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Kitchen Carts and Islands - I need one (or the other)

I have been debating a project in my kitchen; a huge project that will make my husband’s eye twitch. I really need more work space in my kitchen. I keep coming back to kitchen carts and islands. Late at night, I will sit and ponder exactly how I could manage a kitchen cart or island of some type - and make it work with the limited space. I think of all the Christmas candy and cinnamon rolls and bread and cookies that I could make! I think of how much easier big family dinners would be if I could lay them out buffet style.  Or even a Breakfast Bar - oh the joy!

I would really like to add a permanent kitchen island but I do not think I have the room for that due to the way my kitchen is laid out. Then I thought about one of those rolling kitchen carts that I could roll out and then tuck back out of the way when I was done. The only problem I have with that is that I don’t really have anywhere to roll it back out of the way. I have managed to utilize every single square inch of space I have in this house.

When we moved here from Utah, I said I wanted an island in the kitchen of our new house. We looked at easily a hundred houses and I kept coming back to this one. It is a cottage style with a kitchen nook that I absolutely love. So much so that I convinced myself that I could live without the kitchen island, since I’d lived without one for so many years before. What is it they say about hindsight?

     

Online Coupon Sites and Savings

Some of these coupon links will take you to a page where you can print your own grocery coupons. Some will offer online saving codes or coupons.



I print my coupons every Saturday morning so I can shop that afternoon. I save, on average, $30 to $50 per week just using coupons that I print. When I add in my store shopper card, I can get my total savings to at least $100.



I am working on becoming affiliated with other printable coupon sites so I can offer you even more deals!

Upromise is a site I have been a member of for years.



I've registered my store cards with Upromise, as well as bank cards I use. I earn money for using my bank cards at shops and restaurants, I can also print grocery coupons and add coupons directly to my store cards. The best thing about Upromise, in my opinion, is that I earn money that goes directly toward my student loan payments. According to the Upromise site members

enjoy the benefits of earning money for their child's education just by shopping where they normally do every day. When families join Upromise, companies will contribute a portion of their eligible spending with them into a Upromise account for their child, grandchild or any future college student they wish to support. Members can earn college savings when they buy gas, dine out, shop online - even when they buy or sell a house.

I will continue to keep you updated with coupon sites and affiliate opportunities. Thanks for reading!

Password Genie

Hard Candy's Lash Iink - 4 day lash stain

The below mentioned product, Hard Candy Lash Ink - 4 day Lash Stain, was purchased by me for my personal use.  I am not being monetarily paid for this review.  I will give my honest opinion and thoughts regarding said product.

While browsing the department store a couple weeks ago I came across Hard Candy's Lash Ink 4 day lash stain, a product I thought for sure would be something I not only appreciated, but that I would also come to love for its pure conenience factor alone.

According to the Hard Candy website, Lask Ink - 4 day lash stain is

Mascara that won’t quit until you do. Flatter your flutter for 4 days straight! Hard Candy four day lash stain defies the elements. Paint Lash Ink on and don’t reapply for up to 4 days. Shower, go in the pool, cry, rub your eyes, or get rained on – your lashes will stay flawless no matter the circumstances! Perfect for a weekend away or partying all night long.

The first issue I had with the Lash Ink was that it came with no instructions.  At all.  Even el-cheapo mascara comes with some basic instructions - like don't poke your eye out.   There was nothing at all with this product.  I assumed that it was lash INK, not really mascara, so I was surprised when I tried to apply it.  The first thing I noted was that this was more like a horribly thin ink/mascara substance that came with a short/hard bristle application wand.  The wand does not evenly coat the eyelashes, nor to my surprise, separate them at all.

Second, and even worse than the wand, is that the product dries super fast.  So fast that before I even realised it, I couldn't do a second coat.  Which is problematic because I did the bottom half of my top lashes, and when I went to apply the ink to the top half of my lashes, thinking again that it was an ink and I would need to stain both sides of my lashes, the product caused my lashes to stick together like glue.  I tried to comb through them quickly with an eyelash comb but the product was dry.

And I was cranky.

Next I attemted to wash the splashes of color off my eyelid and under my eye, becuase it is a very thin substances that tends to spray when it is applied.  Let me tell you, when they say this product lasts four days, they're not kidding.  I had the hardest time washing it off my skin and had to ultimatly use some baby oil.

Now I was even more cranky because oil and my skin, they're not friends. 

I realized that the product did not wash off my lashes at all.  Which meant I had to do my other eye, so I didn't look like an idiot.

I attempted at first to just use regular mascara on my other eye but that did not work because a) my mascara does not clump my eyelashes together; and b) my left eye looked great, while my right eye looked seriously wrong.   When I tried to apply mascara on the eye with the lash ink, that turned into Epic Failure part deux.

Finally, I ended up washing my face in an effort to start over, and surprisingly, the mascara washed off.  But not the ink, and even worse?  Washing it made my lashes slightly more clumped together.  So I had to quickly comb through them as best I could to get some separation.

I have used it three times now, and I've gotten a technique down so it is at least wearable and I don't feel like I'm wasting my money (I paid $7.00 US).  But.  I don't have particularly full or thick or long eye lashes.  So while the Lash Ink did add some color to my lashes, it still fails to make them look like I don't need mascara on if I'm going somewhere other than grocery shopping.  They were still thin and short.  They were just thin, short and black.

So, all in all, I would not buy this product again.  Don't get me wrong, there is an upside:

• I don't need to put makeup on all weekend if I don't want too AND I can answer the door without scaring the neighbor kids.
• There was no smudging on my pillow or under my eye when I wake up.
• This would be great for swimming, funerals or camping/boating trips.
• I have severe allergies and there was no running or smudging with the constant itching/scratching I was doing.

I give it one Splat: