A Week of Low-Carb Meals, Day 2: Pecan & Parmesan Crusted Chicken Breast
Easing the hubby into low-carb eating continues here at Unintended Domesticity HQ, and after posting yesterday’s recipe, I got a really interesting comment from a friend. She lamented that she felt like having her husband join her on a diet was “punishing him,” and so she struggled with cooking meals that met both her dietary […]
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A Week of Low-Carb Meals, Day 1: Southern-Style Shrimp Boil
We’ve kicked off another round of “healthy eating” here at Unintended Domesticity, HQ. I’m calling it “pre-gaming” for the inevitable holiday weight gain. So, much to the hubby’s chagrin, we’ve once again cut out grains & added sugar from our diets. The hubby in particular considers a low-carb diet something akin to torture. He simply […]
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How the SPG & Marriott Merger Can Help You Get More Free Hotel Stays
As of this past week, SPG (the parent chain behind such hotels as W, Westin, Sheraton, and many others) is officially part of the Marriott company. While many, myself included, predicted a bit of gloom and doom* about this merger, for now at least, the brands are playing nice. It was announced that Starwood points would transfer […]
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Trip Review: Hotel Indigo Dallas & a Very USC Weekend
Hooray, football is back! Everything is right in the world again, Saturdays have a purpose, and people can fight with each other over their favorite sports rivalries instead of politics. Yay! In that spirit, when we learned that our beloved USC Trojans would kick off the 2016 season just up the road in Dallas at […]
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Quick & Cheap DIY Project: Re-Plumping Flat Couch Cushions
I purchased our current traditional-style leather living room furniture the year before the hubby and I got engaged, which means it’s now seen a healthy five-and-a-half years of daily use. While the material itself has held up fairly well in that time, the couch cushions themselves have not — the filler material had flattened considerably, […]
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Garden Update: September 2016
Well, it seems like we’ve finally turned a corner on the most oppressive of the summer heat. Maybe? Knock on wood? While the humidity has been out of control, all this extra rain in August (and the subsequent lower temps) has kicked off our fall growing season even earlier than expected. Our pepper plants continue […]
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A Love Song to PBS & my TiVo Roamio
About a year and a half ago, the hubby and I made the decision to cancel our cable service, an option many young people are taking these days more commonly known as “cutting the cord.” Our reasons were varied. First, there was the financial reason, motivated by wanting to live a more Mustachian lifestyle. Secondly, […]
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How We’re Saving $6,500+ on a Trip to the UK and Ireland
Well, we finally did it. After a little bit of heartbreak, and a little bit of confusion, we finally booked a trip for early next year with all those points we’d transferred over to Singapore Airlines a couple months back. To recap: after earning more than 200,000 points across our Chase Ultimate Rewards and Citi ThankYou […]
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Introducing the Chase Sapphire Reserve Card!
We just got a new credit card! It’s always exciting in the miles and points game when you’re approved for a new card and can start dreaming about all the benefits that go along with it. Today, it was the Chase Sapphire Reserve card. The card comes with a $450 annual fee, which is quite […]
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying (About Botulism) and Love to Can
Long-time blog readers will remember my first foray into home canning last year, and the crash course I ended up receiving in pectin. Since then, I’ve gotten a lot more comfortable using waterbath canning to help preserve items from my garden, and have gotten a “feel” for when things are going well, and when I […]
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