Quite a title, no? In my posts I’m pretty much upfront that this blog is in part a “for-profit business” which survives via sales of credit cards. I know, it’s very icky and inappropriate for a site that supposedly caters to families. But, I’m a lot more shy when it comes to dealing with family […]

One of my childhood friends sent this photograph via Facebook. I thought you would get a kick out of it, so here it is:   Yeah, the one with an arrow pointing at her is me. When my daughter saw it, her words were: “Mommy, you were one ugly little girl.” That child doesn’t have […]

One or more of these credit card offers may no longer be available. See our Hot Deals page for the latest offers. I recently got a question from one of my readers: I’ve written a post on our upcoming cruise to Alaska and included a breakdown of the costs. Spoiler alert! It’s not free or […]

No, I’m not saying: Sell! Sell! Sell! In my post last week I’ve mentioned that I don’t speculatively hoard hotel points. Well, what I meant to say was I don’t accumulate them unless the price is dirt cheap. But what exactly qualifies as “dirt cheap”? Everyone will have  a different answer  based on their goals […]