The Power of a Compliment

the power of a compliment

“You have really beautiful legs.”

The year was 1995 and I was a waitress at Ruby’s Diner in Santa Barbara while attending college. The compliment was not from some guy trying to pick me up, but rather…

New Products to Fill Your Bucket [GIVEAWAY!]

Books About Kindness for Kids

***Awesome holiday gift alert and giveaway!!!***

I learned about the book Have You Filled a Bucket Today? a few years back and the Bucket Fillers company has become one of my absolute favorites for their beautiful books about kindness for kids.

Books About Kindness for Kids 

Have You Filled a Bucket Today? teaches kids how their actions affect others.

The book explains how everyone, yes everyone, young and old, carry around an invisible bucket filled with feelings about themselves….

Happy Halloween!

Elsa Drinking Game

Happy Halloween friends!

I saw this Elsa Drinking Game on Facebook and had to laugh out loud because my 5-year-old, along with millions of other little girls will be donning an ice princess dress tonight. There was no talking her out of it.

Yep, Elsa is coming to your door.

Again, and again, and again…

DRINK UP!

Have a fun and safe holiday!

Dealing with Mattress Attachment [and Knowing When It’s Time for a New One]

Disclosure: I am a Serta brand ambassador and am compensated for my participation in the program and have received complimentary mattresses for review. I LOVE my Serta mattress. Love! 

when to replace a mattress

Today’s post is about when to replace a mattress, and how that process can sometimes be delayed due to, what I call “mattress attachment.” Could you be dealing with mattress attachment?

First, let me share our story.

Back in 2011, when Serta Mattresses launched their first generation of memory foam mattresses, the iComfort Sleep System, I was fortunate enough to be chosen to be a brand ambassador and received an iComfort Prodigy mattress to report our experience.

It was a serendipitous opportunity as our previous mattress was close to 12 years old, and I had no idea just how poorly we had been sleeping until we got our new iComfort mattress.

The difference my husband and I experienced sleeping on our iComfort mattress for the first time (an upgrade from a very old mattress) was extraordinary.  I became VERY attached to my bed…