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Hey all...

When we were talking about saving money, Ebates.com came up again!! I remember telling some of you about this website last year, but some were skeptical.  Then Amylynn brought it up this year, it IS a really useful site!! 

Here is how you do it:

Go to Ebates.com.  Sign up.  You just use your email address and create a password.  They are also going to have you enter in your home address and info so they know where to send your rebate check when it comes time to cash in.  You can also donate it to charity if you like.  : )  You can also enter in either Amylynn's or my email address.  Then we get a few bucks for signing you up!!  You will also get some money just for signing up.  If you are confused about how it works, they have a place on their website that explains it. Over the last  2 years, I've gotten almost $200 back!! They have a ton of stores, here are some.....

Babys/Toys R Us, Kohls, Kmart/Sears, JCPenney, Target, Walmart, Macy's, Ebay!, iTunes (& Apple Store), Barnes & Nobles, Cabela's, Joe's Sporting Goods, Eddie Bauer, Land's End, LL Bean...

You name it, it's probably in there! Anything from 1-8% cash back, or free shipping.. it all adds up!

Ebates.com

Kristy or Amylynn's email : please refer to Eileen's email sheet :) 

Links and Subscribing

I just posted some links and I would love to do more if anyone has more to share. I also put the subscribe to buttons up. It doesn't work like I thought it would though. If you subsribe to one, the updates go to a central webpage. It would work well if you have several blogs that you check. Then you can go to one website to view them.
Hope everyone is doing well. It's been a while since we've seen you!

Kristy, from your photos on Facebook, looks like you had a good Super Bowl party. Which team were you rooting for? I cheered for the Steeler who ran the 100 yds, but then booed him when he started beating up on a Cardinal player. Since we lived in Arizona for 11 years, we naturally were for the Cardinal and were so disappointed when they came "this close" to winning but still lost.

Cha 1 & 2

We will be discussing cha 1& 2 this wednesday! Covenant Marriage by Chapman

-Eileen

ok, so this is random. But I have been looking to replace my pots and pans for ages. I just could not find any that i liked. I did not want to get stainless steel and have all my food stick. I also did not want to get "non stick" since that was what I had and I really wanted to get away from the chemicals in non-stick. So I was in a quandry while my pot handles were falling off and my lids were breaking.

Well, walking through Fred Meyer, out of the corner of my eye, I spotted an "eco" friendly looking tag on a pot. I passed it and then decided to go back. It was a pan that claimed to be 99% recycled and non stick with out ANY chemicals. The non-stick part was all powdered ceramic. So since it was marked down and then also another 25% off of that, I decided to get it.

I gave it the ulitmate test with eggs and cheese. I put cheese on top of the eggs then flipped the "omlet" over so the cheese was directly on the pan. it totally slid off with no issues!!!! Being incredibly impressed, i decided to check out their web site and brace myself for the cost of an entire set. I was again totally impressed. From their non chemical choices there are two sets. One is $200 for a full set and the other $400 but on sale for $250 with free shipping on all purchases over $59.

So here is the info. I have never come across any non-stick non-chemical pots and pans before. And you are helping the environment. starfrit.com - choose english - then on the left hand side choose any options under the "ceram-eco coating".

The one that i bought at FM was the eco-chef fry pan. And it was way cheeper at FM. The two sets are the "chef" or the "alternative". Check them out. I am totally impressed.

-Eileen

Anyone up for checking out Little Leaps?

Stacy told us about Little Leaps (http://littleleapsbabygym.com/index.html) in a previous post. I'm going to Oak Harbor on Tuesday, Feb. 3 to drop of my external hard drive (please keep this in your thoughts and prayers, I am praying that 9 years of photos can be restored by taking the hard drive apart and installing it in another casing)

So.. while wonderful Josh is working on my hard drive, I was thinking of checking out Little Leaps. It will have to be kind of early - I am planning on dropping off the hard drive at 9 a.m. and being at LL when they open at 9:30. I can stay for a little over an hour - another one of my children arrives home at noon on the school bus.

I don't know how much it costs or if they sell coffee, but if anyone feels up for adventure with me, let me know!

-Amylynn

A bunch of sickies and an awesome soother...

Hey Everybody!
Yes, we are all sick at my house. The sickest we've been in a long time! All three girls got pinkeye, and the baby has an ear infection and possibley neumonia! We are all being medicated now, so I think we're on the mend, hopefully. Maybe it's because we went to Chuck E. Cheese, Jungle Playland and the free mall toys all last week. You never know, I'm just thinkin' maybe that's it! Not good planning on my part, since we were supposed to have two birthday parties this week for my girls. Anyway...
So we went to the doctor (Skagit Natural Family Medicine) and they gave us this idea to get the bathroom steamy and use essential oils to help clear the air passages out. I used it myself today and took a hot steamy shower and put some lavendar and eucalyptus essential oils in a pot of boiling water to have in the bathroom with me. They were so great and really cleared me up for a while. It doesn't last forever, but it was so nice while I was in the bathroom and kept me clear for a while. I never realized that essential oils could actually help clear you up, I just thought they were some fru fru smelly things. : )
So I don't know when we'll be back around ya'll hopefully next Wed, but I wouldn't be surprised if we aren't completely well and need to wait another week!
Hope you are all well!
Ari