The Dirt Devil Bagged Canister vacuum is the worst vacuum I have ever owned. It is poorly designed and it started falling apart after about a year.
This vacuum is difficult to use because it is just plain badly designed. It is difficult to get around corners and tight spaces …

Some of my dining room chairs were starting to wear out so I decided to purchase this set. They have a really nice look and they are very well made. I purchased these from Lowe’s about a year ago and I paid 70 dollars for …

We have always had the same cheapo charcoal grill every year, when on wore out we would just buy another one like it. Well we finally wised up and invested in a little higher priced gas grill. The model we had finally settled on was the Kenmore 659 sq. …

Sometimes when I’m having dinner guests I like to I turn off all the lights and just use candles. It can be a wonderfully romantic way to entertain, and for some reason I especially like to do this in the summer. I guess it’s because it isn’t always warm …

I love these bags because I can use them to make dishes in the microwave and the oven without taking up much space. I also use special strips that they bring to close them, the problem is that they no withstand high temperatures and can burn the bag.
I also …

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. …

The Philippines is a tropical country which means that it is home to different insects like mosquitoes. I have been using insect sprays for the longest time but since I had a baby, I didn’t want him to be exposed to insecticides and its …

This is an Elite Home product that I purchased from Super Target and returned to Super Target. I returned the pillowcases because I wasn’t satisfied with them. If I’m going to pay fifteen dollars for two pillowcases, they better be heavenly comfortable, and heavenly comfortable is not how I …

Air wick has a nice device called the Freshmatic with the intention of making the air fresh and leaving the air with a nice scent. The scent is dispensed when a motion detector device picks up movement in front of it. To use the device, it must …

The Keurig gourmet single cup home brewing system is the surprise of my year. I have never been a coffee drinker, except for going to Starbucks. My mom and I drink completely different cups and types of coffee. In fact, I’ve always been a tea drinker.
The machine comes in …

The 36″ Wreath Bag with Center Storage is made by Richards Homewares Products and is a circular storage bag that is designed to hold and protect wreaths from damage. These storage bags do a much better job of protecting wreaths than paper bags do. This is a large wreath …

I have been seeing the commercials for these for quite some time. I just love them…the song and the different ways the old household products get to the lady.
Back to the product, I have used the regular Swiffer Dusters …

In my house you will find my dish washing liquids. First of all because I always buy them when they are on discounts and I always buy a lot of them and secondly because we have an apartment that we rent during the summer and usually the guests leave …

I began using this brand after the Family Dollar store outside of my house stopped selling my favorite brand of detegrant. Since I had only so much to spend on laundry supplies, I opted to buy a container of Xtra Tropical passion liquid detergent to wash my uniforms. …

Ever since we bought our house a couple years ago, we have wanted a range hood to put above the stove in our kitchen. The previous owners had gotten by with a crappy shower light there and, whenever we cooked, the house had the potential to fill up with …

I have received this miraculous kitchen wonder from my sister as a pre-birthday gift since she bought it and couldn’t possibly wait till my birthday.
Of course she knew I’ve wanted it for a very long time and she did her best to surprise me.
I had to bake a bunch …

I was so glad when I found out that Method made dish washing liquid. It comes in a light pink grapefruit sent that I have fallen in love with. I always love using products that have distinct fragrances but not overwhelming. This one definitely fits that category. It …

I’m sure you have heard of the PUR water filtrate and most people that I know really do have one. I guess I was the only one who didn’t have one so I decided to research the PUR and see what the talk was all about. I wanted to …

Last year we were in need of a new coffee maker. We drink a lot of coffee in my household, absolutely every day, and we seem to go through a lot of coffee makers. For a few weeks, the coffee maker we had bought the previous year had been …

I needed to do something with the living room floor in my mobile home and I needed to do it fast. The carpet was old, the under pad in an even worse state, and the hardwood flooring I wanted was just too expensive. My neighbour suggested I try Armstrong …

The works sink and vanity cleaner is a cleaner that is sold by Dollar Tree. It is something that is supposed to help you clean and keep tidy your sink and vanity area in the bathroom.
I was curious to try this product because for a dollar …

I really enjoy doing all kinds of paper crafts, and I have always been intrigued by Martha Stewart’s glitters because it seems like you could do so many things with them. I have seen her television show a couple times and she uses them
on all her craft projects so …

The VICKS humidifier is actually smaller than I thought. I thought that for a one gallon humidifier, it would actually be quite large. This is actually better as it doesn’t take up as nearly as much space as I had thought. My house is very dry from the heat …

I’ve always been passionate about clothes, and it was always my dream to design and to make my own clothes. When I saw this cute portable sewing machine in ACE Hardware, I really loved it and I decided to get one for myself. Since its pretty expensive, I made …

I have this kitchen appliance at home and I use it mainly for my baking needs. My husband gave this to me as a gift last Mother’s Day and I’m still using it, although, I can say it’s not the best and not the one I was looking for …

