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KY Intimacy Experiment Download

15 Feb By 2 Comments

As you know we have been following the KY Intimacy Experiment this past week and today there is a FREE DOWNLOAD of the same experiment we did that you can start to put into play for your household!

First lets talk about Day #8.

Day 8 KY Intimacy Experiment

Day eight was all about the pallet.

They say a mans heart is through his stomach..in our house, everyone’s heart is through their stomach. I lurve me some food! And while there isn’t a lot of scientific back up (according to the KY Experiment booklet) of chocolate covered strawberries or oysters being true aphrodisiacs, the emotions of eating together could very well be what makes it so sexy.

Exercise one for the day is to search for your favorite recipe, go shopping for fresh ingredients together, and then sit together and eat…this is your foreplay.

Exercise two for the night was to follow up with dessert….we think maybe refer back to Day #5!

How we did:

In our house, cooking is not sexy. I dont find cleaning or cooking anything more than a chore that has to be done to keep us from going out to eat 9 times a week. Because this weekend fell on Valentines Day, Saturday night my husband took me to a 5 star restaurant in The Battle House called The Trellis Room. It was set to be super romantic and in one of the oldest hotels in the city.

The food was atrocious.

I don’t mind paying for amazing food, but no one even showed up to bring us water to our table for  a full 15 minutes.  You would think Valentines Day, super busy, you have to be understanding, right? Nope. There were hardly any tables filled, I guess the city figured out that the quality and service had gone down well before we did.

Our food was delivered while our salad plates were still sitting in front of us and they had to go put our food down to clear the table. My chicken was dry and pretty much the most bland dish I have ever eaten. If the meal didn’t ruin the ambiance of our date, the $100 bill at the end for being served food I wouldn’t expect my 6 year old to eat did. The sad part was I mentioned it to our waiter when he asked and his face glazed over like it was something that he had heart 100 times…that night.

We tried to salvage the night by picking up some coffee and coming home and watching Paranormal 2. But eh.

So last night on Valentines day itself my husband wanted a Caribbean Jerk chicken meal so I made that while he played with our daughter. I guess when you are married with children, this whole shopping, cooking, and being sexy together thing kinda goes out the window unless your on vacation.

We tried to do it backwards by relaxing and going out instead but that totally backfired.

Hopefully you all will have a better attempt at this. If all else fails, grab some whip cream and retire to the bedroom….that probably would have been a better idea initially.

To catch up with our past days go here:

Dont forget to down your KY Intimacy Experiment Booklet For Free!

~Trisha

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Free Redbox Code for Megamind

10 Feb By Leave a Comment

This free redbox code just came through from the good people over at Redbox (where our family rents movies!).

Click for Redbox’s Facebook Page with Code

 

Free Redbox Code

Redbox Says

The much anticipated animated film, Megamind is coming to your neighborhood redbox movie rental kiosk this Friday, just in time for the weekend! Invite your kids’ friends over to watch as the super villain Megamind conquers his nemesis, Metro Man, afterward realizing life is not as satisfying when he no longer has a hero to fight.

Can’t wait for the weekend? This week redbox is offering a free one-night rental code valid on Thursday, February 24. Visit redbox’s Facebook page to unlock your free rental code by “liking” the page and then clicking on the “Freebie” tab. Click on the sealed envelope and redbox will send you a promo code via email for a free one-night rental. Use your free code to rent other top family-friendly picks this week including Despicable Me, Alpha and Omega and Open Season 3.

Top Rentals for Family Right now!

1 Despicable Me 01/11/2011 Universal
2 Alpha and Omega 01/11/2011 Lions Gate
3 Open Season 3 01/25/2011 Sony
4 Legend of the Guardians: Owls of Ga’Hoole 01/11/2011 Warner
5 Nanny McPhee Returns 01/11/2011 Universal
6 Shrek Forever After 12/07/2010 Dreamworks
7 Toy Story 3 11/02/2010 Disney
8 Ramona and Beezus 12/07/2010 Fox
9 Cats & Dogs: Revenge of Kitty Galore 12/14/2010 Warner
10 The Karate Kid (2010)

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Contest Mondays 12/21

21 Dec By 6 Comments

contestmondays12What the hell. Its Christmas this week! CHRISTMAS? Holy crap.We made it through another bloggariffic year. I am not sure about you, but if I see another contest this month I am going to stab myself in the eye. I am so glad its almost over!

