Have you heard about "That Works for Me"?

If you haven't heard, it's a fantastic new e-book that is LOADED- and I mean FULLY LOADED- with some of the best tips available in blogland.
There are innumerable links to blogs with tips on every subject under the sun! And yes, there's even a tip of mine in there- woo hoo!

Topics in the book include; Beauty, Gardening, Decor, Blogging, Recipes, Homeschool, Cleaning, Marriage, Hospitality, Craft, Gift, Pets, and more! There are 187 pages of tips, links, and more.

Below is a short video that these two ladies have put together to give you a visual explanation of what you can find in their e-book:

We Are That Family (one of the writer/producers) of this e-book is giving away several copies!

You may also submit a tip to enter their $150 giveaway for a free house cleaning!

Check out Facebook to learn more!

You can purchase the book at the link below for $8!
Click here to visit wearethatfamily.

(*Disclaimer: the last link is an affiliate link.)

Brandy's Giveaway

Be sure to check out Brandy's giveaway on her Facebook!

...and the winner is.....

JOY- you're the winner! 

There were 4 entries and I punched them in the widget above, from Random.Org, and it picked the number one, which is the first poster.

Thank you girls for entering!

Joy- I'll ship this right out to you and hopefully you should have it by the middle of the week.

***

Special thanks to Blade Buddy for allowing me and one of you to try out their product.... my razor is still going strong, thanks to this product!

***

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Scavenger Hunt- for all of YOU!!!

How about a freebie for all of you?
Wanna Have Some Fun?

Remember the My Memories Suite Giveaway back in September? 

(And don't forget my special promo offer (code: STMMMS61766) on the side bar if any of you are interested in purchasing the entire suite!)

Well boy- I mean girls, ladies- do I have a fun surprise for YOU! -All of you!

See these below?

Those 3 packs are YOURS and all of you can have them!!!

If you're up to a little fun ;-)

First let me say that this will be a link to the MyMemories site and you will simply download these special png files. They are special, in that, you can use them COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT of the MyMemoriesSuite!

That means you can use them on ANY program on your computer! Which also means that ALL OF YOU can get them!

Now for THE BIG FUN- you have to find them! ;-)

Told you it would be fun!

I'm going to hide the links to the downloads in some old posts. I'll give you a clue to find each of them and you simply find the post and the link will be at the bottom and it will say: "Here's your first (second or third) special My Memories Link." Click on the link, it will take you to the special My Memories page and simply click the "click here to download" button. 

Woo hoo! Let the fun begin! 

Oh I just love to play games!

1st clue to first download: I posted about a book in 2008 on Gutenberg that I thought was really neat. It was called Science In the Kitchen. Hint: type in MRS. E.E. KELLOGG in my blog's search bar.

2nd clue to second download: Your second download is on the post of my family's favorite dessert. Hint: Look on the side bar.

3rd clue to third download: I posted a while back about an oddly-named Scripture memory activity that I was using with my kids. Hint: Type "zombie" in the search bar on my blog.

Blade Buddy Giveaway:

Have you heard of these? 

Blade Buddy is a product created to make your blades last longer. 

Used regularly, it will extend the life of your razors and reduce those nasty nicks and cuts.

The Blade Buddy only takes a few seconds of your time and it simply requires that you run your blade across it 15-20 times. Not a bad exchange for your time since now your blade will last you months, instead of days.
 It is not meant as a "sharpener" for dull blades, but rather a maintenance for new ones.
And if you're concerned with all things Green, you will love this product because it will significantly reduce your plastic waste from razors.

Blade Buddy generously sent me 2 to try.
One I kept in my shower (yah me!) and my razor is now up to "weeks" of use!
(Yah, frugal me, again!)

THE OTHER ONE I will give to a lucky winner that will be selected by Random.org on Saturday, January 21, 2012. The winner will be announced here and contacted by email so BE SURE to leave your addy below AND you must follow the instructions for entry.

MANDATORY ENTRY:
You must visit GetBladeBuddy and paste and copy me their 1-800 number in your post below. 
SECOND ENTRY:
You must "like" Blade Buddy on Facebook and come back and post again to let me know that you did.
Thanks Blade Buddy!

