21 Freebies You Can Sign Up For Today!

Okay, if you know me well you know that I have daily lists on my facebook page of free stuff, but I also know some you aren't really liking the way I'm listing stuff so here is a giant list of current freebies for you. :)

1. SkinCeuticals - Complimentary Serum Sample
2. Peach & Lily Sheet Face Mask - I already received mine!
3. Sample packets of Bragg Sprinkle & Sea Kelp Delight seasonings, and Bragg Premium Nutritional Yeast
4. Harley Davidson Motorcycle Sticker
5. 2020 Fine Arts Calendar
6. HeartMath Education And Resilience Training (H.E.A.R.T.) DVD
7. Fallen Journalist Free Ribbon
8. Free Sephora Collection Cream Lip Stain Sample (Instagram required)
9. FREE audiobook download of Triggers from ChristianAudio.
10. Home Depot Kids Workshop 11/30/2019 - Stocking Ornament - Put in your zip code and choose your store to register for the Workshop. Your kids to get to make the item and get a certificate of completion.
11. Home Depot Kids Workshop 12/07/2019 - Christmas Countdown Calendar - Put in your zip code and choose your store to register for the Workshop. Your kids to get to make the item and get a certificate of completion.
12. Sun-Maid Recipe Booklet
13. Prevail Incontinence Samples
14. FREE personalized postcard from Santa
15. Get FREE Lays Coupons mailed to your home!
16. Free $10 to spend from Poshmark!
17. U Beauty Resurfacing Compound Free Trial - I already received mine!
18. FREE LEGO Life Magazine
19. Maker's Mark Ambassador -  They always end me a Christmas item!
20. Free Sample of Enfagrow® Toddler Formula
21. Register with Jr. NBA today!

43 FREE Items You Can Request Tonight!

Hello everyone! I've been trying to post freebies directly to my Facebook page but I wanted to also make a huge list here of all the freebies that you can sign up for TONIGHT!

TIP: I highly recommend setting up an email account JUST for freebies. Otherwise you are going to get a bunch of emails you don't want. Also if you're birthday is coming up please check out my Birthday Freebie Post.

1. $30 in free groceries delivered! (You do have to pay $5 plus tax...but that's awesome and can be used for a few dinners.)

2. Walgreens is gracing us with another freebie!

Choose a set of 4 bookmarks, they are $1.99, create and personalize them, add them to cart and enter code MAKEAMARK to see the $0 balance. Make sure you select FREE STORE PICKUP to be completely free

3.Elevate Ignite2 Sample

4. Free Jiffy Recipe Book

5. Free Bandages from Children's Miracle Network

6. Paris Hilton Skincare Sample

7. Natural Calm Samples

8. L'Oreal Paris Foundation Sample

9. Aera Fragrance Leaflet

10. Nutro All Natural Supplements

11. Elizabeth Arden White Tea Fragrance Sample

12. Pyure Sample

13. Free Audiobook - Absolute Surrender by Andrew Murray (Christian)

14. Buddy Brew Sticker

15. 33Shake Chia Energy Gel Sample

16. 1 Year of Shoprunner for FREE

17. Tena Sample

18. Kiehl's Skin Care Samples

19. Emergen-C Sample

20. Free Moose Tracks Magnet

21. Garnier Whole Blends Hair Mask Sample

22. Black Hawk Dog Food Sample

23. Skinceuticals Serum Sample

24. Flip Lube Sample

25. Water Testing Kit

26. Amelia Liana Elemis Sample

27. Landers Natural Insect Repellent Sample

28. Amazing Grass Sample

29. Boost Power Immune Support Sample

30. Breathe Right Sample

31. Sign up for an account at Crowdtap take short little surveys and get giftcards to Amazon, Sephora, Ulta, Target and Walmart. I think there is even XBOX and Playstation in there too.

