new market research panel

Have you heard of Mobile Xpression?

Well it is a new market research panel that you download to your smart phone. It is very simple to do. You go to there website Click here  put in info about your phone, to see if your phone is set up for it. Then you will get a text from Mobile Xpression with a link to download. Click it and download onto your phone. It take just about a min. Install and then open the app. Then on the website click that is installed (unless it didn't which they have a customer service area to help you fix it) Then you get a message from the app asking if you want to sign up to win this weeks prize. Well Of course we do! Thats why we downloaded this to our phones right???

Oh I didn't tell you the best part. You use your phone like normal, the app runs in the background, I don't even see it running on my phone, the app sends info to the website. Now don't worry, they only want to know how you use your phone. Everyone uses it differently so it is important to share this info with anyone you can.
They want to know how many time you go to Youtube or google or Facebook. They aren't trying to get your personal info!

Sorry getting back to the best part, you win prizes! They have a drawing weekly and as long as the apps is downloaded and you have entered into the weekly drawing you could win a prize! Every week you will get a message with the name of the person who won, and a link to enter for the next prize!

Good luck to everyone and if you win comment on this post so we can congratulate you!

Lewann

Sorry I have been MIA!

Hey everyone!
I am so sorry I haven't posted anything in a long time. Life kinda got away from me. I have to say, I have to give you working parents a hand! Well I haven't worked since my car accident 7 yrs ago. It's not that I didn't want to work, I loved the job I had before my accident. I just couldn't do it because my injuries were so server.

I am very lucky that in the last few years I have been able to do more and getting a part time job was the next step. I just didn't think it would take so much out of me. LOL I always seem to over due it and I end up making myself hurt more. I am also lucky cause I was basically handed this job. I happened to know the Manager and he knew I was looking for work and he asked if I could handle the work due to my limitations and I said yes or I will do my best. I always put in 100% or more when I do something. The only thing that was hard for me was when we had shipments and moving those boxes was hard but I did it and I am glad I did.
I pushed myself harder then ever before and I came out of it knowing I can do it.
With the hours I put in and the energy it took out of me I didn't even have time or energy for checking my email! LOL For weeks I didn't even turn on my laptop.

Now the job is over, It was seasonal, and I am catching up on all my emails and computer work.
I am looking for another job. It is very hard to get a job right now. I am still trying and I know it will all work out the way it is supposed too. It may mean moving out of state. I don't know where we are supposed to be but we will go where there is a job for me. Praying my Hubby gets approved for disability soon cause that would sure help pay bills!
I am going to try and post at least once a day!
We will see how that goes. I need to figure out how to schedule posts to post at certain times then I can write up a few posts and have them post at a later date! LOL Things I need to learn.

Lewann  

Pies for Thanksgiving

So I have started working (which I love by the way) so my time is cut in half or more a day. I have been slacking on cooking dinner and doing the easy fast bag dinners or tacos and all the easy stuff. I LOVE to cook so I have felt bad that my family is having to eat food that isn't the freshest and all that. Well I decided I am not going to cheat this Thanksgiving!

I always make homemade pies and I am determined to do it this year too, working or not!
It is so easy to make home made pies and they taste so much better then store bought.


So my strategy is on Sunday (my day off) make my pie crust dough. I am making 3 pies so I will triple my recipe and after it is made up I will make 3 equal balls of dough and wrap them in plastic wrap place them in the fridge and they will be great till I make my pies the night before Thanksgiving.

After I cool my pies I will cover in foil, and set them in the garage. Well on my washer cause it is so cold here right now they will be perfectly fine and it frees up room in the fridge.



Here  is the recipe I use.

8 serving (two 8 or 9 in crusts)

2 1/4 cups all- purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup shortening, well chilled ( I use butter but I thought I would give you the real recipe and what I do!)
2 TB butter, well chilled
5 to 6 TB cold water

Combine flour and salt in bowl, mix for 15 seconds, Cut butter and Shortening into pieces and add to flour mixture. Mix till particles are the size of peas about 30-45 seconds. Continue mixing and add cold water one TB at a time, just until moistened dough begins to hold together. Divide dough into 2 balls wrap in plastic wrap and put in fridge for 15 mins.

When you are ready to roll out your dough put it between 2 pieces of wax paper you want it about 1/8th in thick.
Fold into quarters to put into pie pan easier. Unfold and press firmly into pan against the sides and bottom.
Crimp sides the way you like. I pinch them.

Like I said I will make the dough Sunday. I will post pics then! Also When I make my pies I will post pics.

What pies do you make?
I make pumpkin, Apple and pecan.
If you have any suggestions please post in the comments! We all can learn a thing or two!

Have an awesome day!  

Coupon give away!!!! $100 in coupons!!!!

Hey everyone!
I am giving away $100 in coupons this weekend only!
I want to mail them out by Monday so if anyone has last minute Thanksgiving shopping you can use the coupons!

