If you’ve been to my house, you’ve seen loads of photographs of me and my husband in all different places. And people always ask me, “Who took that picture of you? It’s beautiful.” Depending on which picture it is, I can reply with “a rock,” “a counter top,” or “the ground.” We’ve become experts at taking pictures…
Category: Traveling
A little bit goes a long way (couples edition)
Since last week’s post was so much fun, I wanted to try again. But this time… I’m going to take my husband on my trip. Let’s say we started saving $100 in January, and by the time the fall comes around, we’re itching to go somewhere. For starters, I want to handle the objection, “I…
Ways I’ve cut down my travel expense budget
If you’ve been following any of my travel tips, you know that starting out with a travel budget is essential before you even start saving for the trip itself. You need to know how much to save, so that requires a lot of research and coming up with an estimated budget to work from. Once…
Tips for going through airport security
It doesn’t matter how organized or prepared I am, every time it’s my turn to put my stuff in the bins, I start to panic and riffle through my stuff to make sure everything is in order. There are always a lot of people behind you waiting. It’s like you can feel their eyeballs on…
Leaving the house checklist
No matter how much planning I do and how many lists I make, there are always some things I forget to do. Which is not good because when I forget things, like take the trash out, when I get home I’m greeted with a wafting smell of old beans. As I was getting ready for…