Archive for December, 2008

Free MAC Classes

Posted: December 27, 2008 by RickThomasNet in home life

We just had our first free Mac class downtown Greenville. The folks at iPlace are pretty awesome, patient and accommodating. If you live in Greenville and want to pick up some free classes you can go on their website and figure out which ones you want to take and then sign up. They will be [...]

Fun with Frugality

Posted: December 22, 2008 by Tristen Thomas in household

The ultimate challenge: The CVS two day sale (Dec 21, 22): obtain $144 of product for as little out of pocket (OOP) cash as possible. Every challenge needs a plan so I wrote down how to roll-over my extra care bucks (ecb) so I would spend as little money out of pocket as possible. I made six groups of [...]

Being frugal always sounded like a hardship to me, dull, lifeless, medieval, but in an effort to see if we can live on less, I’ve decided to pursue using coupons in my shopping. A friend showed me a free e-book at couponmom.com to get me started. I also read blogs on how shoppers purchased $200 worth [...]

Disney Jug!

Posted: December 16, 2008 by RickThomasNet in Our Family

I told the kids when they fill up their Disney Jug we would take a trip to see Mickey. They are stoked. I gave them a 5-gallon, clear plastic water jug to fill up. They have now covered the bottom of it. They are pretty quick to find pennies in parking lots and other places [...]

Ice Skating at the Pavilion

Posted: December 14, 2008 by RickThomasNet in Our Family

Friday night was our fourth annual ice skating event for our church. Our kids could not have been more excited about an event. Tristen has learned how to read the calendar so she has been marking the days for about two months now. Periodically over the past two months she would ask how long to [...]

A True Princess?

Posted: December 1, 2008 by RickThomasNet in Funny

It is 11:11PM on Sunday night and Tristen, who does not go to sleep easily, is making a list of things she can do to serve Mommy so Mommy can sit around all day, watch TV and be a true Princess, so she just said.