Saving Money with Rain Catchment Barrels: Doing The Math
Prepare yourselves: this post contains math. (Ack, the horror!) In case you were wondering, it’s been balls hot in Texas lately. As such, our garden is feeling the effects. We’re having to fill the resevoir in the raised bed daily, and our in-ground roses, begonias, salvia, and snapdragon at least every other day. Which means, […]
Read MoreTrip Report: 48 Hours in Philadelphia
Recently, the hubby and I tacked two quick days in Philadelphia onto another trip we were already taking. Neither of us had ever been to Philly before, and as we’d already be in the Northeast and therefore fairly close, we decided to use our Southwest miles & Companion Pass to make it happen. For a […]
Read MoreWelcome, Million Mile Secrets readers!
Author’s Note: Please enjoy today’s post, in partnership with Million Mile Secrets! If you’re landing here today, there’s a good chance that you’re coming over from one of my favorite blogs, Million Mile Secrets! Welcome, and we hope you like what you see. MMS readers may be especially interested in some of our recent travel & […]
Read MoreTrip Review: A Weekend In Portland, Maine
This past weekend, the hubby and I crossed one more destination off our domestic travel bucket list, thanks in no small part to our Southwest Companion Pass: beautiful Portland, Maine. To get there, we redeemed around 17,500 Southwest Rapid Reward points for a round-trip flight directly into Portland via Baltimore for the hubby. Then, using my Southwest Companion […]
Read MoreFive Steps For Handling a Delayed Flight Like a Pro
Right now, dear readers, the hubby and I are sipping on margaritas, writing this with complimentary wi-fi, with our phones charging, awaiting a flight to Chicago from the Philadelphia airport. All in all, life’s pretty good. The rest of the passengers around us, however, are not sharing our zen. Due to bad weather up and down the Eastern seaboard […]
Read MoreTrip Report: 48 Hours in Minneapolis, Minnesota
As I mentioned yesterday, I spent this past weekend in Minneapolis, tagging along for a couple days of sightseeing before my husband attended a work conference. We got in late Friday night, and my return flight left Monday morning, which means we had just two full days to explore everything the city had to offer. […]
Read MoreThe Cash + Points Booking Trick You Need To Know About
The hubby is away this week at a work conference in Minneapolis, a city that neither of us had previously ever been to. And while his work was picking up the tab for his hotel room starting this past Saturday, I suggested we tack on a night to the front end of his trip so […]
Read MoreThe Lazy Way to “Extreme” Coupon
As some of you all might remember, around a year ago, I tried my hand at the “Extreme Couponing” game. I went as hard as I could for a couple months there, but found that (due to a lack of stores that double coupons in my area and my general preference for eating fresh, organic, unprocessed foods) […]
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33 Presents for a 33rd Birthday
This post contains affiliate links. For our full advertising disclosure, see our About page. Yesterday was my husband’s 33rd birthday, marking 1/3 of a century of him making the world a better place. I always like to plan something BIG for his birthdays, especially since he comes from a large family where birthdays were primarily quiet family affairs. […]
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Great-Looking 4th of July Treats in Under an Hour
If you’re like just about every other living, breathing American this weekend, you’ve probably been invited to a 4th of July barbecue, picnic, or potluck. Which means, of course, that you’re probably now scrambling to come up with what to bring. Well, fear not, patriots, and let me introduce you to a super-cute and easy to […]
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