This lightweight vest can go so many places. Use it for fitness…a walk, a run, etc. You can wear it for running errands, and you can wear it just hanging around during your normal day. Made of quilted polyester and lightly insulated with Thinsulate. Comes in 10 colors. Machine wash and dry. Looks really cute [...]

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Isaac Mizrahi takes 12 women with real wardrobe dilemmas and basically teaches them how to find their own personal style. He believes fashion should be fun and that people should be collectors instead of just shoppers. Mizrahi also shares his style rules on things like skirt length, the right undergarments, boots and bags and how [...]

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Okay so I put in the seeds, ignore it and it does all the feeding and watering work for me? Sweet! The Prepara Power Plant is basically a soilless indoor gardening system. You can grow herbs, fresh flowers or any plant you want. Based on reviews, I’d stick with herbs or something small since this [...]

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This could possibly need an explanation. I use these little keychain lights to check my kids’ throats when they’re complaining of a sore throat. They work perfectly. The light is the bright white light you need when you’re looking for throat gore. The cool thing about this light is it’s solar…no batteries…yes, and double yes!! [...]

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Oh my goodness. Look at that luscious icing, those beautiful raspberries nestled gently on top. I want to take a bite. Right. Now. Can’t. This is a Fizzy Baker cupcake bath bomb. It’s raspberry scented. Drop the cupcake in and the “cake” will melt while the “frosting” floats on top to be used as a [...]

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If you read my about page, you’ll already know I’m working on becoming fluent in Spanish. I can pretty well get around in that language. But what if I want to go to France? They don’t speak Spanish there, and my brain can’t handle another language. Enter the Lingo Voyager 4. It can translate 280,000 [...]

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I’ve been looking for a good camera for a while now. Especially since all my kids’ baseball and football pics look like blurry dots. My friend emailed a blog from a local photographer who talked about different cameras and why she likes them. Here’s an excerpt. “I freely admit to being a Canon girl. Among [...]

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I just got one of these mini Leos for my dog yesterday. It’s way better than a Kong and my dog loves it! This isn’t a pic of my dog. I used up a lot of treats and couldn’t get one good shot of him. Every time he heard the camera beep, he went behind [...]

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Anthropologie has the best gift items around. These SkinnySkinny soaps will make a great teacher gift, hostess gift, bunco gift  or whatever. They come in fragrances like lemon and blood orange with oatmeal, jasmine and green tea and more. The bars are generous in size and have all organic ingredients. And the best thing is [...]

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This may be the best gift giving idea ever. Because the person who gets the gift can design their own monster. What could be better than that? The monsters are $25 and you can pick the shape and color of the body, the eyes, the mouth and the tummy. Kids will love this! Even the [...]

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