Epinions Recent Reviews for retta1967

Welcome to the Hotel California, such a great cd

Thu, 22 Mar 2001 04:57:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author retta1967 - As a child I remember my parents owning an 8 track tape of Hotel California by one of the greatest group of singers out there, The Eagles. Usually, I didn't care much for their taste in music but when I heard this tape, I just fell in love...

a twist of two books

Sun, 18 Feb 2001 17:25:59 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author retta1967 - I am a very big Stephen King fan and when my sister in law had some books that I hadn't gotten to read, I was very excited. She had the paperbacks of The Regulators and Desperation so I was anxious to begin reading on them.

I...

Rival 2 1/2 qt. Non-Removable Crock-Pot Slow Cooker: They say slower is better

Wed, 13 Dec 2000 15:43:13 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author retta1967 - Over the years, I've always heard that the slower you cook your food the better it will taste. I find that very true when I use my Rival 2 1/2 qt. Non-Removable Crock-Pot

I received my Rival Crock-Pot a couple of years ago from...

Oh my face feels so refreshing :-)

Mon, 27 Nov 2000 10:26:40 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author retta1967 - Anyone that knows me knows I'm not one to wear makeup every day. There is one thing I do like to use on my face every other day. I like to have that tingling, refreshed kind of face losing all those nasty little blackheads and unclogging those little...

My ex gave this to me for christmas

Thu, 16 Nov 2000 04:59:32 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author retta1967 - About 5 years ago I was at my mom's when my ex-husband came in to bring my two oldest girls back from visiting. It was Christmas Eve and we were about to exchange gifts and my ex hands me a package. Wow, I was in shock for he barely got me anything when...

My husband beats me every time :-)

Tue, 14 Nov 2000 00:58:24 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author retta1967 - My husband and my two oldest daughters and I like to play Monopoly sometimes on our family game nights. Now let me tell you I usually end up losing on this game every time to my husband and so do the girls. I think that it's mainly because I like...

Bluepads as my grandma called them

Mon, 13 Nov 2000 00:21:52 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author retta1967 - My grandmother as many may know took care of my totally disabled cousin Sissy for many years. Sissy, who just died at the age of 42, could only eat baby food, had to wear diapers, and just couldn't do anything at all for herself. I have written about my...

The one game I can actually beat my husband in

Sat, 11 Nov 2000 01:45:48 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author retta1967 - Before we had the internet three years ago my husband and I would either sit around playing Yahtzee, or Scrabble. I love both games but this one is my favorite out of the two. Not only does it make you think but it is the one game out of so...

Oh honey please buy me a salad shooter

Thu, 9 Nov 2000 08:38:13 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author retta1967 - About 5 years ago when I first saw a salad shooter I just had to have one. So my husband being as sweet as he is went out and got me one for Christmas. I was just so excited.

Well let me tell you this Salad Shooter definitely does a great job...

Ode to my coffee maker

Thu, 9 Nov 2000 05:59:14 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author retta1967 - Well today has been one of great sorrow for me for today I have lost a dear friend. No it's not a human, it's my Proctor Silex Automatic Drip coffee maker. It has been a good friend for almost 5 years but today it just gave up doing it's job that...

My GranPappy is the same age as my daughter

Wed, 8 Nov 2000 02:43:06 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author retta1967 - Four years ago we received two great additions to our family. The most important one of course is our youngest daughter but the other one has been a great asset to the family also, it's our GranPappy.

No this isn't my real grandfather's...

Ret thinks Scarlett did it

Tue, 7 Nov 2000 05:26:04 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author retta1967 - When I was a child I always wanted to try out the game Clue but never got to for my parents didn't buy a lot of games other then cards for us to play. We try every year to get our children one game each for Christmas so two years ago we decided...

pour some sugar on me in the name of love...

Wed, 1 Nov 2000 10:36:48 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author retta1967 - I was born in 1967 so doing the math you can figure out that I turned 13 in 1980. Well my high school years and college years were both during the 80's so yes you could say I was part of the big hair band era. I was an avid big hair heavy metal fanatic,...

