Author Profile Page for: dmcollie

I'm very careful with my daughter so when my husband bought her a 4wheeler for Easter I was worried, I bought a lot of gear and other stuff for her. The main thing I bought was a Helmet.  Its Pink and Silver her favorite colors.  It is made by Raider.  The brand is Raider MX II Youth Helmet.  She says she looks stylish and chic, I'm just glad she is safe while r...

I love auctions!  I buy a lot of stuff at our local auction house every Friday.  The night I went they were auctioning off a bunch of kid toys.  Brand new still in boxes toys.  Since I had my nine year old daughter with me, we bought a bunch of toys. Somehow we ended up with two large blow up toys.  I opened one for my 2 step grand kids, this last Saturday they lov...

Healthy Child Healthy World is an outstanding, complete resource for an active cleaner, greener life.  All I ask for is a good safe environment for my child to grow up in.  This book describes of what we can do and some of the solutions to everyday problems.  The book is also easily soaked up and can be referenced to over time.  What can we do right now to get the poisons ou...

 I have a little girl and she loves animals.  This book was perfect for her.  It was one of our night time stories.  It was a very interesting plot and story.  Honey is one of the Puppy place series books.  We ordered it for her for Christmas.  The book consists of 10 chapters and 75 pages.  on the last page it has puppy tips; I thought this was really cu...

My daughter got a 4 Wheeler for Easter, We got her the helmet from Gander Mountain.  All the goggles Gander mountain had were black and adult sizes. We went to the local ATV store and found the perfect goggles.  I'm a first timer of getting goggles so I didn't know we were supposed to bring in the helmet.  The next day we went back and Maxy had her helmet.  ...

I enjoy the summer when we can get out and play. But it is also the time when a bunch of bugs and spiders find their way into my homes and probly yours. First thing this summer is when I ran across a very large spider. Lets just say I couldn't stop shaking and screaming, so I went shopping. I found some bug spray that kills spiders as well as other stuff.  I bought the 20oz can of...

I ran to the Dollar Tree because in the middle of our camping trip.   I picked up my hubby some deodorant.  I picked up this black can that said Deodorant Body Spray.  I got out to the car and he went ahead and sprayed some on.  This Body spray literally stunk like horse manure.  My eyes were stinging because of the foul odder.  My husband started sc...

As someone with indoor and outdoor allergies, I get really scratchy, and sneezy.  When I'm cleaning I have had really bad sneezing fits that would turn into coughing fits. At this point I would have to use my inhaler.  Allergies interferes with a lot of things I like to do.  I couldn't go outside when the wind was blowing because I would get pollen up my nose, a...

My daughter came home last April from her Grandmas lugging this backpack.  I was upset at first cause she took her school backpack with her.  Her Grandma dug in her car trunk and dug out Maxy's school bag, it had a huge rip in it.  Okay she could use this new one for school also.  The color was light blue, with screen printing...

When my older sister got married last October I was the Matron of Honor.  I was so happy that my sister wanted me to this, "when we were kids we fought like cats and dogs."  I got to pick out almost all of the items one of these items were the guest book.  My sister wanted something different so we chose several different ones but the majority of them had something to d...

I am a big fan of chocolate, I love chocolate!  When my best friend came back from Chicago she brought back a present of chocolate for me.  I was so happy, she knows I love chocolate, and I eat chocolate at least once a day.   This Chocolate Fudge was layered in a beautiful box with a picture a vase of flowers with the skyline of Chicago on it.  It was about&n...

OK so I know I was in trouble. I was in the middle of the county fair with my sale booth when my Eight year old came home from her weekend visitation. This was the first good and sunny weekend and I forgot to pack the sunscreen, and my daughter was wearing a skimpy tank top, and her arms were bright pink. I just couldn't leave to go all the way home. I knew I had to get some thing on her fa...

I am a person who gets lost very easily.  I could get lost in a one town road, which I practically did so I decided to purchase myself a GPS. I purchased the Nuvi for my Pt Cruiser.  I was thinking I wanted something small, something portable and something easy to use.  Well Nuvi is all three plus more.  It is so easy to set up and display things and very easy to use. T...

This past January when we had our major ice storm we were out of power for three whole weeks. I have a nine year old little girl who loves electronics. My daughter had to find new ways to amuse herself. By the time electric came back on I was about to pull my hair out. The school was closed for two weeks during this time. I am a preschool aid so I was also at home also. Wal-mart was even closed...

I am a cook, I love cooking. When I buy an appliance it's because I want to cook for my family. Or I buy something that catches my eye and I'll think that would look good in my kitchen. Well I was hoping to buy a George Forman grill forever. That's because I wanted to see what all the hype was about, plus it's supposed to take the fat away from your food that you're cooking....

I have a nine year old daughter and I always take care of my three year old nephew.  They both love playing in the water no matter where it is, bathtub, pool, mud-puddles, dogs water bucket..  Yes I went outside one day and found them sitting in the dogs water buckets.  So when I seen this toy on the shelf at Toys R Us I knew I had to have it for the kids.  It was ...

If you see my title it actually means one shoe.  At the beginning of each school year we go shopping for shoes, clothes and such for my daughter who just turned 10. I can actually say she loves shoes and clothes.  School started the beginning of August and she started of with two pairs of Casual shoes and one pair of dress shoes.  These brown and pink shoes my daughter loved...