NATIONAL CHEESECAKE DAY

Time For Dessert

National CHEESECAKE Day
At The Cheese Cake Factory
July 30, 2008

Celebration 30 Years
$1.50 per slice one per guest

1978 Prices

http://www.cheesecakefactory.com/

Chore Charts

GREAT IDEAS FOR CHORE CHARTS

http://tipjunkie.blogspot.com/2008/07/chore-charts.html

Thanks to

Laurie from tip junkie

CHECK OUT THIS BLOG

CAMERA GIVEAWAY
At the The Secret is in the Sauce

http://thesecretisinthesauce.blogspot.com

Just found this blog this morning and wanted to pass it on to y'all

SALES TAX HOLIDAY

NO TAX-- WEEKEND


TEXAS
August 15, 16 and 17
http://www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/taxpubs/tx98_490/tx98_490.html


OTHER STATES

http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/rate/sales_holiday.html

TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK

AUGUST EVENTS

OFFICE DEPOT
Aug 16 2008
9am-11am

Teacher Appreciation Week
FREE BREAKFAST
FREE tote bag full of product samples, information,
and exclusive offers while supplies last



http://www.mystarteacher.com/memberbenefit/hottopics.asp

STAPPLES
Aug 16 2008
9:00 am – 1:00 pm

Get a FREE gift to get you ready for school (for the first 200 teachers,
while supplies last)

http://www.staples.com/sbd/cre/marketing/tad_2008/?storeId=10001&cm_ven=Glamour&cm_ite=teacherday

OFFICE MAX

to be announce or
1-877-OFFICEMAX

MICHAELS

to be announce

FREE STUFF

Free
chili dog or kids cone
Weinerschnitzel
July 15 from 5-8pm
http://www.wienerschnitzel.com
location http://local.yahoo.com/results?stx=Wienerschnitzel
Don't forget to sign up for the Birthday club while you are there

ONLY on Moday July 14
RED BOX FREE CODE
83CB4K

OFFICE DEPOT

School Supplies
1 CENT

OFFICE DEPOT

http://officedepot.shoplocal.com/officedepot/default.aspx?action=entry&pretailerid=-99860&siteid=145&sid=yCfWwsS-xAe8oZr_eCt523_&odserver=www.officedepot.com&storeid=2578757

Office Depot Value™ Red Eraser Caps 12-PK= 1 cent
Office Depot® Brand Semicircular 6" Protractor= 1 cent
Office Depot® Brand 2 Pocket Paper Folder= 1 cent
Office Depot® Brand Acrylic Ruler= 1 cent

I am crazy about their brand name items
But I did like the pocket folders.

SAMS -Trade-in and Recycle Program

Trade-in and Recycle Program
In exchange, for gift card for the value of your item. If your item doesn’t qualify, they
will help you recycle it.

http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/navigate.do?catg=11877&iid=05-22-08_HomePage|ecoNEW

Sams
http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/index.jsp

Our $1 Million Service Guarantee

LifeLock!

Upon enrollment you are immediately covered by our $1 million service guarantee.

Within 24 hours of our request:

You will receive an email from us stating that fraud alerts have been requested on your behalf. When fraud alerts are established with the major credit bureaus, creditors are required to verify your identity before opening any new lines of credit, issuing new cards or increasing your credit limit.

You will receive an email from us stating that your credit reports have been ordered on your behalf from the major credit bureaus. Your reports will be sent directly to you.

Every time you apply for new credit or someone tries to do something with your credit:

You should receive a phone call from the bank asking if you are actually the person applying for credit in your name. If you are, great. If not, the transaction stops.

On the next business day after our request:

You will be sent an email from us stating that we have processed the request to remove your name from Junk Mail lists. Not only is junk mail annoying, statistics show it’s also one of the most common ways thieves hijack your identity.

You will be sent an email from us saying that we've asked for you to be removed from pre-approved credit offer lists. Like junk mail, by blocking irritating offers, we also block one of the avenues thieves use to steal your identity.

