I have heel spurs and often have sore feet from work. On my birthday, my mother presented me with the hoMedics FM-CR Foot Pleaser Foot Massager.

She admitted she thought it might not work, but that it was worth a try to help my uncomfortable feet.

The hoMedics Foot Massager has a nice design with a well placed on/off button. You can turn the unit on to "massage only" or include heat with the massage. As for the massage? Absolutely wonderful!

The first time you place your feet on the massager, it will probably tickle. But if you hang on for a minute, your giggles will soon turn to a heavy sigh as your tooties are perfectly massaged by smooth, heated ball bearings. My entire family fought for time on the foot massager that night, and through the next day.

The massager's motor works well, however if you push down a little too much it will slow down. But for the price, I highly recommend the hoMedics Foot Massager. I can't write anymore because I have to go home and get a foot massage!

Looking for a fun Christmas or Hanukah craft this year? We absolutely love our wine bottle craft made with Christmas lights and a bit of creativity!

First, drink the wine (that was our favorite part). You can use any color or type of wine bottle. Soak the bottle in water and vinegar to remove the label. But if you like the label, you can certainly leave it on! Try blue for Hanukah with blue lights, or even clear with pink lights for baby showers… the possibilities are endless!

We used glass stones for our wine bottle decoration, but you can glue practically anything to your bottle. Try sea glass, crystal gems or even marbles to make your wine bottle as unique as you are! Use glue that will dry clear and stay firm if heated. Even an inexpensive and quick drying epoxy will do.

Drill a circular hole in the bottom back of your wine bottle. A dremel with a glass cutting bit works well. Now simply feed a small string of Christmas lights into the hole you have drilled. Turn the bottle upside down to allow the string to reach the top. You might need tweezers to grab the end and pull it out of the top of the bottle.

Take a decorative cork or stopper and push a nail into the bottom of it. Attach the light end to the nail and push the cork in to the bottle. Finish feeding the lights in to the bottle. And Voila! You have a really cool Christmas light wine bottle!

This is something we just can’t keep from showing off. A co-worker of mine just shared these pictures with me.

Several years ago he decided to start a Christmas tradition with his children by making sugar models each season. He researched sugar mold recipes until he found just the right one. Then he purchased dye used for cake decorations. And finally, he found molds online that are normally used in the movie industry to construct models for motion pictures.

This year he decided to make a sugar Hogwarts. He started in October, and as you can see, the final sugar model is absolutely amazing. Everything you see is made from sugar except for the lights and food inside the sugar Hogwarts model. My co-worker even found gargoyle molds for his creation!

The man who made this is a humble, quiet gentleman who doesn’t even want people to know he is the artist. He created this for the sheer pleasure of making something beautiful and magical with his children.

I asked permission to post these pictures without a name, and he agreed. After all, these pictures are just too beautiful not to share!

Yes, you read that correctly! Microsoft has released what some of us might call a “beta version” service pack 3 for XP.

According to Microsoft, this is the “release candidate” for the final Windows XP service pack. The release candidate allows XP to take advantage of quad-core and dual-core CPU’s.

Word on the street is that Windows XP sp3 will definitely speed up your computer’s performance, particularly if you have a dual/quad-core processor. Users with sp3 find XP tighter and quicker, comparing it to Windows XP after an energy drink!

Looking to speed up Windows XP? The Windows XP sp 3 Release Candidate can be found here!