I was reading Huffington Post’s “Green” Section not too long ago when I came across this article about using a simple baking soda and peroxide paste to clean aging and dirty cookie sheets. I was intrigued since my cookie sheets are in a state that can only be described as …

Garlic is one of the most used ingredients in my cooking. Indeed cooking can never be as palatable without garlic. But pressing garlic is one messy job. It is not only messy it could be tedious as well. I had actually almost crushed one of my glass chopping …

I am someone that uses disposable plates a lot and I recently started purchasing these and I really love them. They are very effective and get the job done. I purchased them from Wal-Mart and at the time of purchase I paid 3 dollars for …

I purchased this make-your-own quilt kit for my niece a couple years ago, and she had a great time putting it together. I have since purchased on to keep at my house for the daycare kids to work on when they come over. The kit comes with 48 …

I had been looking for a long time for a counter top grill which I could use to make single serving size meals for myself. For example, grilling one burger patty or a single chicken breast. After much research I settled on the George Foreman Champ Grill with Bun …

I grew up in a household where pressure cooker is a must in the kitchen so I was never intimidated by it. When I became the manager of my own kitchen, I also felt the need for this specific cookware. I expected one as a wedding present but no …

I bought a digital kitchen scale finally. Well, I haven’t bought if for myself actually, but for my Mum for her birthday but it doesn’t stop me to use it all the time. We never had a digital kitchen scale before. We have always had those with pointer and …

Like most home owners, I spend a great deal of time working outside to maintain both the attractiveness of my home and protecting the overall value of my investment as well.
One of my annual chores (which, by annual, I mean pretty much throughout the summer months) is trying to …

I bought this a few months ago, and to be honest I really didn’t have high hopes for it. As, it turns out, I actually enjoy using this thing. I have two cats, and I find that this removes most, not quite all of the pet hair. It’s extremely …

When I started living alone, my mom gave me some of her housewares so I could have an easy start. Funny that she gave me this old iron which is Hanabishi D- Iron HI-83. I really don’t like to use this iron simply because it is quite heavy to …

This incubator is regular incubator. The size of the bath is 35 x 35 x 15cm. This is good for slow heating or cooling. This is the one that you see in bio lab. It functions okay but to me it is not sufficient because it does not have …

EZ wipes are an item that I purchased at Fred’s Dollar Store in a box of 10 for $4.99 regularly, and go on sale for $3.99. The box contains shami type clothes that are both orange and yellow. The main difference is the color both clothes are rather thin …

I had never bought an Arm & Hammer Essentials laundry detergent product before, although I had bought their baking soda. While at the grocery store I found this laundry detergent in Mountain Rain scent on sale for just $3.99CDN for a 2.03Litre bottle so I bought it! I had …

I have been through so many airbeds that it’s not even funny. I first used Walmart’s lower brand airbed, and found that it was quite comfortable. But later on, I realized that I wanted one of those beds that is actually raised off the floor. …

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 …

The Delight Expressions Let It Glow Faux Decoration Christmas Gift Arrangement Centerpiece cost me twenty five dollars when I bought it last year. This year, I see that it’s still retailing for around that price. Although I was pleased with how the centerpiece looked when I first bought it, …

I have used this scent as a Wax melt for a lot of years. I think every manufacturer has this scent so I could assume that it is a popular one. I tend to change around my Car Jar scents, but I always use this scent every now and …

I needed a fan for my living room but I wanted something that looked better than the standard white fan. I found the Deco Breeze Lauren Floor Fan at Walmart and thought that it would work well. It is a decorative fan that actually looks quite good. There is …

This Bosch Dishwasher is the first dishwasher that I ever have (use). I never have dishwasher before but when we moved back to Europe again, we thought that we should get one dishwasher to make the housework easier for me. Especially we have small children. It will save …

I’m not a treehugger, but I’ve really gone off the deepend trying to find new alternative energy gadgets. When I came across the Woods crank LED lantern, I had to get it. Never mind it was only $25.
It actually works pretty darn good. You can choose from 9 or …

This thing is a great alternative to using a regular shower head. This acts as both a fixed and a hand shower. We’ve owned it for about a year now and I’m glad we have it. I use it a lot for rinsing my hair and …

A couple years ago, before we moved into our wonderfully air conditioned condo, we lived in a cheap mobile home that was the equivalant of living in a tin box in the middle of our summers. The temperatures inside the house were reaching well into the 90’s, and all …

This sold under the Lancaster/Airworks name. Normally available for $25-30 dollars.
I’ve had the unit for a couple years now and for it’s small size it pumps out the heat. With a ceramic element, the heat is almost instantaneous from the moment you plug it in.
The controls are very …

The GKI Bethlehem Lighting NOEL 4-Piece Lighted Brass Christmas Stocking Holder Set With Candle Lamps is not my favorite stocking holder of all time. I feel that even though I paid a significantly reduced price for it last January that the quality of the stocking holder still wasn’t quite …

