I know I hate all housework. When I was working, we paid someone come in to help. However, hubby helped out while I did a fair share and the kids kids pulled their weight. It’s empty nest for us now and retirement has made us count every penny. The cleaning lady became me mostly. I [...]
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Guardsman Furniture Care Products Review
While hubby was taking care of last minute details for our outside CHRISTMAS display, I decided it was time to start my fall cleaning, room by room, before winter officially gets here. I have a ritual that involves cleaning my china closet, curio cabinets, and nicknack’s, polishing the floors, washing the rugs (actually hubby does [...]
Wisk With Stain Spectrum Technology Helps Bring Out A Smile
I love Wisk. In a time of soaps, flakes, and powders, it caused a washing revolution as the first marketed liquid laundry detergent. That was back in 1956 and times have certainly changed since then. Today the word is green and Sun Products Corporation is doing its best to meet the challenge. Of course, clean [...]
ThermaCELL Patio Lantern Review
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 lot, but [...]
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 are gentle yet still [...]
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, I remember using a [...]
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 decided on the metal. Next project [...]
