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Uno: Free Pizza for Military Members

UNO invites all members of the military, both veterans and active duty, to enjoy a free individual deep dish or thin crust pizza with the purchase of an entrée or pizza of equal or greater value on Super Bowl Sunday, February 6 and Monday, February 7. No coupon is necessary. Veterans or active military can simply show up with a military or veteran’s ID. (Not valid with other special offers or coupons.)

Find out more about the Pizzeria Uno free pizza for the military on the Uno website.

Thanks to my mother-in-law for sharing this deal.

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Orlando Magic Tickets for You: Bloggy Birthday

Here is something else you you might not know about me. I LOVE basketball. Being one of the tallest 6th graders (and having my dad as the coach) ensured my spot on the team, but it was my mad rebounding skills that got me the playing time. 🙂

By the 9th grade I was no longer one of the tallest kids in the class and I realized that there wasn’t much of a need for 5’6″ power forwards, so I settled for being a basketball fan instead of a player.

My favorite team, The Orlando Magic, of course! I’ve been following them off and on since the very beginning and recently my kids have started to follow them too. We all have our favorite players on the team, my daughter’s favorite being J.J. Redick, I wonder why? 😉 My current favorite is probably Ryan Anderson. Ryan gets my vote because we share the same last name and because he has improved so much this year. Well, and he plays forward… and I have always been partial to that position.

Anyway, I could go on and on about basketball, but I’ll get to the point. I have two Orlando Magic tickets to give to one reader. The winner can pick from either game:

Feb 08 TUE at home vs Los Angeles Clippers

or

FEB 23 WED at home vs Sacramento Kings

The giveaway is for the tickets only. I can’t fly you to Orlando, so only enter if you can go to one of the games or you can give the tickets to someone who can.

To enter the giveaway leave me a comment and tell me your favorite Magic player (current or past) and you’ll be entered to win the tickets.

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ITunes Gift Card Giveaway: Blog Birthday Celebration

Do you know that I love music? I took piano lessons for years when I was a kid and in the process developed a love of all things musical! When I was a teenager my best friend and I dreamed of buying an old van, driving to California, and starting a band. We wrote songs, recorded them, and drove our parents nuts with our crazy dream! Well, it wasn’t actually a crazy dream for my best friend. She went on to become a singer, lol!

I’m not very picky when it comes to music, I like all kinds, as long as the musician can sing on key. I’m not a big fan of opera or heavy metal but most everything else I can tolerate. Before my phone broke, you would have found Toby Mac, Faith Hill, Indigo Girls, and Mozart in my music section.

To celebrate my bloggy birthday, I have an $15 itunes gift card to giveaway so you can buy some of your favorite music! Just leave a comment and tell me about your favorite music!

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Party on Facebook: And Win Some Gift Cards!

It’s my bloggy birthday this week and I’m celebrating by giving you the gifts! Head on over to Facebook today so you can win another favorite thing, gift cards! Now I don’t necessarily love gift cards, but I do love Swag Bucks, and I’ve earned lots of gift cards by using Swag Bucks over the past two years! I’m sharing some of my gift cards with you.

So, visit me on Facebook to find out what gift cards I’m giving to you!

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It’s My Birthday, But I’m Giving You the Gifts!

This week marks TheHappyHousewife.com’s 3rd birthday! It is hard to believe that it has been 3 years since I wrote my first post. This site has gone through a lot of changes over the past few years, but one thing has not changed. I have the best readers in the world!! I’m not exaggerating one bit, I look forward to every comment and email I receive. Over the years I have even been able to chat on the phone and meet some of you in person.  Lifelong friendships have come from this little blog!

While blogs don’t exist because of readers, they wouldn’t be very fun to write if no one was reading, so thank you for making these past three years awesome!

Even though it is my blog birthday, I think you should get the gifts! I couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate than to give you some of my favorite things! For the next week I’m going to be giving away my favorite things on the blog, Facebook, Twitter, and to subscribers! On Friday I have an amazing gift I want to give to one reader… but you’ll have to check back on Friday to see what favorite thing I am giving away.

What’s a birthday without cake? For me it isn’t a birthday at all since I don’t like ice cream. To get the celebration started I’m giving away one of my favorite cake ebooks!

More Cool Cakes

Not only does this e-booklet include the basics to making home decorated cakes yourself, but it also includes recipes for buttercream frostings and for doctoring up cake mixes as well as over a dozen different cake and cupcake themes that you can duplicate or use as inspiration for your own custom variations.

