For mother's day this year, Hallmark came out with the perfect bracelet.  It's a silver charm bracelet called The Many Hats of Mom.    The different charms it includes is a nurses hat, a construction hat with the word Fixer on it,  a pink baseball hat with the word coach, a chef's hat, a chauffer hat, and a crown with the word queen on it.  The final ch...

I thought my husband was crazy when he bought this set of cookware right before we got married.  Who spends $1500 for a 7 piece set?  Well, he was right as usual.  This cookware is amazing.  The bottom of each pan is made of of silver alloy, copper, and stainless steel.  This allows heat to distribute evenly throughout the pan.  The lid has a whistle.  The way...

I saw this advertised and knew I had to have it.  I'd been wanting a stepper for a while, but didn't want to spend a lot of money.  This one was perfect.  First, unlike most small steppers you find in the stores, this one is tall so it has handles to hold on to.  You can set the resistance on the steps from 1-10 so you can have a different workout each time.  It...

When we bought our old farmhouse 5 years ago, I knew that I wanted to paint the walls cream.  I also knew that we were planning on having more children and I needed something that was easily washable.  The paint guy at Lowe's recommended the Valspar brand.  I agreed until I saw the price.  Who pays $30/gallon for paint?  Especially when you're painting over 3000...

I am always on the lookout for new tanning lotions, especially during the winter months.  While I was at a local outlet mall  a few weeks ago, I came across this lotion at Bath & Body Works.  I am a big fan of their breathe line and I was so excited to see a tanning lotion in my favorite scent.  It's normally $16, but only $1.99 at the outlet so I bought a couple of ...

For those of you who don't know, this is a lolly doll.  She's made out of pink checkered fabric and has a rattle in her head.  This doll is no longer made, but I got mine 31 years ago on the day I was born.  I slept with it every single night.  It even went to college with me.  Today she is sitting on my bed. I sleep with her when my husband is out of town. ...

Avon Strong Results is not a polish, it's a liquid that you put on your nails to help strengthin them and help prevent breaking and peeling.  I have been using it for about 6 months and I have to say, it doesn't work!I have always had bad nails.  For some reason they just like to crack.  So when my avon rep called me and said I needed to try this product, I was so excited...

I have worked in the travel industry for 8 years now and I have recommended Access America to my clients since day 1.  What do I like about them?First, they are very easy to work with.  Even if you are booking your own travel, their website is so simple to navigate.  They take you through the process of buying your insurance step by step.   There's no way you can sc...

The Grand Oasis PUnta Cana is located in the Dominican Republic.  A new place for us to visit and we were very excited.The lobby and grounds of this hotel were amazing!  However, once we got to the room I was very disappointed.  It was very run down and a couple of things were broken (like the lock on the door).  Not to mention the fact that it stayed 80 degrees in the room....

My son got his first pair of crocs a little over a year ago and he's been hooked every since.  He's only 3 and he's already owned at least a dozen pair.  I can't hardly get him to wear anything else.  Back in November my mother bought him a pair of the mammoth crocs with the fur lining.  I knew as soon as he opened the package that these were going to be his ...

I have never been a fan of pills of any kind, especially multi-vitamins.  Every time I would see my parents take one I would just laugh.  After all, if you eat right you don't need a pill to give you all of your vitamins...do you?That all changed 2 months ago when I started tracking everything I eat and what vitamins that food contained.  I was shocked.  I wasn't get...

Every year I buy plants, and every year I kill them.  I just don't have green thumb, but I really like flowers.  So, this year I decided to buy seeds.  That way when I kill them, I'm not out as much money.  Since it still drops into the 30's here at night, I knew I needed something to protect them from the cold.   I purchased this 3 shelf greenhouse fro...

I am a huge snacker.  Especially in the afternoon when my son is napping, I eat to pass the time.  WEll, all that snacking was adding inches to my waistline so I knew I had to do something.  Last time I was at the store I saw these individual drink mixes that you add to your 16.9 oz bottle of water.  I had previously used another brand just to give my water flavor (i drink a...

I bought this Sony DVDirect about 4 years ago so I could transfer all of our VHS's over to DVD.  I started having problems right from the beginning and they've only gotten worse.  Most of the time I can't even get the thing to recognize that I'm hooked up to the VCR or TV.  Or, it will start to format a disc and it seems to just freeze.  I have let it go for ...

For years I had this huge cd player that sat on my counter in the kitchen.  I don't have a lot of counter space so it was in the way all the time.  Finally, for christmas this year my husband bought me this under the counter radio.  I have never been so excited about a present.  It only plays one cd but that's enough for me, I'm usually listening to the radio.&nb...

My mom bought this nightshirt for me a few years ago.  For those of you who don't know who Maxine is, she is a character that you can buy on Hallmark apparel and cards.  It's an older woman who tells it like it is.  She's been a favorite of my mom's for years.So it was perfect when she gave me this nightshirt.  It's a picture of Maxine when she first wake...

My sons have been asking for a trampoline for years, but I've always said that they were too young.  Well, now that they're a little older and they have more energy than I can handle, I decided to get one.  I searched around for the best prices and finally found this one.  Of course I get it home and they want to jump right away.  One problem, you have to put it toge...

So I bought the Nutra Nail Green Tea Strengthener because i have terrible nails that peel and crack every change they get, and I am determined to find something that will make them grow.  I keep hearing about all the benefits of green tea , and since this product is infused with it, I  thought for sure that it would work.  It's a clear polish that you are supposed to app...

I was not thrilled with Royal Caribbean's Majesty of the Seas.  It started with the rooms.  They are the smallest things I have ever seen.  I went with two other girls and we would have to call out when one of us was going to move about the cabin or someone would get hit.The ports of call were very nice.  We went to Old Key WEst, Nassau, and Royal Caribbean's private...

We received this electric griddle a couple of years ago as a Christmas gift and it quickly became a favorite of ours.  First off, I love Emeril and had always wanted to try some of his products because I knew that they would be amazing.  I was not disappointed.  This griddle is reversible with one side being a grill, and the other side being a griddle.  In the winter when we...