Register Your Phone Numbers on the Do Not Call List

(My comments are in red)

REMEMBER: Cell Phone Numbers Go Public this month.
REMINDER.....  all cell phone numbers are being released to  telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sales calls.

(I haven’t heard this before, but I recommend registering all you numbers on the Do Not Call List anyways, just in case)

You can register your phone numbers, including mobile numbers on the National DO NOT CALL list. It will only take a minute of your time.

I found it faster and easier to do it online at: https://www.donotcall.gov/

or you can call 888-382-1222

You must call from the cell phone number you want to have blocked. You cannot call from a different phone number.

Registering your phone numbers on this list helps to ensure that telemarketers do not call you and if they do, you can report them and have them stopped.

I Will Vacuum Up Anything (except money)

I no longer stoop to pick up anything before vacuuming now unless I'm certain it won't fit in the hose and only after finding out it won't fit by trying to cram it down the hose.
Crayons, small toy pieces, scraps of note paper (of course with phone numbers on it), you name it, gets sucked up and tossed out.
My only exception is money. I will bend over for that. I then find myself saying out loud, "Gee, thanks for the tip." Yes, I even pick up pennies. Pennies do ad up and I value all money, even pennies.
I love the bagless vacuums  now so I can see what I'm throwing out and my son has learned to pick up his toys with only one request from me when I pull out the vacuum. He knows if he wants to keep them, he better get them off the floor.
I need a bigger hose attachment now. One that will suck up shoes, books and car parts left lying around.
This is just another sign I have become my mother.

A Sad Example of Young & Stupid

At the grocery store today, a woman overheard me call my son's name.

She smiled at him and said, "My! What a good little helper you are!"

She then said, "I have a grandson who has the same name, but he's 17 and doesn't talk to Grandma anymore."

I thought to myself, how very sad.

Why is it when we're young, we do not appreciate the elders in our life till we're older, they're gone and we realize how much we need them?

New Deals

• Spend $40 on HP ink at Staples and get a $10 Staples gift card. – I hate spending money on ink, but when you have to, you might as well save some money.


• TGI Fridays Coupons – print before you go! Buy ONE Appetizer & Entree, Get ONE Entree FREE – Expires March 31 or Buy TWO Beverages & ONE Entree, Get ONE Entree FREE – Expires March 31


• Lone Star Steak House Printable Coupons $7.50 Off 2 Entrees Printable Coupon – Expires March 31 $7.50 Off 2 Entrees Printable Coupon – Expires April 30


• 20% Off at Carter's Through Wednesday - Through Wednesday, March 30, Carter’s is offering a coupon for 20% off of purchases of $40 or more. This offer is valid in-store only and can be used at Carter’s outlet store locations. Carter’s Makes some great clothes and there is nothing mentioned about not being able to use it on clearance items – so stock up on next year’s winter clothes now!

• Magazines.com has $5.00 off coupon that expires on 3/31/11 – use MAR31 at checkout. Magazines.com has some great magazine choices.


• Free sample of Fiber Choice Tablets – I’m thinking of trying these to help curb appetite. Anyone have success doing that?


• Rare $3/1 Huggies coupons – This is a great coupon that goes fast!


• Babies R Us is offering Free shipping on ALL baby clothes, shoes & socks including Clearance items with no minimum purchase – good for those who have upcoming baby showers they need to buy for!


• $10 0ff coupon for Little Tikes of $100 or more – This is a great coupon if you (or the grandparents) were planning on spending some money buying new. I prefer to buy the larger ticket items used, but if you’re going to buy anyway, grab this coupon!


• 250 Free business cards printed from Vistaprint – good for those just starting a new business.


• Print coupons for Kraft Mac & Cheese, Huggies, Pedigree and more!


• More printable coupons from Redplum – add them to the ones you got from the Sunday paper and stock up! There are sever Sally Hansen coupons this time around!

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Friday Freebies

I'm a little busy this week, so my list is a little short. I'll make it up, I promise!

