We purchased this fiber optic penguin 2 years ago at the after Christmas sales.   You can't beat the price of $9.99 for this large lighted holiday decoration.  Our youngest daughter loves penguins so he's winging his way down right now to light up her apartment for Christmas.This cute little guy makes me smile every time I see him and he has some great features:**First, h...

I saw this humidifier at Lowe's and I had to have it, even though it was more expensive than what I usually pay for humidifiers. I have propane heat and it can get very dry at my house, so I usually buy a new humidifier each year. I have asthma and allergies, and one of my big offenders is mold. I usually don't keep a humidifier longer than a winter season because they are so hard to cl...

I love fleece material and my youngest loves penguins - the combination of the two as a gift for Christmas meant both of us had a snugly throw to burrow under on Christmas day.  This particular blanket is extremely luxurious - it's polar fleece is very thick but very light weight so when you are covered with it you don't feel constricted or smothered.  It's one of the soft...

  Just when I thought I should stop buying rubber stamps, along come the clear acrylic stamps which I have fallen in love with.   As with this Penguin Pandemonium set of 8 stamps from Inkadinkado, I have paid less for these eight than I would have paid for one rubber wood mounted stamp.The difference between a normal wood mounted rubber stamp and these new clear acrylic...

I knew we needed a humidifier for my daughter's room so that she could be comfortable during the night. We looked at some of the more expensive models but decided to give this one a try. Okay, so I will admit that a big plus to this is that it's cute as it can be. It sits on my daughter's dresser next to a couple of teddy bears, and it looks like it could be a toy. Now that my daugh...

 I have owned over 40 build a bears since the store opening. My son loves penguins and I enjoy the concept of what Build a Bear is. To me it is an experience and something that we can both enjoy much more then just going to the store and picking out an animal. Upon entering you are greeted by a worker and can pick out which animal you would like to make. It is called build a bear, but...

My son is like a lot of kids and has a ton of Webkinz. He really wanted a penguin webkin for Christmas so after looking around for a while I finally found the penguin. I have to say that the penguin surprised me, it was bigger than the other Webkinz he has purchased and it seems to be of better quality. He is super soft, has cute pink cheeks and little leather like feet, I thought he was adorab...

Filtration systems comes in different types and this system is the easiest to use and maintain. It can be used for any type of aquarium fresh, brackish or salt water. Having the intake pump be able to extend over 16" to be within inches of the substrate in the aquarium will help circulate more of the water thoroughly. It comes with two sections for filter media cartridges with a basket bey...

I have three fish aquariums, and two of them require a power filter.  Every month the cartridges in these filters need to be changed.  I use Penguin Power Filter Cartridges, a three pack costs me about $11.99 at Petsmart.These cartridges enable the filter to keep the aquarium water clean.  They trap dirt, remove impurities from the water, and also contain carbon which filters thr...

Donna Andrews has written a series of books called the Meg Langslow Mysteries.  I have read a few of them and enjoyed them very much.  The Penguin Who Knew Too Much was another winner in this series, a very funny book.It's coming up on Memorial Day, and Meg is inviting a bunch of her relatives to her still-being-renovated house for a big party.  What no one knows is that...

Last summer when my little cousin visited me in Florida she got me the cutest little gift!  It was a stuffed penguin but not just any penguin.  This cute little penguin comes complete with my very own certificate to name a star.  You go online to shiningstars.com and enter in the special code that comes with your little guy and then you get to name your very own star.  How n...

The yellow-eyed penquins are endangered and, several years ago, a local farmer discovered a colony on his land. He and his family took it upon themselves to open up the colony to viewing by the public, as a way to raise money to help preserve it. One of the major problems these birds have is finding appropriate nesting places. Most of the land along the beaches had been deforested. As part of t...

Ever since Oprah bashed James Frey on National TV, I haven't watched her show. 2 years later, I was at a friend's house when her show was on. Oddly enough, it was to promote a new book for her book club called Eat Pray Love. It sounded interesting, something about a woman's spiritual journey to find herself, and I thought, what the heck, I will pick it up. Little did I know what was...

This Penguin Ice Bucket has been passed from one generation to another within my family.  Actually, my family always called it the 'Polar Bear' for some reason I don't understand.  There are Penguins all over it. It was manufactured by the West Bend Aluminum Company.  Honestly, I alway thought, and still do, that it was made of stainless steel.We use it to hold ice fo...

I recieved a really cute sheet set for Christmas. They came from Wal-Mart, made by Home Trends. They are light blue, and have penguins on them!The sheets are made of a jersey material, and they are very soft and comfortable. I wasn't sure if I would like these sheets, I am kinda picky about thread counts, but these sheets are fantastic. It is like sleeping on a gigantic t shirt!I don't ...

  My mom gave me a bunch of outdoor stuff for this summer.  The best item was the penguin 6 can expandable cooler.  It can hold a couple of snacks and sandwiches and up to 6 beverages.  The top part is insulated and unzips for your drinks.  If you can't fit them all in that space there is a second zipper that when unzipped raises the top beverage compartment a ...

I found this book on a Bargain Book table at the local grocery store. I can't walk past a table of books and I have found that I find lots of good ones on bargain racks. This book was one of the good ones. It it the true story of a mixed-race woman who was born to a white actress in the 1950's. She tells the story of her childhood along with all the pain, love, humor, humiliat...

After the first 'New York Times' best seller from Michael Drosnin sparked the world, His second book was published , and this one , in my eyes, is  better than the first!The 'Bible Code II: The Final Countdown' is much like the first, but caught my attention in the second chapter when it played on the discovery of a code key. Since I am a person that likes to crack codes an...

Dark White: Aliens, Abductions and the UFO Obsession by Jim Schnabel is an interesting book on alien lore. A great introductory book if you're just getting started. I'm intrigued by stories of abduction and so forth, but don't really consider myself a strong believer - more of a curious novice than anything else. Stories of abductions with personal accounts, detailed histories of ma...

Getting Things Done has literally changed my life.  That may sound like a cliche, but it's still true.  Written by David Allen -- "the personal productivity guru"-- this 21st century self-help classic takes you from paper stacks, to-do overload and total confusion to a glowing light at the end of the tunnel.  Allen teaches you about the power of the s...