OK, I am seriously in love with Cozi.  First they set up a great FREE online calendar + other great stuff, then they let me write about it, then they stepped in to sponsor my Roadtrip to Blissdom.  And now…
Now they have a contest where one person wins free groceries for a year.  In my [...]

Last Friday I took the girls out to Jordan Creek Town Center for “The Great Gallon Give” hosted by Got Milk?
I was surprised by the turnout…  AE Dairy and Land O Lakes both brought trucks and each had 1000 gallons of milk to give away.  That’s 2000 gallons of free milk.
Are you curious how much [...]

Since I last wrote two things have happened.  We added another passenger on our “Roadtrip to Blissdom”.  Kara from Complic8ted Journey will be joining us.
10 hours.  5 States.  3 bloggers.  1 minivan.
And I secured a sponsor.  I’m sure excited to tell you that our sponsor is:

I’ll be utilizing many of Cozi’s free online tools including:

the [...]

I absolutely love the teachers the girls have at their preschool.  LOVE them!  So, of course, I want to show our appreciation to them in some way at Christmas time.  I found a great decorated clipboard tutorial and created these clipboards last Sunday afternoon:

I bought the clipboards at Staples for $1.49 each and the notepads [...]

Tomorrow was supposed to be the wonderful Merry Holiday Fair at the Staybridge Suites in West Des Moines.  So, of course, we get socked with what is being tagged on Twitter as #deathstorm09.  Before you despair too much I will share the news that the Merry Hoilday Fair has been rescheduled for January 5, 2010.  [...]

I usually don’t worry much about Thanksgiving.  Between my sister-in-law hosting one gathering and Doug’s extended family hosting another I usually make an item or two to contribute and call it “good”.  This year, however, Doug’s father and step-mother are visiting from Texas and I am hosting the big event.  People are bringing a few [...]

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Hoover and Dirt Devil. All opinions are 100% mine.
There is a cardinal rule of gift giving that goes something like this: Don’t buy your spouse anything for the house as a gift.
Of course there are exceptions to that rule; that shiny stand mixer is [...]

I am neck deep in final preparations for I_Blog Conference this weekend.  Today’s post comes to you from my friend Kara at Complic8ted Journey.  She just started on the road to financial peace… Hop over to her blog to see what happened with our beater after we bought the van – on the Dave plan: [...]

Yesterday passed with many of my Facebook and Twitter friends wishing me a “Happy Birthday!”  Thanks to everyone for their wishes, my birthday was, indeed, happy.
Of course I didn’t spend it relaxing or pampering myself, though I did get my hair cut and colored in preparation for I_Blog- which is next weekend!
Nope, what I did [...]

If Wii games are on your Christmas list you’ll want to head to Target by this Saturday, November 7.  Over 80 titles are buy 2 get one free- including the new Sports Resort, the Mario & Sonic Olympic Games, Sims and more.
Also worth a look…  The Dollar Spot (always a great stop!) is newly stocked [...]

A few years ago Doug bought me something for Christmas that, well, I didn’t really care for.  (Sorry, honey!)  I believe it was the year we bought the house we are in now and since we had moved in the first weekend of December cash was short and there were a few things that he [...]

Halloween is past. Christmas items are already lining the shelves. Did it sneak up on you again this year?
Before you pull out the credit cards I urge you to read Dave’s Thoughts on Holiday Shopping.
Top tips:

Research the gifts you plan to give.  Find the best price.  Look for online deals and coupon codes.
Make [...]

I’m not really a Martha Stewart wanna-be (though I know I may appear that way at times!) but when this recipe showed up in her magazine last year, along with other classic confections, I pulled the pages out of the magazine because they were so pretty.  I never really intended to make them…  Then came [...]

If you are around Des Moines next Tuesday, October 7, be sure to mark your calendar for a fun FREE event at the Science Center of Iowa in Des Moines from noon-2 pm.
Come enjoy the Official Drink of Halloween tour when it rolls through Des Moines!
Learn the nutritious facts about chocolate milk
Try some tasty new [...]

This Saturday, September 26, 2009 over 1200 museums and cultural institutions will celebrate by offering FREE admission!
If you’re in Iowa some of the great locations include:

Terrace Hill, our governor’s mansion
Living History Farms
Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium in Dubuque
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Amana Heritage Museum
National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum in Knoxville
Danish Immigrant Museum [...]