Saving In A BIG Way

Bigg's is doing it again, TRIPLE COUPONS. That's right. Starting Friday October 2nd thru Monday October 5th Bigg's will triple manufacturer coupons $.50 and below and will double manufacturer coupons $.55 to a $1.00. Any coupon over $1.00 is at face value. Don't forget to sign up for a Pumps Perks Card if you don't already have one. The last time Bigg's did this promotion I saved $1.46 per gallon of gas at Sunoco. What a bonus!! Bigg's has just recently changed their hours. You may want to call and check to see what time they open and close. Good luck and enjoy.

Senior Pictures

I can't believe it but my first born is a SENIOR this year. I am so proud of his accomplishments and the young man he has grown into. Above are his Senior pictures. These things can be so expensive. As an amateur photographer I decided to take his Senior pictures myself. I have been very busy taken his friends pics as well. If you are looking for a way to save money in this area, don't hesitate to send me an email to discuss how I can take your son or daughters pictures. Contact me at cgtrs@aol.com . Please put in the subject area Senior Pics.

My Previous KMart Shopping Spree

I know this is late to display but I thought it might give you some motivation to go to KMart for their next Double Coupon Event. Missing in the photo above it another package of Cottonelle toilet tissue. My total cost before coupons was $128.17. After coupons I paid only $36.98. I tell ya, saving is addicting!

Sophie's Angel Run

http://www.sophiesangelrun.org/

Sophia Grace Meinhardt

February 26, 2005 - August 21, 2006

I am reaching out to my fellow bloggers and blog readers to take time to visit the site above. The beautiful baby girl that you see pictured was taken from her family suddenly due to a brain tumor. In memory of Little Sophie, and to aid in the pediatric research of brain tumors, her parents organize Sophie's Angel Run. The event takes place on September 27th, 1pm at St. Jude Church in Bridgetown. This is a wonderful family event to attend so mark your calenders. I can't urge you enough to visit the site and read Sophie's story.

All Hands On Deck!

Have you always wanted to go to Alaska? Well Disney is making that possible. Disney Cruise Line will offer Alaskan cruises during a four-month season of seven-night sailings aboard the Disney Wonder in summer 2011. The Disney Wonder will depart out of Vancouver, B.C., calling on popular ports such as Juneau, Ketchikan and Skagway. Click on the link to hear more information about the ports. http://m1e.net/c?51839928-JLBvIvU0f2EKE%404602047-r7InDoqj0DTb6
The Disney Wonder will also sail seven-night Mexican Riviera cruises from the Port of Los Angeles to Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta.

The World Is Expanding!

Disney World will begin a major expansion of Fantasyland that will be finished in 2013. This is the largest expansion in the history of Magic Kingdom. Fantasyland will double in size. Toontown will close so that they can build new areas such as spots for Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Belle. Also featured will be Beast's castle, which will include a new restaurant that will be counter service during the day and table service by night. Hate those long lines for Dumbo? Well another part of the first phase of the expansion will be the doubling of Dumbo, and a new interactive, three-ring circus tent. Let's not forget Ariel, The Little Mermaid. She will get her very own attraction (which will also open at Disney's California Adventure). The first phase of the expansion should be concluded in 2011. The second phase of the expansion, which should be finished by 2013, will be the construction of Pixie Hollow, featuring Tinker Bell and her fairy friends.
Disney isn't stopping at the Magic Kingdom, Star Wars II: A new, 3-D version of the "Star Tours" attraction will debut at Disney's Hollywood Studios in 2011. This will include new elements that will take you to many familiar places in the Star Wars galaxy.
You can read about more of this at the link below.
http://land.allears.net/blogs/dnews/2009/09/walt_disney_parks_and_resorts_2.html
Thanks to Allears for this new information.

Free Night of Theater 2009

Keep checking the link below for a free night out to a live show. Hoping there will be something offered in Cincinnati.

