Do you have something that you totally love? I'm talking strictly things that have made a + difference in your life, where when you bought it or signed up for it it was not a big deal, but now it is AWESOME! I thought I would throw a high five to these few things!
#1 - Sonos! Oh man...If you don't have Sonos, you have got to get it, if you desire surround sound in your whole house! I could be a spokesperson for this company! I have had more people get Sonos because of me. It just ROCKS!!! It is wireless surround for your house. You just hook it up to the computer, and then control the speakers with your computer, phone, IPad, whatever. AWESOME! The playing options are endless...Sirius/XM, itunes, any internet radio, Pandora, Spotify, WHATEVER YOU WANT!!! I like to have music in the shower...I set the Sonos alarm to start at 6:30 am on the Sirius classical station...Yippee, I never have to remember to turn on the music! While I am cleaning the house I put the same station on every speaker...No matter where I am in the house the music is pumping! I love it! Check it out: Sonos. I buy my Sonos while it is on special at Target. Sometimes they will offer a 75.00 gift card per item at Target. SO - if you go online, through ebates (see below) , and use your Target Red Card (please tell me you have one - you have to!) they can be a really great price!
#2 - Ebates! I was in line at Target shopping...Wait - I was actually BUYING SONOS! The lady in front of me told me about Ebates. I thought it was a scam, but of course I googled it anyway. It is totally legit! I get my Big Fat Check and I am a happy girl! You basically just shop through the ebates website. You get a percentage of money (cash back) from ebates. It collects in an account, and then they send you a big fat check quarterly. If for nothing else, you can go to www.magazines.com and order people magazine, and you get 40% cash back! I'm totally serious! If you click on my ebates link I do get a referral, so hook me up while you are hooking yourself up :)
#3 - Credit Card points! I use this wisely. A credit card must be paid off monthly, otherwise this makes no sense at all! I have racked up thousands of dollars in rewards points just by shopping wisely. I like My Discover Card for online shopping...At Christmas time the stores will offer 10-25% cash back, and all you have to do is go through the shop Discover website! I also like my Disney and Southwest Airlines cards, and of course, the Target Red Card!
#4 - HGTV. I have to be careful with this one though...Every single time I turn on the TV and watch HGTV I get an uncontrollable desire to rip my crazy old house to shreds. When I am in money saving mode I can't turn on the channel...Why oh why won't Candice Olsen adopt me???
#5 - DVC. I love the flexibility of the Disney Vacation Club! I have other timeshares in other systems, but I really love this one so far. It is new for us, but I was able to re-arrange our vacation just a little bit (smaller size at Animal Kingdom) a little bit and now we get to stay at Aulani in a 2 bedroom villa and it costs me nothing extra! SCORE!!! I cannot wait!
That is enough for now, let me know what some of your favorite things are!
Friday, August 1, 2014
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Wow - it has been a long time...So much has happened since I was here last...Too much to get into, let's continue...
I was sending my husband an article this morning about yet another place I would like to eat at some point when we go back to Disney (386 days but who's counting??), and in the body I wrote..."So many places to stuff our faces...". Not to be too full of myself, but I LOVED it! I may hate it tomorrow, but today I think it is so catchy! I googled it and it came up with no results! The only time that happens to me is when I horribly misspell something, or I am trying to find out why one of my programs is not behaving. WOW - did I really think of that and no one else has? I had to come here and document it (for what I don't know yet)!
I have been a little obsessed with food this week. Why? Why else...I made a change to my diet. I am eating "healthier" (that term is so subjective. I am not a politically correct person, so for me - this is healthier). I have started the 4 hour body, but maybe I am only doing 3 hours of it :) I am doing the food to the T. The exercise portion - not at all. Not to say that I am not exercising. I am probably doing more now than I have since I was 19, I am just not swinging kettle balls. I have been going to a fitbody boot camp in the mornings...I am amazed at how much I really love it. I think it has transformed my life. I have been going since November (I think it was November...Maybe December) and I think I might be addicted. Prior I had started a running regime with a friend down the block. Being that we are all busy Mom's it is almost impossible to fit in an exercise program. My friend and I decided that the only time would be 6:15 am. Surprisingly, it started out great! Then winter hit...It hit HARD. No more running for us, all the sidewalks were covered in ice and the air was so cold 2 of my 3 bathrooms FROZE! Just about the time I had given up completely, I got a message from a close friend...
Hey - do you want to come try out a bootcamp with me at 6:00 am? I will pick you up at 5:45.
Who in their right mind says yes to that? I was (ok, had been) doing 6:15 running and I thought that was insane. How could I possibly wake up at 5:30? I am NOT, under any circumstances, a morning person.......
But, I said yes. I'm not sure why, I think someone else may have been talking for me that day.
The first day the "bullhorn", as my husband refers to my iphone alarm sound, went off and I thought I would die. I dragged myself up, brushed my teeth, and went downstairs to wait (I put on my gym clothes the night before so I can sleep an extra 5-10 minutes...That is how much I hate the morning)...Maybe she will have slept in and I won't have to do this...Nope, here she comes!
We get there, and the guy instantly has us running laps. We finish and he has us doing stuff that I never would have imagined doing at 6:00 am. Squats, lunges, burpees (I would like to have a stern chat with the inventor of those), jumping jacks, you name it, we did it. But at 6:30 the whistle blew and we were done. I think the whistle woke me up.
