On my latest trip to California, I had the opportunity to visit beautiful Lake Arrowhead. For being such a small town there a million and one things to do. Some of them include shopping at Lake Arrowhead Village, going the movies in Blue Jay, using the lake for boating and water skiing, eating at several of the resturaunts, fishing, or just relaxing at several of the small beaches that are with...

A Dramatic / Romantic movie that makes you believe (almost) in time travel, and long distance relationships, A love story between two different people (Keanu Reeves & Sandra Bullock) that begins as a regular story and ends up to be a magical lake house that interacts with them both...The DVD comes in 2 different versions (Widescreen & Fullscreen), and optional with Spanish /or french du...

I used to spend Girl Scout trips at this popular Texas destination.  Possum Kingdom Lake is one of the largest, clearest and most beautiful lakes in Texas.  Located in the Palo Pinto Mountains near the Brazos River Valley, this lake is in the Possum Kingdom Lake State Park.The park offers camping, and deluxe cabins which are complete with air conditioning, heat, an oven and ...

When my husband's daughter and family decided to visit us in Nevada, they decided to make it a great family vacation and stayed at Lake Tahoe. Our son-in-law wanted to go on a Lake Tahoe cruise. Price was a factor because they have two children under ten years old.So we decided on the MS Dixie II, which is a paddle wheel boat that can hold 570 passengers. This particular boat had five cruis...

The Lake House, starring Keenu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, was one of the most engrossing and enjoyable movies in 2006. It was one of my favorote movies and of course the movie also had two of my favorite actors and actresses. The movie was about a love affair between two people who were two years apart in time. They were able to meet through circumstance through the mail and got to know each ot...

I got this plate from my hubby’s worker’s wife on my birthday last year. She said that this plate was antique (but she didn’t say the year of the making). The diameter of this plate is 20cm, a quite large plate. The dominant color is dark blue, and it’s painted with beautiful scenery of ‘English Lakes’ (a painting depicted English Lakes from Anglo Normands er...

This scrub by Isle of Eden is intended to smell like whipped cream, cinnamon and white peaches. I don't smell any peach, and barely smell any whipped cream. I mostly smell vanilla and cinnamon, which is good, as I don't really like peach scents. This scrub does have a similar scent to the cinnamon coconut waffle cone scrub, but it smells a little more complex and mysterious. This s...

During the cold months, I like dressing in layers. I have this philosophy, layers keeps me warmer. I can't prove this idea, but I do know I have more mobility when I am moving around outside, than if I was wearing my big winter coat.Last winter, we began turning down the heat in the house at certain times of the day and night. With the price of heating a home reaching epidemic proportions, ...

My husband graced me with a beautiful Barbie to add to my small Barbie doll collection.  She is wearing a stunning multicolored gown and has wings that actually light up (replaceable AG13 Button Cell Batteries).  Her wings also move up and down.  She is made by Mattel and really is a beautiful doll.  If you have a daughter who owns the movie Swan Lake, this doll would be so ...

Ken as Prince Daniel from Swan Lake is a doll to accompany Barbie as Odette.  Since my husband gave me Barbie as Odette for a gift, he also included Ken as Prince Daniel, so that I would have the pair.  Ken is a handsome fellow in his princely attire, complete with blond hair, blue eyes and crown.  He also comes with a lovely plastic swan.  I believe young girls who are...

I was given the DVD of Barbie - Swan Lake by a friend who knew that I had a small collection of Barbie dolls and thought I would get a kick out of watching one of the Barbie movies.This is really a cute movie.  Young girls who are fans of Barbie would love this.  The colors are beautiful, and the story is very nice.  Barbie is Odette, the daughter of a baker.  She is changed...

My 3 1/2 year old grand daughter loves this DVD - BARBIE - SWAN LAKE.  It is one of her collection of dvd's that she loves.  She has a collection of about 75 DVD's and a lot of them are of BARBIE.  She has started watching SWAN LAKE every day again.  I like it myself because it is so enchanting and beautiful.  In this SWAN LAKE Barbie magically comes to life.&nb...

Choosing engagement and wedding rings is a highly personal process.  They are not only pieces of jewelry, but symbols that you will carry with you for (hopefully) the rest of your life.  My husband believed this very strongly, and set out to find just the right jeweler for us.  Low and behold, after much research, the perfect jeweler was under his nose the whole time, in his home...

A couple weeks ago, my husband had another twinge of mid life crisis.  He bought a pontoon boat!  It was already in the water and the dock paid through the end of the year at Portage Lakes State Park.  Portage Lakes is located in northeast Ohio, just outside of Akron.  While it is only almost exactly 15 minutes from our house to the dock, we really hadn't spent much time...

Kayuta Lake Campground, south of Forestport, New York (which is 10 miles SE of Boonville) is a large commercial campground with many amenities, but they have not forgotten to provide for those who prefer a more primitive experience.For the final four nights of our big Adirondack hike this summer we needed to stay somewhere and just go out each day to hike the trail because of a lack of camping ...

I took a chance on buying this inexpensive camp light, and it’s the best one I ever owned, probably due to the krypton bulb.This lamp is strictly for base camping.  It is much to heavy and bulky for backpacking.  But I found it to be stable, and bright enough to actually be able to read.I have had two other battery-operated camp lights, and although they could give enough light ...

My wife and I decided to check out this Zoo while in Duluth, Minnesota. This is a very small and quiet zoo. When we went there was not many other people. That was nice as sometimes it felt like it was just us walking around. I feel they have a decent selection of animals for its size. We enjoyed seeing the kangaroos. They also have a nocturnal area which is neat to walk through. I enjoyed the h...

Located in a rural area of east central Mississippi, Lake Forest Ranch is a non-denominational Christian facility that offers youth summer camps as well as family retreats and conferences throughout the year.I visited this camp on many occasions as a child and now my son has also spent time as a camper there.  Children between ages 7-12 can spend a week at this overnight camp for $250-300 ...

Westgate Lakes Resorts is located in Orlando, Florida, just about 15 minutes from the Disney World Theme Parks. We tried their multi-room condo-style accomodations this winter for a week-long family trip, and we were very pleased.The condo was laid out beautifully, with a full kitchen, and two full bedrooms each with their own bathroom. One bathroom had a lovely whirlpool tub, big enough for 2 ...

This is a Lake ‘N Trail version of a Carhartt work jacket.  It has held up well, and is actually almost too warm for me.I had been looking for a jacket to replace my winter outside work coat which was so worn out that the patches on the patches were wearing through.  But I didn’t want to pay a lot of money.  Just before Christmas 2005 I was in Meijer finally getting s...