Epinions Recent Reviews for jeliwobble

Perfect for the Destroyer in your life...

Wed, 1 Oct 2008 00:41:26 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jeliwobble - Son is a perfect boy. He fits all the known criteria of boys; takes things apart to find out how they work (but never puts them back together), throws things to see how far they fly (including himself), kicks or bangs things to see if they're hard or...

Busy Brains are Good!

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:47:39 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jeliwobble - I spend a lot of time on my laptop. It lives on the kitchen table. My kidlings do a lot of things on the kitchen table and I tend to live a virtual life online! We build Playdoh mansions and Lego dragons and I write blogs and journals and threads on my...

Brilliant Basics means you shouldn't be without them!

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:44:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jeliwobble - As
I mentioned, Son has struck One! Being the Third comes with all sorts of complications but actually one of the biggest is the fact that he's a dual citizen! Cutting a long story...

The Best Kind of Baby Toy; One Without Batteries!

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:16:37 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jeliwobble - Ah, yes. Son struck One on Saturday! He's the third and, like Thirds across the planet, he is in the unenviable position of having mostly all the toys under the sun, in some shape or form, courtesy of his two older sisters, especially at this early baby...

Does what I bought it for but that's about it...

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 13:32:30 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jeliwobble - It's really, really difficult to buy my husband presents! He pretty much has every thing he wants except for a pilot's licence and I can't buy him one of those. So I was really stuck for what to buy him this past Christmas. I did, however, remember him...

Mercedes Lackey - The Fairy Godmother: Loved it!

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:19:26 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jeliwobble - I will say this at the outset; I am not a Mercedes Lackey fan as such. I have some authors whose books I have to have and one whose books I have to have in UK hardback first editions (except the first two books which are worth about $20,000 and $3,000...

Rear-facing strollers are important

Sun, 1 Jul 2007 19:33:20 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jeliwobble - Strollers are very much a personal identity issue. I don't think anyone can really say that they buy a stroller without thinking about it very carefully, researching all the ones they like and then purchasing the chosen one from a reputable dealer...

Heats food; defrosts frozen stuff; makes popcorn; WHAT else do you need?

Mon, 4 Jun 2007 22:37:27 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jeliwobble - When we moved out of our rental into our new house, I had a minor freak out when I realised that the previous owners hadn't left the microwave. I don't know why I had assumed they would. It's common over here in the US to leave the appliances when you...

With a cast like that, the script writer should be shot.

Sat, 2 Jun 2007 18:19:09 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author jeliwobble - Him indoors has gone home to the UK for the weekend to surprise his mother at her retirement/60th birthday party. He surprised her with great success, other than the flight there *shakes fist at the thunder clouds* Anyway, I tend to try and watch...

Best Jazz Funk artist you never heard of

Tue, 22 May 2007 20:54:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jeliwobble - Why did I buy this album? I lived in London during my late teens and early 20s, from 1990 to 1997, firstly studying at University College London and then working in my first badly paid job in advertising (I wonder if anyone out there recognises...

My signature smell!

Mon, 21 May 2007 18:21:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jeliwobble - Let me tell you a story... A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... ...OK, not galaxy, just a country, and not that long ago either. When I was in my teens I struggled quite a bit with scents. I am a 'smelly' person. I have...

Why oh why did I buy?!

Mon, 21 May 2007 12:12:59 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jeliwobble - I like Leap Frog stuff. One day, I shall review our Leap Pad and it shall glow like the shining review that it will be. There was very little available in the UK before we moved over here (which has now changed). So I went a bit Leap Frog mad when we got...

Imagination at Play

Wed, 16 May 2007 11:23:33 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jeliwobble - The prologue OK. So I am an IKEA fanatic. There. I said it! My UK house is mostly furnished with stuff that was in my first flat (apartment) left there by the previous owner and stuff from IKEA. When we moved here, we were only supposed to be...

BUT ALONG CAME HAIRY MACLARY...

Mon, 14 May 2007 22:58:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jeliwobble - and starred in this review! As I noted in my review of H
airy
Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy, one of the wonderful things about Lynley Dodd's books, other than the sumptuous drawings and the clever rhymes, is the...

Slinky Malinki, rapscallion cat

Mon, 14 May 2007 22:11:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jeliwobble - Whilst I was busy typing the review for H
airy
Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy I had all our Lynley Dodd's in a pile in front of me. Oh dear. That was a mistake. Youngest decided to straddle my lap, with her bottom on...

Lynley Dodd - Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy: With tails in the air, they trotted on down...

Mon, 14 May 2007 14:07:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jeliwobble - We first met Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy when my eldest daughter was about 18 months old. Our friend was reading this book to his 2 yo twins and Eldest snuggled up to him while he did so. It was such a hit that the weekend after, we stormed our...

A great camera for the budding amateur

Sun, 13 May 2007 23:32:34 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jeliwobble - The disclaimer At the outset, let me say that I am not an am/pro photographer, nor am I involved in the industry in any way. I'm a regular SAHM who likes taking Happy Snaps of her darling offspring. What I want from a camera is probably not...

Bumbos are a great first chair

Fri, 11 May 2007 21:51:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jeliwobble - The funny name comes from the common English language word 'bum' meaning 'posterior' and, from there, they made it rhyme with Dumbo, hence the Ele on the front! It's for the posterior, see... It's a South African design actually and hadn't been around...

Not as brilliant as I hoped it would be.

Thu, 10 May 2007 18:06:26 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jeliwobble - UPDATE (3/18/08) See bottom of review. The Background (as always...lol!) I am a Brit. We stopped using top-loaders in the 1970s because they didn't get clothes clean. The only place where you get top-loaders in the UK are specialist stores...

I lurve my Dyson

Mon, 7 May 2007 15:54:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jeliwobble - OK, some people might be asking why I'm bothering reviewing something that has been adequately reviewed by many, many other probably more accurate and detailed reviewers. Well, I have owned Dysons now for 10 years (I owned a DC01 De Stijl...

Do not buy any other bread maker...please!

Tue, 1 May 2007 15:44:38 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jeliwobble - A brief history as to why I have entitled this opinion as I have. When my friends were married 7 years ago, they were bought this bread maker (or its earlier version, the SD) by her parents. We spent a couple of summers round their house (they...

Marvellous!

Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:41:22 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jeliwobble - When we moved to the US 3 years ago, we had to furnish our rental pretty quickly. As we were only supposed to be here for a year, everything had to be cheap and we didn't bother shipping much of our stuff from the UK. Besides, most of our electronics...

3 months in and I love this dishwasher!

Sun, 11 Mar 2007 10:01:44 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jeliwobble - When my mother came to stay she couldn't understand why we hadn't replaced the appalling Kenmore that was in the house when we'd bought it. Everything we put in it came out with a layer of limescale on it, regardless of what dishwasher soap we used, so...