This 'The Best 2023 Valentine Gifts For Adults' is sponsored. It's now February so the season of love is upon us and Valentine's Day is less than two weeks away.  Whether you're looking for the best gift for a spouse, loved one, significant other, office buddy, or friend; we've rounded up some of the best ideas! The Best 2023 Valentine Gifts For Adults As you're preparing to select a gift for your Valentine, consider the things they love most in life.  Then start brainstorming Read more [...]

LotFancy sent me product for review and inclusion in my blog. There are affiliate links in this post. All opinions are my own. Just before Christmas, I had the chance to start a new partnership with LotFancy. I had some art related gifts prepared for one of my niece, but they were all small items. I felt like I needed something additional to complete the gift. So, I was happy to accept the LotFancy Canvas boards for painting set. When combined with some other art supplies, it made for a nice Read more [...]

All opinions are my own. There are affiliate links within this review.  In November I got some very scary health news. Because of this, I chose to start a completely new diet. Before, I was eating the 'conventional' American diet. Tons of sugar. Lots of salt. White bread, white flour. Too much red meat. Not enough veggies & fruit. A pop a day and alcohol here and there. Not so good. Sound familiar?  The basics of my new diet include whole grains, organic veggies and fruit, organic Read more [...]

Thanks to NESCO for sending me this dehydrator. As always, all opinions are my own.

Growing up in a hunting family, I have a fair amount of experience making jerky in a dehydrator. That said, when I started researching a dehydrator for my own family, I was amazed by all of the enhancements that have been made to the product compared to the one my parents have from the eighties! NESCO offers a large variety of dehydrators and I chose the 7-Tray Stainless Steel Digital Dehydrator for our needs. Read more [...]

Thanks to Stanley for sending me these amazing products. As always, all opinions are my own.

Valentines Day is almost here! My husband and I have been married for 12 years now and while we've tossed around the idea of skipping gifts for commercialized holidays, we both still like to give and receive too much to do that. That said, rather than the expensive flowers and chocolates we used to buy, we tend to look for more practical things, or things that are "fun" to the other person that they wouldn't Read more [...]

Luxear sent me fruit and veggie storage containers for review. All opinions are my own.

We all know that eating fresh fruits and veggies is great for our health. There can be a lot of things that can get in the way of ensuring that you consume them often enough, though. 

For me, and I suspect for many others - one thing that sometimes gets in the way is the food going bad before we get around to eating it. With it just being two of us in my household, we don't go through food very quickly Read more [...]

Paris Rhône sent me a space heater for review. All opinions are my own.

I own a few items from Paris Rhône. The first item I tried from the brand was a knife set which I received about a year ago. I've used the knives regularly since then and they've held up really nicely. Later I got a tower fan from Paris Rhône, and we've been using that for about five months now. We're the kind of people who use fans at night even in the winter! We've really liked the fan, too.

So, I was happy to try Read more [...]

TruSkin sent me products for review. All opinions are my own.

Last year I started trying to take better care of my skin. I had never really even learned the basics of skincare, and was initially surprised at how there is a bit of a learning curve to even understand the basics. Thank goodness for the internet! 

I've learned that my skin is dry, acne-prone and sensitive. I think most people feel like their skin type is difficult, but I definitely feel hat way about mine! It's hard to treat Read more [...]

MALACASA sent me their Amelia 24 piece dinnerwear set for review. There are affiliate links in this post. All opinions are my own.

For most of my adult life, I've had small kitchens. I try to be mindful of the kitchen space that we have, and that includes keeping a relatively small set of dinnerwear pieces that we can use for lots of purposes. I don't want a bunch of single-use dishes. I also am someone who prefers to purchase a product and then keep it long-term rather than replace items to keep Read more [...]

This 'Venustas Men's 7.4V Heated Down Coat Review' is sponsored by Venustas.  As always, all opinions are my own.
I've been hearing about heated coats for years now but never took the jump to own one.  Being from Minnesota, they intrigued me immensely as I get really cold in the winter time.  So when Venustas reached out and asked me to review one of their coats, I was excited to see what the fuss was all about.  However, if you have teens, you know they are also sort of Read more [...]