Here is what you need to do.

Join my GFC on this blog

Go to this Facebook page and "Like" it.
https://www.facebook.com/LonewolfHosting

There will be 2 winners

$75 in coupons
$25 in coupons

Winners will be verified by checking that you have joined GFC and "Like" the Facebook page.

Good Luck to you all! 

Closed minded people

Ok sorry to all of you that are just here for coupon info.

I need to vent!

I just saw a segment on the news about the Aids Walk LA . 
It is a wonderful way for everyone to help raise money for more research and hopefully find a cure.
Well I am so tired of people hearing the word aids and start saying stuff like " oh they are gay" 
These people think that you can only get Aids that way! Well let me be the one to tell you that is so not true! 
ANYONE can get aids, if you don't protect yourself Aids is transfered when people have sex,
 using a condom greatly reduces the chances of getting aids. Animals cannot get aids and can't
 transfer it. Aids comes from blood, semen and other bodily fluids. You can't get aids from saliva so kissing, hugging, handshakes, and just about everything else will not give you aids. If someone has aids, don't worry about it, as long as you don't have sex with them you'll be fine. 

Aids can also be transfered by blood. If someone with aids has an open cut, you can only get it if you are to share blood or eat the blood by maybe accedetly mixing it with food but the aids virus can only live for five minutes outside of the body. If you give birth to a child while not having aids, and you some how obtian it in your blood stream and breast feed the child, it will get aids even though it might have not had aids after birth.

I got this info from http://wiki.answers.com


Stop being so closed minded about things you may not know about. Get the facts before you open your mouth. Please! 
Just because some one is gay it doesn't mean they have Aids either! Why not just focus on the person in stead of their sexuality. Who cares if someone is gay? I sure don't! I hope you don't either! 


This is something that bothers me so much when people hate for no reason! Get to know people for who they are!


Thanks for letting me vent!

Ipad giveaway go enter to win!

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Giveaway is ending!!!!

Ok everyone, The giveaway is ending tomorrow!~

I received the mixer on Tuesday but I still wanted to give you all to Thursday cause that was the original ship date.

I just love it! I already made Zucchini bread and Zucchini- carrot muffins! My family is in heaven!

I will be posting pics and the recipes I used soon. I have just been busy and hurting really bad!

Tomorrow I will be driving my husband to the DR which is 2 hours away. Driving sucks cause it is so hard on my back and neck but I need to get him to the pain management Dr.

Hope you have a great day!

Mom me time!

ok so what is Mom Me time? Most Moms don't know what this is but it is needed badly!
So how do you fit it in with EVERYONE counting on you to get so much done? How do you fit in me time when you are lucky to get a shower or at least one without interuptions!

Sadly the only way to get this needed Me time is to be organized. I know what your thinking.
How do I do it?
Well the best thing to do is make lists.
1) Daily chores (things that have to get done every day)
2) Weekly chores (things that have to get done that week not really on a certian day)
3)Monthy chores (things that needs to be done that month)

You can do more lists if you would like for the year or what ever you can think of.

So now you have the chores,print out a calender ( you can get one from printfree.com)
Now you just have to make your schedule. Make sure to put the times of your childs pick up if that is something you do. I like to put times next to the things I need to. I will block out
times, like Morning 9-12pm then afternoon 1-5pm then it isn't something scheduled every hour or anything but things are getting done. So how do you get that me time?
Look over your schedule, there should be at least an hour a day where you can sit down and do something for yourself. When your kids are between the ages of Newborn - 2 you will find this time while they sleep or when your spouse is taking care of them.
From 3-9yrs old the kids should be learning that you may need a time out to read or write or what ever you do to relax. Of course the younger they are the least they will understand this so you would have to explain to them that you are busy and you will help them in just a min.

So that is what you do.   By taking the time for yourself, you are also teaching your kids to take time for themself too when they grow up!  You will be a more relaxed parent, and they will be a parent that takes care of themself and helps  their spouse take time for relaxing too!

So today is my Me day! I am going read and relax and later make dinner!

Handbags.com

So I found an awesome handbag store. They have some really nice purses and bags. All different prices.
If you sign up using this link you should get a $10 credit. At least that is what it says.
So try it out, the signing up for an account is free so if it doesn't work no worries but if it does you can get something for just a couple bucks and free shipping!
Here is the link Handbags.com

Don't forget about my coupon giveaway!

I am still giving away 2 envelopes with $25 worth of coupons in each! Please comment on this post or the first post about the giveaway telling me the best giveaway you have ever won, or if you haven't won any yet tell me the best one you have entered.

This ends when I receive my best giveaway prize to date The Kitchen Aid Mixer. It should be here on Sept 29th so one week left!
Good luck to you all!

Check out this giveaway!

Adventures of a frugal mom is having a giveaway! She is giving away a book about blogging!
Supper Blogga is the book! It is an ebook so you can buy it and start reading right away!
So please go to Adventures of a frugal mom and enter this contest!