Hewlett Packard HP DeskJet 420c Ink-jet Printer: Warning this review is on the 400 L older version of 420C

Wed, 11 Oct 2000 11:12:37 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author retta1967 - My husband having given me a computer for Christmas in 1997 decided in 1998 he would get me a printer to go with it. We didn't have a lot of money so he found this HP DeskJet 400L for a reasonable price. He thought it might not work very well being a...

Globe is trash so put it in the trash can

Sat, 12 Aug 2000 13:50:31 GMT
rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author retta1967 - Normally I wouldn't write about a magazine such as this but I would like to put my input on this magazine. I am totally appalled at the thought of even giving money to such a magazine. I refuse to buy it even though my grandmother was a subscriber to it,...

Yahoo! Mail: Still using Yahoo Mail after over two years

Wed, 28 Jun 2000 15:17:39 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author retta1967 - After my husband and I got on the internet 2 1/2 years ago we decided we needed to open seperate email accounts. We both chose to use Yahoo since we had heard so much about it.

Today I still use my Yahoo account even though he has moved on to...

Great Addition to the Area

Wed, 28 Jun 2000 14:20:02 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author retta1967 - Newport Aquarium just opened recently in the area and I think it's pretty good considering it's not completely finished yet.

The Aquarium is something the area really needed for families. My children loved it. Being new when we went to see it...

Simbas Pride actually is not half bad

Tue, 27 Jun 2000 20:07:37 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author retta1967 - When we first bought Lion King II Simba's Pride, I thought wow this movie really stinks. Like most sequels it is far from being as good as the first. After several viewings of this movie, thanks to my daughters, my thoughts changed. The cartoon is...

Does dirt devil really stand up to a Hoover

Tue, 27 Jun 2000 15:22:24 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author retta1967 - Just about a year ago our little floor model Hoover decided it was on it's last sweep and decided to go boom. It was an older model that had been given to us my my mother-in-law but it had done an excellent job for us the 3 years we owned it.

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Blue Mountain Arts eCards: Great place to send a message to someone you love

Mon, 26 Jun 2000 20:24:28 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author retta1967 - I have used Blue Mountain cards continuously for the last two years. I think they have a great selection to choose from whether you want to send a funny one or whether you want to send a lovey dovey one.

I also like the selection of music you...

Online Chatting: Online Chatting can be good but can bad

Mon, 26 Jun 2000 10:07:36 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author retta1967 - On line chatting can be a great way to meet very good friends without getting into the cyber sex scene. I have chatted for over two years and I have met many great friends especially in Ohio where I live.

Most of my friends on the net know how...

Yahoo! Chat: YAHOO!!!! Can you see me?

Sun, 25 Jun 2000 21:49:08 GMT
rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author retta1967 - I have tried Yahoo chat lots of times in the last 2 1/2 years. Even though I have met lots of friends on Yahoo chat I really don't care much for the chat format.

I think that Yahoo's chat applet loads very slowly and they need a more advanced...

ICQ: Gotta have ICQ

Sun, 25 Jun 2000 10:44:19 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author retta1967 - I think for the most part most people who chat at all will have ICQ. I have met lots of people in different chat area and they have had ICQ and so I've added them to my list so that I know if I'm not chatting where I met them I can still keep in touch...

Virtual Places: Mixed Feelings about VP

Sun, 25 Jun 2000 10:29:12 GMT
rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author retta1967 - I have very mixed feelings at VP. On the one hand I think that it's got very advanced graphics and things to do but on the other hand I think that some things can be a pain when you have people trying to chat with you and they have an avatar that is not...

AOL Instant Messenger: AOL Messenger is a Pain

Sun, 25 Jun 2000 09:35:54 GMT
rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author retta1967 - I just recently deleted my aol instant messenger because I had a hard time chatting on it. I'm not an aol member so maybe that had something to do with it, but it was rather annoying.

I had a friend on the messenger I had met while playing...