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After many years of yearning for a greenhouse I purchased an 8ft X 6ft model from Harbor Freight.  The box says it's manufactured by One Step Gardens, but I believe they specifically make products for Harbor Freight.  The nightmare started when we cut the box open.As you would imagaine, there are a gazillion parts to an 8 X 6 greenhouse that comes in a cardboard box.  Once we...

I recently had some painting done in the living room area of my house.  I bought an expensive paint at Home Depot and hired a painter to do the job.  It cost me a fortune in paint!  So when I decided to take a DYI approach and tackle other rooms in my home, I knew I had to find a paint that was less expensive and still do a good job at coverage.Enter Color Place paint.  This...

It's fitting that at the moment I'm sitting in an airport since my review is about the new Virgin Mobile Broadband 2 Go.  And yes, I AM using the USB attached wireless device right now.  What prompted me to make this purchase, was the fact that I travel to see my mom a couple times a year, and her condo has no wi-fi connection. None.  Nada.  Can't even steal a wi...

We live one a little over an acre, all planted in grass.  Mowing with a walk-behind mower would be labor intensive, so we bought a riding mower.  When we first moved in, we bought a used John Deere and it served us well, until it started to have mechanical problems.  We liked the John Deere brand so much we decided to replace it with an upgrade.  What we like about it: ...

There are a few things in my kitchen that give it a touch of nostalgia.  Some of my decor includes a table-top jukebox (replica), a malt machine (replica), a 1950's children's cookbook (mine as a child), and a few pieces of Coca Cola memorabilia. My husband's uncle told us he had an old Coke vending machine stored in his barn.  At one time, he ran ...

My bathroom and kitchen are tiled, and are grouted with white.  After many years of use, the grout is looking tired and downright dirty.  There is a little mold in some areas that are closest to where water is used daily.  The bottle says to "Spray on; Let penetrate; Brush in; Wipe off".  Although it says it's for white bathroom grout, I dec...

I've done a lot of hair coloring in my lifetime!  I work in a beauty salon, so you'd think this would be an easy place to get your hair done!  In reality, it's hard to find a co-worker to fit me into their schedule.  After all, why should they forgo a paying customer for a freebie?Sally Beauty Supply isn't where I normally buy my hair color.  For&nb...

This Halloween season, my husband and I decided to take a tour of a relatively famous pumpkin farm in our own backyard. We drove to Helvetia, Oregon that is right outside of Hillsboro, Oregon, and Hillsboro is near Portland.  OK, now you get the idea on the location.  Helvetia happens to be the home of the Roloff Farm.  If the name sounds familiar, it's because the family is ...

Sometimes I don't feel like sitting in what I call, 'my computer room', while I'm online.  Many times I like to be in the livingroom area while I'm surfing the Internet.  I have a sofa-table, desk-like, setup in there, but after a while I want to relax on my cushy furniture while I'm using the laptop.   Never having a decent laptop...

Recently I discovered I had mildly-high cholesterol.  Many years ago, I had a book titled, "The New American Diet", which offered nutritional information on fats, sugars, salt, etc.  In the back of the book there were a few recipes.  I used that until the binding came loose!  When this book was written, there weren't as many products on the grocery store shelve...

  I decided to fix a food carousel (shelf) in my cupboard, after I got tired of having a pie shaped piece of it missing for about 6 months.  The reason I waited so long to repair it is that I wasn't sure what kind of glue to use to fix it.  I thought about replacing it altogether, but that seemed too involved.  So I finally bought some GOOP Adhesive and Sealant and set a...

Lately, my whole life has been wracked with paranoia!  Since December of '07 when our home was burglarized, I have done nothing but think about ways to protect my home, possessions, and identity.  It's been crazy!  Or maybe I really meant to say, it's making ME crazy!Not only have I found places to hide my valuables when I'm not home, I've alarmed my doors and...

For over a year, I've been searching for an Mp3 docking station.  I wanted something that was portable, small, and capable of putting out a decent sound.  My problem is that most docking stations are specific to iPod, and I have a Samsung.  So last week, when my local Kohl's department store was having a sale on the few electronics they sell, I decided to t...

Since I am a 'mature' woman of 55, I'm always on the lookout for skin products for my face that will reduce the fine lines that occur as a woman ages.  I found a Lactic Acid Chemical Peel on Amazon.com, ordered it, and couldn't wait to try it out.  I was a little leary leery about applying it to my face since I have sensitive skin.  The claim says that L...

I use business card several times a day for my job.  In fact, I give one to every client when they leave, with their next appointment written on it.  You can imagine how many business cards I go through!  When I first started this job, I had print shops making up my business cards.  But that gets expensive, and I wince every time I see one go into the garbage.I can't rem...

I have a big greenhouse in my yard, and last year I started my seedlings early so I could enjoy my bounty during the summer and into the fall.  Although my greenhouse has a heater, the nights got fairly cold, and the greenhouse wasn't insulated enough to properly protect the plants.  The plants started to look kind of stunted, like they stopped growing!  (So mu...

My first indication that this was going to be a good piece of equipment was that it was EASY TO ASSEMBLE!  It took about an hour to put it together and take it out for a spin on the lawn.  This is a pull-behind aerator with no actual motor to run it. Obviously, if you don't have a tractor, or riding-type mower it would be of no use.Before you can start, you need to find ...

I've always oned dogs but never had the challenge of owning a 'houdini' dog until recently.  She's quite a large dog of mixed breed, and has the power of superman as I've witnessed her "flying" over my 4 ft fence!  At first I tried restraining devices, but found out all too quickly that this was a dog that could escape any bondage!  My last resort wa...

After recently having our home burglarized, my husband and I decided that we should really think about a security system.  I was a bit leery about a paid-type security service since we use one where I work, and inadvertently set it off at least once a week.  By the time the security people call us to make sure we're not being robbed, or worse, murdered, the burglar(s) could h...

When we moved into our new house, we decided to buy life insurance policies for each of us.  Our plan was to have enough insurance to pay off our mortgage in case one of us met with an untimely death.  We didn't have any problem getting insured, except the policy wouldn't cover my husband if he died while flying a helicopter.  You might say, "So what?  How many ...