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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

Sexy Nerd's Not-So-Sexy Birthday Fail

Do people still use the term "fail" in 2017, like That was such an epic fail  or is my use of the word a fail of its own? Hmmm. As told through  drunken chipmunks  last week, old man Sexy Nerd recently celebrated his 35th birthday. I baked his favorite cake, Red Velvet, and topped it with cream cheese frosting. Except, I didn't actually have any boxes of Red Velvet cake mix, so I used Strawberry instead and doctored it with chocolate powder and red food coloring. No one was fooled. That's not the fail though. That blood-red strawberry cake tasted amazing, like love and angel sneezes. The fail lies in my decorating. It started out well, with a nice layer of white frosting followed by a surprisingly legible SN written in sprinkles. I was done. I nearly took a photo and called it a day. Then, I found a tube of decorating gel and decided to outdo myself. I don't need to take a photo first , I thought. This gel is made for intricate cake details. It's not lik

Drunken Shenanigans at Day 2 of the Taos Wine Festival

Before we get too far into this post, I need to clarify that the drunken shenanigans mentioned in the title have nothing to do with myself or my Sexy Nerd. I already told you exactly what I'm referring to in my previous Taos Wine Festival blog post . Oh, you thought I was joking? Well take a look at this: Party chipmunks, running amok all over the Taos Ski Valley. Just wait until the first snowfall. When they get on their little skis with their spiked hot chocolate, they're downright dangerous. Gangs of drunken chipmunks placed all the focus of the Taos Wine Festival on drinking, stealing attention from the other joys on offer, such as hiking, yoga, and fine gourmet dining. Yours truly would never get carried away with her wine, even at a wine festival. They should call it the Taos Behaving Politely Festival , I thought, looking down on the rowdy rodents both figuratively and literally. Although, I suppose it would be rude not to have at least one glass... Fact