© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-cmuir Recent reviews written by member cmuir en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_480988204676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cmuir - I had never heard of the author Marie Bostwick until my mother passed along her book a single thread. While she had written three previous novels, they were historical fiction; this is her first attempt at a contemporary novel. Apparently this... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~480988204676 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:10:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_480988204676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_479175872132?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cmuir - In my home we are huge fans of cooking outdoors, whether it be over an open fire or charcoal. I have several Habiachi's that I have used in previous years, but found an almost new big Kettle grill at a yard sale this year. We had used it numerous times... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~479175872132 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:37:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_479175872132?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_478752181892?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cmuir - Summer is upon us; of course here in Northwest Pa the weather has been cold and rainy. But I am trying to make it seem like summer, so I have been trying flavored vodkas again in anticipation of things to come. My local liquor store happens to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~478752181892 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:36:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_478752181892?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_461584961156?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cmuir - Call me naive but it took me a while to figure out why Hubby needed new razors and shaving cream about every other week. The man has a full beard and really doesn't have that much to shave.Now enter the 12-year old extremely blond daughter... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~461584961156 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:19:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_461584961156?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_461467192964?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author cmuir - Two weeks ago my entire family were suffering from colds, which means going through a lot of tissues. Of course we ran out of the lotion-type the day before shopping, so we were using scratchy tissues. By the next day we all had the red-nose... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~461467192964 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:06:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_461467192964?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_460090281604?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cmuir - Since my daughter likes to help in the kitchen a cookbook was the perfect Christmas gift. Cool Whip/Jell-O put together her first cookbook, so you know that is full of desserts and sweets. Once a week she is in charge of making dessert for us. She... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~460090281604 Thu, 5 Feb 2009 20:56:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_460090281604?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_459196698244?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cmuir - One of the requirements for my Hubby's clean-up work this year was having a GPS, we knew nothing about them except my dad and both of my brothers own them. I knew they would talk to you, giving you step-by-step directions when traveling. The only reason... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~459196698244 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:30:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_459196698244?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_459141844612?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cmuir - Last week while I was stocking up on ingredients to make chili, I noticed cans of Ro*Tel Diced Tomatoes And Green Chilies in the same aisle with the canned tomatoes. Since I was purchasing diced tomatoes for my homemade chili, I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~459141844612 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:46:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_459141844612?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_459127688836?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cmuir - This past weekend it was terribly cold here in Northwestern Pennsylvania. The not wanting to leave the warm house type of cold; so what better food to have simmering on the back of the stove than a large pot of chili?Previously I had always used... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~459127688836 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:54:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_459127688836?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_459036724868?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cmuir - My Hubby grew up on a potato farm; my house is actually sitting right on top of where their potato storage building used to be. Needless to say potatoes are a huge staple at our house. If you have noticed the price of potatoes has skyrocketed this year,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~459036724868 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:14:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_459036724868?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_459025387140?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cmuir - For my 500th review it seems only fitting for me to write a wine review. This one even is listed in the database and will not have to be SAP'd or moved!! Those of you that know my wine review history will know that is a huge accomplishment!I am... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~459025387140 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:55:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_459025387140?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_458726870660?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author cmuir - As I had mentioned in an earlier review my family really likes pizza. But we are running on a tight budget this winter and eating out is not much of an option. Not to mention most prepackaged and frozen foods are being substituted for... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~458726870660 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:47:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_458726870660?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_458643967620?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cmuir - My Mother-in-Law gave my family a very unusual, but very useful gift for Christmas this year. She gave us a pig that she had been raising all year. All we had to do was pay the butchering costs. For less than $100.00 we now have 205-pounds of steaks,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~458643967620 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:38:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_458643967620?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_457886699140?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cmuir - My family really likes pizza (I mean "really-likes" pizza) and we generally eat pizza "at least" once every two weeks. The only thing is, I refuse to pay the price that most places charge for a pizza, or if the pizza is inexpensive it is horrid. Our... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~457886699140 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:20:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_457886699140?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_456925023876?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cmuir - The Saturday Evening Post All*American Cookbook is so much more than just an ordinary cookbook. Published in 1976 during the 200th birthday celebration of our country, it takes a look at the history of our food starting with the first settlers... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~456925023876 Tue, 6 Jan 2009 18:43:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_456925023876?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_455449546372?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cmuir - We seem to be on a major vanilla scents kick at my house right now. Well at least my daughter and I are, I wouldn't say that Hubby has jumped on that wagon quite yet. Our tub/shower areas are full of vanilla scented body washes, shampoos and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~455449546372 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 02:37:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_455449546372?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_454998462084?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author cmuir - I just do not understand my daughter's aversion to using all of the shampoo in the bottle before opening the new one. I, who will add water to a bottle of any type of soap just to get out the very last little bit seems to have raised this... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~454998462084 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:07:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_454998462084?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_454656560772?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cmuir - In 1915 when Laura Ingalls Wilder was 48-years old, she leaves Rocky Ridge, the farm where she and Almanzo finally settled, in Mansfield, Missouri and travels by train to San Francisco to visit her daughter Rose.Rose is 29 and now married to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~454656560772 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:53:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_454656560772?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_454493638276?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cmuir - I just finished reading Rose Wilder Lane's Young Pioneers and I honestly don't know what to think. I will explain why in a bit.The 1850's found many people moving west to start new lives, this includes Molly and David, newlyweds that head... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~454493638276 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:59:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_454493638276?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_454432624260?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cmuir - Nestled quietly in the rolling hills of Venango County in Northwest Pennsylvania is Pithole, a ghost town located just off Rt. 227 between the small towns of Pleasantville and Plumer. Pithole City was named after the nearby Pithole... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~454432624260 Tue, 9 Dec 2008 22:33:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_454432624260?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_454392057476?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author cmuir - One of the last times I went shopping and needed shampoo, my 12-year old daughter was with me, so I let her pick the scent. Unfortunately she insisted that we get the Suave Naturals Fresh Mountain Strawberry, we also purchased this in the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~454392057476 Tue, 9 Dec 2008 15:18:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_454392057476?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_454300831364?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cmuir - A Midwife's Tale by Gretchen Moran Laskas takes place in the Kettle Valley of West Virginia. This is book narrated by Elizabeth Whitely who is a fourth generation midwife. Elizabeth starts her tale in 1913 when she was just a teenager, learning... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~454300831364 Mon, 8 Dec 2008 22:03:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_454300831364?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_453891296900?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cmuir - There are certain times of the year that I can have really smelly feet, well actually anytime, depending. For some reason if my feet sweat, at all, the odor is horrid. This can actually be extremely embarrassing if you are visiting someone and have taken... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~453891296900 Fri, 5 Dec 2008 15:54:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_453891296900?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_453829365380?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cmuir - Blackbird House by Alice Hoffman is actually a collection of short stories, some of which have made their appearance in other publications, such as the Boston Globe Magazine and the Prairie Schooner. The stories are connected since they all take... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~453829365380 Fri, 5 Dec 2008 04:16:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_453829365380?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_453649141380?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cmuir - While I am not a huge fan of many computer games, there are some types that I do enjoy. Card games, puzzles and word games are a few that I will play. I am also cheap, and generally purchase my games at Wal-Mart for under $10.00. I purchased 251... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~453649141380 Wed, 3 Dec 2008 17:25:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_453649141380?linkin_id=8003929