My mother, like many mothers out there I am sure, once told me “Honey don’t spend your days cleaning! Enjoy life!”
While I know there are many that find cleaning a joy, I am not one of those people, and of course this is one area in which I …

When my (now) thirteen year old daughter was a baby she had extremely sensitive skin for a while, this meant doing her laundry separately to the rest of the families and using products designed to be more gentle than standard detergents. At the time this was basically swapping your …

My favorite floor product is Armstrong Concentrated Floor Cleaner for mopping the kitchen floor. The concentrate requires one-fourth a cup per gallon of water which makes the product last a long time and very economical. In comparison with other concentrated floor cleaners, Armstrong Concentrated Floor Cleaner is priced …

This fountain was quite a splurge for me. On a recent shopping trip, I purchased several items to decorate and spruce up our outdoor patio area in the back yard. We frequently have guests over during the summer months, and I was looking for something to put …

I got this Aroma ARC7031G 6-Cup Rice Cooker and Food Steamer as a gift from my husband. My old rice cooker works just fine but it is huge for our kitchen. So there, my husband gave me this in response to my demand to have a cooker that would …

I have just finished a bottle of Astonish Bathroom Cleaner and it is extremely effective so I will be getting some more with my next shop. This was £1.35 for a 500ml bottle that lasted me a good couple of months so it works out as very economical …

I wanted a new stainless steel garbage can for my kitchen after we remodeled it and replaced the old appliances with stainless steel ones. My old garbage can was made of blue plastic and was more than a few years old. It accumulated stains that had been absorbed into …

Me and my mom share the same passion for sewing. We both decided to upgrade from an old Singer mechanical machine that had become a piece of antique furniture passed down from my grandmom. That one is workable still up to this day, but I’m itching to …

It’s funny how I never ever want to buy kitchen items. I personally could care less about having the popular kitchen cook ware because most of the time I don’t cook. But I ended up having a family event that was coming up and I needed a really good …

I just love the Lysol All-Purpose Cleaner! This stuff is the best things to come in a spray bottle I have ever used! I use it on anything and everything from counters, to tile floors touch ups and even on my mirrors! I have a bottle in each bathroom …

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 …

I recently tried the Resolve Carpet Cleaner used for home steamers/shampooers and I must say this is an excellent product and is definitely worth its price!
I was recently given a sofa from a friend that has a dog. The sofa was in excellent condition, except it smelled like …

I have only ever had one shower curtain rod at a time but have always used two shower curtains. One for the inside of the tub and the other for decorative purposes. I have always put the two shower curtains on just the one rod. I decided it was …

KitchenAid KSB560 5-Speed Blender. This blender does an awesome job, but boy is this thing really, really loud. However I don’t mind if, I don’t ever use it when people are sleeping so it doesn’t really matter is all honesty! I mean I may be a biased because almost …

I have several day care children in my home, and the girls love to play with Barbies. When it came time that I knew I needed to purchase a Barbie house for the play room, I didn’t want to spend a lot of money so I wanted something …

I like Marble notebooks because they’re made well. They hold up for years and don’t start falling all apart on me. These notebooks are built to last, and I trust them to hold together. I use these notebooks for note-keeping and record-keeping purposes. Now I enter the same information …

You know me I can talk about anything as long as it does me some type of service. I think I stay in the kitchen more than I stay in any other part of my house. I love to cook and when it comes to cooking, I love to …

It has always been a hassle when it comes to cleaning my stove but I have to say that this stuff really does help out a lot. I first started using it a few months ago and I have to say that it’s very effective and it cleans …

These sixteen ounce glasses from the Dollar Tree are really very nice. The designs on the glasses are simple, but still stylish. Near the top of the glass, there is like a collar and between that collar are like little diamond shapes that go up and down and around …

Clorox bleach is something that I was raised on. I use it all the time. I use it on my clothes,toilet,sometimes on my utility floor, driveway. I even use it with the pressure washer on my house. It is hard to beat it. If you really have something you …

It’s that time of the year again when the KitchenAid mixer is on sale everywhere. Mine is 13-years-old but the model is still available and remained the same. The sale price I’ve seen so far range from $175 to $250. It is a little pricey but if you …

I love using this spatula. I know from doing some cooking that all of them are not the same and in my opinion this is one of the best. The main reason why I love using it is because it’s wood and it has several …

Amazon had this Kenwood hand mixer advertised on their website for £14.00 and that knock down price included free delivery within the UK.
Comet electrical were a little bit more expensive. I had a Morphy Richards hand mixer but I had used it that much it needed replacing.
The Internet is …

Hand e- towels have become one of the most important essential required during my travels. Hand e- towels are basically towels in a tablet and are initially ¾” in size until they are soaked in water. On soaking these towels transform in 10”x 10” hand towels within seconds and …

These days it’s great to have some reliable containers that are multi-purpose in use. That’s why we see a lot of containers that can be washed in dishwashers, used to store food in both the refrigerator and freezer, and that can be used in the microwave. One …

