If I asked you to guess what I’m most excited about at this moment, I bet you would never guess it’s the revealing of next year’s school calendar. But, it is! Yes, I’ve been not-so-patiently waiting to get a copy of the 2018-2019 school calendar in my hands. I managed to get a hold of […]

At the moment, we are trying to cut back on entertainment expenses due to our exorbitantly expensive trip to South Pacific in 2018. I was thinking about taking my parents to Disney in a few months, but decided against it. That’s an easy grand right there, when you factor in food and  souvenirs for six […]

Few weeks ago I published a post on  my dilemma of redeeming Southwest Rapid Rewards points vs. using 2 for 1 certificate from Alaska credit card. I ended up burning Southwest currency (for now). But that’s not what this post is about.  I’ve mentioned that I speculatively value Rapid Rewards points at around 1.2 cents each. […]

Confession: I really want to ride the MegaBus with my kids! I realize this might seem strange to some folks. Most families in my city would never consider riding a bus on vacation. I’ve had a hard time even finding blog posts and reviews of families taking the MegaBus with Kids. In case you haven’t […]

As a general rule, I don’t get upset about various shenanigans that involve frequent flyer programs. Well, there was that one time I lost all of my Czech Airlines miles due to sudden rule change,  and was forced to transfer my husband’s stash to Hilton  on 1:1 basis. How did I end up with Czech […]