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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

Mix and Match Pizza Casserole (A Clean Out the Fridge Recipe)

Sexy Nerd loves this and wants me to make it every day. I think it's okay, though I do love that it's quick and easy, as well as a great way to use up leftovers. Using a large, shallow dish cuts the baking time significantly. You can use something thicker, like a loaf pan, but it will take extra time to heat through. There are no measurements for the ingredients - just throw in what you have on hand, in the amount you think will taste best. When I make this, it's all vegetables. When you-know-who cooks it, the recipe is meat, meat, and more meat!                                        Mix and Match Pizza Casserole A Clean Out the Fridge Recipe Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. All of the ingredients, like the pasta and the ground meat, should be cooked and ready to eat before they go into the pan. Layer the following, in order, starting at the bottom of the greased pan: Ingredients: 1. Pasta or a mixture of different pastas (I like to use whole wheat macaroni +

Potstickers and Homemade Fortune Cookies

For my friend Paris, who says posting photos of food you've cooked is stupid... Mmm, soybeans! Alton Brown's ham looks pretty tasty so far, but I think something is missing. Hmmm, what could it be? Oh yes! A thick coating of smashed cookies and liquor! Good Eats indeed ;) The secret to easy fortune cookie folding. Secret or no secret, these still took FOREVER to make! What will this become? Potstickers...in a variety of shapes and sizes for extra fun! What do you mean the crazy assortment wasn't intentional? Pfft! I wouldn't have my potstickers any other way.

I Need a New Mattress

It's 3am and I'm wide awake. Hooray for idiopathic insomnia ! Methinks I will schedule this post for a more reasonable hour. What's the best time of day to post on a blog? Also, methinks that methinks is a pretty cool word. Merriam-Webster was with me on methinks, but isn't going for smooshing 'me also thinks' into one kick a$$ word. I suppose it does look like something to do with a meal. Mealsothinks. This meal stinks? Does a banana count as a meal if you eat it at breakfast time? Is it still breakfast if you eat it at 3am? Methinks you might be reading the ramblings of a crazy person. I'd better go back to bed. Have a fun weekend, bloggy friends!

The Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide

  ***UPDATE:  I no longer recommend Groupon for gift-giving, as their return policy is TERRIBLE! LivingSocial, however, has an excellent return policy. A Groupon gift certificate, which would allow your gift recipient to select whatever they want from Groupon, would probably still be fine. There are plenty of online gift guides for Christmas present ideas. Magazines during this time of year supposedly have a gift idea for everyone on your list, including the crazy ones . Is it just me, or are most of the holiday gifts suggested completely terrible? A $45 votive candle holder? Oh, thank you so much. I'll put it in the box with the rest of my candle holders. Now, where is it? Ah yes, the back of the closet in the spare bedroom, underneath these boxes. Lemme just blow the dust off it real quick. And, yes, I did put a lot of thought into the sarcastic votive candle holder example above. To my recollection, no one has gifted one of these to me. If you did give me a v