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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

Haircut Story

8/2/20: I've updated this post (from several years ago - no COVID haircuts for me) with a funny haircut story . Enjoy! You know those girls who obsess over their hair and have a standing appointment with the salon every 6 weeks? That's not me. I've always been the type of girl who gets her hair cut just once or twice a year - whenever Great Clips or Super Cuts sends out a $4.99 haircut coupon.  When Groupon offered 50% off at a top-rated salon, I decided to splurge. The deal included highlights and a glamorous cut. I'd only had experience with adding my own highlights at home , not quite successfully, and was in over my head. Haircut Story Haircut story from a girl who has no idea what to do at the salon. Because these things always seem to happen to me, I have a silly haircut story from the salon.  I wish I'd thought to bring my camera with me. When my hair was being highlighted and was crimped into dozens of foil pieces, I looked like I could have been the baby o

Self Improvement Articles

Are you ready to be your best self? These are my most popular  self improvement   articles , covering sleep improvement, beauty advice, cosmetic dentistry, and health. All you need is sleep - the story of my life! Self Improvement Articles Beauty & Health Self Improvement 1.  How I Lost 8 Pounds Without Dieting or Exercising   2.  The Complete Guide to Jessner Peels 3.  Be a Lifelong Learner  (Free Resources) 4.  The Best Jewelry for Your Face Shape 5.  Who Wants Pretty Skin? I Do! I Do! 6.  My (Actually Delicious!) Beauty Smoothie 7.  At-Home Sauna? Yes, Of Course 8.  Shopping List of Foods That Reduce Depression 9.  The Best Eyeliner for a Cyclops 10.  Chemical Peels Before and After  (Professional and DIY Chemical Peel) 11.  Revlon Frost & Glow Review 12.  I'm in Red Light Therapy 13.  Ouch! No More Uncomfortable Bras 14.  The Secret to Soft Summer Feet 15.  Blond! Blond! Blond! Coloring Your Hair from Brunette to Blond 16.  How to Detox   17.  Rosacea Be Gone! The 5 Bes

White Kitchen with Brick Backsplash

Remember when our dream home was under construction and it was difficult to imagine how our white kitchen with brick backsplash was going to turn out?  With high, mirrored cabinets, was it going to look ridiculous? You can bet I had more than a couple sleepless nights worrying that is was. We have now been happily enjoying our home sweet home in the New Mexico mountains for almost 3 years. The best part? The kitchen! White Kitchen with Brick Backsplash I've had a reader email to ask about our wood ceiling and thought my other blog readers might enjoy having the same information. Here you go: Q.  What kind of wood is the ceiling in your house? It is beautiful. We are looking at rough-cut pine for a cabin that we are renovating. Debating on if we need to stain or seal it. A.  Our ceiling is actually just the everyday pine tongue and groove boards they sell at Lowes and Home Depot. The reason ours looks different is that we had them installed upside down so that the rough

The Happiest Baby on the Block

Update to my previous post: NO BABY! WOO HOO HOO!! Here's a funny repost that will make you just as happy about this news as we are. The Happiest Baby on the Block ...is not our baby because Sexy Nerd accidentally drowned it. Poor baby Nuke. Yes, Nuke (short for Nuclear) would be the name of our baby , if we had one. Thank goodness we don't! The Albuquerque library system has a scam running. I went in the other day to pick up a book I'd reserved. Directly in front of the holds, they had a beautiful, eye-catching display of baby books.  Ack, just what my baby madness didn't need! Very clever, library. They know that little kids are highly likely to damage and lose books, resulting in fines. Well it's not going to work on me, library! You can take your Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy and go to heck! Oh, who am I kidding? I was there to pick up my reserved copy of The Happiest Baby on the Block. And I already own The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregna