Archive for June, 2008

I started my Christmas shopping today

We’ve been putting aside $25 a month for Christmas.  I know that this doesn’t sound like a lot, but keep the following things in mind: 1.  My husband and I don’t buy each other gifts for Christmas.  Seriously.  If one of us wants or needs something, we discuss it and then plan appropriately.  Besides,...
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Posted in Frugal Spending, Kids, Personal Finance, Saving Money | 6 Comments »

The most elite mothers group ever?

Warning:  Rant ahead… I live in a smaller town.  There used to be an online mothers group, of which I was a member.  At some point, a bunch of the mothers decided to open another group in which you have to know another mom to get in.  The old group is now gone. This...
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Getting rid of e-mail

One of my big goals (part of the change in money, love, and change) has been to simplify our life.  We’ve done quite a bit, but there is more that can be done. My #1 pet peeve right now is my e-mail.  I have one central e-mail account that has incoming e-mails from school,...
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Say thanks to our troops for free

Xerox is sponsoring a program called “Let’s Say Thanks”, which allows people to send free postcards designed by children to US military members who are stationed overseas.  It only takes a minute of your time to select a postcard and choose a message (or write one of your own). If you’re a fellow blogger,...
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Sesame Place is pretty nice!

We took our 2-year-old to Sesame Place on Wednesday.  Sesame Street is the only television show he watches, and since Sesame Place is relatively close (within 3 hours), we thought it would be a nice family outing. Overall, I think this is a great place to take your younger kids.  The park is not...
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Posted in Kids, Travel | 4 Comments »

Technical Difficulties

I just wanted to write a quick post – my ISP has been having some issues, but things should be fixed by this afternoon. I’ll post back as soon as things are fixed.  I also wanted to apologize to Entrecard droppers – things were just too slow over the past two days to keep...
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We took a day trip – be back tomorrow

We had a blast today – my husband took the day off, and we took the kid to Sesame Place.  I’ll write more tomorrow, but I give this place three thumbs up if you have little ones!
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Please consider helping our troops

We have a free subscription to Sports Illustrated.  Now that it is baseball season, neither my husband nor myself really read the issues.  We have dropped back issues off at various locations in the past – doctor’s offices, the gym, etc.  I was thinking about whether or not they could be put to better...
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Watch Bonnaroo live

For those of you that are wondering, Bonnaroo is a live music festival that features a variety of bands.  If you want to go, it’s a little late, since it’s occuring this weekend.  However, you can still watch certain acts live (for free) thanks to the AT&T blue room. We watched the Raconteurs earlier...
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Thoughts on Boomertowne changes

**UPDATE:  I no longer recommend Boomertowne – they have not cashed in on gift cards since the early part of May, and are not communicating with their users.  Please see this post for more information. At the end of January, I wrote a brief review about a site called Boomertowne.  I still visit this...
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