Archive for the ‘ Free Stuff ’ Category

Deliberate Joy

16th July 2010 | 3 Comments

Breaking a promise to a 7 year old is hard.  I mentioned last week that we promised him a day at the beach if his daddy’s unemployment situation got straightened out.  It didn’t get completely straightened out (we’re still missing a week and I suspect we’ll never see that money) but we did get some [...]


Easter

1st April 2010 | 0 Comments

I’ve talked about the awesomeness of my church, right?  I am not a church person.  Really…I hate church.  The dressing up, the hypocritical people, the kids who clearly don’t want to be there, the droning sermons, the mostly boring music…what is there to enjoy, right?  But Brickcity is not a “churchy” church.  No dressing up [...]


Fun Stuff Friday: SwagBucks

1st January 2010 | 2 Comments

After reading about SwagBucks on the Southern Savers blog, I decided to sign up.  Basically, you earn this virtual money (called SwagBucks) via online activity.  And you can redeem this virtual money for various prizes.  My plan is to use it on Amazon.com gift cards so I can get mp3s and video on demand for [...]


Fun Stuff Friday — FREE Bowling

28th August 2009 | 0 Comments

This one’s a little late and won’t last much longer, but you may be able to get a few games in!  Last Friday my oldest son had a day off of school and we intended to take a day trip to the beach.  But then we were concerned about rough water due to Hurricane Bill [...]


Free iTunes Music

21st August 2009 | 0 Comments

Become a fan of iTunes on Facebook and receive 20 free songs by indie artists. I’ll be honest and tell you that most of the music was not my style (including one rap song that freely used the n-word over and over and over again, so be careful before listening in front of your kids) [...]