I can honestly say I love my stove! I feel pampered and spoiled to be able to cook on this beauty! The thing I love most about my Jenn-air is the ability to grill whenever I want to. The stove has cartridges that allow me to interchange my radiant cook surface with my grilling parts. So I almost always have the grill set up on one side, and a two-burner radiant top on the other. On Thanksgivi...

Since my seventeen year old daughter decided she wants to be a fashion designer, (who doesn't, after seeing Project Runway creations?!) it was apparent that she would need to learn to sew. I am a firm believer in nurturing my childrens' interests, so off we went to go sewing machine shopping. (It didn't hurt, of course, that I've been wanting a new machine for myself since mine ...

Wow, what did I get myself into?! These are really, really cute, BUT they are really, really a LOT of work! Every time I end up making one of these darling stockings, I ask myself if I’m crazy, or what? But then when I’m finished, I get a lot of satisfaction knowing that I made something real special for the kids I love so much. The first one I made was twenty years ago. In fact,...

Even though I live in the North West, our summers can get really hot! Not everyone around here has Air Conditioning like in California or other warm climates, but I sure am glad we invested in this system for our home! What a huge difference!Now we don't dread the hot days anymore - though we tend to have more unexpected guests than we used to on the really hot ones! ; ). We have had the sy...

Ott-lite technology brings daylight into your home. Whether you need good lighting for your crafting projects, or for reading and studying, you will be amazed at the difference this light can make! Developed by Dr. John Ott, a photobiologist, millions of Ott-lite lamps have been sold as people discover how much easier they are on the eyes than the standard incandescent bulb. The special b...

Have you ever seen those kiosks at your mall where they try to get you to try their "warmie bag"? (My kids have always called them "warmie bags") Normally, I find the employees of these kinds of places pushy so tend to ignore them. One day, however, while I was at the mall, I had an ache in my back between my shoulders, so allowed myself to be talked into trying the product....

China teacups are something you don't see a lot of people decorate with anymore. Back in the day when we used to go to my grandma's house for dinner on two Sundays a month, her china teacup collection was a source of fascination for me. I think she must have received them as gifts, or even bought a few for herself. She had a nice hutch and the shelves were lined with a variety of authen...

We bought our Rainbow Vacuum at least ten years ago! And it was expensive!! BUT, it is still going strong and I still love it.Rainbow vacuums are unique. Instead of a bag, a basin of water is where the dirt is caught. When you are done vacuuming, you dump the water and (ugh!) all the gunk you vacuumed up, clean the basin and you are ready for next time. Please don't EVER forget to empty the...

In my work office, we have a lot of paper work and reports that must be kept for one year. So I have to maintain a circulating file. Our corporate security department requires that some of these reports remain under lock and key, so a heavy duty, locking file cabinet is what we need.The Hon four drawer locking file cabinet works out great for me. I use hanging file folders, which are each label...

When I was growing up, there would occasionally be great uproars in the middle of the night when one or the other of my brothers would wet the bed. Becoming wet would awaken them (too late!) and they would wake up Mom & Dad to report the problem. My mom never took kindly to being roused from her sleep and required to change the bedding, and find clean pajamas. Who could blame her? My br...

I like using mechanical pencils in my bookkeeping job because pencil is the only way to go when you have to make alterations to things you've already written, which happens to be the case all the time for me.These mechanical pencils came two to a package. I bought them one day when I discovered someone had "borrowed" my old mechanical pencil from my office. I was mad that I had to...

My Hewlett Packard laptop computer has been problem free and easy to use since I bought it about eight months ago. It has a 2 gig AMD 64X2 processor and 3 gigs of ram. I'm not much of a techie when it comes to computer hardware, but it seems to be working just great.It came loaded with Windows Vista Home Premium for its operating system, which concerned me a little since I was accustomed to...

Have you ever tried using one of the Kodak Kiosks that are in all the stores now? The one in the store where I work is so popular that we stopped doing photo processing at our customer service counter. We now have the Kodak Picture Maker sitting on the far end of the counter and our customers can help themselves. When they are finished they just bring the receipt up to the register, we grab the...

Our 1992 Plymouth Voyager has been a trustworthy vehicle. We bought it when our kids were small and we needed plenty of room in a car to transport them and their friends. Having seven seats available always gave us a lot of flexibility.Then the kids grew older! When I downsized to my Chevy Malibu , we gave the Voyager to our daughter. She now has two children of her own and is still driving it....

When I first started to work in my job as an in-store bookkeeper back in the 1980’s, every dollar had to be hand counted – twice! This was to ensure accuracy. The Jet Scan money counter is the best new technology for people that have large amounts of currency to count on a daily basis, cutting the time it takes to count the cash dramatically. I love it! Even better, the Jet Scan ...

I’ve always wanted to have a “green thumb”. But too bad wanting it and having it are two different things! But there might be hope for me yet… since I discovered a lifeline for my orchid. A year ago, my boss surprised me with a beautiful pale green orchid in full bloom for Administrative Assistants Day. The fact that he got me anything at all was a total shock, but t...

When my husband’s dad passed away recently, Mom got to have the wonderful new bed we had just bought him to use in the assisted living facility we had to move him to. So when she got the new bed, we took her old one for our spare room, so now we have a guest room. (That is a first for us!).  Yesterday, we had new windows put in Mom’s whole house, which meant she needed som...

It is becoming more and more evident that Vitamin D is a much needed and under-consumed nutrient. A recent study showed that 70% of American children had insufficient levels when tested. It is assumed that this is because children aren't playing outside as much as they used to. (Sunshine is our main source of the vitamin)Vitamin D aids in the absorption of calcium. That is why severely defi...

Verizon Wireless is my cell phone service provider and I couldn't be happier! They have the best customer service I've seen. We have been with them for about four or five years now, I guess, and have absolutely no complaints.I just got my new Omnia Smartphone, which is a $500.00 - $600.00 phone, for around $100.00. We also get a corporate discount because my husband is employed by the p...

Here's hoping you have never had a back ache that made you think you needed 12 hours of heat on it! But in case you ever do, here's the product you need.Every once in a while, I end up tweeking my back at work or while gardening and it can be really painful. All I want to do is lay around on the heating pad because it seems like heat is only thing that makes it feel better. But, of cour...