multipurpose wipes. These …

I started using the Jack LaLanne Power Juicer Juicing Machine in early 2006 when I was trying to increase my fruit intake without having to eat so much fruit. I was also able hoping to add more servings of vegetables to my diet just by sticking them into my …

I have several children and pets and I am very hard on vacuums. I have gone through somewhere around 4 or 5 per floor in my home in 20 years. Usually vacuums stop sucking at the level I need to pick up the dirt and pet …

I don’t know why it’s so hard to find a good bath mat. In a perfect world I could find something attractive and modern, easy to care for and within my budget. There always seems to be some trade off, though. And, I seem to have to replace them …

My daughter is an animal lover and my son has had his fill of dissections, so when the time came in our homeschool curriculum to perform the frog dissection, I knew they would both drag their feet.
Then, last week I discovered the Smithsonian Synthetic Frog Dissection Kit. I purchased …

We recently had a whole entire new HVAC unit put into our home. Believe it or not, it is digital. Therefore, if we were going away for say, a day or two and wanted the heat to be off, but return twenty minutes prior to us walking …

I watched the Home Shopping Network late one night where they were airing the ‘Swivel Sweeper’ and I was immediately bought by the advertisement.
The Swivel Sweeper has similar functions as ordinary broom sweeper, only that this one use battery power. The sweeper can clean carpets as well as floors …

I use teakettles a lot and I own several. This one works perfectly and it gets the job done without a lot of hassle. It’s very durable and it has lasted for a long time. I first purchased it from K-Mart a few years …

I have bought this set cause I needed a new cookware set so I wanted to try this one out. I have owned it for about a month now and I think that it is great. It comes with an 1-1/2- and 3-quart saucepans with lids; 8-quart stockpot with …

Considering I bought my Rainbow Water Filtered Vacuum Cleaner way back in 1995, I really consider this one of the best purchases I have ever made in my entire life since it is still going very strong sixteen years later and it actually wasn’t until one of the cleaners …

I got this American Home Flat Iron ADI-101 during my Christmas Party last December. I won this item during a a raffle draw. The best thing I like about this flat iron is that it is very light and very convenient to bring. It has an ergonomic design and …

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. …

This past Christmas we were given a Smith & Hawkins Amaryllis Bulb Kit. Having never grown anything like it, we were excited to watch a flower grow in the middle of winter. The kit we received included a nice burnt-red colored pot, a coco fiber disk, an …

Two years ago, my husband and I purchased a Quadra-Fire Santa Fe pellet stove as a primary heat source in our small 860 sq ft single floor house. This decision was made after we sustained a carbon monoxide leak from our furnace.
During the past two years, we have …

We live in an old and dilapidated house and everything is leaking in our house, so rainy season gets very problematic with rain pouring in from everywhere. I had used M-seal the last season which was good but after a year or so it started leaking again and so …

In the month of June we gave a big party to all our friends on the even of our 4th wedding anniversary. At this party we got many gifts and the Yerra Pudding set is one of those very good gifts. The Yerra is a very popular …

My kids are twelve and fourteen years old, and our two dogs are both ten years old, and throughout these years we’ve learned some very hard lessons about keeping furniture and carpets cleaned. For a while, we owned one dog that liked to chew everything, and then we got …

I use a lot of freshening spray around my home and although Fabreeze is usually my freshener of choice my husband bought me this product at the Avon store in the mall near us for only about $7.00. I like the smell of lemon blossoms and so he …

While faux painting always presents a dynamic addition to any room, and often gives it a much more elegant and meticulous presentation, it is certainly not an uncostly job. Our bedroom, which is fairly large, needs to have the walls painted. I called to receive estimates on …

Being the frustrated chef that I am and with the small kitchen that we have, Cuisinart DLC-2 Mini Prep Plus Food Processor has all the criteria that will meet my requirements. I saw this thing at Costco, being sold at $29 + tax, I fell in love with it. …

Igloo really hit the jackpot with their 20 quart party bucket. I really needed an open cooler for a party and in my time I’ve had really bad experiences with open party buckets. They either make a wet mess or the ice melts too quickly. This …