Deck, gazebo top, lights and fan working, TV and speakers up…ready to go for outdoor fun from noon until night…as long as the insects don’t interfere with the Fourth of July celebration. Time to test a ThermaCELL Patio Lantern. It’s advertisement, “Keeps the bugs away, so you can enjoy the outdoors,” promises a [...]
Posts under ‘House and home’
All Free Clear
I am a mom four times over as well as a grandma an equal number of times. Way back in the days, my first wore cloth diapers washed in a semi-automatic washing machine. Now that was dirt and drudgery. Thank goodness for today’s disposables. Thank goodness for great laundry products that [...]
I Think There Was Less Paper Before Technology
The computer, printer, copier, and fax are well used around here. Sometimes when I see the receipts for toner and paper I think hubby is running a big corporation instead of a home office. He claims that the proper document scanning software can cut costs and be a big help. Me, [...]
Kitchen Remodel Moving Along
A pantry has been added to the rebuilt, reinstalled, and refaced kitchen cabinets. Oak veneer and no visible hardware (hidden hinges) brightens the room. The only thing left to install is drawer pulls. With stainless and black appliances, silver or chrome coordinated well with metal or plastic knobs. We [...]
Finish Quantumatic Detergent Dispenser System Review and Giveaway
I do whatever I can not to waste water. Accordingly I hate pre-rinsing dishes by hand or even using the rinse cycle of my dishwasher. The plain fact is that this major kitchen appliance uses up to twenty gallons of water per load–full or not. Glad I was given [...]
Filtrete Helps With Healthy Housekeeping
Housekeeping, yuk. I like being a woman, wife, mother, worker but housekeeper NOT. I will do anything I can to make it easier and minimize time spent. I want a clean and healthy home. Bet you feel the same way.
I do my best to keep dust mites, pollen, and dander out, [...]
Rooms Change With Time, As Do People
Years ago my boys set up a gym in the back room. They equipped it with weights, bicycle, a jogging machine, and the equivalent of a Nordictrack audiostrider 990 pro. Ah, the testosterone that filled the room!
The next craze was gaming. In went ping pong table, pool table, card table, and [...]
