Candyk
Member Since: April 27, 2010Reviews
Cadbury Dairy Milk Fair Trade Milk Chocolate
Opening a package of Cadbury's Dairy Milk Chocolate feels like forever. It feels like comfort. I love the taste, and savor the smooth flavor as it melts in my mouth. For an extra lift, I'll have a sip of creamy coffee along with. That's... +
Opening a package of Cadbury's Dairy Milk Chocolate feels like forever. It feels like comfort. I love the taste, and savor the smooth flavor as it melts in my mouth. For an extra lift, I'll have a sip of creamy coffee along with. That's when I'm in heaven. The two flavors compliment one another perfectly. Hmmmmm, I'm blissful just thinking about it.
I will often keep a spare bar...hidden, of course--as the kids and my hubby love it too--tucked away for times when a friend comes over. That's usually my favorite part of the visit. Bringing out and sharing a mutually loved taste with a friend over coffee or tea or whatever else we're having. This is part of what friendship is; sharing in the tiny delights of life.
I appreciate the different sizes that Dairy Milk is available in; a thin size, for when I need just a little taste. I love that it comes in a regular bar size, perfect for melting in my mouth during a movie or on an afternoon running errands, and a large size, great for sharing with a friend, or toting along on a weekend trip. Lastly, I absolutely adore that it comes in a huger than huge size; the family bar--my kids and husband love when I am willing to share the treat that I most crave.
The Cadbury Dairy Milk Bar is the perfect chocolate bar. Not too sweet, not too bitter, not waxy, no funny after taste, no coating in left in the mouth. Great for making smore's, great for melting and using as an alternative to icing on brownies. Melt it down and use it for a topping on ice cream, or as a fondue dip. Mmm, bananas and strawberries dipped in Cadbury Dairy Milk. Yum. Shave it or grate it for a topping on cakes. Sigh, all right, I've got none in the house right now...I've talked myself into it. I'll have to run out and stock up.
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Mr. Clean Magic Eraser
In all my years of cleaning, I have never come across any marks that Mr. Clean Magic Eraser can't handle. Any floor, any wall, vinyl siding, bare wood, toys, windows, counter top, appliances, car, steel doors, you name it--this little white... +
In all my years of cleaning, I have never come across any marks that Mr. Clean Magic Eraser can't handle. Any floor, any wall, vinyl siding, bare wood, toys, windows, counter top, appliances, car, steel doors, you name it--this little white sponge can remove it! I have elected that my household will never run out of this product. If you have kids and have never tried the Magic Eraser, you simply must. If you are a cleaner or janitor by trade and are unable to remove some stubborn scuffs or marks, you've been missing out on a remarkable cleaning product!
Just a few years ago we renovated our bathroom and put in a nice soaker tub. It wasn't long before the kids' toys had marked it up. No cleaner would get rid of the little scuff marks from the bathtub toys. I was scared to try any product that was grainy besides baking soda; I didn't want to try anything that might scratch the surface. For all this time since we put in that tub, we've lived with scuff marks in it, until just recently one day while racking my brain about what might work on those scuffs, when it finally occurred to me. The Magic Eraser never scratched anything I used it on, not even wood furniture, not even hardwood floors. So why not give it a try on the tub? So I tried the Magic Eraser on one little red scuff inside my tub. I looked in the reflection very carefully for any scratch markings, and I was thrilled to find that the Magic Eraser did not scratch up our fiberglass tub! So, our tub now looks just as new as the day it was installed--I only wish I would have thought to use it years ago...
The Magic Eraser leaves no scratches after removing scuffs spots and stains, and it removes them extremely easily just by wetting it with plain water, and rubbing the spot gently with it.
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Always Infinity Pads
These are absolutely amazing! They feel soft, and they help a person to stay clean. I highly recommend them! There is no other pad like it. It not only protects undergarments, it protects the person wearing it, too. One has to try it in order to... +
These are absolutely amazing! They feel soft, and they help a person to stay clean. I highly recommend them! There is no other pad like it. It not only protects undergarments, it protects the person wearing it, too. One has to try it in order to see it to believe it. I've always been an Always user, and I didn't think they could be improved upon; but my skepticism was quashed the very first time I tried Always Infinity. You have to try them to understand why they are called "Infinity". Also, my skin does not react adversely to Infinity. That's an important point. All I can say is, try them--try them--try them! -
Swiffer Sweepvac
THE SWIFFER VAC by Candyk Out of the box, eighteen straight hours to charge it--I was miffed. I had hoped for better. I was so excited to try it for the first time and see if this was finally the 'perfect' lite vacuum for me. But this is... +
THE SWIFFER VAC
by Candyk
Out of the box, eighteen straight hours to charge it--I was miffed. I had hoped for better. I was so excited to try it for the first time and see if this was finally the 'perfect' lite vacuum for me. But this is my generation's norm in 2011. Grandma bought a broom and it wasn't even wrapped in finger cutting cardboard, all she had to do was bring it in the house, and she could use it sans non-biodegradable styrofoam, and plastic, and she didn't even have to keep track of the warranty and read an instruction sheet.
Well, at least I didn't have to buy a separate charger, and now my charger drawer looks like Medusa is tucked inside due to it being overstuffed with electrical cords and chargers.
The Swiffer SweeperVac is uber easy to put together. Chalk one up for Swiffer. That made me happy.
After the excruciating 18 hour wait, I was finally able to unplug my new little green machine, and just like that, away I went. The dust bunnies that collect in the corners of my stairs got vacuumed up straight away, "Wow, this is exciting--look at that!" It was as though those little dusties only just heard the painfully lound roar of this little hummer, and they seemed to just fly right into the thing. One up for dust bunny collecting, one down for noise level.
My glee turned sour just as quickly as I turned toward the tiny bits of cat food on the floor. "Hmmm, is it me, or is it the machine?" Those little bits about 3 to 4 mm each just would not come up. "And the website said bits of cereal, raisins..." certainly bits of cat food would come up wouldn't they? No apparently not. "Perhaps it has an allergy to cat food?"
So. I did my kitchen, my thirteen stairs, and barely my small entry way, and the little machine sadly ran out of battery power. 18 hours for 10 minutes of play. Well, maybe fifteen minutes when you count how long I attempted to pick up bits of kitty food in hopes that it would work, trying to perfect my sweep-vac technique!
This thing is almost worse than a dust buster. The only part of it that I ended up being impressed with was how well the Swiffer Sweeper rag that you put on exactly like the original Swiffer rag. That little rag sure picks up nice for just under fifty bucks!
One more positive for this particular Swiffer product; it is a good handle length for a tall person. Like me. I'm a little bit tall. Just a little bit. So I was happy about that. My back did not hurt after using it because of the long handle. Nice.
In my opinion, don't buy it until they've improved upon the battery charge time and the suck power. I'm sure they'll come out with an "ultra" version sometime down the road. Be patient for it. This vacuum doesn't suck, so it really sucks. A waste of money until it's improved.
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