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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

Shrimp Pasta Recipe

The following post is courtesy of my childhood best friend and guest blogger extraordinaire, Feisty Fatale . Check out her blog for more yummy recipes! I love shrimp. The whole world knows I love shrimp, and there's even a famous fight in my family history about shrimp (me vs. my mom). Unfortunately, it isn't the cheapest ingredient to work with. If you buy raw, shells on shrimp you can reduce the cost. I bought a bag of frozen raw shrimp with the top and bottom shells on for $17 at Kroger (cheapo grocery store in Richmond/southern Va), and was able to make 3 meals out of it, for 2 people each time. 6 meals overall, making the cost less than $3 a meal. Pretty good right? And then I found this recipe, which uses by products of the recipe as ingredients (meaning you don't have to buy them!). This recipe is super cheap to make (minus that initial cost of shrimp) and more importantly, it's delicious. It will make you feel like a seasoned chef too. :)   Shrimp P

Blog Hop! Link Up Your Favorites

Back from a slight, unintentional hiatus! Sorry for the couple of skipped weekends, everyone. We spent the last 3 weeks in Hawaii and Australia (and technically Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Fiji, and Samoa too - world traveler style!) Being the kind of die-hard procrastinator that keeps self helpers awake at night, my plan was to schedule these blog hops while away.   Petting a young kangaroo at the Peel Zoo. Oh, the cuteness! It turns out, however, that wireless internet is a completely different animal on the other side of the world. I was sure the hotels we stayed in had advertised free wi-fi. At the very least, the Sydney International Airport would have it, especially since most airlines require you to arrive a ridiculous 3 hours before an international flight. Nope. But enough about that. Now...

Getting Into Trouble Down Under

$50 tickets! I wasn't sure how the "limited view" seats on the sides of the Sydney Opera House would do, but they were fine. My advice for next time would be to choose the corner seats, even if it means not sitting side by side with your group, and to go for further back on the lower row. The photo below was taken from my seat at the Sydney Opera House before the show...right before the usher scolded me for breaking the no photos rule (and right before Sexy Nerd said "I told you so"). See the orchestra? The stage pulls back at the start of the show and after intermission and you can see everyone. Worth it.

Jet-Lagged Like Crazy

We just returned from Australia. Over 34 hours traveling without sleep = super duper jet lag ridiculousness. I went to bed around 6pm, straight after work (HA! What kind of maniac agrees to come in to work just a few hours after returning from Australia? I'm nuts). I woke up at 9:30am. Still sooooo sleepy. Just wanted to share a quick photo before heading back to work. Way happy that I don't have to go in at my usual time today. While visiting my family in Western Australia, Sexy Nerd insisted I take this photo of him at the Peel Zoo, standing by the "Red-Necked" Wallaby sign. *rolls eyes*