Winners!

The 10.00 amazon gift card winner is #91 Joni   I had to rechoose the winner at least 10 times because SO many of you simply said "gfc follower" but did not leave your GFC username. How can I verify an entry if you don't leave your display name? This gets sooo frustrating for me because I see it every time I end a giveaway. I would imagine that other bloggers have extremely similar rules as I do. If you follow on gfc, twitter, facebook, email, whatever it is, you HAVE to leave your Read more [...]

Problem Solvers Flashlight Review is Now a Giveaway, Too!

Remember my review of the solar powered flashlight from problem solvers? It’s now a giveaway!

Solar Flashlight (9/16)


Problem Solvers Ready Light Solar Flashlight Review & Giveaway

As a kid, my dad lived less than 100 yards from my brother's house at the time. My niece is 2.5 years younger than me, so we were really close and played together all the time. We would often want to change back and forth between my house and hers, but were afraid of the dark, even though it wasn't super dark as there were yard lights. So we always wanted to drag a flashlight along. My dad had several flashlights, but 95% of the time they didn't have batteries because someone had stolen them to use Read more [...]

Toledo Botanical Garden

The Toledo botanical garden is a public garden that is free to the general public. I had never been to a botanical garden before, and I hadn't heard of anything similar from my area. The Toledo botanical garden is a unique and relaxing experience. There is a huge variety of plants and flowers to look at on their 60+ acres of gardens. Although I'm not a gardener or very knowledgeable about plants and flowers, it was fun to see so many different types of plants that I had never seen before. I can Read more [...]

Spiders & Lake Michigan

On Friday I had a dentist appointment. I was leaned back in the chair with tools in my mouth when the dental assistant squealed and jumped back, frantically. "Was that a TOOTH?" she says. Um, what? a tooth? where? Turns out, a white spider came down from the ceiling and landed on her knee. So we laughed, the spider crawled a few feet away and she kept a close eye on his movements. I forgot about it after we got back home until I look over on the wall and see a small grey spider. In the Read more [...]