I'd needed a crockpot for YEARS and even though they are pretty cheap, my husband kept saying we didn't need one. Finally my church mom got us one for Christmas two years ago, I think? It was a major recovery from the year she gave me a workout suit to "help" me lose the baby weight from my first baby.

Being a parent is so hard. I'm more the disciplinarian between my husband and I and I do so much yelling. I wish this wasn't the case, but I have two rambunctious boys under 4 (the oldest will be 4 on Jan. 1) and I'd rather get all the yelling out of the way now than have to yell at them later when they're older and…

What bank do you have? I like that idea.

Dagnabit. This still does not help me with my $15 balance on a Bloomingdale's gift card (the original amount was $200, won in a contest). But this was the closest attractive solution...

This totally works with my toddlers when they go visit with my aunties at Dave & Busters. My sisters don't have to pay a dime; my boys are totally happy to just mess with the controls as if they are doing something.

+1 from an exhausted pregnant mom of two boys. Hell yes.

It's a Cuisinart, Priswell. I use it more as a blender for smoothies, but I love it for chopping veggies into tiny bits for when I make lumpia (Filipino eggrolls).

I have a gadget that is both a blender and a food processor. I got it from Costco and I <3 it so much.

A rice cooker is the first appliance I bought when I got married. Of course, I'm Filipino, so that makes sense.

My family is Filipino and my mom never liked turkey, so Thanksgiving feasts always consisted of freshly steamed crab, steak marinated in lemon and soy sauce, pancit (noodles), and maybe a few more Filipino dishes. Later on, so that it would have more of a traditional Thanksgiving vibe, my mom would roast a chicken,…

So, next time I clean out my bathroom toiletries, I won't feel so bad....although I literally have one of those box gifts of toiletries that I still haven't opened after I received it like 5 years ago. Since it's been in the box, therefore sealed, I wonder if its still good?

Another loan option is borrowing from a whole life insurance policy. There are articles about this on Kiplinger and The Simple Dollar. In a nutshell, there's no tax or credit ramifications if borrow against what you've already paid in. And, you don't even really have to pay it back — just continue to pay into the…

Agreed: this show puts watchers into some sort of hypnotic trance. Maybe akin to the train wreck effect, I'm not sure.

I've had one or two big links, but they were years ago.

I can vouch for the fact that this does not always work. I've had a blog for years about wedding decorations and there was a period where I could basically do nothing for a month, and I'd still be earning hundreds a month via Adsense. That same site can barely cough up $100 over three months these days, thanks to the…

I think it would all depend on what we define as evil. There are a lot of women in history who were believed to be evil at the time, but who we now view as strong, pioneering women — like Cleopatra, Nefertiti, Elizabeth I, Catherine The Great. Those are just a few off the top of my head. I don't know that there are a…

Hahaha, that was the first one that came to mind for me too.

So, forgive me for stereotyping, but you're Filipino. Guilt-tripping is in our DNA.

I took the humanetrics test. I scored 22% on Introversion, 1% on Sensing, 25% on Feeling and 67% on Judging. Still undetermined as to what all that means.

I don't like to call it planting an idea in someone's mind. I like to call it planting a seed. I have to do this all the time with my husband — not for evil reasons, generally, but for ideas and concepts I want to convince him of. For example, trying to convince him to roll over an old 401k to to a Roth IRA. I…