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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Not to be confused with Fannie Mae

I subscribe to a couple money-saving website/blogs. They let me know about good deals going on in internet-shopping world. Most of the time I scan through the page quickly then delete it, because I really don't care about the code to get 40% off at Banana (short for Banana Republic, according to the ultra-vogue) or earn a $50 off $500000 purchase at Anthro (perhaps some people are so busy shopping that they just can't spare the time to say the store's full name?)
These "deal" sites (ie, Hip2Save, PYP, ForTheMommas, Freebies4Mom - there are seriously thousands of sites like these) also do a lot of coupon scenarios, which I don't follow since I eschew the whole subscribe-to-six-sunday-papers game and don't want 10 boxes of betty crocker crap, even if they end up being 4 cents each.
BUT -the reason I continue subscribing and scanning through these emails (or are they called RSS feeds? I'm embarrassed I don't really know what that means) is because they often have some deals and freebies that just totally make my day. I get all kinds of fun stuff in my mailbox every week. But THIS freebie blew me away:

By filling out a little birthday calendar on the 1800flowers website, I got a $40 "fresh rewards" pass that could be used at all the companies under the 1800flowers umbrella - which included Fannie May! I waited until they had a free shipping promo going on, then placed my order. As tempting

as it was to buy myself $40 worth of gourmet chocolates... I got two fabulous large tins of their dried fruit & nut mix. Seriously - best stuff ever. Brianna dove right in. It was amazing to me how gross my can of Krogers mixed nuts tasted after eating Fannie's mixed nuts. Quality makes such a difference. No cheap peanuts/raisins in this mix - we're talking roasted walnuts, cashews, almonds, dried blueberries, cherries, cranberries...... huge party in my mouth.
Of course I can't continue to live and snack in luxury, since just the container this treat arrived in probably cost more than twice the quantity of the generic version of the actual food inside.
But we enjoyed our moment of opulence.
Though Brianna's favorite part might have been the opening of the box:

Giving a 2yo control of the scissors makes me a responsible parent, right?
Brian was a bit alarmed when I told him a large package arrived for us from Fannie May - "is something wrong with our mortgage?!" Ha. Kinda ridiculous though that the two very different companies have the same name.

aNyWaYs....back to peanuts.

5 comments:

Jules AF said...: Um, I totally call in Banana... It's just easier!!; March 18, 2010 at 9:22 PM
chelsea mckell said...: yeah, you would :); March 18, 2010 at 9:31 PM
DeAnne said...: ooooo, that looks really yummy!; March 19, 2010 at 7:22 AM
Debbie said...: Could you maybe NOT let Brianna have SHARP scissors? Thanks.; March 19, 2010 at 11:28 PM
Lisa-Lou-Who said...: Are they still giving those away? I really need some free nuts and dried fruit!; March 23, 2010 at 9:13 PM

Quotes I want to remember

"The Lord knows our bearing capacity, both as to coping and to comprehending, and He will not give us more to bear than we can manage at the moment, though to us it may seem otherwise. Just as no temptations will come to us from which we cannot escape or which we cannot bear, we will not be given more trials than we can sustain."
- Neal A. Maxwell

"It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters. We become enamored with men's theories such as the idea of preschool training outside the home for young children. Not only does this put added pressure on the budget, but it places young children in an environment away from mother's influence."
-Ezra Taft Benson

“Perhaps there has never been a time when we had greater need to pray and to teach our family members to pray. Prayer is a defense against temptation. It is through earnest and heartfelt prayer that we can receive the needed blessings and the support required to make our way in this sometimes difficult and challenging journey we call mortality.”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Live the gospel as conspicuously as you can. Keep the covenants your children know you have made. And bear your testimony! Don’t just assume your children will somehow get the drift of your beliefs on their own.
-Jeffrey R. Holland

"We hold in our arms the rising generation. They come to this earth with important responsibilities and great spiritual capacities. We cannot be casual in how we prepare them. Our challenge as parents and teachers is not to create a spiritual core in their souls but rather to fan the flame of their spiritual core already aglow with the fire of their premortal faith."
-Neil L. Andersen

"Certainly there are times when getting the family together to read the scriptures does not stack up as a spiritual experience worthy of a journal entry. But we must not be deterred. There are special times when the spirit of a son or daughter is just right and the power of these great scriptures goes down into their heart like fire. As we honor our Heavenly Father in our homes, He will honor our efforts."
-Neil L. Andersen

President Hinckley admonished both men and women to be nurturers. He said, ‘How much more beautiful would be the society in which we live if every father . . . and . . . mother regarded [their] children . . . as gifts from the God of heaven . . . and brought them up with true affection in the wisdom and admonition of the Lord.’ ”
-Susan W. Tanner

"Children are like trees. When they are young, their lives can be shaped and directed, usually with ever so little effort. Said the writer of Proverbs, 'Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it' (22:6). That training finds its roots in the home. There will be little of help from other sources. Do not depend on government to help in this darkening situation. Barbara Bush, wife of former U.S. president George Bush, spoke wisely: 'Your success as a family, our success as society, depends not on what happens at the White House, but on what happens inside your house.' "
-Gordon B. Hinckley

“I give counsel to husbands and wives. Pray for the love which allows you to see the good in your companion. Pray for the love that makes weaknesses and mistakes seem small. Pray for the love to make your companion’s joy your own. Pray for the love to want to lessen the load and soften the sorrows of your companion.”
-Henry B. Eyring

“Reverent behavior is not a natural tendency for most children. It is a quality that is taught by parents and leaders through example and training. But remember, if reverence is rooted in love, so is the teaching of it. Harshness in our training begets resentment, not reverence.”
-Margaret S. Lifferth

"There is no one perfect way to be a good mother. Each situation is unique. Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children. What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping with the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else."
- M. Russell Ballard

“As parents, we should remember that our lives may be the book from the family library which the children most treasure. Are our examples worthy of emulation? Do we live in such a way that a son or a daughter may say, ‘I want to follow my dad,’ or ‘I want to be like my mother’?”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Security for our families comes from learning self-control, avoiding the excesses of this world, and being temperate in all things.”
-Kent D. Watson

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Not to be confused with Fannie Mae

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