Coming Up: A Review of Beddingsets.com

I am sooo excited! I get to do another review for my readers from Beddingsets.com This is the bedding they are sending me:

It's called " Sin in Linen - Dreamy Linen Kasbah Quilt and was picked by my daughter Sarah, who is quite picky herself!

It comes at a great time, since finding bedding that is neither too girlish but still fun has proved to be quite hard. Finding it at a reasonable price has proved to be almost impossible. So far, this seems to be both fun and reasonably priced ( under $50) and that is why I can't wait to try it out for myself and let you know what Sarah and I think about it.

Stay tuned for my review, and if you are curious, go see it for yourself!

Back from my cruise on Carnival Triumph to St. Johns, Canada

I set sail from New York on Thursday evening for my four day cruise to Canada on the Carnival Triumph.


I have been cruising for quite some time, and although I had not been on Carnival for a few years, the price was right so my family and I decided to go for it.

I won't bore you with details and/or complaints, but it reminded me why I stopped cruising with Carnival to begin with. After the past few years on Princess and NCL(Norwegian) I was spoiled.

Everything from inattentive gift shop clerks to unmotivated casino personnel and the hot water I had to pour for myself and my table mates at a high tea service made this a cruise with lots of service problems.

Not the way that your cruising experience is supposed to be like; especially in this day of decreasing vacation dollars and increased competition in the vacation industry.

Carnival, are you listening?

Beautiful Black Mountain Jewelry Win from Val's View Blog!!

I recently entered a blog contest to win jewelry from Val's View.

Yesterday I received two of these necklaces made especially for me and my best friend Kathy, courtesy of Black Mountain Jewelry company

This is the necklace that I chose:



I also love this bracelet:




I also want to tell you that Carla, the owner of this company, is the most wonderful and thoughtful person to deal with and she treated me with respect, a quality that I find priceless in today's world of indifferent retailers.

Go look and you will see what I mean: www.blackmountainjewelry.com and you will fall in love with them too!

Check this out as well: Each piece that they sell comes with a guarantee that s twofold: First they will repair or replace and item at no cost to you within the first thirty days if it fails to be free from defect in craftsmanship and materials as well as one year of free service IE: polishing, checking stones etc. After that, they provide repair and service for the life of the item at trade pricing ( 1/2 price of a jewelry store) plus shipping.

Good luck finding that kind of confidence and service at similar jewelry sites!

Let me know what you guys think...and if you order by 8/15/09 use this code for 10% off your first order: RF29.