Epinions Recent Reviews for amknight

Office Depot: Office Depot Online has earned my patronage for life!

Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:18:59 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author amknight - Imagine this, if you will: you are a parent, with two toddlers in the home, and you are in need of printer ink cartridges. Not just any cartridges, but Hewlett Packard cartridges for a four-year-old printer, one cartridge being one (particularly for...

Prince Edward Island: Lucy Maud Montgomery's homeland and much, much more

Tue, 7 Aug 2001 17:49:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amknight - I ought to start by sharing my bias: for more than a decade, I have dreamed of traveling to Prince Edward Island. Lucy Maud Montgomery is one of my all-time favorite authors (along with C. S. Lewis and Madeleine L'Engle), and I have read all 20+ of her...

Bach and Mozart, here come the twins!

Fri, 6 Jul 2001 00:07:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amknight - Our twin girls truly enjoy making music, but their definition of music can be a bit different than mine. If I play the piano, they want to play also, and you can imagine the lovely cacophony that ensues. We do provide the girls with lots o' musical...

The Jesus Record: Rich's masterpiece of masterpieces

Mon, 11 Jun 2001 23:10:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amknight - A long introduction

(I'm not kidding - it really is a long introduction, detailing why Rich Mullins has been, and shall remain, my favorite musician. If you really don't care, then please scroll on down to the heading "The Jesus Record,"...

FLUXX: an unlikely wedding gift?

Wed, 6 Jun 2001 12:22:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amknight - For the first four years of our marriage, my husband and I enjoyed playing two-person card games. Wait... let me rephrase that. I enjoyed playing card games with my husband. He will be the first to admit, I am afraid, that he has a rather...

A Playhouse for the Imagination!

Tue, 29 May 2001 14:15:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author amknight - "The Battle of the Grandparents," I call it. It isn't really intended as such, I know, but our daughters' absolutely wonderful grandparents don't want to miss any milestone, and they would hate for their little girls to be deprived of any...

The star of our many-member "Sippy Cup Museum"

Sat, 26 May 2001 13:30:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author amknight - Those of us who are currently reading this text are likely adults, and I'm betting we have at least one thing in common: we can all drink from cups. Granted, some may prefer glass, some plastic, some hollowed-out coconut shells, but we no longer drink...

V-tech toys vs. near-perfect pitch: the duel

Sat, 7 Apr 2001 17:43:31 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author amknight - I tend to be a stickler for certain things. One is grammar: grammatical errors tend to get under my skin, though I do pretty well at overlooking an honest mistake here and there. (And I know that now that I say that, many of you will comb this review...

Great for travel - for every day, stick with a high chair!

Mon, 2 Apr 2001 12:50:53 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author amknight - Before our twins were born, I surveyed my "mommy" friends for information about what we would need and what we could do without. Before being relegated to bed rest, I had done a bit of "high chair" homework, and I found that there are many different...

Hats off to Gilbert Jones and Sullivan O'Kelley!

Wed, 28 Mar 2001 13:56:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amknight - "What do I hafta I share? Why do I hafta I share? And whatever happened to Sonny and Cher?"

So begins the fifteenth - and most polished - Veggie Tales episode. As Larry the Cucumber "shares" these questions with Bob the Tomato, they prepare to...

"Dirt" or "Soil"? Depends on who is reading the book today!

Fri, 23 Mar 2001 19:00:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author amknight - From the time they were around six months old, our twin daughters have absolutely adored books! Of course, we stuck with board books and plastic books at first, with lift-a-flap renditions and Pat the Bunny vying for first place in their...

Pinecone Research: $5 for your opinion, please! Not a bad deal.

Tue, 20 Mar 2001 14:07:19 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author amknight - Every now and then, I sign up for programs such as this that promise the opportunity to fill out surveys and such and get paid for doing so. I do not have high expectations, no matter what the company may promise, as I have seen very few companies who...

Wonderful book, but how has it held up for 60 years?

Mon, 19 Mar 2001 23:25:56 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author amknight - At six months of age, my daughters didn't yet care much for many of the board books we'd acquired. By the time they were eighteen months old, they had developed an addiction for Dr. Seuss (particularly Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You? and The Foot...

They don't just stack, Mommy, they can make loud sounds!

Fri, 16 Mar 2001 17:18:35 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author amknight - When my twins received these stacking cups as a shower gift, I must admit that I underestimated them (the cups AND the twins!). The cups are bright, attractive colors with neat shapes on them, and they have a soft, rubber ring around each lip. But...

It will capture your heart

Mon, 12 Mar 2001 18:15:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amknight - I am one of the few folks I know who read the book before watching the Kevin Sullivan production of Anne of Green Gables. A relatively picky person when it comes to adaptations, I found myself enchanted by Megan Follows' portrayal of the lively and...

Good as a high chair - not sure about other "options"

Mon, 12 Mar 2001 13:50:26 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author amknight - We have more experience with this chair than most, as we have two of them that we have been using for over a year now (yes, twins!!). We received the chairs as baby gifts from very kind grandparents, and although we like the chairs, bedrest prevented me...

Beyond Sesame Street - and I love it!

Wed, 7 Mar 2001 12:40:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amknight - This past year has been a very rich one for new educational programming on PBS, and as my toddlers are growing into preschool-hood, I am always on the lookout for quality educational programming. After tripping upon "Between the Lions," I became hooked!...

Nice quality photos on a budget!

Wed, 7 Mar 2001 11:39:17 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author amknight - As parents of (very cute) twin toddlers and as technical folks who do a bit of web work, my husband and I have been shopping for a digital camera for a while now. Of course, when camera shopping on a budget, one's options are a bit more limited, but...

Cyberrebate.com: UPDATE: Can we say "Bankrupt," boys and girls?!

Wed, 24 Jan 2001 15:30:17 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author amknight - I left my original epinion below, just to show that CyberRebate did, at one time, offer a somewhat good deal if you were particular and followed instructions. However, as anyone who visits the website will see, the company has now filed for bankruptcy...

A pump for all occasions!

Tue, 3 Oct 2000 10:34:44 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amknight - Before my twins were born, I knew I wanted to nurse but was confused about pumps... should I go electric? Manual? How about the price? What about convenience? Taking all of these things into consideration and speaking with a few "mother" friends, I...

Two thumbs up to Heinz from the twins!

Mon, 2 Oct 2000 22:47:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amknight - After a successful, albeit messy, start with cereal at 4 months of age, my infants began trying out veggies at 5 months. At first, I must admit that I stuck with Gerber - it was the only brand with which I was familiar. However, purchasing more than 30...

It works, but how well?

Sun, 1 Oct 2000 23:25:41 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author amknight - As parents of infant twins, my husband and I were THRILLED to find an odor-fighting diaper pail that used regular kitchen trash bags (as opposed to specialized ones that cannot be purchased at a grocery store). However, bag availability is the only big...