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Saturday, February 27, 2016

U.S. Art Supply 5.5" x 8.5" Premium Heavy-Weight Paper Spiral Bound Sketch Pad




Great sketch pad. I love the size, it is 5 1/2 by 8 1/2. Great for taking on the go or for small drawings.  I love the wire binding, so much better and easier then glue binding. There is no glue to let go and all of you pages to fall out. With the wire binding the book opens all the way. You do have to keep pushing the cover or other pages up and out of the way. It also lays flat and it sturdy. It's kind of hard to really draw on a booklet with pages folded and bending underneath.  The paper is 90 pound, very sturdy paper. The paper is Natural White Sheets and is Acid Free and Neutral pH. Great fro any types of pens, pencils, or even crayons.

  I received this product free in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.

Friday, February 26, 2016

Steak and Shake ruined my evening with my husband

   My husband and I decided to stop at Steak and Shake for dinner. BAD IDEA!!!!

 This was honestly the worst service I have ever had. We waited almost a 1/2 hour for someone to take our order to begin with.  Once we ordered our food we waiting another almost 1/2 hour to get our food. CG was our waiter he did bring us our soda's rather quickly, when he finally showed up to take our order.
  I ordered the bacon n cheese burger minus the cheese, because there is no burger that offers bacon along with lettuce and tomato, I got the burger, it had cheese. The girl who brought it offered to take it back, I did not want to wait another 1/2 hour so ate it. I asked for a fork or knife to be able to scrape the cheese off with, I never got one.
   My husband and I also ordered milk shakes. Ours were delivered to the table behind us, I know this because the man complained he was supposed to have a larger one then the junior we ordered, and they sent mine back, I know it was mine because I ordered the black raspberry my husband ordered the chocolate, the other table kept the chocolate.
   About 20 minutes late the waiter CG brought me my milkshake, totally melted and the whip cream was melted and running all down the side of the cup. My husband had to ask for his milkshake. When he finally delivered the milkshake,  the guy set the milkshake on the table and left, no straw or spoon for my husband to eat it with.
   When CG originally brought my melted milkshake he asked would I like a refill on my soda, I said yes, since it had been empty for a while at that point, When he brought my husbands milkshake about 10 minutes later he asked me again if I wanted a refill I said yes. He brought me a small to go glass of water after that, why I have no idea, When he finally  brought my milkshake the 2nd time, which had no chocolate chips on it or in it,  he asked again if I wanted a refill on my soda, again I said yes. I finally got one about 10 minutes later, the soda was already watered down and most of the ice was melted.
  This was horrible and no one even offered an I'm sorry.

U.S. Art Supply 9" x 12" Premium Tracing Paper Pad,





My husband loves to build cradles and other child furniture from wood. We also decorate the furniture. I am by no means an artist, So tracing paper is my best friend when it comes to drawing. I print of what design we want on the furniture then trace over it with tracing paper then I take a fine tipped permanent marker and draw over the tracing paper onto the wood which leave a nice imprint. Then we either router the design into the wood or use the wood burner to put the design onto the wood. Without tracing paper this would not work so well.

This tracing paper from US Art Supply is perfect for any tracing. There are 30 sheets in this glue bound pad. The paper is very highly transparent and works great for what I use it for. The paper is very smooth so not bumpy lines. I have used this paper for our current project, a toy box for our Grand Daughter. It worked GREAT!!

  I received this product free in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.





Ohuhu 6-Slot Leather Watch Box with Metal Lock, Gray & Black





I love this black leather covered watch display box. I kind of have a thing for watches. I love them all shapes, colors, sizes ETC. The problem with my watch collection is they take up so much room in my jewelry box I barely have room for a pair of earrings. This watch box takes 6 of the watches out of the jewelry box and also displays them very nicely. I also have a few bangle bracelets and slave bracelets that are hard to fit in jewelry box. I took the pillows out of this box and they fit perfectly in the spaces. I love that these are all separated compartments. I was thinking about maybe even wrapping some necklaces around the pillows. I have a couple of necklaces with very fine chains that are always getting knotted up in my jewelry box. This box is perfect for so many things, my husband has stuff all over his dresser, small junk mostly but he could take the pillows out and put his little things into the compartments and his dresser would be much neater. Oh the possibilities.

This box has a very nice see through glass top on it, and comes with keys to lock the box.

  I received this product free in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.

Simplicity Junior's Chiffon Swing Spaghetti Strap Camisole




I love this top, I need a whole wardrobe of these tops. The material is very soft and silky against my skin. I love the swing of the top. I am kind of heavy set and tops that are clingy just do not work for me. This swing top does. I love the way it looks on me with a pair of jeans. My husband who never tells me without being provoked, told me how nice I looked. This top is made of polyester and can be washed and dried. I used gentle cycle for both and took it out of the dryer as soon as it was dried No ironing involved, I really love that. The spaghetti straps are made into the shirt not just stuck on, so they wont be popping off like a lot of the spaghetti strap shirts I have owned. This shirt is even nice for wearing out with a nice pair of jeans or dress pants.

  I received this product free in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.

U.S. Art Supply 9" x 12" Premium Calligraphic Practice Paper Pad



I am just learning how to do calligraphy and this pad is a big help. It is basically a glorified graph paper, but the lines are large enough to help me with getting the sizing right. I was trying with plain paper and also notebook paper but was still having a problem getting the sizing right. This pad has actually made it much easier. I love the slanted grid. There are 50 sheets of paper in the pad. It is glue bound. The paper is 19 pound paper. The ink has not seeped through even when I have help my pen steady for a bit while looking at the letters on a another piece of paper before deciding how to go about moving the pen. Calligraphy is actually hard at first, but this pad is a great help.

  I received this product free in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.

Huan XUN Tree Life Necklace






This necklace is just beautiful. I love the Tree of life disk. The disk is about the size of a US quarter and has the tree of life punched out of it. It is done in a matte finish, but it is beautiful. It is made of stainless steel, as is the chain it comes on. The chain is a 16 inch chain. At the end of the chain is about 2 inches of adjustable length. The necklace on a cardboard piece that holds it in place and is in a clear fronted plastic envelope. This envelope is placed into a very nice blue gift box with a lavender colored box and ribbon. The whole thing necklace and box are just beautiful. This would make a great gift for yourself or anyone else. I love wearing mine, whether I am dressing up to go out or just wearing it around the house. I have a habit of holding on to my necklace charms and rubbing them when I am thinking and even when I am bored. This is the perfect size and I find it soothing to feel the grooves from the cut out tree of life.

  I received this product free in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.