Once we have made the requests:

You will receive letters from the credit bureaus confirming that fraud alerts have been set.

Your credit reports from each of the major bureaus will be sent to you.

You should begin seeing a dramatic decrease in Pre-approved credit card offers and other junk mail. Please note that banks with which you already do business can continue to send you offers unless you tell them specifically that you don't want them anymore.

About every 90 days and every 90 days thereafter:

Unless you tell us to stop, you will receive emails from us stating that we have requested that your fraud alerts be re-set.

You will receive confirmations from the credit bureaus that your fraud alerts have been re-set.

Every 12 months:

You will receive new copies of your credit reports from all credit bureaus.

If your wallet is ever lost or stolen:

We’re here to help! Just give us a call and a WalletLock Specialist will help you contact each affected credit card, bank or document issuing company, cancel those accounts and complete the paperwork and steps necessary to replace your lost documents*, including your credit/debit cards, driver’s license, social security card, insurance cards, checkbook – even travelers checks – at no additional cost. You’re even covered overseas. *Pictures, cash and other monies are excluded. Member is responsible for all applicable fees charged by document issuing companies to replace lost or stolen documents.

If you ever have a question or need help:

Our highly trained specialists are here to assist you 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 1 800 LIFELOCK (543-3562).

We alert you to potential threats:

We'll keep an eye out for identity threats with our identity monitoring package:

eRecon™ scours known criminal websites for the illegal selling or trading of your personal information (including your Social Security number, credit card numbers, driver’s license and email address, if provided).

TrueAddress™ notifies you when we detect any new address information associated with your name in address databases nationwide. This helps alert you if a criminal has changed your address to steal mail and obtain your financial information.

FREEBIES

RED BOX

Visit your local Red box kiosk, swipe your credit card, enter your email address, enter one of the codes listed below, and then select a movie. Only one code is allowed per transaction.

For this weekend only. jUNE

Redbox Codes

DVDONME- this one worked

BIGMAC508 (Valid at McDonald’s Redbox locations only)????? have not tried this one

REDBOX (Valid for new Redbox customers only) I did this one when I signed up

Write the codes down in case one does not work.

Free Thomas Train Toy (up to 12.99 value 6-19-7-05

Go to--- for a coupon
http://www.imommies.com/financial-resources/saving/free-thomas-train-toy-up-to-1299-value.htm

Thanks to Jennifer
http://www.imommies.com/financial-resources/saving/welcome-summer-with-free-movie-rentals-from-redbox.htm#more-1916

http://www.insideredbox.com/codes/

FREE BOXES

http://shop.usps.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10152&top=Y&categoryId=11820&parent_category_rn=&top_category=

For Home use also

http://www.usps.com/business/

thanks to

http://moneysavingmethods.blogspot.com/

John Piper is coming to Austin Texas

Lord Willing
John Piper will be at Hill Country Bible Church
in Austin Texas on Oct 17-18
http://www.desiringgod.org/Events/

http://juan.hpbcglobal.org/2008/06/tetms-first-mission-conference-at-high.html

http://www.toeverytribe.com

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SMART FOODS

Good Eats
http://www.whfoods.com/foodstoc.php

Memory/health foods

http://www.healthdiaries.com/eatthis/10-foods-that-boost-memory.html

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Brain_Foods_and_Memory.html

http://nutrition.suite101.com/article.cfm/feed_your_brain

http://www.naturalnews.com/023039.html

http://nutrition.about.com/od/foodfun/a/healthy_heart.htm

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/vegetables-full-story/index.html#cvd

http://www.health-heart.org/goodfood.htm

Recipes

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/lf_health/

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/over-100-quick-and-easy-healthy-foods.html

Extra

http://www.articlesnatch.com/tag/dark+green+leafy+vegetables/

http://www.thefruitpages.com/students.shtml

FATHERS DAY

FATHERSDAY DEALS

Ends Sunday 6-15 buy 100.00 and get 75.00 gas card and 10.00 Sears Card

Buy Docker product for men (No Shoes)
Ask before you pay to make sure all the items fall within the deal

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/v_10153_12605_Clothing?sbf=Brand&sbv=Dockers&adCell=A3

About the Sears Gift Card --this is what I found out
from

http://bargainshopperlady.com/2008/06/08/spend-100-on-dockers-at-sears-get-75-in-free-gas/#comments

I put a copy of the press release that mentioned the $10 Sears gift card I would print the release out and mail it in with the form. I would also write on the form that I would like the $10 gift card if they are honoring that promotion as well.

