Glorious Cheese

Our family loves to eat cheese. When we plan a party the cheese platter is one of the first things we put together. I have always wanted a really nice cheese knife set and this one is right up there. I am in love with it. Looks great with pretty much any decor from fancy to laid back.

This set comes with 5 pieces spreading knife, 3 slicers for cheese of different hardness, and one serving knife. The case that comes with this is great for storing your set in between uses. This company took care in the presentation for their product.

This makes a great hostess gift, wedding gift, or anniversary gift.

This set can be found on Amazon.


What Vinkesso has to say about their product.

The Most Stylish, Easy To Use Cheese Knives Are Finally Available On Amazon!

Just grab the stainless steel, rounded handle of your desired cheese knife and effortlessly start cutting your delicious cheese.

Feel the razor-sharp, shiny blade cutting through your finest yellow or white cheese and get ready to fulfill your tastebuds with its epicurean taste.

We are a company that strives to provide only first class household accessories and that is what you will get with this superior set!

Check Out Why These Are The Perfect Tools To Cut And Serve Cheese On Every Occasion Below:

They are carefully designed to slice every type of cheese with ease and serve it without damaging its look!
They will help you spread soft cheese on your bread or other foods easier than usual knives!
Are made of Stainless Steel that won't rust and doesn't affect the taste and smell of your cheese!
Will make every party, celebration or special gathering more formal and professional!

You will get a spreading knife, 3 slicers for cheeses of different hardness and one serving knife.

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Family charger

If you are like me and have a family with several tech products then they all need a place to charge their items for the next day. This is a great item that you can plug in regular items as well as usb
items. This works great for both our laptops, ipads, ipods, etc. We made one area where everyone charges so there are no more lost cords, which cuts down on how much money is going out of our home, and insures our children are not going to bed with their tech.

My husband would actually like to see this with few extra plug in spots to be perfect for him, but until one comes along this fits our family quite well.


This Charger can be found on Amazon.


What iclever has to say about their product.

One-stop Power Station
With 2 AC outlets and 5 USB charging ports in just one unit, this power station eliminates the need/dependence on multiple chargers to charge your devices.
Safe to Use
- Surge protected outlets protect your electrical appliances away from voltage fluctuations, surges and spikes
- Premium quality circuitry and fire-retardant material ensure life-time safety and reliability.
Great Portability
In compact size with 5ft power cable, it is portable to anywhere for convenient charging and easily reaches out-of-sight wall outlet.
Specifications:
- Power Capacity: 1250W, 10A
- Input: AC 100-250V
- Output: 2 x AC outlet + 5 x USB port
- USB Charging Ports: DC 5V/8A, Max 2.4A per port
- Surge Protector Energy: 1700J
- Peak Current: 15000A
- Response Time: 1ns
- Power Cable Length: about 1.5m(5ft)

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Amber Tick and Flea Collar

First things first our Saint Bernard is accustomed to jewelry not collars, they are really the same thing, she just likes jewlery better. Matter of fact she is due for shots in the next few months and will get another charm to add to her necklace.

She was super excited to let us put this one her. Like I said Princess Goliath loves her jewelry. What I like most about this collar is that it helps keep ticks and fleas away from the scent and static is caused in the fur.

This is awesome and with Princess getting older I try to keep as many chemicals away from her as possible.

As a family we are trying less toxic products and even our pets are on the wagon. These collars or jewelry come in sizes.8"-10"  10"-12"  12"-14"  14"-16"  16"-18"18"-19.5" 19.5"-21.5" 21.5"-23.5" so these can be used for both cats or dogs.

Amber tick and flea collar can be found on Amazon.

What Baltic Amber has to say about their product.

AMBER CROWN is proud to present the highest quality handmade certified raw Baltic Amber product :
Amber Tick and Flea Collars for Dogs and Cats. 

This product is a chemical-free tool to protect your pet from ticks and fleas. It has helped thousands of pet owners to draw back from chemicals and keep their pets safe from ugly and sometimes deadly parasites.

It works in two ways:
• When worn on pet the friction from the fur releases aromatic terpenes from amber that repels ticks and fleas.
• Static electricity generated when amber is rubbed against the pet's fur makes parasites uncomfortable and unable to cling to hairs.

- It is waterproof, odor free, safe for humans and animals, no secondary effects on your pet, family or house. 
- 100% chemical free, non-toxic, no insecticides.
- Can be used for dogs and cats, puppies and kittens, even if they are allergic, pregnant or nursing. 

No need to worry about the size: we offer eight different sizes to fit all pets. 

