“I will exercise more and make my heart stronger. Just watch!” My father-in-law was lying in a hospital bed, looking  frail, yet defiant. It was hard for me to believe that  not  long ago (or maybe it seems not long ago) he was building our house. He’s been having heart problems over the last decade, […]

My family of five visited Hawaii this past Spring Break, and I’m slowly getting around to writing about the details of our trip. (You can read more about our stay at Disney’s Aulani Resort here and here as well as a review of sugar cane canal tubing in Kauai). We really enjoyed our time on […]

As some of you know, last July I applied and was approved for Alaska Airlines Visa Signature Credit Card. The main reason was the “free companion” certificate, as I had zero plans for the miles. Ironically enough, I did end up putting the miles to good use, and it was starting to look like the cert would […]

This is a quick post to share some exciting news. In an unexpected twist, IHG and Chase have backpedaled on their unfair decision to only award unrestricted certificates to those who have applied for the old version of Chase IHG card between 1/1/2018 and 04/05/2018. But they took it a step further. In a wonderful gesture […]

As I’ve mentioned few weeks ago, my husband and I were supposed to go on a two-night getaway without kids. I said “supposed to” because as you’ve probably guessed, the trip didn’t materialize. I booked a two-night stay in Hyatt Place St. Petersburg/Downtown. Ever since I spotted this new property and saw that it costs only 5,000 […]