A friend of mine brought me Sunlight Dish Detergent as well as a few other odds and ends from Canada. She is one of those people who likes to bring various household needs as a gift for letting her stay with us when she visits the US. I always …

Several months ago, I purchased the Euro Pro Convection Oven from a local Target. Following a healthier lifestyle, I like to bake year round. Unfortunately using a conventional stove in the summertime heats up the kitchen. The Euro Pro fit the bill. I can use it …

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 …

I am very particular with the smell of my home. I like it when I enter a particular room and fragrance welcomes me. I do this by putting on scented candles because they are calming and emits this zen charm but the scent are sometimes so faint …

Glade - Holiday Collection: French Vanilla is a scented candle that I certainly find pleasant and appealing to the senses, but admittedly, I do not understand why this is a part of the Holiday Collection. French vanilla is a scent that I do not associate with Christmas. I actually …

I like to find nice scented laundry detergents that will leave my clothes smelling refreshed, but that will also not break the bank. I don’t necessarily have a brand that I use all of the time, and will try any detergent almost once. I saw the Sun Laundry Detergent …

Just a few months ago we had shifted to our new flat. In our old flat we had been using Bajaj fans in all our bedrooms and living rooms. When we shifted here we purchased everything new except than our fans because we had been using those fans for …

I got this safe from our local store at $80 and I love every bit of it. Our home was robbed last year when we away on holiday and the thief was smart enough to leave the whole house in order that we did not notice anything amiss when …

Lemi-Shine is a unique product that cleans buildup from the inside of your dishwasher. I first started using it when I noticed that my dishwasher was not getting my drinkware completely clean…there were spots and streaks every time I unloaded my dishes. I tried using rinse agents like Jet …

I don’t cook. It’s dangerous if I do. But my husband loves to cook and considers himself a bit of a new-found guru in the kitchen. We didn’t have a lot of kitchen appliances when he moved in with me and we got married, but slowly, over the last …

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 …

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 …

The KitchenAid Artisan 5-Quart Stand Mixer is an excellent addition to any kitchen. Although it may seem rather pricey for some, these mixers can be found on sale occasionally, as I was able to.
The KitchenAid Artisan 5-Quart Stand Mixer is available in several bright colors and I was …

On a recent shopping trip I stopped over at Harris Scarfe to check out their sales. It was in the cooking section that I came across the Stanley Rogers Silicon Bakeware. I am usually a traditional cook but I have seen the Stanley Rogers Silicon Bakeware advertised and I …

Just when I was finally starting to come to terms with the fact that the likely hood of ever being able to dip my oreo cookies a few inches below my glass of milk because the rim stops my hand from going any further, was never going to happen …

This red popcorn popper (model no. PC17583, carried by a company called “Focus Electronics”) was a gift from my brother in law and his girlfriend one Christmas. Surprisingly, I had been wanting a popcorn popper just like one of those “air poppers” that are hard to find now, but …

Starbucks has offered coffee cups in all shapes and sizes, as well as thermoses that keep beverages cold or hot longer. I purchased a green thermos; it’s made of what appears to be aluminum. This morning I used it for Coffee I brewed in my Cuisenart coffee maker …

I first bought this appliance when my sister came home from the U.S. Instead of buying an airconditioner or an electric fan, I decided to buy this one and I’m happy I did. It’s way cheaper and lighter than an airconditioner but works the same if not better. It’s …

This is one product sold under the Great Value name at Walmart that isn’t such a great value. The reason I say that is because the product made by Walmart just doesn’t work as well as the product it’s designed after and is intended to serve as replacement for …

So for some odd reason our furnace ended up going dead and we couldn’t figure out what was going on. Well it was in the middle of winter and there was no way I was going to have my kids in the middle of winter with no heat. I …

I sent my daughter to the grocery store for some toilet paper when I ran outthe other day, and she returned home with a four pack of Angel Soft Toilet Paper.
This is not the usual brand of toilet paper that I normally buy, but since she had already made …

Since I bought the AEG Lavamat which was something like years ago, I never had the chance to thoroughly clean it. I was always using it whenever I am home (1-2 times a year) and now that I stay a bit longer because of the holidays, I thought it’s …

I had always wanted one of these Dyson cyclone vacuums. I like to clean and having a nice clean carpet is the biggest pet peeve of all for me. I probably vacuum every single day because I hate having anything at all on my floors. And when you have …

I have used Ajax Cleanser since I went into housekeeping in 1984. My mother always had it in the house to use for scrubbing the tubs and sinks. I guess I picked it up from her. Today’s Ajax has bleach in it to help get tough stains out without …

I used this pan to help create a small display of ‘religious’ cakes while catering for a church buffet during the Easter holidays, the centerpiece was to be a large Resurrection pre-sliced fruit cake (not made by me, I hasten to add) so I knew my contribution to the …