Jan 31, 2007 in Daily, Pans, Personal Care | Comments Off
I’m a long-time user of Yves Rocher products. My mother indoctrinated me when I was barely past my teens (she loves mail order). Since then, Yves Rocher has become something of a big business, branching out onto the World Wide of Webs and releasing a host of new products, all bearing the guarantee of no [...]
Jan 30, 2007 in Baby, Daily, Props, Shoes | Comments Off
Though she grew up through the great depression, my grandmother always made sure she and her children had quality footwear. My own mother is the same way. They often say “You only have two feet and you use them all day long. Cheap shoes are not worth the price you pay in foot health and [...]
Jan 29, 2007 in Baby, Daily, Green, Props | Comments Off
Last year, GreenDaddy’s parents considered retiring early and becoming entrepreneurs: they wanted to manufacture an invention – they hadn’t decided on it yet – in their native India, and then sell in the states. Around this time GreenDaddy and I discovered that there was no such thing as a sippy cup made out of [...]
Jan 28, 2007 in Daily, Personal Care, Props | Comments Off
I am a sucker for a free sample of anything. So when Dove plastered ads all over every web site I visit for the past month for their new Cream Oil Body Wash, I went to their site and schmucked about enough that I ended up signing up to receive a free sample. [...]
Jan 26, 2007 in Beverages, Daily, Pans | Comments Off
There are many things I loved about Target’s boxed wine before I ever tasted them: a) It’s wine. b) It’s sold at Target. Those are two big pluses already. Beyond that, I like the concept of boxed wine.
My husband and I are wine snobs, actually. Most everything on our wine [...]
Jan 23, 2007 in Daily, Maternity, Props | Comments Off
It’s easier said than done. At least it is when you’re pregnant. I spent no less than 5 of my 10 pregnant months hiking my pants up and twisting my skirts back to centre. Now that I’ve had a baby, I have three choices. Clothes that are too small, clothes that are too big or [...]
Jan 21, 2007 in Daily, Pans, Services | Comments Off
When we decided to drop our cable company due to their ever escalating rates and terrible customer service, I was so excited to be moving to fiber optic service (FIOS) via our phone company, Verizon. In fact, after hearing their pitch we decided to go fiber with our phone, internet service as well as our [...]
Jan 18, 2007 in Daily, Miscellaneous, Pans, Services | Comments Off
If you’re driving alone from Ely to Elko @ 75mph @ 12am and your tire pops and you can’t change it and you don’t want to call AAA because Triple A=Triple F for the environment, THEN what? You call up the fabulous new auto club you joined after canceling AAA, whose policies that made [...]
Jan 14, 2007 in Daily, Pans, Personal Care | Comments Off
We recently reviewed another Burt’s Bees product on Props and Pans and it was quite favorable but this time around, I have to give a big thumbs down to the Burt’s Bees Peach & Willowbark Deep Pore Scrub. I tried to like it. I wanted to like it… But alas, I just couldn’t.
For starters, [...]
Jan 13, 2007 in Daily, Props, Shoes | Comments Off
Our son received his first pair of real winter boots from his paternal Grandma in early December. I had never seen a pair of boots like this before. They were Stonz, made by Canadian mom-trepreneurs Tracey Von Dehn and Lisa Will.When we opened the package, I was immediately struck by:
(a) How totally freaking adorable they [...]
Jan 10, 2007 in Daily, Pans, Personal Care | Comments Off
I don’t have a whole lot to say about Ban Invisible Solid anti-perspirant other than it blows. I don’t even perspire that much under my arms (don’t be jealous… I more than make up for it with boob sweat) and it still doesn’t work well.
To be honest, I just picked it because they were out [...]
Jan 6, 2007 in Daily, Services | Comments Off
Wirefly.com is a web site that sells cell phones as well as cell phone service. They represent all the major players and have it set up so that you can find a plan that’s right for you based on where you live.
I plugged in my zip code and waited to see what my current cell [...]
Jan 5, 2007 in Apparel, Baby, Daily, Props, Shoes | Comments Off
Robeez aren’t news, are they? Everyone has heard of Robeez’ shoes, or so it seems. But did you know that Robeez is a Canadian company? It all started in 1994 when mom Sandra Wilson was downsized right out of a job. We all love a mom-trepreneur success story, right? Sandra’s [...]
Jan 2, 2007 in Daily, Props, Toys | 1 Comment
For Hanukkah this year my kids got a game called Chairs. It’s a very simple game with no real directions and no real game strategy other than a steady hand and a strong heart. The object of the game is to stack 24 colorful plastic chairs, one atop the other, into a big structural tower [...]
Dec 31, 2006 in Daily, Giveaways, Household | Comments Off
Do you remember this review? Chantal raved about Method products and they were heavily praised in our comments, as well. Apparently, everyone loves Method so it’s with great pleasure that we announce Round 3 of our Method products giveaway. What can you win? Today’s Method product prize is their super gentle Cucumber Dish Soap. All [...]