Enter to win a Toyota Prius with the same form

Thanks to Bargainshopperlady

http://www.kohls.com/upgrade/sweepstakes/kohlsswp_EntryForm.jsp?swp=BobbyFlay--- ends 6-15

Free or almost Free Movies this Summer

Regal and Cinema Theatre

June-August
Type in your State

REGAL
http://www.regmovies.com/nowshowing/familyfilmfestivalschedule.aspx?state=TX

CINEMARK
http://www.cinemark.com/summermovieclubhouse.asp

AMC
http://www.amctheatres.com/smc/

If you have children ---Check this out

We are reading together after dinner with our 4 children (ages 17-11 years of age)
.
Do Hard Things
ALEX AND BRETT HARRIS

I have been enjoying it myself and recommend
the book.

The official definition of the 'rebelution' is "a teenage rebellion against the low expectations of an ungodly culture." When you look around today, in terms of godly character and practical competence, our culture does not expect much of us young people.

http://therebelution.com/

• Colorado Springs, CO - May 29, 2008
• Denver, CO - May 31, 2008
• Minneapolis, MN - June 21, 2008
• Dallas, TX - June 28, 2008
• Purcellville, VA - July 5, 2008
• Lindale, TX - July 17, 2008
• Des Moines, IA - July 19, 2008
• Gaithersburg, MD - July 26, 2008

Lord willing we be headed to Dallas Tx for the conference.

BEST WAY NOT TO GET A VIRUSES

Here are the same actions as prepared by an 'Internet Professional' for his corporation. It is an excellent message that ABSOLUTELY applies to ALL persons who send e-mails. Please read the short letter below, even if you're sure you already follow proper procedures. I strongly encourage you to read these guidelines and please try to follow them when you forward e-mails in the future.
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HOW TO FORWARD E-MAILS APPROPRIATELY.
Do you really know how to forward e-mails? Some do; most DO NOT.

Do you wonder why you get viruses or junk mail?
Don't you hate it?

Every time you forward an e-mail there is information left over from the people who got the message before you, namely their e-mail addresses and names.

As the messages get forwarded along, the list of addresses builds, and builds, and builds, and all it takes is for some poor sap to get a virus, and his or her computer can send that virus to every e-mail address that has come across his computer. Or, someone can take all of those addresses and sell them or send junk mail to them in the hopes that you will go to the site and they will make five cents for each hit. That's right, all of that inconvenience over five cents.
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How do you stop it? Just follow these easy steps:
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(1) When you forward an e-mail, DELETE all of the other addresses that appear in the body of the message (at the top). That's right, DELETE them. Highlight them and delete them, backspace them, cut them, whatever it is you know how to do. It only takes a second.

You MUST click the 'Forward' button first and then you will have full editing capabilities against the body and headers of the message. If you don't click on 'Forward' first, you won't be able to edit the message at all.
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(2) Whenever you send an e-mail to more than one person, do NOT use the To: or Cc: fields for adding e-mail addresses. Always use the Bcc: (blind carbon copy) field for listing the e-mail addresses.

This way the people you send to will only see their own e-mail address. If you don't see your Bcc: option, click on where it says To: and your address list will appear. Highlight the address and choose
Bcc: and that's it, it's that easy. When you send to Bcc: your message will automatically say 'Undisclosed Recipients' in the 'To:' field of the people who receive it
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(3) Remove any 'FW:' in the subject line. You can re-name the subject if you wish or even correct spelling.