Some Free tips on getting free stuff:
· When you like a product, write or email the company and tell them you like their product and why (or tell them a way to improve the product!) Then ask if you could get on their mailing lists for coupons and free samples. Many companies do this and like the feedback.

· “Like” a company on Facebook and many will send you coupons for free or discounted products. Plus be the first to know about special deals.

· Combine coupons with sales and you will find you can score many items for free or nearly free!

· Follow money saving blogs (like this one!) and subscribe to them for the latest deals.

Now on to the Freebie list!
Please let us know if there are any links that are no longer working!

· FREE Eye Exam for Infants till one year old. See my article on The Infant See Program here.

· FREE Beauty Bag from Target

· FREE sample of U by Kotex


• Free Stuff from Amazon (songs, books and more!)


· Free Info on Natural Vitamins, Biodegradable Cleaners and more!


· Free Quiz on if you are getting enough Vitamin D


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New Car Seat Regulations

The American Academy of Pediatrics and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued separate but consistent new recommendations Monday.

Infants should ride rear facing till age two. This recommendation isn’t exactly new as it was just a suggestion when my little one was one, so I kept him rear facing till 22 months when everyone else had already turned their kids around when they turned one. I understood the reasoning – that young children’s spine and neck cannot handle the jerk that can occur during a crash. Severe neck and spinal injuries have occurred to young children because their heads are so large.

One-year-olds are five times less likely to be injured in a crash if they are in a rear-facing car seat than a forward-facing seat, according to a 2007 analysis of five years of U.S. crash data.

Make sure your child’s weight does not exceed the infant car seat’s weight limit. If the child’s weight does, then you need to purchase a convertible seat that can be used both rear and forward facing. When purchasing a car seat for an infant, the most cost effective way is to just buy a convertible seat that can accommodate both infants up through the toddler stage and can be turned around to face forward. Luckily there are more and more seats being produced that can do both.

Older children who've outgrown front-facing car seats should ride in booster seats until the lap-shoulder belt fits them. Booster seats help position adult seat belts properly on children's smaller frames. If the seat belt doesn’t fit properly it can cause serious internal injuries during a crash.

Children usually can graduate from a booster seat when their height reaches 4 feet 9 inches. This can occur between years of 8 and 12. Children younger than 13 should ride in the back seat.

I can hear the groans from both parents and children. Try to convince a 12 year old he has to ride in a booster seat and in the back seat? Good luck with that, right? Well, it may very well be something we must insist on to keep them safe.

Think you can’t do that? Here’s a little thought that might help you.

Think about the parents whose children who were killed in car crashes who may have survived had they followed these guidelines – kept their children in the booster seat in the back. I think if they could go back and do it all over again, they would have made their children ride in the booster seat no matter what.

It may be hard to convince my son of why I am insisting he stays in a booster seat and can’t ride up front when his friends can, but I must keep in mind it’s better to have him mad at me then for him to be dead.

It may seem hard to make our kids follow these new rules, but it's better than the alternative - picking out a child size casket.

ALERT! a Stolen 95 green dodge caravan with 4 year old inside! KY license 471-CYD
This van was stolen at a gas station when the dad left his child unattended to go inside and pay.
Suspects are described as white male wearing black UK style jacket white woman in tan hoodie. Left KY over Clay Way Bailey bridge into Ohio.
Prayers this boy is returned safely to his naive father.
Never, never leave your kid inside a car especially with keys in it!
Still, a moment of ignorance does not deserve losing your child. So scary.
Even when I pay at the pump, I take they keys with me. I don't want someone jumping in on the other side while I'm pumping the gas and take off. That and I don't want to accidently lock the keys in the car.
God, I pray that you watch over this child. Please convince these thieves to return the child safely. Please comfort his parents in this time of great fear. In Jesus' name we pray.

UPDATE: The child has been found safe at a firestation and the suspects in custody. Thank you God!

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Why Do Little Boys Hate Having Their Picture Taken?

Little boys just do not like having their picture taken.
Only exception is if it's a mud project they are working on. Then they smile big and proud.
Out of the 50,000 photos they took, only 3 were marginally good with a smile. Sigh.
I hate it when you get them home though, as you always wish you had ordered the other pose.

