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When we got our dog, I was thinking we would just let her outside when we got home.  She did not like that idea though:0)  So, after crate training her, we decided to put in a doggy door for her so that she could go in and out at her leisure.  Now, nothing in life can be easy.  Our back door has glass panels almost to the floor so we could not put a regular doggy door in.&nb...

When we bought our new home I decided that I did NOT want those metal blinds that collect dust and then bend when you try and clean them.So after much discussion, we decided on Levolor Faux Wood Blinds.  The slates are wider, thicker, and more durable than the tradtional window blinds.  They come in a wide variety of colors (we chose white because our trim is white) but they also come...

I’m sure you’ve all heard about someone who had their identity stolen.  Oh, the horror stories!  Well, about 2 years ago, I was in my home minding my own business when someone stole my work bag out of my van!  Where where those darn neighbor’s dogs when I needed them!   Well, I’m sure they were disappointed to learn that although it looked fat and...

I was so excited when we moved into our new home because it had so much MORE cabinet space than our townhouse.  Unfortunately, once I began to organize my kitchen I soon found that quite a bit of my cabinet space was either too high for me to reach (I'm vertically challanged:0) OR too deep to get to the back of and stuff got lost in the depth!So, I began to research what I could do and...

With the price of everything sky-rocketing, I try to do whatever I can to save some money.  So, when my son informed me that his two month old sandals were coming appart I was determined to find a way to save them.After some research, I decided to give Shoe goo a try.  And I am soooo glad that I did.  For about $5 I bought a tube that will repair quite a few shoes.  I have a...

All you tight wads out there, I can here you now "$20 for a filter..that's insane!"  But, let me tell you (one penny pincher to another), it is worth EVERY PENNY!Both my son and I have horrible allegies.  We both actually should be on allergy shots but I am avoiding that like the plague.  Five years ago a poorly supervised nursing student gave me about 100 x the amo...

Have you ever made your OWN clothes detergent?  No?  Well, if you want to save some money, you should get you some SUPER WASHING SODA and make some!  It is somewhat difficult to find; not all stores carry it.  If they do, it will be in with the laundry powder and borax (I've seen it at Walmart and Krogers).I have been surfing the web looking for ways to cut down my month...

Camp Don Lee has been here in Eastern NC for as long as I can remember.  The cheer leaders went there as well as the band each summer to practice for the upcoming years competiions.  It is a great christian based camp that offers a wonderful variety of unique camping options kids and families.  There is a mother - child weekend camp, a family weekend camp, a father child weekend ...

Over the years, I used too many office copiers than I care to remember.  This one is not good, but not bad either...in other words, you could definately do worse.PROS:  It does copy fairly quickly during one sided copies.  There are two paper trays so that you can put 8 1/2 by 11 in one and legal size in the other if you would like.  When the paper jams, it is fairly easy to...

I did TONS of research and recommended this product to a man I know who recently lost use of his arms and hands.  Not being able to change the TV channel himself was a source of much frustration.When the remote first arrived, both he and his wife tried to get it to work for about an hour and couldn't get it to do a thing.  Their friend stopped over and was able to pick it up ...

What child can resist such an adorable little dinosaur pool!  We picked this number up at a local yard sale for about $5 for our son.  We used it for about 3 years before passing it along at our own yard sale:0) Unlike those flimsy plastic pools that you can pick up, this is extremely durable…Josh was always been an active little thing.  He climbed all over this thing, ...

I thought door to door marketing was in the past but this past summer I was pleasantly surprised by a door to door saleslady who was selling Dirt Buster.  Well, it was hot and I just couldn't give her the brush off without at LEAST hearing her out.  And I'm glad I did.  She claimed that her product (which has virtually no smell) could clean ANYTHING!  After her sales...

My last car did not come with luggage racks; the roof was just flat.  I use to do a lot of kayaking and had two one man kayaks that I often carted around on the weekends.  Since I didn't have a rack to put them on, I bought me a Thule.  Basically what you did was turn the "screws" on each side of the rods to they fit tightly around the door jam.  The door just ...

Anyone else out there have nasal allergies?  Or itchy eyes?  It’s time for “hay fever.”   I have been taking Veramyst for about 4 months now.  I had been on Nasenex for several years on and off.  I have tried Flonase, and several other sinus sprays which I can’t recall.  Nothing seemed to help!  I kept getting sinus and ear infectio...

My son decided he wanted to play basketball this year.   Why, I'm not sure.  But it quickly became apparent that we desperately needed a goal for him to practice with at home.  So, off we went to Walmart.  They had quite a few to choose from but I wanted one that could be moved.  So this is the one we chose.The pole is mounted on a big black plastic box that yo...

ABSeas is actually one of my favorite learning games that I have found and used (and believe me I have tons of them).  It comes with 4 fishing rods which are actually plastic sticks with yarn on the end and a magnet attached to it.  The letters are written on the backs of sea creatures (including crabs, fish, octopuses).  They are SOOOO cute and colorful. Players each get a ...

When we bought our new house 2 years ago, it had hardwood floors.  I had never had hardwood floors and wasn't sure what to do to clean them.  My friend told me that the person who installed hers said to just use water on the floors.  Well, I'm on the lazzy side and if I'm gonna take time to MOP, then it's going to be to CLEAN the floor and just plain water did not...

We purchased these handy radios to use at Busch Gardens a few years ago when we had season passes.  For those of you who have never been there, their is an area built just for kids with all kinds of stuff to climb and crawl through (the land of the Dragons).  It is HUGE.  And I got to tell you after 2 or 3 times across that darn rope bridge or sliding down one of the slides, I am...

While I have taken a timeout for the past year or so, I use to be really into scrapbooking.  This label gadget is one of the many, many tools I bought to use for this purpose.  And actually I've found countless other uses for it too including labeling my son's toy shelves.  You could also use it to lable your files, notebooks, or anything else that needs organization.The ...

A few years ago my son and I tried to plant a garden for veggies it was about 8 feet by 8 feet.  We planted tons of stuff and were so excited.  Ummm, we never got any.  Seriously, not one greenbeen or tomatoe.  The rabbits and birds seem to like it ok though.So, this year when prices started to sore, I decided to give it a shot again.  THIS time, though I'm goi...