My Freebox

My freebox made me happy this week:
* $5 Amazon Gift Cards times 2
* $10 Suntan City Gift Card
* $25 CVS Gift Card
* $8 Dunkin Donut Gift Card
* 2 bags coffee

Maxwell House Drops of Good Community Project.

Mawell House is giving a community center a $50,000 renovation! Vote here for your choice.

Treasure Box

I LOVE FREEBIES. More than love, obsessed is more like. This weeks goodies were:
* Metamucil (walmart.com)
* Coupons for Crest Pro-Health (vocalpoint.com)
* Coupons for Alpo
* Tide Pod
* Toms Toothpaste

Pick Another Checkout Lane, Honey

I just finished reading Pick Another Checkout Lane, Honey by Joanie Demer and Heather Wheeler also known as the Krazy Coupon Lady. This book was life changing for me! Truly! It talks you through the ins and outs of couponing. Where to find coupons, how to use them, more importantly when to use them, and much more. I have already started getting newspapers to build my coupon stock. Even though I can't afford many papers, I am starting with 2 and asking friends and family for their left overs. The newspaper here is $2.00. So if I were to get 5 papers (one for each person in the house) it would cost me $10.00 a Sunday. I will start this when I get back to work. I will never be unprepared again!

5 star rating!

You Better Shop Around

So a big part of this blog is trying to change our financial situation. Dave Ramsey recommends getting rid of cable. David is so addicted to TV that we all know that will never happen, BUT...  After looking at my cable/phone/Internet package, it was too high for the quality of service we have been getting. 4 service calls in 3 weeks! But I digress, I called there competitors and now we have lowered our bill by $60 a month. That is 2 weeks worth of groceries! Or 1 night of dining out. Or a haircut!

I could go on but I won't!

How do you save on your cable/Internet/phone bill?

Great Cloth Diaper Change

I am excited to announce that tomorrow the two young boys and I will be participating in the Great Cloth Diaper Change, an attempt to create a world record! This is a great event to get out awareness for cloth diapers. These are not your mama's cloth diapers. They are stylish and easy to use.

Here are 5 reasons that I use cloth diapers:

1. Cost- They are cost effective and do not cost much to get started.
2. Healthy - Less likely to cause diaper rash
3. They are cute!
4. Environmentally friendly
5. Did I mention money?

I encourage everyone to check into cloth diapers for your little one. They truly have been a blessing to our family!

Live Below the Line

Live Below the Line is a campaign that challenges individuals and communities to eat and drink on just $1.50 per day for 5 days. By exposing participants to a glimpse of some of the daily difficulties experienced by the 1.4 billion people who live in extreme poverty every day, for everything, the campaign provides a unique window into understanding the realities of life for so many.Through the insights gained over the 5 days, Live Below the Line is assembling a movement of people passionate about eradicating extreme poverty. Through partnerships with various charities, the campaign raises both awareness and critical funds.

This a campaign sponsored by BzzAgent. If you want to sponsor me, my link is https://www.livebelowtheline.com/me/makethismamaover. My sponsorship money goes to Unicef.

Challenge date: May 7-11.

Goals This Week

Goals This Week 4/16/12

Family:

Cook Every Night Except Tuesday (We Have Tee Ball)
Work on Kaden’s Writing
Work on Eythan’s Walking
Have one In-Home Date Night

Personal:

Start Pick Another Checkout Lane, Honey It was so good that I finished it in 3 days!
Start The Fitting Room I tried, but no cigar. I just couldn't get into it. It was not quite what I expected.
Get Blog Up and Running Get Dressed Every Morning Pretty much
Research Couponing

Household:

Start the Fly Lady
Work on Household Notebook Work in progress.
Follow Cleaning Schedule
Work With David To Set Up Budget That's a big fat negative. We both got sick with this ugly cold. When we are sick, we can be mean so definately not the time to discuss money!

Business:

Create Scentsy Plan Get a Job Not successful yet, but I will get one!

Swagbucks

If you are not a user of Swagbucks, I highly encourage you head over there right now and sign up. You earn points for internet searches, polls, surveys, special offers, even for watching videos (my favorite are Paula Dean). You can then redeem these points for gift cards (like amazon) and other prizes (or swag). You can earn lots of points a day. I will share my tips with you soon! My goal is to be able to buy all Christmas gifts with my points this year!

BzzAgent

I am a BzzAgent. From time to time, I get to test free products and services. I then will share my review with you. This is something I really enjoy doing. I love trying new things and like to inform everyone about it. To sign up, click here. You can earn My Points (redeemable for gift cards) for completing activities.