Miles For Family

Last month, my family visited Denver over Thanksgiving break (see my review of our hotel). While we have visited Denver many times, the big difference with this trip is that we visited Denver without a car. Why would we do that? For starters, since we were staying in a hotel downtown, parking was $42 a […]

Idiots Abroad: Taking Small Kids on a Whirlwind Tour of Europe I Flew Ryanair and I loved it! Challenges of Vacationing With a Large Family in Europe, and More! German Castles, Ausfahrt Jokes and the Sound of Music Amalfi Coast, Pompeii and Pizza Galore  The Long Way Home to Belarus… Literally Searching for Bono and […]

My previous office job involved a lot of Excel spreadsheets, so that is how I’m used to organizing my personal finances. I have an Excel spreadsheet that shows my monthly expenditures for the past 13 years! Online sites, who needs ‘em? Ok, now that I’ve confessed that, I can tell you that I have a […]

I’ve mentioned before that my husband’s Hyatt Diamond status has been messing with my head Many of the perks are set to expire in February of 2017, and I’ve been looking for an excuse to utilize them before they are gone forever. Sure, it appears that under the new program my husband will get four club […]