I am off to get a printer and a car seat up, so please be on the look out for that.

Now onto your contests and giveaways! Enter them with the Contest Prize name and last day to enter in (parenthesis) so everyone knows what your offering and what time they have to do that by. Remember, we do this (mostly) every Monday, so feel free to come list your new contests weekly and remember to support and enter the contests all over the Blogosphere.

I like comments. Please leave me one if you link. It makes my otherwise boring and dull day enlightening.

~Trisha

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Promote your boutique FREE now!

22 Sep By 30 Comments

Please feel free to link to your online store, boutique, etsy shop, or ebay shop. This linky is not for contests or blog posts. There are separate linkies for that, so go back to the main blog pages to find the correct post if your interested.

You may link to a specific item you are selling or the main store. Please do not leave more then (2) links per store URL on the linky to be fair. You may come back every Monday to share new products. You may also leave someone elses store or product in the linky if its something you love you want to share. Please feel free to leave a comment and talk about your business or product for others to read.

Remember to visit other linkies and check out the fabulous businesses out there on the web.

Tell a friend, tell a forum, email your mom based businesses, promote for FREE!

~Trisha

(I do like you to leave a little comment if you like this feature or find new businesses because of this linky! that lets me know if i should keep this weekly)

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Frugal Freebies

5 May By 4 Comments

tn_freevintageimagesmotherandbabyphoto1_jpg Mother’s Day is just around the corner here in the US (Sunday, May 10th) so today’s goodies are all for the Mamas out there.

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On WEDNESDAY, MAY 6th ONLY:  Order the free 8×10 of your choice at Walgreens and it is absolutely free only on that day – Wednesday, May 6 when you order in-store or online.

You can either:

Order your free 8×10 at Photo.Walgreens.com using the code MOTHER at checkout. You can pick-up your photos any day once it is ready, but you have to order it on Wednesday. When you place your order, you will enter the code, then the payment screen will come up (be sure to select “Pay In-Store”). Next you will see that the coupon code deducts the $2.99 to make your total in-store pickup order $0.00. Free is my favorite price!  Or, go to Walgreens with your photo on digital media and upload it in the store.  You can get your own coupon for a FREE 8 x 10 print online at Walgreens.com.  It is also found in this week’s weekly Walgreen’s ad.  This is great gift for Mother’s Day or even Father’s Day!

In addition, you can order 25 4×6 prints and get 25 more for FREE.  Just use BRIGHT25 as your coupon code when you check out now through Saturday, May 9th.  Moms love pictures of their favorite people!

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Help Mom to Create a relaxing Spa atmosphere in her own home! Old World Limited carries Bath and Body products every Mother deserves for Mother’s Day! From Bath Crystals and Confetti, Hand & Bath Soaps, Hand Creams to Body Lotions & Multiple Gift Sets and you can purchase it with a 15% discount, now through May 15th.  The code is MOMS15.

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mSpot.com launched this week, and it allows users to create and customize their own ringtones (think fun DIY).  The giveaway includes artists such as Norah Jones, Coldplay, Faith Evans, etc. As part of the launch, the site is giving away 1 ringtone per new user while supplies last. I know “free ringtones” sounds like spam, but this is actually a cool site, and I think you will like it and have fun using it to edit songs – then make Mom’s phone cool! No strings, no complicated partnership – just literally something fun!

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Is mom the outdoorsy type?  Home Depot is offering a FREE workshop that shows women how to transform their outdoors – Outdoor Maintenance, Vegetable Gardening, and Outdoor Style Projects for any Budget!  Plan to go together as a Mom/Daughter activity…and it is FREE!

May 14th from 7-8:30pm at your local Home Depot.

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Most Moms feel overloaded and rundown at some point.  On May 8th and 9th ONLY – The Mother’s Guide to Self-Renewal by Renee Trudeau is offering a Free Book Download, a great addition to any mom’s repertoire.

So there ya have it, this weeks edition of Frugal Finds! Now go and save some money!

