Okay. So I know I've mentioned www.realchocolate.com before. Repeatedly.
Today I mention it again simply so I can share this ad featuring Doogie/Barney/Dr. Horrible:
So c'mon, America! Snag a coupon for a bar or bag of empty calories and learn to smile again. Because, as Totally Awesome American Neil Patrick Harris so eloquent puts it, "helping each other, that's what America loves most. That, and free stuff."
Friday, June 26, 2009
Free Glidden Paint
Before I start to be known &mdash okay, CONTINUE to be known &mdash as a Junk Food Queen, I thought I'd share a great DIY freebie. Just visit:
www.glidden.com/promotions/free-paint-giveaway.do
... or call 1-800-GLIDDEN to request a free quart of paint in Eggshell finish. Really. A completely free, fresh quart of paint. That should cover about 100 square feet, enough to repaint an occasional table, a small dresser, maybe even an accent wall. Or the door and trim your puppy shredded.
The offer is good through July 2, 2009, or while supplies last, with a limit of one quart per household in the Continental US only. (Sorry, Hawaiians, but you already have enough good fortune.)
www.glidden.com/promotions/free-paint-giveaway.do
... or call 1-800-GLIDDEN to request a free quart of paint in Eggshell finish. Really. A completely free, fresh quart of paint. That should cover about 100 square feet, enough to repaint an occasional table, a small dresser, maybe even an accent wall. Or the door and trim your puppy shredded.
The offer is good through July 2, 2009, or while supplies last, with a limit of one quart per household in the Continental US only. (Sorry, Hawaiians, but you already have enough good fortune.)
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Free Sugar Fixes
Who wants free junk food?
"I do! I do!"
Yes, it's that magic hour in late afternoon when a young girl's fancy turns strongly to thoughts of sugar and caffeine. Unfortunately these offers don't start until tomorrow, Friday, June 19th, but fortunately I have not one but three offers to share:
First, don't forget the M&M/Mars giveaway is still going strong every Friday morning through the end of September. Just visit:
www.realchocolate.com
... each Friday after 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time to request your coupon for a free, full-size candy bar such as Snickers, Milky Way, Twix, 3 Musketeers, Dove, and of course, M&M's. There's a limit of one coupon request per e-mail address per Friday, but — and here's the best part — you may return on a following Friday and request another coupon, up to four per household! I've already received a couple, so I can confirm the coupons will arrive... assuming your postmaster doesn't nick them.
Also on Friday between 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., A&W is continuing to celebrate its 90th Anniversary by offering free small root beer floats. Not surprisingly, the offer is one per customer, but no purchase is required so get on in there!
www.awrestaurants.com
Still thirsty? Have a mall nearby? Then you may be happy to know Orange Julius is offering a free Light Smoothie on June 19th. It looks as if the offer is valid all day, but you'll need to print and present the downloaded coupon.
www.orangejulius.com
Enjoy your sugar rush &mdash and your weekend!
"I do! I do!"
Yes, it's that magic hour in late afternoon when a young girl's fancy turns strongly to thoughts of sugar and caffeine. Unfortunately these offers don't start until tomorrow, Friday, June 19th, but fortunately I have not one but three offers to share:
First, don't forget the M&M/Mars giveaway is still going strong every Friday morning through the end of September. Just visit:
www.realchocolate.com
... each Friday after 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time to request your coupon for a free, full-size candy bar such as Snickers, Milky Way, Twix, 3 Musketeers, Dove, and of course, M&M's. There's a limit of one coupon request per e-mail address per Friday, but — and here's the best part — you may return on a following Friday and request another coupon, up to four per household! I've already received a couple, so I can confirm the coupons will arrive... assuming your postmaster doesn't nick them.
Also on Friday between 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., A&W is continuing to celebrate its 90th Anniversary by offering free small root beer floats. Not surprisingly, the offer is one per customer, but no purchase is required so get on in there!
www.awrestaurants.com
Still thirsty? Have a mall nearby? Then you may be happy to know Orange Julius is offering a free Light Smoothie on June 19th. It looks as if the offer is valid all day, but you'll need to print and present the downloaded coupon.
www.orangejulius.com
Enjoy your sugar rush &mdash and your weekend!
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Free Family Film Festival
It's baaaaack!
Once again, Regal is hosting its Free Family Film Festival. Starting this week (depending on your location) and running through the end of August, select Regal cinemas will screen two G or PG movies at 10:00 a.m. each Tuesday and Wednesday during the festival.
Seating is first-come, first-served &mdash or first-seated? &mdash and is limited to theatre capacity. Tickets are available at the select theatres' box offices on the day of the show.
For a list of dates and movie titles, visit:
www.regmovies.com/nowshowing/familyfilmfestivalschedule.aspx
I don't see a requirement that states I HAVE to be accompanied by a child and two local theaters are participating, so... Blane and Abby, maybe I'll see you there!
