Couponing - The Odyssey Begins

Inspired by the Shop for Free lady, I am starting my research into coupon-ing and I am going to post relevant / useful links here.

Shop for Free - Forums and tips on how to drastically reduce your food bill.
Brag book for coupons  - a different way to organize your coupons
Double coupons in NC - I live in NC so this is important to me.  If you can double your coupon and find a sale at the same time, you can pay almost nothing for certain items.

Family Dance Time

In an effort to lose some weight, I am proposing that we institute a family dance time, to begin after dinner at least three times a week and lasting for 15-30 minutes. This will give us a chance to have some wild, silly, jumping-around time together as well as burn a few calories.

I am going to do some research to see if anyone else does anything similar and I will post the results here.

So far I'm finding reviews for products. Like this one:

Family exercise video

But that is not really what I'm looking for. I'm really looking for a family that is doing this, and are blogging about it.

What Matters?

I just read this really nice post about what life really means to you, and what one can do to figure out that life-long question.

Star Wars Pillow Case

I think it was for Christmas, I bought a set of Star Wars sheets and pillow cases off eBay for my daughter. She loved them even more than I could have hoped. Last week we had to strip her bed just to wash the sheets, and we put another set on there. Two nights ago, she came to me and said "Daddy, I want my Star Wars pillow cases on my pillow, they're my favorite". Even though it was closing in on 11p.m. at the time, how could I refuse such a request? My little Sweeboo was asking me sweetly to put Star Wars pillow cases on her pillow! I love my little girl!

Working on my Lawn Tractor

Well, I've had a Troy-Bilt Pony for several years now, and have never had major problems with it until this year. I have had it serviced several times now and it is starting to become a headache. At this point I don't want to pay to have it serviced again, so I am trying to learn how to self-service the thing. To that end I am researching how to do minor repairs on the mower.

This is a video tutorial on how to use a mutimeter to check a car battery. I assume it would be the same for a mower battery.

More to come!

More Links:

Test Car Battery With a Multimeter

Again

Testing Household Batteries

Yahoo Answers re: LawnMower Batteries

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A Family Tent

I have yet to take the whole family on a camping outing and would really like to do so this fall. To that end, I really need a nice tent that will comfortably hold four individuals, have some sort of rain cover or porch area and won't break the bank. If anyone has suggestions please leave them in the comments.

I will post more as I research.

I'm starting here:
About.com

Tent Buying Tips - As a rule-of-thumb buy a tent that has a capacity rated two people higher than the number that will actually be using it.

Family Tent Comparisons

Coleman Evanston 8 Tent

Outbound Cliffside 7 Tent - 7-Person, 3-Season - $249.95

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Nature Rocks

http://www.naturerocks.org

I've just stumbled upon this via GeekDad and it seems like a really cool site for those families that are looking to connect with nature and with each other.  It helps you find parks and recreation sites in your area that you can explore cheaply if not for free.  

So check it ou!