I’ve always heard of the gift site Red Envelope but never got around to ordering from them. I used to post Red Envelope coupon codes all the time on one of my shopping sites, so I got fairly familiar with the site. Recently, however, I was offered the opportunity to give RedEnvelope.com a test drive. The company sent me a $50 coupon to use on their site and write about my experience. I have to …
Back in June, I celebrated my 40th birthday and got one of the coolest gifts ever: a Lego Avengers Quinjet. I started putting it together with my boys but various parties and events kept distracting us from finishing it. Until this weekend! Ryan really wanted to finish it, so we dove in on Saturday and started. Sunday morning, we opened the final bag and the beginning of the end began. Jason joined us too and we …
As a writer, the biggest point that was always hammered home to me was “show, don’t tell.” It means don’t just say something is funny, describe the act in a funny way. So when someone says something is funny, amazing, or just incredible, it’s always tough to just take them at their word. And then I met Cool Gear. One could argue that the “cool” in their name refers to keeping liquids cold, which it …
Well, my parents came down for the weekend and brought two very important things with them: Limited-Edition Candy Corn Oreos, and my all-time favorite homemade cookies in the world: Magic Cookie Bars. If you’ve been following my blog, you already know of my family’s obsession with finding Candy Corn Oreos. We still can’t find them anywhere in our area. But my big sister came through and bought us a few packages. She lives near my …
My oldest son Jason has severe food allergies to nuts and seeds. That doesn’t just mean, “Look out for peanuts!” It means reading ingredients on everything under the sun. Every single time. No mustard. No sesame seeds. No M&Ms. It’s something he’s lived with for almost his entire life so far (all 9 years of it). When he was younger, he LOVED the separate crazy cupcakes my wife would make for him to take to …
