When growing up, I didn’t do any ironing. My dad ironed all my clothes and when using starch, he had his go to starch which was Faultless Heavy Starch in any scent as long as it was the heavy starch. When I moved out and got on my own, …

I needed some throw pillows for my sofa in the family room. I went to Walmart to look for some and found the Mainstays Plush Decorative Pillows. I decided to purchase two of them, one for each end of the sofa. They matched the sofa and room décor so …

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 …

A month ago, my teen daughter gave me a spider plant baby. The baby was a section of her larger hanging plant. My daughter had planted it in a small pot since the plant was so little. She told me that she had used Miracle Gro …

I received a Cuisinart DLC-2 Mini Prep Plus 3 Cups Food Processor as a gift a few years ago. When I received it, I did not know if I would ever use it, but I have found it it to be quite handy.
The Mini Prep has rubber on the …

One of the grueling tasks I always do everyday is doing the household chores. Since I live alone, I have to do a lot of household stuffs at home. One of these is keeping my kitchen area clean specially my dishes, glasses, spoons and fork. It is better to …

Sometimes I think that dusting is just a job God makes us do so we learn a little humility and the joy of keeping your possessions clean and well kept. Because it seems like it’s a never-ending job, and I hate it. I can dust one day and turn …

I purchased Urine Gone at Linens n Things for $19.99. The box included a 24-ounce spray bottle of Urine Gone and a battery-operated black light. Urine Gone is a stain and odor eliminator with enzyme action. Urine Gone claims it “effectively removes new or old urine stains and odors …

We liked our small, cordless stick vacuum by Eureka enough to try this new Boss Smartvac upright cleaner. We bought it at Kohl’s and it was less than 130 dollars. My wife likes the fact that it has a HEPA filter. I like that the various parts are easy …

We use our dishwasher every day, sometimes even twice a day, and while we are happy with its performance overall, there are times when it doesn’t seem to be as clean as it should, and occasionally it has a strange odor to it that seems to seep into even …

This is a simple sandwich toaster model which I left behind here at home when I started living overseas. When I am home, I often need to make sandwiches quickly either as snacks or as the main fare at dinner. In addition my husband eats a Croque Monsieur (ham …

Looking for a nightlight for our daughter’s room we stumbled upon this plug-in light-sensitive one from Argos. It wasn’t marketed specifically for children, but it seemed perfect for our needs; a light which simply plugs into a socket that goes on when it starts to get dark, and …

I like to keep a lot of ice on hand in my home. When I enjoy a cold beverage, I want it ice cold! Therefore, there can never be to much ice in my freezer as far I am concerned. I recently purchased some new ice cube trays. The …

I like incense sometimes for freshening up the bedroom on warm and humid days and in particular I like fruity sweet smells for the summer. When I was looking through the incense selection at World Market I was specifically hoping to find cherry scented incense. I was remembering …

My brother-in-law recently purchased the 2.5 GPM 2600 PSI Pressure Washer from Northern Tool & Equipment Company. The thing actually has a five horsepower honda engine and is really something else! My brother-in-law had purchased it because he figured for what he would pay to have his …

In our consumer world, there is a variety of choice for just about any product. That is certainly true for paper towels. There are such a wide variety of paper towels to choose from whenever I am down at the grocery store that it can often get …

Windex microfiber cloths are a fantastic new product that makes housecleaning quicker and easier. These cloths are sold in boxes of 10 and designed to be used with Windex glass cleaner in place of paper towels or rags, but their uses go way beyond that. They can …

I’m glad mom convinced me to buy the Tornado mop in preparation for the typhoon months a couple of years ago because there have been too frequent basement floodings that bailing water manually was too laborious when the submersible pump wasn’t installed yet.

The Tornado mop was a huge …

I happened to use this adhesive mini-stick last week and it was great. I bought it in one of the department stores here in Japan, as mini-stick glues are quiet popular in this country. But then the stick was originally made in Thailand. Anyway, it is a handy and …

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 …

On a recent trip in to the town I went to the Harris Scarfe Manchester sale. That’s where I saw the Deco Raven Quilt Cover Set. The good news about this quilt cover set was that it was heavily reduced.
The Double Bed Quilt set was on special for $48.95 …

I have had this can of Charm Room Fragrance for ages it seems and it is still going strong. I am sure I did not pay much for it and I got a large, 330ml cannister for that. What I like about this is that it does …

I am not one of these people who needs to have the latest, trendiest and most popular appliances in my house, just to keep up with the people whose homes always look like they should be in an interior design magazine. I like clean, simple and classic lines in …

My husband knows that I love receiving kitchen gadgets and anything that has something to do with cooking and food preparation. As a part of the bed full of birthday gifts he gave me, I got a white KitchenAid Food Chopper. The very first time I saw it, …

I have switched to The Works toilet bowl cleaner after successfully using another cleaning product by this brand. I had also noticed that The Works was about 70 cents cheaper than the toilet bowl cleaner I currently used. I purchased a trial bottle, and I am happy to report …

