We have 4 kids, the oldest of which is 7. We do not have the money to pay babysitters often, so we watch a lot of movies at home after bed time for our "dates." We have done every cheap way to get movies-Redbox, Blockbuster Express, Netflix, for a while we had free movie channels through our Cable provider.

Redbox is great if you are going to return it the next day but I sometimes forget to go back and usually those are the times we have 3 movies and I end up paying for a couple days extra. So, I don't go to Redbox as often (it is a total lifesaver though on long drives...get a movie at one stop then return it at the next-the kids are totally excited to watch a "new" movie each stop.)

Blockbuster Express was good when we went to Blockbuster more and could trade in the mailed movies for in store movies, but the rules got more and more and it was less and less convenient.

Our Free movie channels through cable only lasted a few months.

Netflix is a program we are now re-trying, and I am completely loving it! When we had Netflix before, it was a simple 3 movies at a time plan where we got 3 movies in the mail at any given time. It was great, but we thought back then that it was a bit pricey.

Well, I was able to get a 2 week free trial in January, and I fell in love with it. Now we have a 2-DVD's out at a time + unlimited instant viewing. It costs up $13.99 a month and we have already watched way, way too many movies. I signed up for a streaming disc for my Wii, so we can now watch Netflix on out laptop, our TV through the Wii, and in our DVD player (for the actual discs in the mail). Not all movies are available instantly, but I have watched almost all of the "Lost" series, and MANY TV series' are available (which I love).

I am basically addicted to this now, and wanted to tell you all about it. I was only able to get a 2 week free trial, but if any of you want to try out Netflix, I figured out today that I can email my friends an email where you can get a full month trial free. (FYI-I do not get anything out of this, I just want to get you the longest free trial available). So, if anyone want to try out Netflix, send me your email address and I will email you a link for a free month trial. Send your email to me at beckeesdeals@gmail.com with the subject "Netflix trial" and I will send the email back to you so you can try out this great program! I really love it!

I am on the Omaha Royals email list, and I just got an email about some fun upcoming days at Rosenblatt! Youcan read their complete list and more details here, but here are some of the highlights:

• Monday, May 3, $1 Hot Dog night
• Tuesday, May 4 is Valpak 2-Buck 2uesday for general admission tickets or if you bring in a Kraft singles wrapper you get B1G1 tickets (the Kraft promotion is for all Tuesday home games)
• Thursday, May 6 is Thirsty Thursday with $1 beer and Coke
• Friday, May 7 at 7:05 are Fireworks and it is Law enforcement night
• Saturday, May 8 is the annual Bark in the Park event. So, dog lovers, mark down the date!
• Sunday, May 9 is U.S. Bank Family FUNday, Subway Kids Club members get in FREE

Are you going to take advantage of any of the weekend activities I told you about? What will you be doing? Do you know of fun and free activities coming up in your city that you would like to share? Please comment and let me know what you are planning on doing.

In about an hour I plan to stop blogging and the kids and I are heading out to get a free comic book, then over to Sam's Club for their Tastes and Tips events...maybe there will be enough food to count it as lunch?! We will later this afternoon do our grocery shopping, then we when Wes gets home we eat dinner then probably go for a walk, then watch Ponyo as a family before bedtime (we have that movie from Netflix right now. Fun, busy day!!

One of my favorite deals at Graveyard Mall is on again today! You can get 10 pairs of Women's sunglasses for only $9.99!! (Retail is $199.99) You get a random assortment of sunglasses, so you do not choose them, but if even a couple pairs are ones you like, it is totally worth it! This offer is while supplies last, so head over here to get yours! Nice preparation for summer, right?! BTW-with shipping you will be spending about $16 total.

I am sure most of you do not read the comments on the posts, so I wanted to retell you about this. Reader, Liza commented that she gets a lot of great printable grocery coupons at a site called clipmycoupon.com. I just checked it out and it has some good coupons. Here are a few of my favorite coupons there right now:

• B1G1 Cutter Insect Repellent
• $1/2 Langers juices
• $1/1 Sylvania Energy Star product
• $1/1 Pam grilling cooking Spray
• $.75/1 Wheaties Fuel (these were on clearance at my Hyvee for $.50 the other day)
• $1/1 Fisher product 4 oz+
• $1/1 crab or lobster classic

Those are just a few I like. You can check out all the avaliable grocery coupons they have at clipmycoupon.com.

Thanks Liza for the new site info!

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I have heard about free comic book day, and a friend asked me the other day why I had not posted about it on my blog and the truth is that I did not really know who around town was participating in it or what to tell you about it. Luckily I am a dedicated Omaha World Herald subscriber and reader and today they had a small article about it in the Midlands section, as well as an ad from Krypton Comics about it in the "Go" section.

So here is the 411. The first Saturday in May of each year, comic book stores across North America (and evidently all around the world) give away comic books for FREE to anyone that comes into their store. That is THIS SATURDAY May 1!! Wowsa!

There is a website, reecomicbookday.com all about it. Go check that out. There is a store locator on the left side of the sites main page where you can find local shops. FYI-participations and rules can evidently vary from store to store. There are 6 shops in the Omaha area participating, so one is bound to be near by.

I mentioned that there was an ad in the Omaha World Herald for Krypton Comics, and I wanted to specifically talk about them because they have some cool stuff going on there in conjunction with their free comic book giveaway. From 10am-6pm Ray Park (aka Darth Maul) will be there! (Autographs are for a fee). Cynthia Martin, who is a local comic book artist will also be there as well as many other local artists. Should be pretty awesome, so you may want to go check that out!

Do you remember I told you about the upcoming movie Babies here? Well, it's release date is creeping up on us (Mother's Day Weekend), and now Whole Foods and YoBaby Yogurt are celebrating babies everywhere and promoting the movie.

This Saturday, May 1st, you can visit participating Whole Foods to try a FREE sample of YoBaby Meals. If you bring a non-perishable food item, you will receive a coupon good for one free YoBaby yogurt 4-pack. Each donation supports Stonyfield & Whole Foods Nourishing Communities initiative.

You can also win free tickets to the pre-release screening of the new movie BABIES. Tickets will be given out throughout the day.

Check here for your local store (up on the top you can enter your zip code). And please make sure to call your local store and verify whether they are participating before you head down there!

Should be a lot of fun!!

Become a "liker" of Toyota on Facebook here and follow the link in their status update to get a free Mp3 from Amazon. You get to pick whatever song you want (up to $1.29).

Thanks Who Said Nothing in Life is Free??

WOW! This weekend (ending 5/2) Old Navy online is having a great sale! You can get 30% off select seasonal styles! Just make sure to enter code ONBIG30 at checkout.

WOW. You can click here to start browsing what is on sale!