Product Road Test

  • Blue Apron meal

    Healthy Food for the Whole Fam: Blue Apron Review Pt. II


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    Just a heads up, this post is sponsored by the folks at Blue Apron. This should go without saying, but all opinions are our own and came straight from our own noggins. Life is as newly-minted small business owners is as busy as ever. And while we’re keeping our kids…

  • Blue Apron

    Johnny Cooked! A Blue Apron Review


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    Homemade dinners in our house have been a bit of a struggle lately. With launching our side business and other work-related projects, finding the time to plan meals and go to the store (with two kids in tow) to pick up ingredients is challenging. So lately we’ve been either eating…

  • NYC Bucket List

    NYC Bucket List-ed: 30-Day Challenge Recap


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    This is a sponsored post written by us on behalf of the Visa Clear Prepaid program and the Kaiku® Visa® Prepaid Card. All opinions came straight from our own noggins, not a robot’s. You might remember before our somewhat abrupt cross-country move from the Big Apple back to the Beehive State…

  • NYC Bucket List

    The NYC Bucket List 30-Day Challenge


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    This is a sponsored post written by us on behalf of the Kaiku® Visa Prepaid Card, part of the Visa Clear Prepaid program. All opinions came straight from our own noggins, not a robot’s. When Johnny and I created our 2015 budget in January, we got to our Vacation category…

  • VISA Prepaid Clear with Kaiku

    Going Plastic with the Envelope System Budget


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    This is a sponsored post written by us on behalf of the Visa Clear Prepaid program and the Kaiku® Visa® Prepaid Card. All opinions came straight from our own noggins, not a robot’s. Our very first month of budgeting, we drove to the nearest Staples and bought a ton of plain…

  • Tuft&Needle

    Toddler Bed vs Twin Bed + Tuft & Needle Mattress Giveaway!


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    Thank you for all the well wishes with baby Wynn’s arrival! We’re trying to soak up every second of these newborn days since we now know from experience just how quickly they’re gone. When we moved to New York City and found our current two-bedroom apartment, we knew Sally and…

  • Zion 7

    We <3 Hiking


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    If there’s one thing I hate more than anything, it’s clowns. But if there’s one other thing I hate more than most things, it’s that dreary November to March stretch that many of us in the Northern Hemisphere call winter. Sure, it has its redeeming aspects: festive holidays, snow, sweatpants.…

  • Republic Wireless Review

    Republic Wireless Review


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    We recently had the opportunity to give Republic Wireless a try. If you’re not familiar with Republic Wireless, they’re a cell phone carrier with dirt cheap phone plans. And you know how Johnny and I feel about anything that saves us greeeen. At the time of our Republic Wireless test drive,…

  • Tuft & Needle

    Tuft & Needle Mattress Giveaway!


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    Tuft & Needle was started in 2012 when two friends quit their jobs to create a mattress company that provided American-made mattresses that were both high-quality and reasonably priced. A few months ago, we had the opportunity to try out one of their mattresses, and we’re still absolutely loving it.…

  • This Is My Gym

    BOB Revolution SE Stroller Review


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    One of the best things about being a SAHM is getting to spend all day every day with my gal Sal. One of the hardest things about being a SAHM is spending all day every day with my gal Sal. I’m naturally a bit of a busy body. I like…