My kids go gaga over hotel pools. It’s a mystery to me. You see, we live in a humongous neighborhood with two neighborhood pools. The pools are open six months of the year, and they are a nice temperature for swimming at least four of those months. Over the summer, I take my kids to […]

A few weeks ago, I read an interesting guest post by The Timeshare Guru on Doctor of Credit. Reading through the comments on this post reminded me of a few experiences and shenanigans my own family has had with timeshares. Timeshare Presentations: What Is Your Time Worth? When I was a kid, my family traveled […]

Update: The bonuses mentioned below are no longer available. See Best Hotel Points Sign-up Bonuses for the most current offers. As many of you probably know, the increased sign-up bonuses on the American Express Hilton cards expire tomorrow, May 31. You could get up to 180,000 bonus points per person from the bonuses if you […]

We are about to go on our sixth family cruise. Cruising happens to be a good fit for my family for many reasons, so we continue to book cruises. I belong to a few cruising groups on social media and online cruise forums. One controversial topic that continues to surface is the amount of freedom […]

One or more of these credit card offers may no longer be available. See our Hot Deals page for the latest offers. Background Last summer, I stumbled across this article in the Dallas Observer about the Majestic Oak Treehouse at Savannah’s Meadow. After I read it, I knew I had to take my family there! […]

My family has lived in our house for almost exactly 7 years. We moved here when I was pregnant with our daughter. We wanted a bigger house, and to get that we had to move further away from Dallas. The house was 3 years old when we moved in, but no walls had been painted. […]