Mistakes in Motherhood

My husband and I signed up for Netflix back in July 2006 when I was out of town for a few weeks and he was stuck home alone without anything to do. It was a way for us to break our movie buying habit and save a ton in late fees since we seem to hold onto movies for a few days and then watch them.

Lately I have noticed a HUGE increase in they movies you can watch instantly, but watching it on our laptops was sucky because it was tiny and the sound quality was not the greatest. Xbox 360 came to the rescue and integrated Netflix into its online feature making it possible to instantly watch streaming DVD quality video right on your TV!! YAY! Last weekend I think we watched half a dozen movies, from Underdog to some National Lampoon movies and even a very funny interview with Kevin Smith (Silent Bob, writer of Clerks, Chasing Amy, Dogma, etc). My favorite part of the Instant movie feature, is that it is unlimited and free with a Netflix membership.

So if you have Netflix membership and an Xbox 360, check into it!

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In several ways:

Earlier this week I told you how I joined the Grocery Game… well, I found a couple similar sources of the same information…. except it is FREE!

Coupon Mom

Pinching Your Pennies

A Full Cup

Here are just a few to get you started.

Christopher…. that boy is driving me bonkers!! Started today when he came home and told me he had detention for three “refocuses”, or reminders to do better. He got his refocuses because he failed to take his science journal to science class… something that would be easy enough to do had he just paid-a-freaking-attention to the teacher, his classmates, etc. Ended when he was told to get ready for bed without finishing his homework because he still was not done at 7:30 pm. He started at 3 pm and had no more homework than normal, he just played around instead of doing his work.

Outsourcing…. Our Xbox is being held for ransom by the shipping company because the person who made the work order did not understand our last name (not a difficult name… think Smith or Jones or Brown). The name he put on the work order does not rhyme with our name, or start with the same letters. He also got our phone number wrong by two digits. So when the delivery company tried to leave the XBox with Austin, he did not feel right leaving it because the names do not match. Bobby spent close to an hour on the phone with the company trying to straighten it out, without any resolution.

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I just got this beautiful sheepskin that my beautiful girl is just adoring at this online store that I just adore, you may have noticed their link on the side, but they are an awesome source for baby, mom, breastfeeding and cloth diapering needs. Please check out the Nurtured Family store. Their prices, discounts, & shipping policy is very impressive.

And of course I had to share these pictures of my adorable little boy, Matthew:

Isn’t he a cutie???

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Of all the daytime television shows, if I were to watch any it would be Days of our Lives. One of the main reasons is because the show is so timeless. My mom, who used to watch this show, was off work on day when I was about 9 or 10. We were watching television and flipped to Days of our Lives where my mom was able to tell me the story of almost all the characters and be able to keep up with the show even though she had not tuned in for years. My son Austin was even named after a person on the show according to his birth mother.

I was really impressed with how thorough the Days of our Lives section is at Soaps.com. Not only do they have an entire page dedicated to that days show with pictures, but they also have forums connecting viewers to other viewers. They also have spoilers for the next days episode at the bottom of the page. I was very impressed with all the work put into this website.

*This is a sponsored post.

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Ok, I will be the first to admit that I do not like Soap Operas, probably because my life IS a Soap Opera, but I found myself intrigued with the website that offers recaps of Soap Operas, as well as news, spoilers, and message boards (and so much more). I was actually pretty surprised to see Ugly Betty listed on the website as a Soap Opera, but I guess it does kind of fit the bill.

The website itself is easy on the eyes, well put together, easy to navigate, professional looking, and contains a lot of information without playing favorites. I love the graphics of the website, they are not overdone, or too cutesy, and the website flows very well. I also love the links to The Sims – Life Stories website, since I am a total Sim Addict. This website is very well done, and I would give it an A+.

*This is a sponsored post.

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Have you seen this website where you can upload your music videos?

SingningFool allows you to access over 11,500 high quality streaming videos, for free! You can also search YouTube’s 6 million videos. You can also create play lists, save and share your own video creations, get the video codes for sharing on other social networks, like MySpace, and upload videos to the site.

I really like that I can view other people’s play lists; I love seeing what types of music people like, and being exposed to groups I may not have known about otherwise.

I love music videos, I am part of the MTV generation, I still remember when you could watch music videos on TV… now it is a rarity to see videos on TV.

This is what I am listening to now.

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Just a few months ago, before my husband had his current job, we were stuck between a rock and a hard place when it came to health insurance. His employer offered health insurance, but we could not afford it. Had I known about Vimo, we probably would not have been uninsured for any period of time, luckily we only had to go without coverage for 4 months. When I plugged in the information for my family of five, I was surprised to find that for less than $110 a month, we could have been covered, compare that to the $900 a month through his employer! If you are uninsured, or paying too much for insurance, check Vimo out for a free instant quote, you may be pleasantly surprised!

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Over at payperpost they had their first ever Postie-Patrol. What the heck is a Postie-Patrol, you ask? Well, click the link and see silly! Or, if you want to keep on reading what I am typing I guess I could explain what it was about, seems like watching the video would be easier though. So, basically, PayPerPost had the idea of popping into unsuspecting posties and making them do crazy things, like drink water, eat breakfast or have a scavenger hunt. Then, because they are so CrAzY, if you win the challange, they pay you money! They are crazy, huh? I guess this is just another way for PayPerPost to give us thanks for spreading the love. No, THANK-YOU PayPerPost, we love you!

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Tonight we saw the movie “Click” with Adam Sandler. I honestly did not expect the movie to be as touching as it was. I expected a fluffy comedy with crude jokes and a thin plot, but instead I got a funny, warm, comedy with a great message,

Michael Newman (Adam Sandler) is living the American dream, a beautiful wife (Kate Beckinsale), two kids, a dog, a house, and a car. He is also a hard working architect who cannot seem to balance work and career well, often placing career first. His boss (David Hasselhoff) is very demanding and expects a lot from him, making this juggling act even more difficult. One night, in frustration that he could not seem to synchronise his home entertainment system he sets out in search of a universal remote and instead finds eccentric inventor, Morty (Christopher Walken), who gives him a remote that controls his television set, as well as the people in his life. As he starts using the remote to fast forward through the unpleasant events in his life, he starts to see how much he is really missing in the process, events that he cannot get back. He fears that his life will spin irreversibly out of control unless he can find a way to get it back.

This movie really appealed to me, on of my writing projects in college for my English 202 class was a paper I wrote about longing to have a remote control that worked on Children, specifically the mute and pause buttons. The difference is my paper focused on the positives, such as replaying milestones like the first steps and the first time Austin called me Mommy. However, the movie “Click” put a unique and interesting spin on the remote’s control that reminds us that absolute power often breeds chaos.

Anyways, the movie is out on DVD, you should check it out, I really enjoyed it, and I hope you will too!

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