A little over a year ago, I wrote a post about how I wanted to try out Megabus with my kids. I never got around to trying it last summer because we had a busy summer with an extended stay in Florida. However, since I’ve recently been finalizing our plans for this summer, my thoughts […]

Last week, I took my three kids to Phoenix, Arizona for spring break. My husband couldn’t travel due to work commitments, and I wanted somewhere I could take the kids that didn’t require much work on my part. Plus, my kids said they wanted a relaxing trip without a lot of schlepping. We booked five […]

My mom turned 80 years old yesterday. My sister, who also lives in another state from my mom, organized a card shower so that my mom could receive snail mail greetings from her old friends from various stages of her life. I made sure that my family sent her a gift she would enjoy that […]

Last year, I got the Amex Premier Rewards Gold card as part of my plan to earn points for flying my family to New Zealand.  The card came with 50,000 Amex Membership Rewards points after spending $2000 in three months, annual fee waived the first year. And it served its purpose, as I transferred points […]

Last week, when Southwest came out with $49 one-way fares to Hawaii, I felt frantic, excited and hopeful. The lowest fares sold out within hours. Admittedly, I felt a little envious of the people who could take advantage of these last-minute fares. I had to face the reality that my family just isn’t in the […]