Articles by Emily
Water Softener Benefits
Like most Americans, we live in an area that has hard water. While hard water isn't dangerous, it causes several inconveniences. For example, if we use our regular tap water to run our dishwasher, the dishes come out cloudy and spotted even if we use the most expensive brands of dishwasher detergent. Ryan & I have very dark hair, but blond headed people in our area will have their hair get discolored if they use their houses water to shower in. Our tap water doesn't taste very good to drink, Read more [...]
Hoppin Halloween Giveaway Hop FTD College Roses 10/31
Welcome to the Hoppin’ Halloween Giveaway Hop hosted by MamaNYC! We’re celebrating Halloween with an amazing event that’ll feature ALL sorts of prizes, which means there is going to be plenty of prizes you’ll want to get your hands on! With over 90 blogs participating, Hoppin’ Halloween is surely going to be a BLAST! This event will run from October 25-31st so you will definitely have plenty of time to enter all of our giveaways. Good luck and Happy Halloween!
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Used Car Dealers
It's funny how people of my own age, who grew up in my own area can have such different perspective on certain areas of life. For example, I had a friend in high school who was upset that she didn't get a brand new car for her birthday. Instead, her parents bought her a car from a used car dealership. I suppose our families financial situations are what caused the difference in perspective, but I was surprised that any teenager would expect to be given a car -- even a used car.
I've been told Read more [...]
Thanksgiving Day Shopping & Saving
It's almost that time of year again. People are beginning to think about the holiday season and the gifts that they need to buy before the end of the year. The holidays can mean spending a lot of money, for a lot of people. With the economy still being challenging, more and more people are looking for ways to save money. I like looking for ways to save money all year long, but it's particularly important around the holidays for many people because we spend so much more money that time of year. Many Read more [...]
New Dollar General Diapers Review
My nephew drew turned 2 about 6 weeks ago and I recently had the chance to try out Dollar Generals new and improved line of baby diapers with him. He weighs 30lbs. The size 4 say they fit 16-37lb babies, size 5 diapers say that they are for 27lbs+. and size 6 say 37lbs+.
Based on this and knowing that his mom purchases him size 5 diapers in other brands, I selected size 5 for this review. While on, the tabs touch each other without overlapping, so they weren't too big but I think size Read more [...]
