New Kroger Gas Program

Last week a friend of mine posted this on my Facebook page and I was like WOW!  HOW did you do that?  She told me that Schnucks has a reward program where your grocery points accumulate…I was jealous.  I don’t live near a Schnucks and I am a very faithful Kroger shopper.  I started plotting on how I could try to make it to Schnucks to catch a few of their sales and rack up some gas points but it looks like I am not going to have to!  One of the ladies in the local coupon group I am involved in posted a link to this article from the Commercial Appeal telling about Kroger’s New Gas Savings Program. I am SOOOOO excited!  I always got happy over my little $.10 off and now I will be able to save up to $1.00 per gallon!!  WOW!  Thank you Kroger for giving me another reason to love you.

Free Jamberry Nail Shields

I just signed up to become a member at SaveMore.com and received $10 credit which I was able to use towards today’s deal for JamBerry Nails. Since they were available for $7.50 and I had $10 credit, I got them for FREE!!  Woo-hoo!  My daughter is going to love these 🙂 Thanks Pays2Save for posting!!

Help for Homeschooling High Schoolers

Yes, you CAN homeschool your high schooler…MANY have already done it and their children are very successful.  In this  E-Book, you will get tips from some of the most well known homeschool speakers on a variety of things you have questions on about getting through these important years.

Disclaimer ~ This post does contain an affiliate link.  When you use the link to purchase the E-Book, I do receive a portion of the sales.  This is what helps me to provide income to keep this site running and provide for my family.  Thank you!

Inside Scoop May 31

Today’s Deal of the Day from Inside Scoop is $20 for $50 Towards Services, Grooming, or Boarding from Utopia Animal Hospital .

Levitt Shell Concerts

The Levitt Shell is hosting FREE concerts again this year throughout the summer. There is a wide variety of genre for you to enjoy. They even have performances JUST for kids! To see the schedule, click on the image below!

Be sure  you check know what to take and read the policies before you go. Also, go LIKE them on Facebook so you can stay connected even more. Enjoy!!

LifeBlood Donorfest

Life Blood’s Donor Fest is a free family event that has tons of activities.  This blood donor celebration will be June 4th at the Agricenter from 8am – 3pm.  More information is on the Donor Fest website.  Hope to see you there!

Memphis Scholastic Summer Chess Camps

28th Annual
Memphis Scholastic
Summer CHESS Camps

GET STARTED OR KEEP GOING IN CHESS this summer by attending ONE, TWO, or up to SIX WEEKS of the 2011 MEMPHIS SCHOLASTIC SUMMER CHESS CAMPS!

FOR NEWCOMERS:
A great way to GET YOUR CHILD STARTED in chess.
The perfect way to SEE IF YOUR CHILD IS INTERESTED in chess.

FOR BEGINNERS:
An excellent opportunity to improve your chess game.

FOR EXPERIENCED PLAYERS:
A great way to keep playing and improving during the summer months.

Six one-week sessions

Session 1: Monday, June 13-Friday, June 17 (deadline Friday, June 3) 9:00-12:00        Saint Francis of Assissi Catholic School (2100 N. Germantown Parkway, Cordova)

Session 2: Monday, June 20-Friday, June 24 (deadline Friday, June 10) 9:00-12:00  Covington First Baptist Church (211 South Main Street, Covington)

Session 3: Monday, June 27-Friday, July 1 (deadline Friday, June 17) 9:00-12:00
First Assembly Christian School (8650 Walnut Grove Road, Cordova)

Session 4: Monday, July l l-Friday, July 15 (deadline Friday, July 1) 9:00-12:00

Session 5: Monday, July 25-Friday, July 29 (deadline Friday, July 15) 9:00-12:00

Session 6: Monday, Aug. 1 – Friday, Aug. 5 (deadline Friday, July 22) 9:00-12:00

Our Chess Camp is conducted by veteran scholastic coach Dale Flickinger, whose students and teams have won MANY city and state titles and 13 national titles. It is staffed by top area high school and college players. Plenty of supervision! Students are grouped by age and ability. Beginners learn fundamentals and play other beginners. Experienced players work on new openings, new defenses, tactics, and endgames. Mini-
tournaments, ribbons for everyone and MUCH, MUCH MORE!

For more information call Dale Flickinger at 309-2440 or email at Flickmem@aol.com

You can use this printable registration form that you can fill out and mail in or sign up at www.mschess.org.

19 Gifts from TOS

The Old Schoolhouse Magazine still has a few of their gift packs for new and renewing 2 yr subscribers left. This magazine is one of the very few that I subscribe too AND actually keep on my shelf. I enjoy reading the articles and gleaning from the wisdom of others who have done what I am doing. I read the articles aloud to my children over breakfast and they learn many things from them also. If you are a homeschooler, you should seriously consider adding this resource to your list of must haves.

Disclaimer ~ This post does contain an affiliate link.  When you use the link to purchase the subscription, I do receive a portion of the sales.  This is what helps me to provide income to keep this site running and provide for my family.  Thank you!

Connections and Happiness

I record the CBS Sunday Morning show every week but sometimes do not get a chance to watch it until weeks later…such was the case with the one that aired on 5/8…today is 5/29 and I am just now watching it, while a new one is recording by the way 🙂

Anyway, the point is this, there was a story on this episode called The Pursuit of Happiness and one of the things that made me happy (pun intended) was about how being connected to others can lead to being a happier person! I feel good that my CONNECTIONS are helping people! You can see the video of this story yourself by going to the CBS Site.

Memphis To Host Vietnam Memorial Wall

When I was in high school, I had the opportunity to visit the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, DC. I was born in 1974 so I don’t have any actual memories from the war but I learned about it in school. I think reading about it and hearing stories from those who were there helped me to understand a little about the sacrifices that our military makes but seeing the wall with all of the names of people who died really made it stick. Rubbing my fingers over the names of those people…oh my goodness. It was really emotional.

This week, the traveling Dignity Memorial® Vietnam Wall will be in the Memphis area. Although it is a smaller version of the one in Washington (3/4 of the size),it will still leave an impact on those who go to see it. This free memorial will be open to the public 24 hours a day from June 3-5 at Memphis Funeral Home on Germantown Parkway in Bartlett. My family will visit it so the kids will get an idea of the amount of people who died protecting our country in just ONE war. We tend to forget when we don’t have to face it every day…

To find out when it is coming to your area, visit their website.