Green thumb or not, there comes a time when we need to tackle a garden issue (like indoor house plants for shade) or channel inspiration. Since owning our home, I’ve had plenty of marginal experiences with landscaping so ...
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Perhaps, stating this simple fact might prevent more people from tossing that plastic bottle in the trash can. If more people recycled plastic bottles, companies like Arrowhead could use more recycled plastic in their water bot...
There’s one place in our house that I’ve never been into: the attic. It’s huge, dark and despite hiring people over the years to clean it, it’s dirty. Our expensive, high-efficiency central heating and a...
In the end, I’ve decided to keep American Express Bluebird in addition to our regular accounts. Here is my list of pros and cons. Why I’m Keeping It There first two are BIG reasons: I use it to earn airlines miles o...
My Audi was in warranty for a few more months, but my husband decided he didn’t want to keep it past that. He told me to start researching another SUV with good gas mileage and to be prepared to execute at the end of Dece...
Japanese New Year (shogatsu or oshogatsu) is the most important holiday in Japan. It’s centered around food, family, preparing for the new year and leaving the prior year in the past. It’s incredibly important to cl...
I’m actually surprised by how much I like this feature. As you may know, I’m testing American Express Bluebird which functions as an alternative to a standard debit card by adding on a few other banking features lik...
As you may have guessed, finding ways to travel well for less is a topic of major interest to me. I researched American Express Bluebird before testing it out and there are some benefits for travel purposes. No Foreign Transact...
This post brought to you by Sharper Image. All opinions are 100% mine. One of the first things I do when boarding American Airlines is whip out the Sky Mall magazine to look at all of the cool gadgets. That’s how I stay u...
American Express has a new financial product called Bluebird and they think I’m going to love it. I’m intrigued and hesitant, because it’s a different product than I’m used to banking with. The part abou...
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