Free coloring pages!

I just wanted to share a great site for all you readers with young children who love to color. My little girl loves to color, but coloring books can be expensive. I like this site because, first of all, it's free. Secondly, I like it because she can pick which ones she wants to color. Check it out for yourself. Just click on the picture below.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYBODY!!!!

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DO REALLY NEED CABLE?

Now that baseball is basically over and the Mets did not make it into divisional play, AGAIN, my husband announced that now we could reduce the cable to channels 2-13. This costs about $10 a month, so our cable and Internet will go from being about $100 a month to about $55. With the main channels we can still watch network television and the kids can still watch PBS. Before we cancel it, we will be taping a bunch of the kids favorite shows like Dora, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Backyardigans, etc.

Saving $45 a month is a big deal. That's my highest credit card payment right there. I could be using that to snowball all our debt and  get rid of it quicker.

We won't miss cable too  much. We spend way too much time staring at the TV anyway, so it will probably be good for us. Plus a lot of shows can be seen online now. I often watch Heroes online because I somehow forget to watch it. I always watch SNL online because I don't want to watch the whole thing, just the political satire. If we start getting bored with network tv, there is always www.Hulu.com which has older movies and tv shows. Also we can run down to the grocery store and rent a movie from the RedBox for $1 a night per movie. http://www.insideredbox.com/

How much money could you save by reducing your cable or canceling it? By the way, most cable companies have some form of the reduced cable for about $10, but you have to ask them about it.

 

 

 

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Update on our house

Well we picked out the modular we wanted and got quotes for doing the land improvements. By the time we have our first closing, it will be at least December or January. So they probably will not be able to start doing land improvements until at least March depending on the weather. So, we are looking at not being able to move until at least May or June of next year. GGgggrrr! This apartment is too small for all 5 of us, but we will make do. A benefit to staying here is that our expenses are lower and we can save more money and pay off a lot of our credit cards.

We will be saving as much as we can between now and the end of the year. Of course we also have Christmas coming up, but I have most people done already and just need to buy 2 larger frames, a gift certificate and a gift for my mom. The kids are started and we are only going to spend $100 on each of them. The little ones will probably share some toys - I already bought them a Baby Vsmile to share ... it was originally $39.99 and I paid $15 for it!!!