I bought the Lasko Tower Ceramic heater for my basement, but only to use if I am down there working.  My basement is pretty cold in the winter, so the heater is not capable of getting up to the degree of heat I would like, but it does raise the temperature in the room a few degrees.  It is most effective if I keep it near me.  I do like that it has a digital reader and the...

  The Senseo coffeemaker is a convenient way to make a single cup of coffee.  I like this product, but don't love it.  Definitely make sure this is not your only coffee maker.  The first time I used it, it created a vacuum seal.  I could not open it.  The instructions say to wait 24 hours when this happens and try making your coffee again.  Well, my vacuum...

  We went to Sandals Ocho Rios and loved it.  The ride over to the resort was kind of scary because they drive like maniacs, but once we were inside the resort, we felt it was worth fearing for our lives.  We went in January and the weather was absolutely beautiful.  Our room was very nice, but it was on the ground floor.  We left our bags and went to check out the grou...

  We now have so many babies in the family, my mother decided to buy this Graco Pack N Play for her house.  This is a great Pack N Play.  I have the Graco Pack N Play, but mine is 6 years old.  It is very similar to this one, but this one has some better features.  My pack n play has the bassinet and changing table, but the bassinet is only half the size of the pac...

  I love this stroller,but it does have some down sides.  First, I'll talk about the good.  I absolutely love the fabric.  I bought the Seventies fabric and it is so fun.  It is super easy to recline - all I have to do is unzip the sides, which is great.  it is a smooth ride.  It has a small basket, but that thing can hold so much.  I can really load ...

  TMX Elmo was the hot Christmas toy last year and was very difficult to find.  My husband came home with it one day and we were so excited about it because we had heard how much fun this Elmo was.  We immediately opened it.  My first complaint is that it takes 6 batteries.  They seem to need to be replaced pretty frequently.  We love this Elmo, but I think the adu...

  Several years ago, someone told me they only buy sheets that are at least a 300 thread count.  I knew nothing about thread count and thought they were crazy because the sheets are so expensive.  I always had cheap sheets and just didn't get what all the hype was about with the thread count.  Well, that person bought me a set and I finally understood - they were much so...

  I am not a fitness guru nor am I really fit.  I bought an elliptical trainer in an effort to lose weight.  I have a treadmill that collects dust.  The reason I decided on the elliptical is that I don't feel it is as boring as the treadmill, plus I thought if I could watch tv as I exercised, I would be more likely to exercise.  I went to two sporting goods sto...

  I bought the Ionic Breeze with Germicidal Protection because I thought it would help my daughter and cut down on the dust in our house. She had a constant runny nose and I thought this might help.  I thought about putting it in her room, but decided to try it in the family room first because that is where we spend most of our time.  I decided if I felt that it was effective, I ...

  Mulan is a girl who decides to take her father's place in joining the Imperial Army.  She disguises herself as a man and calls herself "Ping."  She has a hard time in the military because she is so much smaller than everyone else and must work extra hard to prove herself.  I love this movie because Mulan is different from all the Disney princesses.  Her ...

 This was a real page turner.  It only took me 3 days to read this, which is quite an accomplishment when you have kids running around.  This is a memoir by Jeannette Walls, a former MSNBC.COM contributor.     Jeannette is on her way to a New York party when she sees her mother in a dumpster.  She is afraid people will know this is her mother and know tha...

  I thought this was a good book and worth my while reading.  It is a book that really makes you think about ethics.  Kate has a rare form of Leukemia and her sister Anna is the perfect match for bone marrow transplants and blood transfusions.  Anna does not want to keep donating and hires an attorney because she wants her medical decisions to be her own, not her parents. &n...

  This was a decent book, but I probably won't read any more from this author.  A pilot cheats on his wife and finds out much later that he has a son.  After the son's mother dies, she requests that the son go live with the father he never knew about.  It tears the family apart.  With God's help, they must put the family back together.   I thought the b...

            This book was not as good as I expected it to be.  I thought it was well written.  The writer does a great job with her descriptions and I could really picture the story.             Although it was well written, the story was lacking.  Alice is a young girl w...

  Dr Heber brings common sense to this book.  He talks about other diets and why they don't work.  I liked this book because it did have something in it I had not read before.  It talked about the different shapes of our bodies and how your body is affected by where you carry your fat.     The writer had some recipes in the book that are very healthy....

   I love Walt Disney World and wanted to learn some fun facts about Disney World.  I looked at Barnes and Noble and found this book.  I normally do not buy trivia books, but this was just what I was looking for.  The book has fun trivia on each area of Walt Disney World.  It even breaks the trivia down by sections of each park. There is also a beyond the park...

  I think this is the best of the 3 Spiderman movies.  I loved the special effects with the Sandman.  It was packed full of action with Spiderman in a predicament of fighting two villains at once.    Because of the ending of Spiderman 2, I did not expect the relationship with Peter and Mary Jane to have progressed.  There were ups and downs in Peter's relations...

   This is a memoir by Augusten Burroughs.  This was a shocking book.  I read it quickly and did like it, but did not totally believe it.  At times I was disgusted.  Some people will not like this book because of its graphic details.  Some of the book was funny and the author has a way with words and his descriptions.  As I said, I did not totally believe...

    This movie was decent and I liked it, though my husband fell asleep during it.   John Cusack takes his son hiking and they come across Morgan Freeman (Cardin), who is a contract killer.  Cardin was in a car accident.  The hospital found a gun on him called the police, finding out he was wanted by the FBI.  The FBI had Cardin and we...

  This movie stars Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey, Jr.  Nicole Kidman plays Diane Arbus.  Diane starts taking photographs and she is fascinated with anything out of the ordinary.  Her neighbor is Robert Downey, Jr and he has a condition that causes him to have hair all over his body - like a wolf man.  He has friends in the circus and she ends up spending a lot of time...