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(4) ALWAYS hit your Forward button from the actual e-mail you are reading. Ever get those e-mails where you have to open 10 pages to read the one page with the information on it? By Forwarding only the actual page you wish someone to view, you eliminate the need for them to open those many, many e-mails just to see what you sent. In many
Instances, the recipient will just delete your message instead of opening all those extra pages. If you, as the sender, wont take the time to delete all those forwarded pages, why should the recipient have to open all of them just to get to the basic document?
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(5) Have you ever gotten an e-mail that is a petition? It states a position and asks you to add your name and address and to forward it to 10 or 15 people or your entire address book. The e-mail can be forwarded on and on and can collect thousands of names and email addresses.

A FACT: The completed petition is actually worthless except to a professional spammer because of the wealth of valid names and e-mail addresses contained therein. If you want to support the petition, send it as your own personal letter to the intended recipient. Your position may carry more weight as a personal letter than a laundry list of names and e-mail address on a petition. (Actually, if you think about it, who's supposed to send the petition in to whatever cause it supports? And
Don't believe the ones that say that the e-mail is being traced, it just ain't so!)

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(6) 'Send this e-mail to 10 people and you'll see something great run across your screen.DON'T
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(7) Before you forward an Amber Alert, or a Virus Alert, or some of the other 'alerts' floating around nowadays, check them out before you forward them. Most of them are junk mail that's been circling the net for YEARS! Just about everything you receive in an e-mail that is in question can be checked out. Just go to www.truthorfiction.com or www.snopes.com

CEDAR PARK TEXAS one of the top 10 Cleanest Town to Live in according to Family Circle

http://www.familycircle.com
http://www.parents.com/family-life/better-parenting/parenting-style/10-best-towns-for-families/

• And the Winners Are: Castle Rock, CO
• Kennesaw, GA, and Cooper City, FL

• Diamond Bar, CA, and Morton Grove, IL
• Madison, MS, and Franklin, MA

• Cedar Park, TX, and Derby, KS
• Chanhassen, MN

Summer Reading Programs

I have been collecting information on companies
that give back to children that read in the Summer.
Most Library's have programs, some even for adults
like mine does.

Here are others
Barnes and Noble

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/summerreading/?cds2Pid=21148

Half Price and CC's Pizza together

http://www.halfpricebooks.com/feed_your_brain.html

Pottery Barn Kids

http://www.potterybarnkids.com/cust/bookclub/cust.cfm?flash=on&cm_ref=http%3A//thesavingsswap.blogspot.com/search/label/CVS%2520Shopping

HEB

http://www.hebuddy.com/content/pdf/summerreadingclub.pdf

Built a Bear

http://www.buildabear.com

its not up yet/they had it in the past years

FREE Books for children under 5 years old

Dolly Parton

http://www.nstcc.cc.tn.us/library/imagination/index.shtml

Reusable Bags

Most people are into the trend of recycling,
reusing, going green, and so on.

It seems that everyone is selling their own recyclable
bags for around 99 cents.
Of course you can make your own and it will be free or almost free.

IKEA has a large bag for just 59 cents
I thing that works perfect for those large items and frozen ones too.

I have not gotten into using recyclable bags in the grocery stores but, I did buy a couple of them.
Believe me I have a lot of cloth bags that I have gotten free
from Companies that I already use.
I use mine for different actives such as
returning library books,holding coupons and weekly flyer's, AWANA items, and Note books that I am working on at that time.

I hope you enjoy the bags as much as me.

CVS Preview for JUNE

Limit	Item	Earn Extra Bucks	Coupon
5	Huggies Lotion or Wash 15 ounce $3.49	$2.00	$1.00
2	Listerine Smart Rinse 250 ml $3.49	$3.49	$1.00
2	Oral B Cross Action Manual Toothbrush 2 pk. $6.99	$6.99
2	CVS Pharmacy Sheer or Plastic Bandages 40 ct. $1.99	$1.99

Huggies coupon in newspaper

Listrine coupon http://www.listerinekids.com/

Register your card and you get 4.00 off of 20.00
at

http://www.cvs.com/

Thanks to

http://bethriftylikeus.blogspot.com/