I have recently come into the possession of a new salad shooter thanks to my parents because the one I had before I have had since college, and it wasn’t on its last leg but I still needed to upgrade nonetheless. I have been a fan of the Presto salad …

I have been using Ranipal fabric whitener since many years and it is a time tested product. My mom used to soak clothes in this product when I was studying and staying with her. It was an integral part of her washing routine.
Since I started using this product I …

I bought my mom a new kettle for her birthday on the month of July 2008. She was extremely happy and the kettle design that I bought for her is the Alessi Electric Bird Whistle Kettle.
This kettle has a real special design to it and it looks extremely shiny. …

I only use this tape for when it’s time to wrap a gift or gifts for a birthday, Christmas or other special occasion. I prefer to use this tape over regular Scotch Magic Tape because this tape is more transparent and clear than regular Scotch Magic Tape. I’m not …

When I cant drive yet, I have very limited options for my husband’s birthday gift. The easiest place that is accessible by walking sells power tools. So knowing that power tools are greatly associated with men as house ware and kitchen gadgets are with women, I had no doubts …

Domex is the all purpose cleaning liquid which is very effective. I have been using this product for so many years and my house is just look as new as it is. There are no stains and no collected dirt at my home because I only use …

Albatross Toilet Deodorizer is such a wonderful product. It gives a sweet smelling and long lasting scent to your toilets. i personally love the strawberry and lemon scent. You can be assured that your toilet smells wonderful all throughout the day. A pack lasts about a whole week and …

If one word could describe this product, it would be “gross”.
I’ve long had a fear of spiders and creepy crawlies in general. And, because my kids have seen my reaction to spiders, my youngest son has also acquired a less-than-likeable reaction to the little buggers. So, I have …

I was a little hesitant to try this cleaner since it involves using a wet solution to clean off the optical surfaces of DVDs and CDs as opposed to a dry cloth, but since it was sold by Scotch, a company that I trust fairly well, that helped to …

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 …

Trash bags are something that I take very seriously. I can’t afford to use cheap trash bags because they always make taking out the trash more difficult for me than it has to be. I live in an apartment and have to travel quite a ways to take my …

After receiving a couple of sample sachets of Naturally Powered Washing Up Liquid recently I have now been buying the full sized 500ml bottles as it’s such an impressive detergent and without fail gets my dishes, crockery and cutlery clean on the first wash.
The washing up liquid is …

For me, personally, one of the things that I associate with holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas is baking. Now I don’t bake myself, as my kitchen skills are sorely lacking, but I have some family members both immediate and distant that possess the know-how to whip up some …

I’ve been using this Frigidaire Crown Series clothes dryer for almost four years now. The dryer, along with most major appliances in my house, belonged to the previous homeowners, and they included these items in our home purchase. It made life so much easier to know we’d be able …

I’ve owned this electric roaster oven for a couple years now, but only just recently began to make use of it. It was given to me as a gift from a relative who thought it would come in handy with us living in FL during the summer to use …

Westinghouse is a name I have always trusted, so when I wanted to buy something that would light up a dark, but very little used space in the kitchen, I spent $10 on their Stick Up Bulb, figuring that it would be perfect since it would not be used …

I bought this thermos for my husband for his birthday. The product claims to keep hot drinks hot all day, such as coffee or tea, and cold drinks cold. I thought this would be the perfect gift for my husband because he could use it as a …

I am very happy with Nengdali storage wardrobe. Because it is very convenient and comfortable.The main advantage of this wardrobe is that it is light weight and can carry anywhere. Actually this wardrobe comes with some colorful canvas cloth and with some iron rods. All you need to do …

I am, of course, not a fan of garbage, but I am a big fan of Glad Forceflex bags with Febreze added. My husband and I buy the boxes of them, and I always make sure that they are the ones with Febreze. My husband has always …

About two years ago I finally broke down and purchased a Dirt Devil hand vac to use on our stair case. We have carpeted stairs leading up from our front door to the rest of the house and they get extremely dirty because the kids drag stuff in on …

Every year my older children and I make a gingerbread biscuit house for Christmas, which we ice and fill with sweets for the family to pick at. This year however I decided to something a little different, after my younger daughter said she’d like to help - as a …

I will never buy this laundry detergent again. Half of the clothes I washed, I had to wash them again because the detergent was all over them. There were little white stuff all over the clothes and I couldn’t get them out. That has also got to be not …

I purchased the Zero Degrees InnerCool 12 Can Cooler for traveling purposes and I can certainly say that it works very well. I only paid 20 dollars for this cooler and I believe that is a bargain considering the high quality of this cooler. This was one …

A $40 cake pan, my ‘careful’ hubby was distraught when I told him but after several uses I think I’ve convinced him that it was worth the money - not least because it’s saved us having to buy two birthday cakes so far, with another birthday (and giant cupcake) …