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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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Homemade Pumpkin Ice Cream Recipe

Sexy Nerd and I are going to his family's house for Thanksgiving this year. We're a bit low on the Thanksgiving totem pole, which always makes it tricky to figure out what to bring. What will we be making this year? Oh, just a little homemade pumpkin ice cream ! Yes, it is as delicious as it sounds. Here are a few photos from the last time I made this ice cream: Technically, this ice cream is perfectly yummy without adding any chocolate syrup or almonds. But where's the fun in that? If I weren't so determined to get a good photo of this for my blog, I would probably have chowed down on this ice cream right from the mixer. I had never made ice cream the "real" way before (with egg yolks) and was surprised at how easy it is. Here's the recipe, courtesy of Saveur.com . If you've never visited their site, you're missing out on some wonderful recipes! Saveur's Pumpkin Ice Cream Makes 2 Quarts This article was first publish
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Construction Update: Let the Framing Begin

Another construction update already? But I just posted yesterday. This is madness! Apparently, Panorama Homes is making up for lost time. Have I mentioned lately that I love them? This almost makes up for the email I received from our bank today, stating " Per the inspection, I have sent $79,098.00." o_O I knew a bill like that was coming. I think. On some level, I must have known. They kept it under $80,000 and didn't charge us any cents, so I guess that was nice. Although, now I'm wondering if it's such a neat, tidy number because they rounded  up , not down. I really need to see an itemized copy of that invoice. To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure what part of the house I'm looking at here. That holds true for the photo above and below this. Where the heck is this supposed to be? We'd better get up to the lot and make sure they're working off the correct set of plans. This house is going to
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At-Home Sauna? Yes, Of Course

Another Crazy Purchase of the Day... The custom mountain home we're building has gotten a little out of hand. Why build a regular garage when you can build an RV garage? Why put in a bathtub when you can have a jetted pool? More windows, more skylights, more wood, and more custom millwork? Sure. Why not? I'll tell you why not. Because our budget is in shambles! Currently, the plan for our kitchen is that the white cabinets are going to be twelve feet tall. TWELVE! (And I don't care what else we have to cut out, Sexy Nerd. I will stack my cabinets to the sky.) One of our "must haves" that seems a little silly is a sauna. And not just any sauna, of course, but the biggest sauna, like the ones you find in a spa or corporate health club. It's not like we can invite people over to our home and tell them, "We have a sauna, but there's no room for you," right? So, we researched saunas on Globo Surf and designed our floor plan to include the
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A Warning Against Impulsiveness

My crazy, anxiety-prone brain is a real jerk sometimes. Throughout our home building process, I've been required to meet with different suppliers one-on-one at least a dozen times and usually do a believable enough job playing the part of competent homeowner. Today, however, I set out on a quest for carpet prices feeling like a meek, pitiful shell of a human, wasting everyone's time and making a fool of myself. There was no reason for it. What's so difficult about asking for a carpet price? I even had a good idea what I wanted for once, so I could skip my usual look of indecisive puzzlement. My anxiety and I stepped timidly through the door of the flooring shop, my forehead knit with concern. I try to stop myself from doing this. The raised eyebrows don't do me, or my wrinkles, any favors. I've tried Botox to fix this bad habit, but apparently I'm immune to botulism. I even remind myself to relax my face periodically, reaching up both hands and smoothing the g
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