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Amerisleep AS3 Reviews

  My Amerisleep AS3 Unboxing Video (Surprise, my voice is ridiculous!) If I can (just barely) do it, you can totally tackle a bed-in-a-box by yourself. Updated 10/15/22 Amerisleep's AS5 was recently featured as the 'Best Soft Mattress in a Box' by Good Housekeeping , with the panel of reviewers noting: Pressure relief for side sleepers Taller than other boxed mattresses Good customer service    Amerisleep Mattress Reviews  We've been happy Amerisleep customers since purchasing our first AS3 mattress more than 9 years ago. Now we also have an AS2 and an AS4 (the AS3 is still our favorite). Born with chronic insomnia  (even as a baby - my family insists I was a nightmare), the struggle to improve my sleep is my life. My husband, the overly-analytical mechanical engineer, was initially skeptical of a mail-order mattress, but he was quickly won over. 2012: Wine glass test, sans wine. I was fairly confident our brand-new mattress would pass with f
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Picaaaa!

In keeping with the tone of my blog, I will try to refrain from swearing in this post. &*#%!!! I'm home from my big adventure and am contemplating whether or not to break Pica's legs (To Readers: Of course I would never do this. To Pica: You're dead meat, you little punk!) I was walking her and Biscuit to the mailbox today. When we were almost there, Pica's leash detached from her harness. It just kinda slipped off and rested on top of her. I tried to act like nothing was wrong, hoping to inch close enough to Pica to pick her up. She bolted! She just ran and ran and ran. So what did I do? I ran and ran and ran too, faster than any person should ever run (and especially faster than I should ever run. Whew!) First I was dragging Biscuit behind me, then I used her harness to pull her up, bungee-style, like some kind of flying, daredevil chihuahua that will probably haunt her for the rest of her life. This made it easier to run but much more difficult to grab Pica
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Blond! Blond! Blond! Hair Color

Remember the other day, when I accidentally (well, technically Sexy Nerd accidentally) dyed my hair gray ? I couldn't go around as a 27-year-old with white, X-Men highlights, so I made an appointment to have my hair color corrected. I've toyed around with the idea of going from brunette to blond many times, as well as the notion of adding bangs. As long as I was paying for a fancy pants hair salon, why not just do both? Presenting Kitty Deschanel, the blond siren! Hubba, hubba, right? Who's fancy? I am! Yeah, I think I'm pretty hot stuff right now. I do have one very important bit of brunette to blond hair dying info for you though... ... ... ... ... GOTCHA! Why would I dye my hair blond when everyone knows brunettes rule?  For Halloween this year, I'm going to use this wig to dress up as my friend Marie, who has the exact same hair.  Now, let's have more fun with that blond wig! Pica
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Start the Week with a Jack Russell Smile

I'm going to make you smile. Remember how I told you the other day that it's a challenge to walk Pica , our Jack Russell terrier, due to her constant desire to race crazily down the street? This weekend, I captured a photo that sums Pica up. Keep in mind that this was taken in the "action" setting of my Canon Rebel T1i camera, which claims to capture 3.4 photos per second. Photographing a dog *inside* the house should be no problem at all, right? Hind legs flying, ears flopping fun This photo makes me smile. I suspect it will have that effect until the next time I'm left running frantically and screaming as Pica darts into traffic, leash dangling behind her. "Look mom! Look at me! Take my photo! Mooooom!" I love Jack Russell terriers. Am I as crazy as my dog?
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Dog Gone It

Sexy Nerd was playing around with my fancy new camera the other night. What you are about to see is not (really can't stress that enough) the way our house usually looks. A certain someone, who is not shown in the photo, had been brewing and bottling beer and thought it best the save the mess for the next day. "Something to do tomorrow," this someone had said, fiddling with a camera that he had never shown any interest in up to that point. There's a trash can on the counter. And cheese right next to it! This goes against everything I ever learned as a restaurant manager. Showing a photo of myself in my fabulously frumpy pajamas (which I bought on our honeymoon - sexy!) also goes against everything I ever learned, but here we are. I'll post my trashed kitchen and I'll post my trashy jammies, but I really do need to draw the line somewhere. So, what is the point of all this? Take a closer look at the photo. If this were a restaurant manager scenario, I'
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Canon T1i - First Photos

I've been enjoying my snazzy new DSLR camera (if you missed my hella spectacular Canon T1i deal - yes, hella - click here .) Truth be told, I have zero knowledge when it comes to how to use it properly. I've been picking up tips from The Pioneer Woman and am waiting on two photography books that I've put on reserve at the Albuquerque library. I suppose I could read my user manual, but UGH it's boring! To properly gauge how my photography skills improve after learning what each of those little symbols on the dial stand for (there are so many of them!) here are the very first photos I've taken: Whatever could be inside the bag? Ooh, popcorn!   Sexy Nerd pondering our risk from the wildfire burning right outside our window , while casually munching on macaroni and cheese. Seriously. Doggy shots. In a post titled First Photos , I'm sure you expected there would be doggy shots. Is Pica photogenic or what? Look at that
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Pica is a Fat Head

Pica is a very special girl. She loves to fluff and paw at her bedding until it's exactly the way she wants, even to the point of ripping the fabric. It turns out that Pica can't be trusted to have a blanket in her bed. Take a look: Hmmm, maybe this is funny and maybe not. On one hand, had I not come downstairs, she could very easily have strangled herself to death. On the other hand, she looks like Superdog. Well, Superdog's special cousin, at least. Want another Pica post? How about Dogs Wearing Earmuffs ?
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A Healthier New Year for Sexy Nerd

Sexy Nerd recently started a new program through work that requires a lot of traveling. He gets sick of all the time wasted at airports, but loves the many meals his company pays for. Fresh seafood in San Francisco. Prime rib in Seattle. Burnt ends in Kansas City. He's been living it up! After his most recent, week-long trip away from home, I decided to play the role of pesky wife and insisted that he step on the scale. Surely you knew there'd be consequences for eating out for every meal, didn't you, Sexy Nerd? The men in Sexy Nerd's family have a history of heart attacks at a young age, so a couple extra pounds is nothing to play around with. I planned to get him back on track by cooking healthy meals when he was home. I was all set to make a scrumptious breakfast of oatmeal with chia seeds (really, it's delicious!) when Sexy Nerd walked in with a bag of groceries. In our almost 7 years as a couple, this was maybe the 2nd time he has ever done any gro
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