***This post is linked to:
Works For Me Wednesday/We Are That Family
and Frugal Friday

Homeschool Sweepstakes-

Check it out here!
....over $56,000 in prizes are to be given away....
...books..and VeggieTales....and more...........be still my beating heart!
Good luck!

And the winner is.........

Margaret!-- -  chosen by random.org.

Congratulations Margaret! You should be hearing from me or My Memories soon with the special code to their website to download the My Memories Suite. Its an amazing program and I know you'll love it!

Thanks to all of you who entered!

And special thanks to My Memories!

The only bummer about a Giveaway- is that everyone can't win the main prize :-( BUT you can still use Mom's Frugal's special promo code for the $20 discount :-)
STMMMS61766

Special Giveaway and Promotion Code from My Memories Suite

My Memories has offered you and me a very special deal!
(This Works for Me Wednesday...but could be working for you by Saturday if you are the winner! This is also linked to Frugal Fridays because FREE is FRUGAL! Good luck! And be sure to look through this last week's posts where I've used this program ;-)

FOR YOU- first--a Giveaway!
They've offered one of my readers their amazing My Memories Suite which is an incredible digital scrapbooking software.(A $40 value!!!)  Click here for full product description.

FYI- My Memories Suite is rated #1 by Amazon and Top Ten Reviews for digital scrapbooking software.
This software is much more than just scrapbooking. While you can create scrapbooks and even have them printed to hard copy, you can also make DVD presentations with music, videos, cards, and even just dress up pictures.

FOR ME- I received a free copy of the My Memories Suite to try out so I can HONESTLY tell you how great it is! ---and it is! It's great! I can't believe all that you can do with just a few clicks!

(click to enlarge pics, notice the dimensional look-How do they do that stuff?!)

FOR ALL:

-they've offered a special code which provides a $10 discount off the purchase of the My Memories Suite Scrapbook software and a $10 coupon for the MyMemories.com store - that's a $20 discount!
(Just for using the code!)

***If would like to purchase, here's the special promo code*** 

STMMMS61766 

How easy is the program to use?
You must understand that I am nearly tech-y illiterate. My kids tell me that I am the reason adults shouldn't even have cell phones! (meanies!)
Well-just to show you how easy it is- here's a nice page my daughter did in about 5 minutes...That's her in the School House Rock-ing Chair ;-) And that would be her dog on the back of the chair making sure she's doing her homework!

I will be posting more about things you can do with My Memories Suite as well as some videos from their site.
This is truly the most frugal way to scrapbook!

************

Here's how to enter the giveaway:

1- Visit My Memories and tell me your favorite digital paper pack or layout in a comment below. You MUST do this first and you MUST leave me your name and email...because I can't promise you that I could make google cough it up! (Remember- tech-y illiterate!)

2- Would you like an extra entry? Follow My Memories on their blog, Facebook, or Twitter and leave me a second comment telling me which one that you followed.

3- Want a 3rd entry? Tell me your favorite post on my blog and leave me a comment. It can be about anything- food, home schooling, recipes, pets, or random.

This Giveaway will end on Friday, Sept. 2, 2011 at midnight. A winner will be announced Saturday, by noon.

 (Full Disclosure: I was given a free copy of this (and I love it!!!) and I also will earn some from any purchases that you make using the special promo code.)

Digi Scrapping Fun- Look at more it can do!

I LOVE this mat! But I goofed a little on the pics stretching them. Isn't she the cutest!

a personalized calendar- great gifts for Christmas

Beautiful frame!

this would make a cute mini poster-love the textured look

Christmas tags!!! Too cute!

Be sure to enter the Giveaway for this software! It is so fun!

More About the Software in the Giveaway

I just can't stop playing with this new scrapbooking software! I put this together to show you something else that it would be cute for- stationary!

And yeah- that's a real recipe on here- I couldn't just make that part up! ;-)

Be sure to enter the Giveaway for your chance to win the complete My Memories Suite or use the special promo code  STMMMS61766 for a super discount of $10 off of the Suite and $10 off anything in the My Memories store!

The above is actually one of their freebies, so be sure to check those out too!

Hearts at Home Products...

This is First Form Latin from Memoria Press. Hearts at Home carries this product and also offers the cheapest price that I've seen on the internet!

