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 …

Winter gets cold up here and a source of supplemental heat is needed. I have burnt out many cheap resistance wire type heaters and finally bought a Noma oil-filled rad. This little puppy gives off far more heat that the fan forced ones, without the noise. Granted, you have …

I don’t know if this company is making these any more, but the one in my parents’ house has been there well over twelve years and still works perfectly. My father was a gadget freak and when my mother began to lose her sight, he began looking for …

It was my husband who bought this product from Waitrose store which was more than £50 if I can remember and his reason for buying this is because he loves making smoothie drinks and he decides to do it more frequently with a proper blender. Initially, I wasn’t …

I love scented candles, especially during the colder times of the year, when all you want is to snuggle up under your blankets with a cup of hot cocoa and a nice book. The candles add that coziness to the room and if they can also make it smell like …

I’m not a coffee person and I have never really been a coffee person. I mean I can drink a cup every once in a while but don’t think that I just run around drinking coffee all day long. That’s for people who are addicted to it. That’s why …

Have you ever bought Gladware? You know, the plastic re-usable or onetime use tupperware like dishes? Well I have! I just have to leave my opinion.
I have purchased many of these over the years because I have 5 kids, and just cant afford expensive tupperware. I find that …

We recently did some interior remodeling in our home, and one of the things we did was to repaint several of the rooms. We also wanted to give all the ceilings a fresh coat of paint to spruce them up a bit along with the other newly painted …

I have always loved any cleaner that has bleach in it. I feel secure with bleach because I know that it is a great disinfectant. A lot of germs fly through my house, especially because my daughter brings them home from school. I am always looking for a cleaner …

Essential Home Black Tree Floor Lamp is a great addition to my living room. It is very stylish. I especially like the sleek black design it has. It has three different little lamps with covers on it. That really adds to the overall look and style. It is different …

I just finished running through the dishes left in the sink since last night’s dinner. We used to use a dishwashing paste but it just never does washing magic as a dishwashing liquid does.
I am taking about Joy liquid dish washer. It comes in refill packs, simple 350 …

Clorox has always had some of the best cleaning products around. Now I believe that they have even outdone themselves on this one. Their new, safe and environmental friendly set of cleaning products called Greenworks are something my household can’t live without.
More than anything, we use the all-purpose cleaner. …

I bought simple green for the first time a few years back because my sister swore by its results. I found it at my local dollar General Store for around $4.00 for a 32 fluid ounce bottle. I thought this was a pretty decent price and if it …

Rust stain, turmeric powder stains are few of the stains which however hard we try doesn’t go away easily and kitchen is the place were all these stains give birth took. Not just these but there are plenty of other stains which a normal detergent can’t wash it off. …

I like to have my wood furniture shime. I guess that when I was a kid and had my chore to clean the furniture every Saturday it gave me a good feeling to see my reflection in the wood. My mom used Pledge for years and when …

In November we began buying new power tools so we could get ready to build our own house. We went to Lowe’s, and Wal-mart, and then researched the ones that interested us on the internet for any other pertent information about the tools. Our fist consideration was product durability …

I hate having to deal with odors around my house. I do everything I possibly can to keep my home smelling good. I have to work on keeping my home fresh, because my husband and I both smoke. The curtains and walls seem to really hold cigarettes smoke, as …

This great router can turn your home into a wireless network. I purchased this wirelss router for my home and have been very pleased with the results. the router hooks up to your cable modem (or my cable modem) very easily. Once hooked up, you can connect all of …

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 …

If you have a small kitchen then you understand how hard it can be to find the room that you need to stick your appliances where they need to go. This was the problem that we ended up having and we had to shop around for a kitchen cart …

A while back my meat thermometer quit working completely so I needed to purchase a new one. I looked over several different meat thermometers and finally decided upon the Polder 3 setting Digital Meat Fork 382. I usually use a regular thermometer but I thought this one might be …

Everyone should own one of these! The Bosch Tassimo Single Serve Coffee Maker produces a fantastic cup of coffee in about 60 seconds —“ how can you beat that. I used to own the Braun Tassimo maker until moving country (different voltage). Having reluctantly given my …

I messed around and killed my oven because I never cleaned it. I never really learned how to clean an Oven so it didn’t occur to me that over time, that it would need to be done. My husband finally said something when he tried to cook something in …

I found myself a great freaking product that I thought I would tell everyone about. There were things about this phone that I just loved and there were things that I didn’t but for the most part, Iw as so into this phone. I think the whole yahoo feature is …

I received my 6 qt. Lodge Color Series Dutch Oven as a gift from my husband for Christmas this year. I have wanted a dutch oven for several years now, but had never plunked down the money to buy myself one. So, while some women might take offense to …

If there’s one thing I have a lot of in my house, it’s definitely got to be air fresheners. I’m spraying them constantly. Either that or using scented candles. I just like having a nice smelling house, and I like air fresheners that not only hide odors but truly …