Free Night of Theater 2009 - Home Page Welcome

The Gratitude Campaign

Have you ever seen one of our military walking past you and wanted to convey to them your thanks. A gentleman from Seattle created a gesture which could be used, and has started a movement to get the word out. Please everybody take just a moment to watch The Gratitude Campaign;and then forward it to your friends. THEN START USING THE SIGN http://www.gratitudecampaign.org/shortmovie.php

Princess Contest

If you have a little princess at home here is a contest you want to enter. Click on the link below to enter for a chance to win at a Disney vacation.
Good Luck!
http://family.go.com/princess-picture-contest/?CMP=NLC-FOB_WhosTheFairest

We're Back!!

We are back from another wonderful trip to Walt Disney World. I have to say this trip we experienced more rain than we ever have in Florida. Speaking of water this was also the trip we spent more time at Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach than we ever have. Needless to say by the end of our stay we had all the water we could take for one trip.

The crowd level was down for the month of July. At check in Saturday we asked the hotel clerk if she had notice the crowd level being down. She did say that on Saturday during this time in July they would normally check in a 1,000 new guest. They had only checked in 600. So does that tell you anything. Disney obviously is taking somewhat of a beating from the economy. Look at all the offers that are out there from Disney. I don't think I have ever seen this many offers. They even had the bounce back offer going on. This means there is a special advertisement in your room stating that if you book at trip during certain dates remaining in 2009 you would receive a discount. I believe 30% or 35% off your room rate. I didn't look at it in much detail because I knew I would not be returning anytime soon.

As far as food goes I believe the pizza at Disney's Pop Century Resort has gotten even better. We had it 3 times during our stay. It is always pipping hot. The lines at the counter service area was never busy. I did see several people warming up microwave meals in the microwave. Two families that were taking luggage to their rooms had totes of food. I am happy to see that people are cutting corners in areas in order to still have family time at the most wonderful place on earth, Disney World.

I will say, although my boys are 17 and 15 now, when we go to Disney we have the absolute best time. Even the 14 hour ride down was a great part of the trip. At one point of the ride down we all were laughing so hard we were crying. The memories we have from our trips at Disney.

Oh almost forgot, My oldest son had the second and third highest scores of the day Thursday on Toy Story Mania. We took a picture of his scores. He was pumped. How cool is that? I will post some pics later.

In Memory Of Molly

It has been a week now since our precious Molly has left us. I knew it would be difficult when the day came but I never realized how difficult. It is truly amazing how close you can become to your pet. She fit into our family so well. She gave us so much joy and love. We miss her so much. Now rest Molly. We love you!

Time to save!!

OK everyone head on over to the Disney Outlet Store and take a look at all the bargains. www.disneyoutlet.com. This is the time to get those T-shirts and souvenirs before you head to Disney. Make sure you use the special code to get and extra 30% off your purchase. Now is a good time to buy for Christmas with these deals. Don't forget to take a look at the Halloween costumes for October.

To all those dads out there:

Happy Fathers Day!

Thank you to all those that lost their lives protecting our country and freedom. Our heros!

You've got to try it!

I have had $3.00 coupons off of the Kashi pizzas for awhile now but could not find them in any stores. Yesterday I found them at Meijer for $5.29 each so I purchased 2. I had the Mediterranean Pizza today for lunch and guess what I loved it. I just started a diet 2 1/2 weeks ago and have already lost 7lbs. I am really trying to cut portion sizes, eliminate Coca Cola, sweet tea and deserts. I am also watching calories, adding more protein and fiber to my meals and drinking a lot of water. Seriously a lot of water. When I looked at the Kashi Pizza box I immediately seen it has 260mg ALA which is an Omega 3, 15 grams of protein and 5 grams of fiber. It is made with 7 Whole grains and Sesame with Flax seed. No I am not one to eat frozen pizza but this is not your ordinary frozen pizza. You just have to try it. Kroger, starting Monday, will have the Kashi pizza on sale for $3.99 each. I will be stocking up.

Oh by the way here is what the Mediterranean Pizza has on it. Spinach, fire roasted red onions and sweet red peppers, four signature cheeses including Feta with roasted red pepper sauce on stone fired crust. Guess what it is all natural!