Penny-pinching: Like MyPoints, TopCashback is an online shopping site. By creating an account, you can browse through their list of merchants and earn money back on purchases you were already planning to make. I like to double or triple dip on my online shopping. For example, today I purchased a birthday present for one of my kids. I found a coupon code to take $3 off the item, shopped through TopCashback earning 20% back on my purchase, and used a credit card that gives a percentage back as well. TopCashback seems to give a slightly higher percentage back than MyPoints.

Here are just a few of the sites linked with TopCashback.

Groupon-up to 16%
Oriental Trading-5% (today you can get free shipping on any size order using FSFW8 at checkout)
DisneyStore-7%
Dell-3%
TigerDirect-2%
Walmart-up to 4%
DiscountMags-20%
Barnes and Noble-6%
Kmart-NEW TOPCASHBACK MEMBERS special! Grab a free pack of Huggies Snug & Dry diapers priced at $10.99 with $12.50 cashback, shipped free with ShopYourWay Rewards MAX. (This offer is good for 3 more days)

Happy Shopping! (As before, the links are my referral links.)

 

Praise/Blessing: We were given several Adventures in Odyssey videos today. Landon’s response, “I’ve been dying to buy one of those, and you got them for free!” Thank you generous giver!!!! It was a good lesson in how God sometimes gives us even the little things that we wish we could have, but don’t need.

Prayer: I have a friend who just had an emergency appendectomy. She has 4 children. I am not posting her name, because I have not asked permission to do so. Thankfully, God knows her name.

Playfulness: Darren started holding onto the back of my sweater while I was walking down our hallway this afternoon. I asked him, “What are you doing?” He replied, “Mommy Surfing!” Another benefit of having hardwood floors instead of carpet. Socks make for indoor skates, or in this case, a surfboard?

Darren loves to imitate his older brothers. Sometimes, that is a bad thing. photo  Tonight, it was a cute thing.

Under the photos tab I have posted all of my picture-a-day photos. Unfortunately, they are not completely in order. I am still learning to use the site. =) These pics will probably be moved around a bit as I figure things out.

Penny-pinching: Occasionally, I will share some of my favorite online shopping sites. MyPoints is a site that you can earn points for reading emails, shopping, printing out coupons, playing games, etc. I have been a member of MyPoints since 2000. Over the past 14 years, I have earned hundreds of dollars in free gift cards. Usually, I get gift cards to restaurants for inexpensive dates. =) Sometimes, I have ordered home improvement gift cards for a renovation project. Recently, I have ordered gift cards for our vacation this year. Here is my link if you are interested in joining. www.MyPoints.com Yes, I do get credit for people who join through my link. Feel free to ask questions!