I love hidden object computer games. So naturally, when I was give the opportunity to review a new one I leaped at the chance. This is a review of The Lost Cases Of Sherlock Holmes, by Legacy Interactive. One of the things that makes this game very cool is that it’s the first game authorized …
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When I was given the opportunity to review a new edutainment (education meets entertainment) game for children, I jumped at the chance. I’ve been waiting anxiously since then to check it out with my youngest son CJ. We finally got the software and got it installed this morning. This is a review of Mia Reading: …
I recently started trying to be more conscious of what I’m eating so I’ve been buying 100 calorie snack packs to bring to work. This is a review of the Keebler Right Bites Fudge Shoppe Mini Fudge Stripes cookies. One box of these snack cookies contains six pouches. The picture in the upper left is …
Recently we received samples of Yoplait Kids Yogurt, two new nutritious yogurt products developed specifically for toddlers. Yoplait Kids come in the form of a yogurt drink and a yogurt cup. This is a review of the Yoplait Kids Yogurt Cup. Yoplait Kids Yogurt was designed especially for toddlers as a nutritious snack. Yoplait Kids …
I was first introduced to Big Fish Games when my blogging pal Skeet reviewed one of their games. I wanted to check out the game for myself and thanks to her review I knew they offered free trials of every game, so off I went. I didn’t know it right then, but I have since …
We recently got a new coffee maker at work. Since I’m one of the first ones to arrive in the morning it is not out of the ordinary for me to make coffee. This is a review of the Mr Coffee FTX43 Coffee Maker, the new coffee maker bought for the kitchen where I work. …
I was in the grocery store and sighted a new Poptart flavor. Because I love real strawberry cheese danishes I absolutely had to try them. This is a review of the Strawberry Cheese Danish Poptart. The upper left picture is of the package as it appears on the store shelf. One box is 14.1 ounces. …
Another Oreo product! I cannot get out of the grocery store any time I go there without going to the ice cream aisle because usually I need to pick up a container of chocolate, both of my sons favorite flavor. My whole family enjoys the different Klondike products and last year I got a new …
I love Oreos. The Double Stuf are my favorite. My oldest son also loves them. Recently we were in the supermarket and my oldest son saw a new product by Nabisco called Oreo Cakesters and asked me if we could review them. (This is his new approach to getting me to buy the things he …
I love mashed potatoes. My oldest son doesn’t eat them, my youngest son will eat them if he’s hungry and my husband will eat them but can think of better ways to serve potatoes. I do not love the peeling and cutting of the potatoes. There’s no way I will cut and peel for just …
This is a review of the diet soda, Diet Pepsi Max Invigorating Cola. I saw it at my Mom’s in the refrigerator and asked her about it. She will only buy soda on sale and Pepsi products were on sale last week so that’s why she bought it. Announced in 2007, Diet Pepsi Max is …
My middle younger brother asked me, hubby and the boys to go out to dinner after our older son’s basketball game last night. My brother suggested Applebee’s and we said ok. Now my son’s game ended shortly before 8 pm, and by the time we got to Applebee’s it was about 8:10. We walked into …
I recently received a microwave bacon cooker to review. I was very excited to be offered this opportunity because it’s a new invention. We don’t have bacon as often as my family would like because I hate to cook it. When I cook it on the stove it always splatters and burns me. So when …
In the holiday season of 2006 I came across a coookie by Pepperidge Farms called the Cholcate Enrobed Milano. It was a special edition milano cookie covered in chocolate and it disappeared in early January, never to be seen again. Which was a bummer, because I really liked them. This year in mid December I …
This is a review of the Hamilton Beach 6 quart Stay or Go Slow Cooker. The top left picture is of the box the cooker came in. It comes really well packed and snug in its box. The top right picture is of the cooker after being removed from most of the packaging. Once you …
Nestle sent me a coupon so that I could sample a free Crunch Crisp candy bar to try. I also bought a couple more of them so the rest of my family could try them as well. The Nestle Crunch Crisp bar is the Nestle Crunch you’re familiar with coated over chocolate filled wafers and …
My youngest son received an iPod Shuffle from his grandparents for Christmas. I was amazed by it. Now I’m no stranger to iPods. I used to sell them, when I worked mail order computer sales. I own one, an iPod mini. My older son has one, an iPod nano, also a gift from his grandparents. …