Celebrating my Husband’s 35th Birthday with On-Demand Deliveries!
This post contains affiliate links. For more information, see our advertising disclosure. My husband’s 35th birthday was this past week, and as longtime readers know, I love to go all out for birthdays! But this year, I had a problem: last week was basically the work week from hell. I was pulling 12-14 hour days, […]
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Video: Unboxing our Woot Bag of Crap
We recently had the opportunity to order two “Bags of Crap” from deal-of-the-day website, Woot.com, in celebration of their 13th birthday. Now — what is a Bag of Crap, you ask, and why would anyone want one? Well, it could be anything they had lying around in the Woot wearhouse. And as for the why: […]
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Trip Review: A Quick Visit to Lawrence, Kansas
This post contains affiliate links. For more information, see our About page. Last week, we had the privilege to spend the 4th of July holiday with the hubby’s family in Lawrence, Kansas. And while Lawrence may not be the travel mecca that Dublin is, we had a great time re-discovering the city where my hubby […]
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8 Amazon Prime Day Deals to Watch + 2 to Avoid!
This post contains affiliate links. For more info, check our advertising disclosure. What’s that in the air? Ah, yes, it’s the smell of consumerism that comes with another Amazon Prime Day, aka July 11th, aka the made-up holiday Amazon created to “rival Black Friday” in terms of deals and hype. But…all snarkiness aside…there actually *are* […]
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Perfect Summer Recipe: Raspberry Rosé Sorbet
This post contains affiliate links. For more info, see our Advertising Disclosure. Guys, it’s hot. Like, brutally hot. The temperature in Austin today is supposed to get up to 98, and the heat index will be well into the hundreds. It’s too hot for eating normal food. Hell, it’s even too hot for normal ice cream, […]
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Tips for Cutting the Cord: Celebrating 2 Years Without Cable TV
This post contains affiliate links. For more information, see our advertising disclosure. Next week marks a different kind of anniversary for us: it’ll be two years since we “cut the cord” and cancelled our cable television service. And we haven’t missed it since! We decided to cancel our cable for a variety of reasons. First […]
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Weight Watchers Cocktail That’s Perfect for Summer
This post contains affiliate links. For additional information, please see my advertising disclosure. As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I’ve been doing the Weight Watchers diet for the past few months, and I’m actually down 30 lbs so far! I’ll be honest — I’d tried Weight Watchers previously in my life and wasn’t so impressed. […]
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Singapore Airlines, Business Class MAN to IAH Flight Review + Menus
All good things must come to an end. And so, after 10 days and a whirlwind tour through the UK and Ireland, our vacation was coming to an end too. There was only one thing left to do, and that was to fly home. We were booked on Singapore Airlines business class for the direct flight […]
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24 Hours in Manchester, England, including the Crystal Maze, Tea at Opus One, and the Comedy Store
After concluding our journey around Ireland, we hopped back on the ferry over to the UK, and then boarded a quick train back to Manchester. Unfortunately, we didn’t get in until nearly 11pm, so that only left us with one full day to explore the city before we’d have to head for the airport and […]
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Trip Review: Rock of Cashel, Blarney Castle, and Cork, Ireland
Despite absolutely loving Dublin, there were a few more sites outside of the city that we were hoping to see this trip as well, namely the Blarney Castle. Which left us with a choice: book a car, or book a tour? Normally I kind of abhor tours. To me they’re something for high school students […]
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