Saturday, May 15, 2010

Service Saturdays: Omaha Service Opportunities

6:30 AM
There are so many ways you can serve your community! Now you probably all know that I am having my House Party today (in a couple hours actually), so I do not have a ton of time. So, this will be a brief post this week. I just want to say that there are opportunities all around us-churches have programs, the city has programs, school have programs, and there are always service projects that individuals/neighbors are doing. I will focus in specifically on some of these in future blogs, but today I just want to refer you local readers to a great website that Wowt.com here in Omaha maintains of community service/volunteer opportunities. It is a really good list with lots of places that need help/lots of ways to help! Check it out here.

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Hardees Wheel of Awesome-win prizes!

6:17 AM
If you "like" Hardees on Facebook, you can then have a chance to spin their Wheel of Awesome for prizes. I have read about a lot of people winning!

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Kids eat Free at IKEA May 15-16

6:11 AM
Boy, if you live near an IKEA, you are super lucky-I think they must just like giving away free food!

Today and tomorrow (May 15-16), Participating IKEA stores are giving away free kids meals (with no adult purchase necessary!!) Kids will be able to choose any 3 kid sized items to create a meal, including 5 meatballs, mac & cheese, PB&J sandwich, kids yogurt, 2 cookies, chocolate milk and more!

Make sure to call your local IKEA to make sure they are participating before you head over!

Thank you Thrifty and Thriving and Combat Clippers.

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$3/1 Huggies coupon on Facebook! NICE!!!

6:00 AM
Yesterday, Huggies posted the following message on Facebook:

"You spoke and we listened! We love our fans and know how much you appreciate coupons, & that’s why we’re sharing a $3 off coupon valid for Little Movers or Little Snugglers diapers! Note: While we welcome & encourage all of you to join our community (we love Huggies parents!), you do not have to be a fan to redeem this coupon."

The link is here.

Thank you HUggies for ANOTHER great $3/1 coupon!!!
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FREE subscription to Cycle World Magazine

5:58 AM
There are 1000 free subscriptions to Cycle World Magazine from freebizmag.com. Just got here and fill out their form to see if you qualify. I have gotten magazine subscriptions from them for free before and you never have to give a credit card or anything. And before you ask, yes, they DO really come! :)

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New Pampers Gifts to Go codes

5:54 AM
If you do the Pampers Gifts to Grow program, you should see the list of new codes that Who Said Nothing in Life is Free?! posted yesterday. There are a lot of new codes. See that post here.


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Boo yeah! Another free book!!!

5:44 AM
Do you remember when I told you about how free books really come sometimes? And about how I had been randomly selected to receive a book, "Claude and Camille: a Novel of Monet" by Stephanie Cowell from Read it Forward through Crown Publishing?

Well, I got an email yesterday letting me know that I was randomly selected to get ANOTHER book! This time I will be getting Twelve Rooms with a View by Theresa Rebeck! It looks like an interesting read, and I am super excited to get it!!

If you are interested in reading advanced copies of new books, I would recommend checking out the Read It Forward website each month and signing up for a chance at getting any book that looks interesting (there are 3 new ones each month and readers are randomly selected to get them). I sign up for all the books each month and hope t get one occasionally-even if the book may or may not be one I want to read, I sign up. My husband would probably like the ones I would not...

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Friday, May 14, 2010

FREE Tuna & Tuna Salad

9:03 AM
You can request a feww sample of Tuna and tuna salad from Raphaelbuzz.com. It looks really interesting and I am excited to try it! This offer ends May 15th.

Thanks That Freebie Site

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4 FREE Rascal Flatts song downloads

8:56 AM
Wow-Right now at Walmart.com you can download 4 free Rascal Flatts songs. Just click here. Then click on the songs tab and sort by price from low to high. There are 4 free songs including my kids' favorite "Life is Highway". How excited will they be about this.

Thanks The Freebie Blogger.


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Weekend Warriors: Daycation to Adventureland!

8:48 AM
Today's Daycation locations I am focusing on is Adventureland near Des Moines, Iowa (I believe actually in Altoona). This is a fun Daycation to take from Omaha! We have some friends that drive down and back in a day, and others that make a weekend trip of it, and stay in a hotel overnight. We went once as a family and we just made a day of it.

Adventureland is about a 2 1/2 to 3 hour drive from Omaha. If you wake up really early and drive down to go to the park when it opens, then stay all day until closing and drive home, it makes for a long day, but it is fun! When we went, that is what we did. The cost for admission is obviously a bit pricy as it is an amusement park, so you will want to do all day and get your money's worth.

According to their website, current prices are as follows:
  • Season Pass (4 yrs +) (Free Parking Included!)  (Per Person - Nontransferable) $95.00 (through 5/31/2010)
  • Regular (10yrs +)  Admission Price At Gate $35.00
  • Internet Only (4yrs+) $30.00
  • Child (4-9yrs)  Admission Price At Gate $30.00
  • Seniors (65yrs +)  Admission Price At Gate $30.00
  • Second Day (Must Be Purchased at the Gate) What's This? $20.00
  • Special Needs (such as: being pregnant or wearing a cast) (Must Be Purchased at Gate) $23.00
  • Parking Fee (Per Vehicle) $5.00
  • Children age 3 or younger FREE
A couple of tips to make this a more affordable day trip with the family. 

  • Purchase tickets online or get discount tickets at Hy-Vee. Also many local credit Unions have discount tickets.

  • Pack up a cooler of food so you do not have to eat at the park-it is really expensive!

  • Plan to spend the day at the park-bring water and a stroller and just plan on making it a long fun day!

  • If you are going to spend the night, look for local hotels with Adventureland packages-many have them where you can get great deals on hotel and passes.  If you are going to spend more than one day there-make sure to get the Second Day Pass for your second day.

  • If you plan to got a few times during the season, do the math and figure out whether a season pass is a better deal for you!

Please check out Adventureland's website to see al the fun and exciting attractions they have!

If you have more frugal tips for this particular daycation, please share them with us!!

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