If you have a person in your house that snores so bad and so loudly that you feel like there is no room in the house that you can sleep quietly in, then you need to try Clear Passage Nasal Strips. My boyfriend snores so loudly and the regular brand name nasal strips are just too expensive. So we decided to try the Clear Passage ones. You get 16 strips in their smallest package for about $4 at y...

I have always been skeptical of cruises with my "5000 closest instant friends" that are offered by the big cruise ships, so when an opportunity presented itself to see Alaska from a small ship, we jumped at the opportunity.  By "small ship" I am talking about cruises with 100 or less passengers in shallow drafting boats that can go where the big cruise lines can't.&...

This newest iteration of the Thule Bike Rack for mounting on a car is better than ever, with only one small change that I’m not sure I like.The Thule Speedway 961 bike rack that I bought several years ago is still serving me very well, but hubby decided he wanted one of his own since we are often going in different directions for our recreation.  He went looking, and his choice was t...

The Graco Travel system was a great purchase for us. I researched many different car seats before we decided on this one. It had a great rating with consumer reports and it was a great price. Besides the initial installation being a little difficult, in regular use the car seat snaps easily into the base. It only takes a few seconds. The straps inside seem very secure but can sometimes be hard ...

My husband and I took a cruise to Alaska in September of 2006. This was my first cruise and my husband's third. This was his first experience with Norwegian Cruise Lines though. We both loved the cruise, but there were a few things I wish would have been different. The Norwegian Sun is a beautiful boat and easy to learn your way around. I'm not sure if it was just because it was cold ou...

I woke up with a dry throat.  I knew this meant I was going to have a sore throat before long. Okay, swallow.....wait......ouch!  Yes there it was, the dreaded sore throat pain.   I tried the Halls drops and those didn't really help the soreness in my throat.  So I remembered that someone told me a couple of years ago that they always reach for Chloraseptic Lozenges...

In the cold winter months I tend to get a lot of runny noses. It doesn't help that I have school-aged children that bring germs from school home where Mom get sick. Due to the irritation caused by the friction of me constantly blowing my nose, I get a sore scabbed nose. The Pharmacist at Shoppers Drug Mart thought that it wasn't a cold sore on my nose and that my nose just needed to be ...