When it comes to using tissue, I almost always buy the cheapest most affordable on I could find. Though that is great on the pockets the tissue is not always the best quality. When I am feeling good I will opt to purchase the more expensive tissue on occasion. …

Wipro safe wash liquid detergent is the best product to take care of the colored clothes. Some detergents are very harsh on the clothes and fade away the color of the cloth along with the dirt. Once my favorite t-shirt got damaged so badly that I couldn’t wear it …

I got this scent as part of a mixed pack of 3. I buy my packs online and the usual price for 1 jar is £2, or you can pick up 3 packs for £4, so it’s like 3 for the price of 2. would rather buy it …

This review is for an 8 kilowatt generator powered by a Perkins 403D11G engine with a Mecc-Alte NPE32 alternator. I have found this to be an outstanding small generator.
The 403D11G engine may be paired with a different alternator, this is the configuration currently offered by Hardy Diesel (www.hardydiesel.com) …

When my husband and I first bought our condo and our very own fire place, my father immediately showed up with a case of these logs. At the time, we had no wood and never having owned a house with a fireplace we had no idea where to …

There is nothing I love more than a good smell. A lot of people light a candle or buy those expensive plug ins. Personally I have always leaned towards using incense to get a nice long lasting smell. Don’t get me wrong, I love a nicely scented candles to …

Of all the washing up liquids I have tried, this one by Tesco has to be low on my list of favourites.
We buy the apple blossom fragrance, which is a very dark green colour, and it is so strong that even when your washing up is dry, you can …

I had been doing laundry one day when I suddenly noticed I was out of colored bleach. Being in a hurry I spotted the bucket of oxiclean and thought, why not? I put two scoops in the washer with the detergent and told myself it should work somewhat. After …

If you love to cook, and spend a lot of time in the kitchen, like I do, then you can’t be without the Betty Crocker Mini Chopper.
The Mini Chopper is a very Handy Dandy tool to have in the kitchen. I can’t be without mine. The mini chopper runs …

I came across this bath sponge at Walgreens. Wow, jumbo is right. This sponge is huge. Way bigger than it needs to be. It’s almost to big for me to hold. I like the way they interwove two different colors of nylon mesh, though. That’s a more interesting look …

I am normally picky about what I buy that is store brand. I was running low on money one day, and I was running low on toilet tissue as well. I decided to purchase store brand, because they had something that would fit into my budget that was a …

We have one room in our home that always seems cold. Finally, I decided the solution would be to buy a small heater for the cold winter months. I went to The Bargain Shop and purchased the Home Exclusives Portable Ceramic Heater for just $29.99CDN plus tax.
To be perfectly …

It is almost time to start thinking about holiday cooking. Some may not realize how soon others of us begin our Christmas cooking. I like to start my cookies and cupcakes right after thanksgiving. I get them in to tins and then I seal them. By the time Christmas …

Raid Deep Reach Fogger is an effective pest control utility especially apt for getting rid of cockroaches. Quite an innovative product, it is easy to use. Safely store all the food items, open all the cupboards and racks, close all the windows, press open the lid of the fogger …

I like to try to keep my bathroom as clean as possible, especially the toilet. I know it is easy for a toilet to become stained and begin looking like a gas station restroom. I also like to shop for bargains and try to find inexpensive agents to keep …

I purchased these pillows from Amazon for for forty dollars, and that was before shipping and handling charges, and I can’t believe that pillows from Walmart for three dollars are more comfortable than these expensive ones! I thought memory foam pillows were supposed to be real comfortable and high …

I have always had a love/ hate relationship with citronella candles. They are really effective at repelling insects and I prefer having them around in summer. Sometimes the smell and the smoke is a little much for me. And I hate the cheap look of these candles. I’m a …

I needed a laundry hamper that was easy to move from one place to the other without worry about it being too heavy or breaking along the way. I chose the Whitmor Collapsible Laundry Hamper which I purchased from Walmart for $8.54. The price was good considering the amount …

I am a housewife and I am also a hard worker and I want my home to be completely clean always. I have the 3 little kids of mine and all my kids are very naughty and make my house dirty for every now and then. Still …

If you are looking for a small air purifier that packs a lot of punch in a small room then I can’t say enough good things about this one! I have to be sure to point out however, that the coverage of this is only for about a …

Swifter wet cleaning cloths can replace your mop. These little cloths are soaked with a great smelling cleaner and also have a green scrubbing strip that can be turned to scrub the dirt off the cloths. The only drawback is that I think the scrub strip should …

Recently I had a chance to receive some samples of Ziploc Dry Big Bags. I was given one each of three sizes — large, X-large, and XX-large. These bags are supposed to be great for storage and for other practical uses, such as on camping
and boating trips. …

I decided that it was time to get some oversized towels for my bathroom after visiting with my father who had some. I loved the way the towel wrapped around me. It was long enough to go down to my knees and to cover everything properly without a gap. …

I bought the Quick Bond Precision Scrapbook Adhesive, from a craft store a couple of years ago. It doesn’t say who made it, but as the instructions are in Spanish and English I believe it to be an American product.
This Adhesive or glue, is actually a glue pen. It …