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Adulting Mrs Enginerd

Supporting Your Friends’ Dreams Shouldn’t Be Optional

I was raised by a flexible old school family that taught me to always patronize home grown products, services and peeps’s wacky business ventures. For example, my mom didn’t necessarily need 20 lbs of laundry detergent but if a friend was starting a career as an Amway sales rep or their own laundry detergent shop […]

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Château Enginerd is Getting Sewer Service!

For almost 6 months now we have been waiting for the new place because of sewer permits and delays in sewer construction. After switching contractors and waiting for the go ahead from the county, we are finally breaking ground! The builder is still waiting for the job to be completed to celebrate and plan the […]

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Mrs Enginerd Poetry

Feed Your Inner Child

Don’t grow up to fast Find wonder in every thing, In every thought, In every living creature. Wear your Mickey ears, Your R2D2 dress, Your lightsabers. Be free of worry and dare to be you. No one else can pull it off quite as well. Dream of spaceship and space missions, Build rockets that can […]

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Mrs Enginerd Travel

10 Tips to Optimize Your Disney World Resort Vacation

Not all Disney vacations are created equal and if you are on a budget, these tips may help make your visit a magical and less expensive one: 1. Resort stay vs outside lodging This one will depend on your idea of convenience and budget. Staying off site requires a rental car, paying for parking and […]

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Mrs Enginerd Travel

4 Days Only At The Disney World Parks, No Problem!

In what can only be considered one of those magical moments, my best friend from middle school and I stumbled upon an opportunity to meet up in Orlando. Turns out that until May, you can get a 4 Day Magic Pass or Tickets that average an admission price of $70 USD per park, per day […]

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Love and Marriage Mrs Enginerd

No One Is Immune To Divorce

One of my close friends, a divorcé himself, posted this Crackle article about cynical views of marriage. What struck me the most about the article was the claim they made that no one was immune to divorce. Very clever! The reality is some couples make it and some don’t because of irreconcilable differences that arise from the […]

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Love and Marriage Mrs Enginerd Poetry

Marry Someone Who 

Marry someone who loves your little quirks, Who pauses the basketball game with seconds to go to hear you talk about your day. Marry someone who finds your flaws adorable, Who helps you grow wiser not just bolder or prouder. Marry someone who can dedicate time to understanding how you feel, Someome who studies who […]

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Love and Marriage Mrs Enginerd

2011: The Year That Made Me Wish Time Machines Were Real 

There are years in our lives that shape us. Be it full of joy or strife, the moments logged into our memories permeate our state of mind marking us in ways that may take time to process and explore. My emotional baggage grew so exponentially in 2011 that the year itself has become a trigger […]

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Mrs Enginerd Nerd Stuff

Tips From A Yelp Elite

When I first joined Yelp! I wasn’t expecting to contribute much to the application. Truth be told, yelpers had such a bad reputation because of being smug or expecting preferential treatment that I became weary of posting altogether. Then again I realized that my Trip Advisor posts were gettint attention, so I decided to give […]

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Dear Samsung Appliances Division,

When the fridge arrived with a dented door we didn’t think much of it. The tech graciously ordered a new door, one we have yet to receive and hear about, but that we know has been ordered. For a 4,000 USD product, the shipping should have been so stellar that this would have not happened. […]