Quote: "A Mother is a Person...."

"A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie."

~ Tenneva Jordan

Check out our Women's Health solutions:

20 Page Photo Book for $10

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You can get these deals even if you don’t live in the city featured as these are National deals.

Advance Tickets to the new Matthew McConaughey Movie, "The Lincoln Lawyer"

Score advance access tickets from Groupon to "The Lincoln Lawyer," which premiers on Friday, March 18, featuring Matthew McConaughey and Marisa Tomei in it.
The deal will be for $6 tickets to see "The Lincoln Lawyer," good for any showing during the first three weeks of the movie's run, at any theater served by Fandango.
$6 for a new movie ticket – great deal!
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This deal runs from 12:01a Wednesday, March 16 through 11:59p Thursday, March 17.

It Could Have Just As Easily Been Us

That AP photo of seeing that Japanese woman with her little one crouching down next to her after the quake is heartbreaking. I realize it could have easily been me and my son.

"Only for the grace of God go I"

Prayers to all those families who have lost loved ones and for those still searching and hoping.

Are you prepared if a disaster, either natural or man made, hit us here?

I started a home disaster pack, but never finished it. I let life busyness get in the way.

I recommend every household have one ready.

You can get info on what you need from FEMA’s website - http://www.fema.gov/areyouready/appendix_b.shtm

You also should have a backpack at the ready to grab for every member of the household including the dog in case officials come knocking at the door saying you have to leave NOW!

You won't have time to pack.

We think it will never happen to us, but in today's world you just never know.

Guess I know what I'll be doing this weekend.

Friday Freebies

Some Free tips on getting free stuff:

· When you like a product, write or email the company and tell them you like their product and why (or tell them a way to improve the product!) Then ask if you could get on their mailing lists for coupons and free samples. Many companies do this and like the feedback.

· “Like” a company on Facebook and many will send you coupons for free or discounted products. Plus be the first to know about special deals.

· Combine coupons with sales and you will find you can score many items for free or nearly free!

· Follow money saving blogs (like this one!) and subscribe to them for the latest deals.

Now on to the Freebie list!

Please let us know if there are any links that are no longer working!

· FREE Eye Exam for Infants till one year old. See my article on The Infant See Program here.

· FREE Beauty Bag from Target

· FREE sample of U by Kotex


• Free Stuff from Amazon (songs, books and more!)


· Free Info on Natural Vitamins, Biodegradable Cleaners and more!


· Free Quiz on if you are getting enough Vitamin D


· Free Trade Magazines


· FREE grocery coupons and more


· Free Local Grocery Store Coupons


· Free Money Management Info


· Free Samples of name brand products

· Earn FREE Rewards every time you surf the Net with Swagbucks here.

· Earn double the cash back on a different store every day at Ebates Ebates pays you to shop online and with tons of stores and all the major retailers, you are bound to find great deals on places you already shop, so you might as well get paid for it! Click Here to sign up for Ebates to receive this great deal!

· FREE Racing Classifieds

More freebies courtesy of http://www.wcpo.com/:

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NEW 2/1/11: FREE STEAK N SHAKE BURGER ON YOUR BIRTHDAY! If you sign up online. CLICK HERE

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NEW 1/26/11: FREE SHIPPING FROM MACY'S.COM FOR ALMOST EVERYTHING OVER $99.

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Save Money, the Environment and Your Health While doing Laundry

Do all that while doing the laundry at the same time? Now that’s multitasking!

Did you know?
Many laundry powders may contain irritants that can be absorbed through the skin or inhaled, a common cause of allergic response.
Triethanolamine dodecylbenzenesulfonate (who comes up with these names?) is such an irritant, and is on the EPA and DOT hazardous substances list. (YIKES!)
Contact can irritate and burn the skin and eyes, breathing it can irritate the nose, throat, and lungs, causing coughing, wheezing, or shortness of breath. Repeated skin contact may cause dryness, itching, chronic irritation, and rash. (Eww, and to think many people sleep on sheets soaked in this stuff!)