Once again, Regal is hosting its Free Family Film Festival. Starting this week (depending on your location) and running through the end of August, select Regal cinemas will screen two G or PG movies at 10:00 a.m. each Tuesday and Wednesday during the festival.
Seating is first-come, first-served &mdash or first-seated? &mdash and is limited to theatre capacity. Tickets are available at the select theatres' box offices on the day of the show.
For a list of dates and movie titles, visit:
www.regmovies.com/nowshowing/familyfilmfestivalschedule.aspx
I don't see a requirement that states I HAVE to be accompanied by a child and two local theaters are participating, so... Blane and Abby, maybe I'll see you there!
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Playing Dirty
I suppose it was inevitable that our relaxing (read: lazy) weekends would give way to days of toil, so it didn't come as much of a surprise when Cary ordered 30 yards of topsoil/compost mix last week. Yeah. Three-oh. As in a heaped dump truck AND its trailer. The dirt was delivered Friday around noon, and bright and early Saturday Cary was off to rent a Bobcat.
Let the summer projects begin.
As the tracks in the "before" photos show, I was a little late taking them, but you get the idea: grass and more grass.
We added dirt to extend four existing flowerbeds — one by quite a bit; I think it's now five or six times its original size — and created a new island. (Actually two new islands, but one is out front and doesn't look like much just yet.)
While Cary moved the dirt, I dug out and moved the thin-split rock we had been using to outline the beds. (I'll reuse it to create raised beds in the rose garden... but probably not this year. I like to pace my punishment.)
On Sunday, we set out the plants we've been buying since last Fall... and then started digging. At last count we'd planted 48 shrubs, perennials, and tubers including a crape myrtle, a rhododendron, a Daphne, peonies, roses, lilacs, verbena, lavender, potentillas, and who-knows-what-else.
It looks a little puny right now, but in a couple of years — with mulch and a few more plants added here and there — it should be right lush. Assuming the plants survive the Thunder Feet of Sherman, that is.
We've already bought another dump truck load of gravel for the paths, so stay tuned...
Let the summer projects begin.
As the tracks in the "before" photos show, I was a little late taking them, but you get the idea: grass and more grass.
We added dirt to extend four existing flowerbeds — one by quite a bit; I think it's now five or six times its original size — and created a new island. (Actually two new islands, but one is out front and doesn't look like much just yet.)While Cary moved the dirt, I dug out and moved the thin-split rock we had been using to outline the beds. (I'll reuse it to create raised beds in the rose garden... but probably not this year. I like to pace my punishment.)
On Sunday, we set out the plants we've been buying since last Fall... and then started digging. At last count we'd planted 48 shrubs, perennials, and tubers including a crape myrtle, a rhododendron, a Daphne, peonies, roses, lilacs, verbena, lavender, potentillas, and who-knows-what-else.It looks a little puny right now, but in a couple of years — with mulch and a few more plants added here and there — it should be right lush. Assuming the plants survive the Thunder Feet of Sherman, that is.
We've already bought another dump truck load of gravel for the paths, so stay tuned...
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Weird Drug PSAs
I actually remember some of these PSAs &mdash which is probably the real perk of not doing drugs and should be a PSA of its own &mdash but some were new to me.
Even if you've seen them all (although, really, who besides the Kiwis have seen the gross New Zealand one?), maybe you'll enjoy laughing at what we thought was cool in the '80s. Don't tell me drugs didn't inspire some of those outfits.
Please to enjoy:
www.yesbutnobutyes.com
Even if you've seen them all (although, really, who besides the Kiwis have seen the gross New Zealand one?), maybe you'll enjoy laughing at what we thought was cool in the '80s. Don't tell me drugs didn't inspire some of those outfits.
Please to enjoy:
www.yesbutnobutyes.com
Monday, June 1, 2009
Happy Birthday, Sherman!
Well, another day, another destroyed duck. Actually two ducks this morning, but I couldn't bring myself to scold Sherman because — wait for it — today is his birthday!
Yes, the Shermanator, the Sherman Tank, Sir Sherman McShreds-a-lot has reached the ripe old age of one. I don't know what odds Vegas would have put on such an unlikely event, but I can tell you there were days when they would have been looooong.
Our friends Lee and Sue took this photo of Sherm and me not long after we adopted him at two months old:
I doubt I'll be able to hold him up in the same pose, but I'll try to get a similar photo today after work to show how much he's grown in the past 10 months. Which is not to say he's done growing; the way he's been power-napping, I think another growth spurt is just around the corner...
Yes, the Shermanator, the Sherman Tank, Sir Sherman McShreds-a-lot has reached the ripe old age of one. I don't know what odds Vegas would have put on such an unlikely event, but I can tell you there were days when they would have been looooong.
Our friends Lee and Sue took this photo of Sherm and me not long after we adopted him at two months old:
I doubt I'll be able to hold him up in the same pose, but I'll try to get a similar photo today after work to show how much he's grown in the past 10 months. Which is not to say he's done growing; the way he's been power-napping, I think another growth spurt is just around the corner...
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