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Deoderants and anti-perspirants are wonderful for eliminating odor and sweat, but there can be a trade off when using them.  They stain shirts, or after they’ve worn off and aren’t effective during your day, your sweat can stain your shirt.  There are natural remedies that are touted to remove those unsightly stains on your garment, and I’ve tried some of them.  Sometimes they work for a while but actually only “mask” the stain, meaning that if you let it sit for awhile the stain will reappear, or they only fade the stain slightly no matter how hard you scrub.

When I was 15 my parents built a new house.  Prior to that my sister and I had shared a room, and so the furniture we had was split up resulting in pretty bare looking rooms when we got our own.  They had an extra bedroom in the new house so the old bedroom furniture went in there, and we each got new queen size platform beds and dressers to go with them.

That bed served for a long time.  After I got married, we used it as our bedroom set, and then when we finally purchased a new one some years ago, the platform bed went into our guest room in the basement.  When we sold our house and down sized, friends of ours

I’m obsessed with scent.  I use air freshners in my home in every room.  I burn scented candles, and spray refreshers on my furniture.  It could be because I have what my family calls a “super-sniffer”.  In other words, if there is a foul scent, no matter how weak, I’ll sniff it out and lament about it.

I was fortunate enough to review part of Febreze’s Home Collection on An Island Life a month ago.   I received the No Spill Wood Diffuser.  I like it because it doesn’t require an outlet.  The plugs in our bathroom are always in use for toothbrushes, shavers and blow dryers, so we don’t have room for an air freshner that requires an outlet.  The scent is amazing as all Febreze

I don’t know how it happened, but over the last 16 years that Hubby and I have been married, we’ve accumulated a whole lot of blankets.  Quilts and comforters in every bed size imaginable, crocheted afghans from grandmas and moms, fleece blankets from promotional events, and the list goes on. 

Space Bag figured that I needed a bit of help getting those blankets under control, because they apparently knew I wasn’t about to part

I’d love to have my kitchen cabinets organized like the shelves in the store.  It works well until I go to the warehouse store and I am saddled with these oversize boxes of pasta, drink mixes and granola bars.  Finding food safe containers that will keep the things I buy dry and fresh, easy to open and close and affordable isn’t an easy task.  That’s why I’m excited to tell you about Food Storage Canisters by Snapware.  

The 10 Piece Canister set:

Fibers.com is a very cool website, you can purchase custom t-shirts there from a vast variety of existing designs, or you can create your own t-shirt using the tools on their website.

Amber created her own t-shirt on their website and had so much fun doing it.  With over 7500 images and 400 fonts to choose from, including I Heart Shirts and Vintage T-shirts, she was occupied for hours!  She combined a number of different clip art images to make a t-shirt completely unique to her.

For some reason, when someone mentions the word “FREE” my heart begins to pump double time and I get that fluttery feeling in my stomach.  There’s nothing like that rush of opening the mail box and finding something other than a bill in it.  A little package to try, that you didn’t have to pay for!

About a month ago I was made aware of a site called itsallfreeonline.com.  I love this site, and think

Splash into summer looking and feeling great with Tropicana Trop50 and E! News host Giuliana Rancic. Giuliana has teamed up with Tropicana Trop50 to bring you more of what you want, and less of what you don’t this summer with her 50 summertime tips.

Here is a sneak peek of Giuliana’s tips:

• When swimsuit shopping, accentuate your assets. Think about what you’d like to show off and choose a suit that makes the most of it.

Get ready for the fireworks! Jeanne Benedict is at it again providing us with great ideas to throw the ultimate patriotic get-together. While Americans take the time to celebrate our country’s birthday, Flings Bins is helping families make their celebration truly sparkle.  Simple to set up, these bins will make your clean up at the end of your party quick.  You can make sure that you’re doing the most for our environment too, by having a Recycle Flings Bin close by for your guest to use too.

Fourth of July Party Planning Tips from Jeanne Benedict and Flings Bins