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 [...]

Filed under: Family, Free Stuff, Me Stuff, Money/Finances, Parenting

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 [...]

Filed under: Faith/Religion, Free Stuff

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 [...]

Filed under: Free Stuff, Fun Stuff Friday

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 [...]

Filed under: Free Stuff, Fun Stuff Friday, Sites to See

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) [...]

Filed under: Free Stuff, On My iPod