The first destination on our recent cruise was Oranjestad, Aruba. Based on recommendations of past cruisers we decided to book the Jolly Pirates snorkel tour available in Oranjestad. Unfortunately, a private tour was not available on the day we were...

We kicked off our cruise vacation last month in the booming city of Miami. Shortly after flying into MIA, we caught the free shuttle to our hotel for the night, Whitelaw Hotel in South Beach. We had booked ahead of time for our one night stay at the...

We have three cats. One is a troublemaker, one is lazy and fat, and our newest (an orange Persian) is extremely cute and is secretly a vicious hunter. They are all unique and lovable in their own way, and I can't imagine not having them around......

It's definitely fall. Cold days, Halloween decorations everywhere, shorter days, and of course, leaves - thousands of yellow and brown leaves, all over my lawn. In the back of my mind I knew the consequences of buying a house is a neighborhood full...

A few months ago, I realized that I had quite a few old/broken/used laptops piled up around my office, and I went on a quest to get rid of them. I have heard quite a bit about recycling old computer equipment in the past, so I knew that was an...