When we decided to drop our cable company due to their ever escalating rates and terrible customer service, I was so excited to be moving to fiber optic service (FIOS) via our phone company, Verizon. In fact, after hearing their pitch we decided to go fiber with our phone, internet service as well as our [...]

If you’re driving alone from Ely to Elko @ 75mph @ 12am and your tire pops and you can’t change it and you don’t want to call AAA because Triple A=Triple F for the environment, THEN what? You call up the fabulous new auto club you joined after canceling AAA, whose policies that made you [...]

Wirefly.com is a web site that sells cell phones as well as cell phone service. They represent all the major players and have it set up so that you can find a plan that’s right for you based on where you live. I plugged in my zip code and waited to see what my current [...]

I love coffee. Plain coffee with a spot of half and half, pronounced haaaf and haaaf where I live. No sugar. I’ve never gone in for all those girly coffees with the cutsie names and the fattening additives. Just gimme a coffee ‘regulah’ no sugar, please. Until today. Today my mind has been forever changed. [...]

Since my husband had surgery the day before Thanksgiving, I tried out the holiday catering services offered by our local Whole Foods grocery. Whole Foods was more expensive than other local stores, but their proximity to my house and absolutely delicious sounding menu items won me over. Whole Foods had a huge variety of foods [...]

I have been meaning to blog about this since August. August!!! I swear I have some kind of motherhood-induced Alzheimers or something because I forget stuff ALL the time. Anyone who comes up with a product to fix THAT will have my undying gratitude and a blog post overflowing with props. So yeah…when I flew [...]

When it comes to celebrity gossip, people tend to enjoy the bad a teeny bit more than the good. I mean do we really want to hear how good Britney and K-Fed are doing? Or that Nick & Jessica are reconciling? Or that Pam Anderson has found everlasting bliss with yet another trashy boyfriend? Hell [...]

I have banked at Washington Mutual since before it was Washington Mutual. I can’t remember what it was before – that is how long it has been. Why? Because they have Totally Free Checking and I am cheap that way. But the thing I love about WaMu is the interface on the ATMs. It is [...]