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, with the birth of our son, we both get more joy watching him open presents. 2. We don’t spend a lot on family. In the past few years, we have sent framed pictures or photo books as gifts using gift certificates and other discounts. I...
Monthly Archives: June 2008
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 is all fine with me. I understand the safety issues involved with online forums, especially ones in which groups of children will be meeting together. I know two of the mothers who are members of the new group, and I signed up for the new...
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, the website, job opportunities, etc. Right now, my inbox count is at 1366 messages (down from over 1700 this morning). Frankly, I’m not that important. My goal is to take eliminate 100 e-mails per day in addition to any e-mails I receive. This means that...
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, you can even download a widget (like I did) to put in your sidebar. I know that our lives our busy, but taking a minute or two to send a thoughtful message helps put things in perspective. Have a wonderful week!
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 huge, and it has a lot of water attractions that are geared towards little ones. Since we went on a Wednesday, it was not crowded at all. Characters from Sesame Place are outside during different times of the day, and you can take pictures with...
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 up; I promise to make it up to you as soon as I have reliable and fast internet access again! Take it easy
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!
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 use. After a little bit of searching on the internet, I found a site call Any Soldier. Please visit the site – the general idea is that military members overseas notify the site of their needs. Quite honestly, I was amazed at the simplicity of...
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 today, and are currently watching Les Claypool. Metallica is playing tonight, and there are other bands performing over the weekend (Ben Folds, Robert Randolph’s Revival, and Yonder Mountain String Band are just a few). Have a great weekend everyone! Watch some music!
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 site daily, but a couple of things have changed since that post, so I thought I would write an update. What has changed? 1. An individual can earn up to 1500 points a day. Depending on how focused I am, this can take me anywhere...
