Ok so I've been a little bit busy lately. We've been moving. Finally we are all moved in to our rental home. We've expanded!!! Well, more space---more money, that is why I eat up articles like this one I again took from Woman's Day... Can you blame me? They are awesome!!! Well here you Go---I'm going to just list the actual Sites, since the article isn't on the online website. =(

"21 Websites that save you Time and Money"
Solutions-your money by Mary Hunt

1. Shop Local -Weekly ads for lots of stores in your community

2. Mommy Savers -Not just coupon codes, printable coupons, freebies and bargains, but also a comprehensive site that provides support for moms' need to live the frugal life.

3. The Bargainist -Simple reliable listing of the hottest online bargains, sales, coupons and freebies.

4. The Coupon Clippers - One of the nation's largest online grocery coupon clipping services.

5. The Freecycle Network - The nations biggest swap meet---where no money every exchanges hands

6. Paperbackswap- Join the club for free, gain credits by giving someone else a book, use credits to get a book for yourself. All you have to pay is postage to send your book to someone else. There's also sister sites on there to swap DVD's and CD's.

7. Zilok- Rent just about anything...Guitar Hero for a weekend party, a power tool, pickup truck. Or maybe you have something you'd like to rent out to make a few bucks.

8. USA- Book mark it! An exhuastive index of government agencies, services and activities. (How to get grants, health insurance, updates on flu outbreak, and more.)

9. Findhow- Learn how to do things, like cut your own hair, change your oil, everything but the kitchen sink...no wait scratch that, they have that too.

10. Starfall- A nifty reading program for kids designed to be fun, exciting and confidence building for young children as they learn to read.

11. The Consumerist- blogs bringing you up to date with the latest scams, ripoffs, and hot deals, (even a few freebies now and then). A place to complain about anything consumer related.

12. Lynda- Software training!!! (photoshop, dreamweaver, illustrator?)

13. Big Huge Labs- Custom Photo Lab to make photo calendars, jigsaw puzzles, mosaics, trading cards and more, all from your digital photos.

14. Dafont- Free FONTS!!! you can even preview them before downloading. Over 9,000 fonts.

15. Fix it Club- Shows you how to do ordinary household and other kinds of repairs. Hey, If we're not making a hole, we're fixin' it!!!

16. Budget Simple- a free site with no ads and no need to enter personal information. Designed to help people get out of debt and start saving.

17. Annual Credit Report- Truly free copy of your credit report...once a year from each of the 3 big credit reporting agencies.

18. Dinkytown- More than 350 financial Calculators...ALL FREE.

19. Bloomberg- Budget Calculators that give you amazingly easy to read charts that categorize your expenses and break down your spending so you can see what's up w/ your finances.

20. Discover America- Linked to tourism in all 50 states, list more than 4,000 experiences, attractions and events such as museums, parks and festivals.

21. Mouse Savers- As in Mickey Mouse!!! It's not associated with the Disney Organization but it really is an exhaustive collection of trips, tricks and secrets for how to get discounts on every aspect of a trip to Disney Word, Disneyland, Disney Resorts....well, all things Disney.

I took this little article off of my Woman's Day magazine from like 2006, i couldn't find it online so I decided to retype it:

-Besides not being very effective, constant yelling can damage the trust between you and your child, as well as your child's self-esteem, says Hal Runkel, author of ScreamFree Parenting; Raising Your Kids By Keeping Your Cool. Try these quieter alternatives instead:

Calm yourself. If you're seeing red, step away and think about what you'll say before addressing your child, recommends Runkel. Remind yourself to speak calmly and slowly.

Let the consequences do the talking. Give kids a choice, suggests Runkel. Say, "Either bring in the bike now or I'll put it away for a week." Then follow through.

Use the glare. Develop a look that your child knows is a signal that she needs to stop what she's doing. But for this to be effective, says Anne Brazil Creator of Timeout Tot, a DVD on calmer parenting, you need to be loving and communicative with your child most of the time. Only use the look when you're angry, so as not to confuse her.

Lower your voice. "Rather than raising your voice, make it barely audible," suggests Peter Favaro, Ph.D., author of Anger Management: 6 Critical Steps to a Calmer Life. Your child will be distracted from what she's doing as she strains to hear you.

Vacate the premises. If you you repeatedly ask your young child to stop doing something and she won't, you may need to carry her from the room, says Brazil. If she's older, say firmly, "We're leaving now," then lead the way out. Andrea Atkins

So today I was standing in the kitchen about to make lunch for my two little boys and a little one I care for in my home. I was standing there with the fridge open, trying to think up something creative, when my two year old (getting the cue from the open fridge) sits at the table and says, "Mom, i want grilled cheese!" WELL OK! Good choice. Thank you sweetie for the good idea. So there I am grillin' some cheese...when my son then says..."Mom, I want dinosaur grilled cheese!" Wow, how inventive, it didn't even cross my mind to cut it into the dinosaur shapes I usually use for PB&J sandwiches...and at his request that's what the boys had today and they gobbled them all up! I really recommend cookie cutters and sandwich cutters for your food...they help to get your kids to eat and have fun at the same time...."Mom, I bit the dinosaurs head" (giggles) So fun!

Here's a site, I bought my dinosaur sandwich cutter @ Walmart. Thnx for reading.

http://www.evriholder.com/Crust-Cutter.asp

"Online stores send out discount codes to SELECT groups of customers, leaving the rest of us to pay full price!" Wouldn't you like to get a hold of some of those discounts when you shop online? Well, as a mommy of 2, I know that coupons sure do help. Here is a website where you can find a lot of coupons for online stores such as; 1-800-Flowers, Art.com, and hundreds more! There is so much on this site...i recommend it! Here's the link:

http://www.naughtycodes.com/

This is a site for coupon codes or secret discount links! WOoh