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*All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
* This performance comparison was done on June 6, 2006 and is valid only for the named products marketed at that time.

Tip: Washing clothes in cold water can save up to 10 cents per eight-pound load, assuming use of an electric water heater and U.S. average electric rate
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Fresh Laundry Concentrate (Liquid)
Directions for best results

(This is what the label says, but let me tell you, I have a front loader and I us a lot LESS than this! Often times I am using just a teaspoon or a tablespoon of liquid for a large load! This stuff lasts forever!!)

top loading washers 1 oz. – medium load
2 oz. – large loads
front loading washers 1 oz. – medium and large loads

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This Laundry concentrate also comes in Powder!

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Here are the latest deals I've come across that are not area specific.

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Is That God?

A comment my newly 3 year old asks often while pointing at a picture of most anything.

When he asks me where God is, my answer of everywhere does little to satisfy his curiosity. I try to explain as simply as possible that though you can’t see God, He is always there. I go on to say He can see you, you just can’t see Him. And you can talk to him and his son, Jesus anytime, not just during bedtime prayers.

I think that answer, that God is everywhere and sees everything you do, may seem a little creepy to a kid, but I am at a lost to explain in toddler terms of who God is and how to explain where He is.

How do I explain God’s presence without making it sound like God is always watching him like Big Brother just waiting to catch him doing something wrong?

How do I teach my son about God’s love for him without it sounding like he’s being stalked?

I love the fact that my son is becoming curious about God and just doesn’t go through the motions of praying at meals and bedtimes. My son wants to know God.

I just want to make sure I make learning about God fun, exciting and it makes my son feel even more loved than he does now. I want to create that feeling of wanting to know God a lifelong passion.

I must ask God to guide me in guiding my son to Him.

"Not In a House, Not With a Mouse...."

In honor of Dr. Seuss's Birthday I think I will try to make green eggs and ham for supper tonight!
Maybe I should make a pizza as a backup in case no one eats it!
"Not in a house, not with a mouse. Not in a box, not with a fox. I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them Sam I Am!"

Not a Proud Moment

OK, my 3 year old son announces in the grocery store that his butt itches.
He proceeds to pull down his jeans, stick his hand down his underwear and scratches.
I can't say it was one of my proudest moments.
I was unaware how early men start acting like men.

Deal Alert: Whole Chicken on Sale for .88 a Pound

Main Street Markets (formally Marsh's) is having a sale that ends today on Perdue whole chickens for only $.88 a pound!
Perdue makes organic chicken which I prefer over non-organic because their hens are not fed any artificial ingredients, given hormones, etc. If you knew what is given to non-organic chickens you would never eat it.

This sale is a great deal.
I bought a couple of five pounders and got enough chicken to make several meals.
Even though this store has a little higher prices than your bigger chains, they often have great deals on chicken, so watch their ads which run from Thursdays through Wednesdays.
I cook my chickens up with a little seasoning at a low temperature of 350 degrees for a couple of hours till temperatures reach 180 degrees on a meat thermometer. I lightly cover the bird with foil till that last 30 minutes or so. Then I take the foil off to brown.
I keep the skin on till I'm ready to cut the meat off. This helps keep the juices in and cooking at a lower temperatures assures that your meat will be juicy.
I slice the breast meat off wrap and freeze.
Then I pick the rest of the meat off in pieces, separate the white from the dark.
Then I put the amounts I normally use in my dishes into small ziploc bags, then I put the several small bags into a large freezer bag. Mark and date it.
Then when I need to add chicken to a dish I'm making all I have to do is pull out a premeasured, pre-cooked amount of chicken, defrost and add to the meal.
Plus I get loads of chicken juice to make homemade gravy that is so mouthwatering, you can't get enough.
If you think that the dark meat won't be used because many people don't like dark meat, try making chicken salad with it. You can't tell the difference in the taste at all. A bowl of chicken salad around here doesn't even last a day.
It makes meals so much simpler and faster when you already have the meat cooked and buying it on sale in larger quantity saves you lots of money.
Nothing could be better than saving money and saving time all at once!