Thanks Adventures of a frugal mom for having this giveaway!!!

GIVEAWAY!!!!!

Ok Followers! I am going to do my 1st Giveaway!!!!!!!

In spirit of me winning the Kitchen Aid Mixer, I will hold my own giveaway!

I will give away $50 in coupons I have 2 envelopes of $25 of coupons in each so I will pick 2 winners!

Here is what you need to do! Post a comment on this post about the best giveaway you have won so far and how long you have been entering giveaways!
If you haven't won yet, post what was the best giveaway you entered and how long have you been entering giveaways.

The giveaway starts from right now till I get my mixer!!!! Which I should get it on Sept 29th. So you have 10 days to enter!!! Good Luck to you all!

 I just received the best email so far. I just won a Kitchen Aid Mixer. I have wanted one of these for years! I mean with it you can make so many things. Then I can buy all the attachments to make pasta and sausage and all kinds of things.My husband really wants homemade sausage! Really want ever my family wants I can make it now! I am so thankful to The Money Mavens for having this giveaway! It does work when you enter! I have been entering giveaways for 3 months and this is the 3rd time I have won. So go out there find the giveaways, enter them and share them with everyone. That's what I am going to keep doing!

From now till next Wednesday 9/21

Sorry for not posting much the last couple days! Life has been crazy and it seems it is going to be that way till Wednesday! Sadly for me! LOL
So after wednesday I will get back to posting on deals and how about some of my fave recipes? I still need to figure out how to make different tabs on my blog so I can have a freebies tab and a recipes tab and my Fave coupon blog tab! Anyone want to tell me how to do that?????

If you know please let me know by emailing me at lulurice79@gmail.com

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!!! If you see any deal feel free to post them in the comments so everyone on my blog can see them! Thanks!
Lewannn

One of those days!

Do you ever feel like nothing is going right? Like my life wasn't supposed to be like this! Oh boy do I feel like that today! My 91yr old Grandmother was living with me, which I loved! Ya we had some rough days but over all I loved the time with her and so did she. Well in June she fell and broke her hip. Not so good! She had surgery and had to go into a nursing home to recover. the recovery was supposed to take about 20-40 days. Well it has been 3 months! She has a hard time drinking water so she is getting dehydrated, she has had pneumonia twice now, and a UTI. She is too weak to do physical therapy and I hate seeing her like this. Today I went to see her and she is on oxygen and can hardly talk! I was really trying not to cry cause it breaks my heart seeing such a strong woman just laying in bed not being able to breath or talk. Then I get to my car and it wouldn't start! Talk about being mad. I couldn't help crying out of frustration! I finally got the car started and just drove home! I didn't want to run into anymore things.

Well my car seems to be fine now, no idea why it wouldn't start before. I am just praying my Grandmother gets over this pneumonia and can get back to doing physical therapy and eating and drinking the way the Dr wants her too and we want her too!

Sorry for the venting! It has just been one of those days!

8 Days left for this giveaway!

Don't forget to go enter this awesome giveaway! $75 cash prize (paid through paypal) and there is also another prize package of 7 different prizes! Got to this link to enter and check out all the prizes! http://www.heavenlysavings.net/2011/09/blogorama-bonanza-giveaway-hop-2-prize.html

Restaurant.com Great deal

Today is the last day to get this deal! Spend $2 for a $25 gift Certificate! Great Christmas or birthday gifts too!Restaurant.com

Kohl's deal for TODAY only! 9/14

We were talking about Kohl's the other day and now there is an awesome deal going on TODAY only!

Kohl’s has a few great deals today.  Use code SHOPWITH30 to get 30% off your entire order with your Kohl’s Card + shop through Shop at home to get 5% cash back on your purchases today only.  Kohl’s cash back is usually 2% but shop at home as increased the cash back for 9/14 only.  You can also use the code freeshipping to get FREE shipping on your order as well!

If you don’t have a Kohl’s card you may be able to use the code SMS4371 to get 10% off.

Thanks to I am THAT Lady! 

Kohl's

So my wonderful friend Amanda, just shared with me an awesome deal.
When you sign up for Kohl's sale alerts (at the bottom of the Kohl's website) you will get huge savings!

Just for signing up you get
 - A $5 coupon to use in our stores

- A 10% off Promo Code to use online

Then if you just shop the clearance sale you can save so much! 

She has saved $120 and only spent $20! That is amazing discount! 

So go sign up for the sales alerts and start saving!

http://www.kohls.com

Thanks to Amanda for sharing!

Blogorama Bonanza Giveaway Hop

Thank you so much to all you new followers!!!! Hopefully I will help you save as much of that hard earned money so you can use it the way you want too!
If you haven't already please got to this link http://www.heavenlysavings.net/2011/09/blogorama-bonanza-giveaway-hop-2-prize.html and enter this contest for some awesome prizes!!!
Good luck to all of you!