Review: Therafit Willow Indoor/Outdoor Wool Clog Slippers

The Therafit Willow Indoor/Outdoor Wool Clog Slippers I recently received free for review are the ideal footwear for my current lifestyle.

They may be just right for your current lifestyle, too (and might make a great gift for you as well).

Click to read my review in the Back Room.

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Outback Men's Sun Protection Hat from Wallaroo Hat Company (review)

Summer may be gone but the need for sun protection when outdoors certainly isn’t. Especially for fair-skinned folks like my husband.

Despite the inevitable sun damage he’ll incur when out and about, my husband — who not only has fair skin but hails from a family with a history of skin cancer — eschews wearing sun screen of any sort. “Too greasy,” he complains. Which drives me batty.

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Benjamin and the beary cute KeaBabies bath towel (review)

Most grandmas likely agree with me: Hugging a grandkid ranks as one of the sweetest sensations out there.

Many grandmas also likely agree with me that hugging a warm little one fresh from the tub and wrapped in a towel tops the list of types of hugs grandmothers can’t get enough of.

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Still time for sandals: Therafit Rachel Adjustable Sandals (review)

I recently received a pair of Therafit Rachel Adjustable Sandals and shared my thoughts in the Back Room.

Click below for my review:

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Benjamin reviews the Infantino 2-in-1 Bouncer & Activity Seat

Having a baby in the house means having lots of stuff. Not just stuff like bottles and diapers but big stuff, too. I’m talking bassinets and bouncers and baby seats of all sorts, gear befitting kiddos from infant to beyond.

Whether you’re a parent or a grandparent, if you’ve got a baby, you’ve got too much baby stuff.

Thankfully Infantino has come up with a remedy for at least a portion of baby equipment overload. Introducing the all-new—as in, launched just last month—Infantino 2-in-1 Bouncer & Activity Seat, available exclusively at Target.

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Baby shower gift ideas: 4 for grandmas to give

This time of year, gift ideas naturally lean toward what to give (and get) for the holidays.

Despite the season, though, there are still babies being born, still showers being thrown. Which means many grandmothers and others seek goodies for giving newborns and new moms.

Here are four of my recent favorite baby shower gifts, perfect for grandmas to give whether they prefer passing along presents of a practical sort or something sweet and sentimental.

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Wherein I review the DOZZI Natural White Noise Machine by WITTI Design

My newest grandson will soon arrive, and the baby shower for his mama — my eldest daughter — is on the calendar. With Brianna's shower scheduled, all things baby have been on my brain lately. She'll receive a nursery glider from her dad and me (not a secret, so no spoiler here) but I plan to present her with a few other little goodies, too, as grandmas do.

Yet as I peruse the possibilities, everything seems so, well, generic, typical, common. All that's on Brianna's registry is adorable, yes, but I'm looking for something a little different, useful gifts versus...

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Review: Gramma in a Box

Grandma Terry Chamberlin has come up with a pretty sweet subscription service for serving up grandma-style food activities from faraway. When three of Terry's grandchildren moved away from her, she began sending them boxes of cookies and treats to go along with their Skype sessions. She soon realized other grandmas just may want to do the same, and the Gramma in a Box subscription service—tagline Gramma does all the work. You have all the fun!—was born. 

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Review: Bifocal readers from Readers.com

I can no longer deny that readers are an absolute must for me. Stretching my arm as far as can be in hopes I might see print large or small hasn't made a difference for quite some time, so readers strewn about my house are a given.

Another given of late has been that those readers go off and on, off and on, up and down depending on what I'm doing. I put them on to check my phone, take them off to see the television across the room. Put them on to read a restaurant menu, prop them atop my head to...

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