What I LOVE about Jessica’s cakes is that you don’t have be a professional decorator to make them! The are easy and even a novice cake maker can give their child an amazing birthday cake with her simple directions.

To start the party I’ve giving away one of these ebooks. To enter leave a comment. And don’t forget to check back tomorrow for the next gift!

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One Step at a Time

This week I visited the lighthouse in St. Augustine. We had free tickets and my husband thought it would be fun to climb to the top and enjoy the great view. I thought it would be fun too, until I walked in the lighthouse and saw the 200+ open steps.

I wasn’t afraid of a little exercise, I was afraid of falling to my death. 🙂 I climbed up the stairs and made it about half-way when I started to feel a little sick about the whole thing. My brain said keep on going, there is nothing to be afraid of, but my heart said turn back while you can!

I decided I was going to be a big girl and make it to the top. My very gracious husband carried my big camera with the pink strap because it was bothering me as I climbed higher and higher.

We made it to the top and it was worth it.

Even on a cloudy dreary day the view was great, and it was fun to pick out the places in St. Augustine that we recognized.

Going down scared me as much as walking up, but I found another lady who was a scaredy-cat like me and we walked down together.

I realized that climbing the lighthouse was a lot like real life. Many times a job or project can seem overwhelming and we put it off because we can’t stand the thought of tackling it. But, by taking one step at a time you eventually get the job done!

What project is looming over you this year? For me it is finishing unpacking and moving in our house.

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2011: Simplify

When I look back on 2010, I see a year of fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants craziness. 2011 is going to be different. My theme for the year…

I can’t think of a single area in my life that could not use a bit of pruning. I’m tired of complicated. So for 2011, you’ll see more:

  • Simple Living
  • Simple Homeschool
  • Simple Home Management
  • Simple Recipes
  • Simple Savings

Now for my 2011 Goals.

Spiritual:

Personal:

  • Read one fun book a month.
  • Complete FB 365 project.
  • Walk 3x a week with Cora.
  • Remember to take my SuperMom vitamins. (Once again, something I can NEVER remember to do!)
  • Consistent wake-up time.
  • Plan our yearly trips in January and budget accordingly.
  • Sew twice a month.
  • Build a photo light box.
  • Schedule one date night a week.

School:

  • Incorporate more hands on projects with the younger kids.
  • Preschool with Trouble 3 times a week.
  • Find a better system for record keeping.
  • Enroll in a local co-op.
  • Plan two field trips a month.
  • Research colleges. (I cannot believe I am typing those words!!!!)

In the Kitchen:

  • Research and find sources of local/organic food.
  • Keep grocery budget under $700 a month.
  • One bulk cooking day every two months.

Homemaking:

  • Deep clean and organize one room a month in my home.
  • Purchase and use the Motivated Moms’ Planner.
  • Update phone contacts and address book and transfer information to the computer.
  • Find a different coupon organization system.
  • Organize storage space in garage.
  • Complete all Christmas shopping before Thanksgiving.
  • Set up sewing area.

Home Improvement:

  • Make curtains for ds’s bedroom
  • Make curtains for living room.
  • Finish photo collage for dining room.
  • Paint living room/ dining room.
  • Make headboard for ds’s bed.
  • Make headboard for my bed.
  • Install fan in back porch. (Already completed!)
  • Remove kitchen wallpaper.
  • Install new kitchen sink.
  • Install office bookshelves. (once my dad makes them. :))

Financial:

  • Change monthly budget meetings to weekly budget meetings.
  • Begin using Mvelopes.
  • Reread The Complete Tightwad Gazette.
  • Add an extra 10% on our mortgage every month which will shorten it by 5 years.

What are some of your goals this year?

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FB 365 Project

I love taking pictures, but as I was going through my 2010 photos I realized I go in photo spurts. I take 200 pictures in a few days, then nothing for a few weeks. In order to stay more consistent in my photo taking, and to make sure I take photos of all my kids, not just the girls, I have started the FB 365 Project.

The FB 365 Project is so simple I hope I’ll be able to do it! Every day I’ll take at least one picture. It can be of the kids, something we made, something we find in the yard, or some place we went. I’ll use my phone or my camera and I’ll upload the photo to my Facebook page, under the photos tab.

The fun thing is that you can upload your daily photo too. The only requirement is that the photo is family friendly, no naked hiney’s or PG language.

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Happy New Year!


Wow, it’s hard to believe 2010 is over!

As we begin 2011 I just wanted to thank all of you for making 2010 a wonderful year for TheHappyHousewife.com!

I can’t wait to share with you my plans for 2011! Have a safe and wonderful weekend!