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 …

I have been using this brush for over a year and I have really love it. When I initially bought this brush I paid 10 dollars for it. It is well worth the money in my opinion and I am so glad that I decided to purchase …

I love shopping. We went to Bath and Beyond in Arundel Mills Malls, Hanover Maryland and I found this Villaware Interbake 3 waffle iron. Which is really a versatile appliance, we can use it to make waffles, pizzelles, and pocket sandwiches. I liked it because it …

When this Honda Eu 3000 Is was brought home by my husband I was not really interested in it. I was never really too interested with masculine gadgets like these. I thought they are for men only not something I should care about. My husband told me …

When I bought Oster 3001 12-Inch Electric Frying Pan a week ago I also bought this Oxo Good Grips Nylon Flexible Turner not because I have no nylon turner for non-stick pans like Oster but because I got quite attracted with its thin and flexible feature. I do …

When our old dryer finally required fixing, it was high time to get a new one and give up the exorbitant cost to have our former dryer fixed. That dryer came together with a matching washer upon purchase. This time, I deeply considered a standalone dryer, something …

After my old Whirlpool brand dishwasher broke I knew it was a big problem because we can’t afford to live an easier life without a dishwasher. Well the Whirlpool had served me long time so I did not wonder why it had to retire. Doing the dishes manually …

I’ve bought this gel a few months ago although I didn’t need it immediately but it was on a discount and when I see that something is on discount I always buy it. Usually this gel costs more than 1,50 Euro but I actually got it for 80 Euro …

Being a stay at home mother I tend to end up doing most of the house chore. One of the house chores I do is laundry. It can become a real chore, after a while! I can’t say that I get a joy out of doing it but it …

In summer flies and mosquitos turn into a big problem. Specially at night, when after closing my eyes I hear that annoying buzz in my ear, knowing that short after that I will have a mosquito biting me.
Raid Moscas y Mosquitos is an insecticide specially for flies and mosquitos.
When …

I have a lot of shoes, and storage is always an issue. We have a box for shoes that is located near our entry door to the house, but that becomes a hassle to dig through everyone’s shoes and into a deep box to find the pair I …

I have been using Cif(which was Jif)for quiet some time to clean my kitchen sink and utensils,bathroom and stove.I am very impressed with this product.It is very cheap when compared to many other cleaning household products.After using this I stopped buying many products which I used to buy.It …

I usually buy Olay cleansing cloths to remove my make up with, but this time I bought Noxzema Wet Cleansing Cloths. These cloths come in a pack of 25, and unlike Olay do not need to be wet in order to wash your face with.
These Noxzema cloths are thicker …

I have used a few different cheap laundry detergents and have never really been impressed. Recently I purchased a different bottle of laundry detergent for a dollar. I figured at that price I had nothing to lose by trying it. The bottle was kind of cute with flower print …

I purchased the Sunbeam Heritage 2349 stand mixer about a year and a half ago. While I can not say that this machine is the picture of perfection, I do like it for the most part and it does work fairly well. So far, I have not regretted the …

Typhoon Ondoy left us with a lot of clothes and various belongings that needed to be washed free of mud. The flood water brought with it a lot of mud and most of our clothes were swimming in it and the smell was horrendous. Because there was a lot …

On many occasions I am bitten by the desire to build something for our house—”a cabinet, picture frames, a toy box for our children, molding, window casings, and so on. Other times I need to repair something such as a burst or leaky PVC pipe (PVC stands for …

I love having my bathroom smell fresh and clean, and so I was happy when my mother bought the “Airwick 2 in 1 Vanilla Indulgence Fragrance Spray” for our bathroom a couple of months ago. At the time I had never actually tried the brand Airwick, and I was …

I wanted to stop using sponges so much in my kitchen, because I have seen too many commercials about how many germs they carry. I also did not using them on my kitchen counters and stovetop because they tend to leave streaks of water, which I absolutely hate. I …

My parents bought this water dispenser two years ago. It was rather cheap, and they only bought it so that their grandkids don’t have to keep on opening the refrigerator. At first it was more practical for them, and then it made their lives easier since they didn’t need …

So the other day I was in the Yankee Candle Shop looking for a lovely fruity scented candle tart to help lightly fragrance the air in my home. My boyfriend ended up finding a wonderful smelling one called Yankee Candle Cranberry Chutney. I must say the smell was fruity, …

I have been using the Starplast Trash Bin for some months now. My experience with this trash bin has been quite good and I would like to share it with you please.
I would like to start this review by saying that this trash bin is quite big. It can …

I am a professional seamstress. I have been sewing for probably 30 years. My mother owned a Singer. I learned on a Singer. I always considered Singer to be the best of the best. THE name in sewing. Well, unfortunately, that is no …