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Bedroom 1

This particular bedroom was my second oldest daughters room. She loved orange so that explains the color. I has been this way since she was in 6th grade and she is now in college. Since she is away we thought we would take the time to clean it up. Before we were able to to our youngest daughters thought it would be a neat idea to fill this room with all of the stuff they didn't want in their rooms. Wrong so what I thought would be easier became a bit harder. We had already pulled out the dresser, bed, clothes, and curtains before and had put the extra mattresses up against one wall before they filled the room with junk.

I wanted to remind my readers we rent so please don't judge the window that were not put in right or other things that the landlord has not fixed yet. We have been here 9 years and the list which we have had from day one just keeps getting bigger and his men only come out to do a few things at a time. Usually when they are here they have to borrow my husband's tools because they don't have the right tools for the job, and they usually break something else while they are here, which gets added to the list on top of everything else. They really need to spend a few weeks here fixing things that are falling apart and then things would be good here for quite a while.

With that being said most houses 1/4 this size cost more to rent so getting someplace smaller doesn't make sense if it costs more. On another note we haven't had any income since June of 2015 so we can only make things better in our own home by repurposing things. Thankfully both my husband and myself are pretty crafty so we do what we can with what we already have.

If you remember the floor was pretty bad before with things that just needed to be sorted, gone through, and thrown out. The bowl on the heater is rat poison made from equal parts flour, sugar, and baking soda. Rats can not pass gas so this kills them. My landlord did put the real poison down in the basement but because we have animals this was put where they would be so that they wouldn't be harmed. Our cats kill the rats but they won't eat them, so they are safe either way. Our Saint Bernard wouldn't touch this mixture unless it was dipped in chocolate so she is safe too, and my girls all know not to touch it. So far the cats and the safe poison has taken out 5 full size rats and two babies in the house where we could dispose of them. We are still waiting to see what happens with the rest.

These were some totes that the girls had filled up with junk, old shoes, etc. The shoes are now in two totes in our dining room waiting to go through but as you can see the room is cleaned out. Below is the inside of my daughters walk in closet. you can see where the wall is falling apart because of a leak in the ceiling for the last two years, but it is cleaned out. By the way you should have seen this house before we moved it in. It was super rough. 

There are two rods in the back side and then one large one that is not pictured. This closet now houses the coats that I went through when we worked on the clothes from the downstairs bathroom/laundry room, which will be gone through again to week out anything that doesn't' fit the girls so they can be passed on to those in need.

This is bedroom one done. We are repurposing a rolling doll house which we have been working on. We actually have two one downstairs and one upstairs will try to take picture of what it looks like so far at some point, and then a rack with bins that my mother in law gave us before they moved which we plan to repurpose. I can't wait until it is done so I can show it off to you all. Unless one of my girls move back home this room will stay like this until we move, but it is ready to be transformed back into a room at a moments notice.

Bathroom Pantry part 2

OK so here is my Bathroom Pantry/ game room/ Linen room

Bathroom Pantry Part 1 can be found here.

So far we were able to fix the drawer for the Dresser, Clean off the shelves although I notice from one picture to the next there is black on one shelf. Since I know it isn't paint I think it may be hair spray for halloween so will have to give that a scrub to see if it comes off. 

Here you can see the built in vanity all cleaned off. My husband took all of the almost empty bottles of shampoo and conditioner and made one full bottle of each from those, recycled the already empty bottles and gave the things that weren't used back to me so I could put them on the right shelves. We have several opened bottles of things in the pantry which are marked to use first before opening newer product so we can get rid of those bottles sooner.

We literally removed everything but the shelves or dresser from the room, then wiped the shelves and put things back. It has been about 8 months now since we have had money to buy shampoo, conditioner, pads, body wash, etc, so I was really upset to see just how many things we were getting low on. My girls really do waste shampoo and body wash, they use enough each time for about 20 people. Time for a lesson in body care.

We moved one shelf to the edge of the room leaving a spot in the corner for 10 boxes of sanitary pads. If you didn't already catch on, yes I am a couponer. Have been for 25+ years now and in times like this when we have no income it really comes in handy.

I had to actually have my youngest daughter go upstairs to get the second picture for me because I had forgotten how messy the floor was before we started. As you can see we couldn't even step in that room before. Now the floor is clean and safe to walk on. It feels so nice when I need something I can actually go back there and find what I need without any problem.

We told the girls if they need something they need to ask us and we will get it for them, and for now on Mommy and Daddy are putting away the items from when we go shopping.

We still have the linen, and game part to do which I hope to update for you soon, until then my goal is to maintain what is already done.