They also carry Apologia on their site. Apologia is tops in Science. Their products are beautiful and they do an excellent job of keeping science in line with theology!

Don't forget to enter their Giveaway!

Home School Curriculum Giveaway...

Looking for a way to get a little more curriculum for your kids?

Check out this Hearts at Home Giveaway at The Crafty Classroom!

$100 gift certificate is the prize!

Book Giveaway

FishWithTrish blog is giving away a copy of Feminine Threads.
This book deals with women in church history.

Here's an excerpt from Trish' about one of my heroes that's in the book:

And later in the book, we learn of the trials and triumphs of ladies like Susanna Wesley (John Wesley's mother) who had "nineteen children, only nine of whom lived to adulthood. One daughter as deformed for life." But even though her household was large, Severance points out that she "had to be organized and methodical if she was to accomplish anything. She spent at least an hour of every day in her private devotions; six hours a day, six days a week she set aside for the education of her children, even writing some of the textbooks and study materials herself. She instructed the children in both academic subjects and Christian truth."
I would love to get a copy of this and read it with my daughter!

Ever nag your dh? Perhaps you shouldn't ;-)

I must confess that I have often nagged my dh about his pop habit. Its costly (not frugal), not good for you, and he drinks the diet kind which I think is worse....blah blah blah....

Well, despite my nagging, he kept drinking- and I kept logging in the Coke Reward Points!

(..for years now..)

Look what I got with them!

The picture doesn't do them justice! They are so much shinier than they appear! And yes, stainless steel!

Shame on me for nagging! ;-)

Got Coke drinkers around you? Ask them for their codes!

(My kids have even picked them up in places...as I have used the points before for free movie/game rentals at Blockbuster.)

Oh and- no shipping charges- 100% free!

Cheers!

Anyone Want a Free Pass for Netflix for One Month?

I got 4 cards in the mail, each for a 'friend', for One Free Trial Month of Netflix!

Netflix is a great program. You can watch on a pc, get them delivered to your mail box- ALL POSTAGE PAID BY THEM, or if you have a Wii or Xbox (or ???) you can watch them on your TV.

If anyone would like one, they are good through OCT 31.

Email me: laptopmail (at) twlakes (dot) net

I can email you a code from the card, or snail mail the card to you.

Book It! Free Pizza 4 Homeschool Kids!

These came in the mail this week. There are 24 coupons in all for a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut- for kids! I signed them all up HERE, several weeks ago so it may take a little time to get them, unless they are just now mailing them out before their official start date in October?!

I can't believe they gave me so many of them- perhaps they saw my list of six children and thought "she deserves a break today at Pizza Hut"! ;-)

These are great incentives for kids to read more in their spare time.

Mine are already asking; "whatta we gotta do to get 'em?"

What a great treat from Pizza Hut!

Check out more frugal tips on FrugalFridays

YMCA-one way to get a free day!

Did you know that if you set up an appointment for a 'tour' at your local YMCA, that they will give you a One-Day-Pass after a super quick consultation on prices?

They also have a program where your payments are based on your income!

Just a thought-
this might be a nice treat for your children as a ''field trip''.

Heads up on some giveaways, etc

Red Plum has a post up about Free Burgers on Your Birthday.

Connecting Threads is having a cool giveaway. Go here to register to win.

Go here to sign up for free food from Johnsonville.

Let me tell you about a GREAT giveaway...

You can win a batter bowl, a box of Bisquick, a spatula, and a cast iron flat skillet!
WOW!
Sound cool to you? Me too!
Click here to enter- hurry, ends on the fifteenth!

Yeast-free Sourdough Culture- FREE!

I can't believe I finally got a pretty loaf of sourdough bread, with no added yeast! It turned out very pretty and the best part- the starter culture was free! I sent off for the culture several weeks ago and within a couple of days- I had beautiful bread!

To get the free culture, all you need to do is send a S.A.S.E. to Carl's-Friends!

Instructions are free to print on that site as well, once you receive your dried culture.

The above was made using the Alaskan Sourdough recipe, but subbing the original 3 cups of flour for wheat and the other unbleached.

So easy! And so frugal since it required NO yeast!

******

For more frugal tips and recipes, visit Frugal Fridays!