Blog Title: SundryBuzz | advice you didn’t ask for

The status of SundryBuzz.com

I started this website in September of 2006 in order to share some of the little things I’d been enjoying in my own life, from products to recipes to household tips. It’s been a great pleasure documenting this stuff — and hearing your own recommendations and ideas in return — but the time has come read more..

Dirt Devil Cordless Rechargeable Stick Vacuum

My new vacuum cleaner and I have what we like to call an “open relationship,” and I don’t mind if he sees other people. But you should know a little about him before you decide to date him, because he’s not like other vacuum cleaners and you wouldn’t want to go into it read more..

Heads Up! Gift Bargains!

You know how many weeks are left until the winter gift-giving occasions? Like, EIGHT. That’s it. I was doing some preliminary shopping online and I found this bargain: a Pfaltzgraff Winterberry personal teapot for $7.86 down from $30.00. It is totally cute, and it would make a great gift for a teacher, read more..

Pretty Little Mistakes, by Heather McElhatton

I don’t know the last time I had so much FUN reading a book. Well, all right, actually I think I DO know, and it was when I was in elementary school and reading the Choose Your Own Adventure books. This is a version for grown-ups, complete with, um, romantic liaison decisions to read more..

Add DRY to WET

I have been making muffins for at least two decades now, and I always add the wet ingredients to the dry ones, as instructed in the recipe. This means I end up with two wet-ingredient-covered bowls to wash. It wasn’t until THIS VERY MORNING that it occurred to me to do it the other way read more..

Target Brand Diapers

The diapers we use are the Target brand ones. They’re $13.69 for the big box (that’s 104-count for size 3, 92-count for size 4, 80-count for size 5), which in our area is a $5-10 per-large-box savings over the brand name ones. With the twins especially, that added up. We don’t use them at read more..

Old Navy Women’s Perfect Fit Tees

I’m nervous to recommend these t-shirts, even though I own nine of them and wear one just about every day. For one thing, the fabric is THIN. As my friend Beth aptly puts it, they’re “one-ply.” For another thing, the shirt will suddenly GIVE OUT on you: you’ll wash it and read more..

Coffee-Mate Italian Sweet Creme

This is what I’m drinking in my coffee this morning, and it is SO YUM. It reminds me of the time I sprayed a whole bunch of whipped cream into my coffee and it dissolved all deliciously. Link: more info on Nestle.com Ballpark price: about $3.50 for powdered or about $2.00 for liquid, at read more..

Marriage Advice

Normally when I give out advice, what I’m really saying is not “This worked for me so it will work for you too” but rather “This worked for me and who knows? maybe it will work for you too.” But here is some stronger-than-usual advice for all of you who are not yet contractually read more..

Sports Night

When Sports Night was still on the air, I kept seeing TV critics having fits trying to make everyone watch it because it was SO GOOD. And I’d finally think, “Oh, okay, FINE, I’ll watch it!” but then I couldn’t FIND it: I kept ending up accidentally watching ESPN, thinking, “THIS can’t be read more..