Your Frugal Friend,

Alyson

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Promote your Boutique (free advertising here)

5 May By 94 Comments

Please feel free to link to your online store, boutique, etsy shop, or ebay shop.  This linky is not for contests or blog posts. There are separate linkies for that, so go back to the main blog pages to find the correct post if your interested.

You may link to a specific item you are selling or the main store. Please do not leave more then (2) links per store URL on the linky to be fair. You may come back every Monday to share new products. You may also leave someone elses store or product in the linky if its something you love you want to share. Please feel free to leave a comment and talk about your business or product for others to read.

Remember to visit other linkies and check out the fabulous businesses out there on the web.

Tell a friend, tell a forum, email your mom based businesses, promote for FREE!

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Promote your Link here NOW (mr linky) 40+ links already

26 Jan By 20 Comments

Every Monday we do a Promote your site linky. This helps bloggers find great posts. Please make sure you pick your best post of your own or someone elses to put in the linky. DO NOT LINK YOUR MAIN SITE...just straight to a post. If you have a contest, there is a contest linky in another post, so please keep that in the correct one.

In the spirit of other promotion, we wanted to share some sites that are about helping other bloggers market their posts as well. Its because of bloggers like these, we can all can help each other out, read content, and make friends. We thank these bloggers for being so selfless in using their site as a way for bloggers to connect. We hope these links help you advertise your site!

~trisha

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Fast food is neither fast, nor cheap.

22 Dec By 16 Comments

When you think of fast food, you probably think of McDonald’s 99cent cheeseburgers and those greasy fries. But you would be wrong. McDonald’s, like so many other ‘fast food’ joints, use a 99cent trickery as a cover to  many more $6.90 meals. There are truly very few restaurants that offer a variety menu that actually equals 99cents.

I know when I was growing up, you could get so much for so cheap, and it made fast food a quick, easy, and inexpensive meal for someone on the go. Not so much today. But its weird how my mindset has not gone from those old prices and how I continue to fall into a trap of a meal that costs often 3 times more then cooking at home. I think oh, its quick, its cheap………I’m wrong on BOTH accounts.

Tonight, while on yet another Home Depot trip this week, I wanted to stop in and get some fast food Chinese, while my DH wanted Whataburger. First, we stopped at the local Chinese and my DH went in and ordered 1 pint of sweet and sour chicken and white rice. No drink, no side dishes, no service. No one to ask me if I had a nice day or offer me dessert. A mini cardboard box, with cardboard tasting food inside. That’s all I wanted.

When he came back to the car, I was shocked to find out that the “meal” was almost $8. (let me remind you again, no drink) In comparison, I can buy a bag of boneless, skinless chicken breasts from walmart for $7.98 and feed my entire family for more than a week for the cost of this:

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Maybe Whataburger would be a better experience. I think I actually have a better chance of fitting into those size 4th grade Seven7 jeans.  DH ordered a “#1″and upsized it to get a larger drink. First things first, you don’t need to upsize..not even for a penny. The drink they served us was enough soda for a family of four- for a week. It was just shy of what I would consider a liter. Second, the meal, with tax, was over $9.

Let me let that sink in.

NINE DOLLARS.

That’s more then most people make per HOUR at work. Maybe they should call it WhataRipOff or WhatAboutJustLightingYourMoneyonFire or WhatAboutBendingOverandTakingItUpTheButt?

Chris got cheese added and they charged him extra. When did cheese on a hamburger become something that is an extra dollar? When did it cost that much for cheese at all? This wasn’t gouda, swiss, brie, or blue cheese, it was plain old government American square cheesefood.

Its very annoying to think that people leave work and go get a meal for their outbacklunch hour that costs more then they are making, and this aint steak and salad from Outback. Hell, even Outback has a $9.99 Steak meal now!! (and in that picture over there…did they put chocolate syrup on the salad, or is it just me?)

Do you know that fast food for 2 people tonight, cost me $17. WTF!!

So that was it for me. I’m swearing off fast food for our family. I’m going to pick 2 restaurant nights a month for us and circle in the calendar and we are going to go somewhere like TGI Fridays that serves us three courses for $10, instead of some crap in a bag for $17…which incidentally, wasn’t even that good.

Now I’m off to figure out how I can afford groceries after that meal.

Ramon Noodle Christmas Dinner it is!

~Trisha

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