The Century Novelty Wooden Valentine Wreath cost me around five dollars or so when I bought it last year. Although it’s not quite as attractively designed as the Target Crescent Heart Shaped Berry Wreath, I still found this wooden Valentine’s wreath to be appealing enough to buy. It wasn’t …

I like to keep my shower and tub as clean as I possibly can. I know that white can stain easily and I dread looking at a dingy tub or tile. I have used a few cleaners that work well, but I am always looking for a quality product …

I am always concerned about germs in the kitchen, and recently a friend recommended I try Palmolive DishWipes. These disposable cloths can be used to clean your dishes and counters and then thrown away. I thought this sounded like a great alternative from having to habitually wash dish cloths …

Last week my husband brought home a spray saying that this mosquito spray is very strong and very effective to kill the mosquitoes. In those days all our family members were fed up of the mosquito bytes and we really wanted to get rid of it. Finally …

For the longest time, I’ve been looking for a bathtub stopper that also fits the drain of my bathroom sink. I am happy to have found it. The Splash bathtub stopper fits drains of 1 ½ inches to 2 inches.
What a relief! I tried to live …

This cabinet was a birthday gift for my husband a while back. I knew he needed some extra storage space in the garage for his tools and job supplies, as well as pool chemicals and lawn and garden items. HE had built some shelves already, and also …

I’ve bought this Brita Marella drinking jug back in 2007 and the main reason why I’ve bought it was that I just wanted to make sure that the water I am drinking at home is safe from any forms of bacteria and chemicals since this jug filtered the dirt. …

As an owner of a Swiffer WetJet I have to purchase these refills regularly and they work very well. I usually purchase them from Wal-Mart but I have purchased them from several other stores also. One thing that I love about them is that they …

Sanding is not something that I do a lot of, but whenever I do, I know I can rely on this to get the task done. I purchased this Bosch from Lowe’s about a year ago, and although it wasn’t the cheapest, I feel like I got what …

I’ve used two different types of Noxema Razors, the eye brow razors and the bikini area razors.
The eye brow razors are great! What a good idea! I hate pucking my eyebrows every few days and using the razor really cuts back on the painful tweezers. I do recommend using …

We never use any kind of charcoal besides Kingsford Match Light. The reason is because you don’t have to mess with stinky, starter fluid. That is just a hassle to soak the charcoal and wait. Kingsford Match Light is ready to go straight out of the bag. You just …

I had forgot all about this scent as it hasn’t been in the main Avon books for a good while, but when I ordered from the last Avon book this was in the sale book. It’s strange how quickly you can forget about a scent and especially if it …

My freaking vacuum cleaner ended up breaking on me and I had such an attitude that I was mad for about two weeks.
I went shopping for a new vacuum cleaner and ended up buying the Hoover Windtunnel Bagless Vacuum cleaner.I had my personal reasons why I purchased theis …

This is a better fryer compared to my old one which was a Philips. It has a sleek design and comes in 3 major pieces (excluding lid and basket) —“ the heating rod, the stainless case and the frying pot. Having a fryer in my kitchen has helped me …

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 …

When cleaning my kitchen and dishes, I look for a reliable dish soap. I’ve always been the one to absolutely loathe watery dish soaps. I like to make sure my dishes end up clean and disinfected when I’m done doing them. Because I’m such a stickler when it comes …

We received this juicer as a wedding gift a few years ago, which we registered for. It looks good in our kitchen and does work well, but we hardly ever use it.
This is only a citrus juicer - it has the plastic knob on top to put your …

I don’t know why I picked this up exactly. It certainly wasn’t for the silly egg face on the handle. Aside from that feature, which makes it look like a child’s toy, this seems to be a fairly nice little pan. And I do mean little; it’s only three …

I always look for useful products that will help me keep my wood floor beautiful. Finally, I have found one that does. The cost is just right and the smell is heavenly. I love the scent of almonds. This product will keep your floor looking naturally beautiful. It is …

I really enjoy burning scented candles in my home. There is something so relaxing about it. However one of my biggest issues about them is the way that they burn. I hated the way that the regular candles did not burn cleanly. However a friend of mine who has …

The only cleaner I have for my kitchen and bathroom is the Amway L.O.C. Multipurpose Cleaner. The name itself serves the reason. I wash my kitchen utensils, dishes, kitchen floor, kitchen sink, bathroom sink, bathroom walls and floors with this cleaner. I’m not the kind of person who would …

Funnily, September is turning out to be a better month than August which is the real summer here in Europe. Because of the fine and slightly warm temperatures we have been having in the past weeks (with the exception of some rains), there is absolutely no need to use …

Recently I tried out Safeway Assorted Spoons, Forks & Knives. To be up front about it, this wasn’t my first choice. I had ordered something else that wasn’t in stock and so ended up receiving these. According to the box packaging, these spoons, forks, and knives …

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 …

I used to spend a lot on the painting processes at my home like getting walls, fences and old objects painted. For the purpose of painting, I usually hired a painter because it was he who brought the compressor machine and the spray gun plus equipment to paint my …