At the end he asked if we were coming back in 2 days...I gave my typical, hmmm, I don't know, let me check response, and my friend said to me. No, just come, don't think about it, just come. So I said ok.
The next day...For the love of God, I was soooooo sore! How on earth would I be able to go to bootcamp tomorrow? My body is usually pretty sore the next day, and holy crap what have I done sore, the day after that. I get a txt that night...Bootcamp tomorrow? I txt back...ok.
The next morning we show up...I may have been limping...I start my laps, we go into the gym part and he starts with his routine of telling us what to do (if men are there he yells at us, if it is just us ladies, it is more of a stern "do this"). I made it through, no problems...How did that happen? I was in pretty bad shape when I walked in. This is now a trend of bootcamp. I walk out feeling better than when I walked in...Cool!
So now, we aim for 3 days a week, and unless weather or sickness gets in the way, we make it. We actually miss it if we don't go...How sick is that??
Mornings when I go, all is good in the house. Mornings when I sleep in, all hell breaks loose. Clearly, it is better for everyone if I get up and get out. I am home before the kids are awake, and I come in their rooms, see their adorable faces sleeping, and then I am the most annoying cheerleader ever, as I convince them they should get up and get out of bed...Some mornings I think they want to smack me. I'm ok with that :)
This morning I came home and my daughter (7) was up and setting the table. She wanted to surprise us. I thought I was in the Twilight Zone....
Coming soon:
So Many Places to stuff our faces...In, where else? Disney!
I was sending my husband an article this morning about yet another place I would like to eat at some point when we go back to Disney (386 days but who's counting??), and in the body I wrote..."So many places to stuff our faces...". Not to be too full of myself, but I LOVED it! I may hate it tomorrow, but today I think it is so catchy! I googled it and it came up with no results! The only time that happens to me is when I horribly misspell something, or I am trying to find out why one of my programs is not behaving. WOW - did I really think of that and no one else has? I had to come here and document it (for what I don't know yet)!
I have been a little obsessed with food this week. Why? Why else...I made a change to my diet. I am eating "healthier" (that term is so subjective. I am not a politically correct person, so for me - this is healthier). I have started the 4 hour body, but maybe I am only doing 3 hours of it :) I am doing the food to the T. The exercise portion - not at all. Not to say that I am not exercising. I am probably doing more now than I have since I was 19, I am just not swinging kettle balls. I have been going to a fitbody boot camp in the mornings...I am amazed at how much I really love it. I think it has transformed my life. I have been going since November (I think it was November...Maybe December) and I think I might be addicted. Prior I had started a running regime with a friend down the block. Being that we are all busy Mom's it is almost impossible to fit in an exercise program. My friend and I decided that the only time would be 6:15 am. Surprisingly, it started out great! Then winter hit...It hit HARD. No more running for us, all the sidewalks were covered in ice and the air was so cold 2 of my 3 bathrooms FROZE! Just about the time I had given up completely, I got a message from a close friend...
Hey - do you want to come try out a bootcamp with me at 6:00 am? I will pick you up at 5:45.
Who in their right mind says yes to that? I was (ok, had been) doing 6:15 running and I thought that was insane. How could I possibly wake up at 5:30? I am NOT, under any circumstances, a morning person.......
But, I said yes. I'm not sure why, I think someone else may have been talking for me that day.
The first day the "bullhorn", as my husband refers to my iphone alarm sound, went off and I thought I would die. I dragged myself up, brushed my teeth, and went downstairs to wait (I put on my gym clothes the night before so I can sleep an extra 5-10 minutes...That is how much I hate the morning)...Maybe she will have slept in and I won't have to do this...Nope, here she comes!
We get there, and the guy instantly has us running laps. We finish and he has us doing stuff that I never would have imagined doing at 6:00 am. Squats, lunges, burpees (I would like to have a stern chat with the inventor of those), jumping jacks, you name it, we did it. But at 6:30 the whistle blew and we were done. I think the whistle woke me up.
At the end he asked if we were coming back in 2 days...I gave my typical, hmmm, I don't know, let me check response, and my friend said to me. No, just come, don't think about it, just come. So I said ok.
The next day...For the love of God, I was soooooo sore! How on earth would I be able to go to bootcamp tomorrow? My body is usually pretty sore the next day, and holy crap what have I done sore, the day after that. I get a txt that night...Bootcamp tomorrow? I txt back...ok.
The next morning we show up...I may have been limping...I start my laps, we go into the gym part and he starts with his routine of telling us what to do (if men are there he yells at us, if it is just us ladies, it is more of a stern "do this"). I made it through, no problems...How did that happen? I was in pretty bad shape when I walked in. This is now a trend of bootcamp. I walk out feeling better than when I walked in...Cool!
So now, we aim for 3 days a week, and unless weather or sickness gets in the way, we make it. We actually miss it if we don't go...How sick is that??
Mornings when I go, all is good in the house. Mornings when I sleep in, all hell breaks loose. Clearly, it is better for everyone if I get up and get out. I am home before the kids are awake, and I come in their rooms, see their adorable faces sleeping, and then I am the most annoying cheerleader ever, as I convince them they should get up and get out of bed...Some mornings I think they want to smack me. I'm ok with that :)
This morning I came home and my daughter (7) was up and setting the table. She wanted to surprise us. I thought I was in the Twilight Zone....
Coming soon:
So Many Places to stuff our faces...In, where else? Disney!
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