Log Home Living magazine is a must-have for anyone considering building or decorating a log home. Regular articles in Log Home Living cover topics related to planning your log home, designing your log home, and decorating your log home.Some of the articles the August 2008 issue discuss tips on building log homes on sloped lots, creating casual and inviting log home décor, guidelines for ...

Home Business Magazine is a publication designed to showcase articles, ideas and concepts about -obviously- home business.  Lots of people nowadays are giving serious consideration to starting their own home-based enterprise, especially with rising prices in just about everything. Job stability is not as sure a thing as it once was, so the idea of going into business for yourself and havin...

First off let me tell you that I was about 50 lbs. overweight when I started Weight Watchers.  I had tried a few diets in the past but I found them to be too restrictive.   For an example try the South Beach Diet.  Now I know that the SBD has worked for many people but for me their food choices were far too limited.    I couldn't get past a week on the SBD...

I have a somewhat sentimental attachment to the Ladies' Home Journal magazine, probably because my mother subscribed to it for years, when I was growing up.  I always enjoyed reading her copies and, even as a girl, found them interesting and informative.  As an adult, I kind of forgot about this publication.  However, my husband got me a subscription as a gift and it was one ...

If you love to cook or bake, you will love Taste of Home magazine.  It's bright, fun, and full of ideas. The covers of this mag always tempted me as I stood at the grocery store check-out, until I gave in and bought one.  And one was all it took to make me subscribe.Taste of Home comes bi-monthly, six issues per year, and comes bearing many ideas for seasonal meals, desserts, and ...

I enjoy watching Home Improvement on TV, and I also own the complete first season of the series on DVD.  Other seasons are available, but at the present time, the first season is all I have in my collection.  Tim Allen plays Tim "The Toolman" Taylor, host of the TV show "Tool Time".  Richard Karn plays Al, his sidekick and friend, and Patricia Richardson plays...

When my husband and I decided to begin construction of our new log home, we chose to use the equity in our guest house to borrow the funds from the bank. When selecting which bank to use, we considered several factors: interest rate, customer service, and ease of converting to a mortgage once construction of the house was complete.Shoshone First Bank in Cody, Wyoming was the bank we ultimately ...

As you can see from the picture, my toddler loves playing with her Fisher-Price Little People Sweet Sounds Home.  The house folds up for easy storage.  It comes with a mommy, daddy, baby, and kitty.  My daughter loves the furry tail on the cat.  But her favorite part of this toy is that it makes noise.  When you put the baby in the crib, or just push on it, you hear a b...

I finally decided to take the plunge toward adult food preparation and bought my first food processor. Up until this point I had been pulsing my heart away with a miniature version of the full size appliance. I am happy I chose the Black and Decker.The Black and Decker Home Food Processor is a simply appliance that offers all of the functionality of the higher priced food processors without the...

I love a series that grabs hold of you and won't let go.  This is exactly how The Mitford Series, written by Jan Karon, is.  Once I read At Home in Mitford, I was hooked.  But, why was At Home in Mitford so special?  What made me want to go back for more? At Home in Mitford tells the story of a rector living in a small town in Western North Carolina.  To be quite...

Pink's debut album Can't Take Me Home is a solid R&B CD, and still one of her best works. One song grooves along into the next, Pink's sexy vocals and raw edges keeping you entertained throughout the CD.  Pink fought pop music conventions and wanted more creative control on subsequent efforts, but she can't deny that Babyface and LA Reid's influence on this a...

I bought my new Laptop from Sony three months ago and it is installed with new Windows Vista Home Premium Edition. I am already using Windows XP on my Dell desktop Computer. I compared both the windows and found Windows Vista an upgraded form of Windows. The windows Vista has not given me any problem and even when I connect both the windows under same home networking system via a router to use ...

Fisher Price's Laugh & Learn Learning Home is a great toy for toddlers.  There is so much to explore that it is a toy that can grow with your child as he/she develops.  When my daughter was still crawlin, she had fun pressing the buttons and reaching for things.  As she started standing, there is plenty to pull up on and play with at the top.  Now that she walks and ...

The Fisher Price Little People Busy Day Home was recommended by numerous friends as a favorite toy of their toddlers.  I saw it on sale and figured I'd give it a try as a holiday gift.  My daughter loved it immediately!  The main piece of the play set is the home.  It is built sturdily and is of high quality, like all the Little People sets.  It does need 2AA batter...

When we went to the Yankee Candle store at our local mall there was a special sell going on.  If you bought $25.00 worth of stuff you could purchase the Electric Home Fragrance Unit for $6.00.  The regular price for the unit was close to $13.00.  So Since we were going to be buying presents there we knew that we were going to spend over $25.00 so we purchased the Electric Home Fr...

A few years ago, I was in search of a home theater system that was affordable, but had a lot of features.  While shopping at my local Walmart, I stumbled upon a Panasonic Home Theater System that was on sale. I couldn't believe the price was only around $250.  At that time, that was a steal for a 5-disc home theater system.I love this system, first of all, because it has the 5-dis...

I have bought, lived in and paid for in full two mobile homes in my life. Vanderbilt Mortgage financed both of them. I must say the customer service at Vanderbilt Mortgage, which is based in Tennessee, is excellent. They worked with me during some very difficult and stressful times including a divorce and a bankruptcy. They never failed to be polite, helpful and understanding. Thier interest ra...

Let me start out by saying I am a die hard XP fan. It is the program I started out on and wanted to stay with, that is until my husband talked me into trying Vista. It does take a little bit to get used to, it almost seems like certain programs and folders were playing hide and seek with me. Once you do get used to Vista you will love it. I no longer have constant crashes or updates everyday. I...

Because my husband and I are self-employed our taxes can be a little more complicated than normal.  We have always had our accountant do our taxes every year at a cost of around $350.  Unfortunately, he had a serious motorcycle accident last summer and has not returned to his job.  We could have used his replacement, but I decided to see if I could use an online tax preparation s...

We managed to get son number two into a mobile home.  It’s not great, (if you look at it with objective eyes) but it’s better than where he was living and he can afford it.  Then we found out that hardly anyone will insure older mobile homes.Enter Foremost Insurance. We were able to get $10K coverage on the trailer, $10K on a comparatively nice garage on the property, $5K ...