32. Te-Mana Tahiti Sample

33. Cotopaxi Llama Sample

34. IF YOU DO ANY SHOPPING ONLINE: You need to sing up for Ebates. I just got a $24 gift card from them for doing something I was already doing. I put the plugin on my browser and it reminds me. But this is a super easy way to get a little back on what you spend online. You will get a $10 bonus just for signing up and making your first purchase.

35. Poise Sample

36. Sperry Samples

37. Condom Cozy Samples

38. Samaritan's Purse Christian Books for FREE. Several to choose from.

39. Down the Fetch app! You take a photo of your receipts for points and redeem those for gift cards. Super easy to use!! Please use my code when you do: VB6BM

40. Enfragrow 10oz Sample

41. New Balance Product Testing. I've gotten a TON OF these. Just make sure to follow the instructions. :)

42. Elemis Review Panel 

43. Free Coola Product! 

Free Lovely Skin or RWGC Items Through Google Express

I was able to score a FREE beauty product for FREE from Lovely Skin or RWGC through Google Express and it was shipped to me (also free!). How awesome is that? I saw this deal on Instagram through @letsgetdeal whom I follow. She posts a lot of great deals.

Here are the steps to score YOUR free item!

1. Click on this link and enroll. You will be given a $10 credit and shown a list of stores you can redeem it at.
2. Select Lovely Skin or RWGC as they are the only retailers that gives free shipping.
3. Choose Something for under $10. 
4. Add item to your cart and start the check out process. You will be prompted for your shipping address. Once you have completed that you also be prompted to enter payment information but don't sweat it you won't be charged anything. After that is completed click the little link that says PROMOTIONAL CREDIT AVAILABLE. Clik that and you will see your balance zero out meaning this shipment is FREE.

NOTE: There are several stores that are giving Free shipping if you spend $15 so browse to other stores if you don't mind spending a little bit to get cheap items!

What did you order?

She's here! The Tiny House Has Arrived

Yesterday was exhausting! I spent most of the day waiting on the Tiny House to arrive and boy did she do it in a grand way! So basically she was 4 hours late.

They were supposed to arrive between the hours of 2pm and 3pm, but she didn't make it 6:30pm. Apparently on the way from the manufacturer their truck blew a turbo or something of that nature and was only going about 10 miles per hour. They parked her on the side of the road and waited for another truck to arrive to bring her here.

There was a slight problem with the delivery fee which I will discuss later. They pulled up our small road she was HUGE, way bigger than I thought. I was told she was 14x40 but she feels wider than that, I will probably be out there taking measurements later. It took them almost 2 hours to get her level (we did take out a level and she IS level!)



The little porch is huge. I really want to put a porch swing on her but I'm not sure if I can hit a stud when screwing it in so we will have to see about that. I may have to just get a rocking chair. The key they gave me did not fit the lock but luckily they didn't lock the door, so I'm going to have to buy a new doorknob. I also realized that when I bought the blinds last week, I only bought 5 when I needed 6. I had forgotten the door has a 9 paned window in it.

The two men that set her up seemed pleasant enough, but the neighbor's little dog who likes to bite delivery people kept going at them. Brownie (the dog, not the men) was just running around and I was scared they were going to drop the house on her little body! She's not a bad dog, just protective of...air? I'm not sure, she has never once tried to bite me or anyone here. Well, I take that back she went at Tristan once, but he pulled her tail and that's just her instinct to protect herself and it's not like she was trying to bite him just warn him. But she GOES after other people. The mailmen have pepper sprayed her.

During the entire waiting period for her to be delivered the Breaker Box I purchased arrived, but I wasn't able to take it back so that will happen this morning. I will swap it out for the cheaper one and the breaker I need to get it set up. I don't have enough money this week to purchase the 220 wire to so that will have to wait for a bit. But that is my next big purchase.

So today will be eventful. We have to take all the wood out of the Uhaul and get that stacked up in the tiny house. I also will be going to Lowe's this morning. I was hoping I could stop in at a few yard sales because I'm looking for a cheap food dehydrator but I don't think I will be able to. I'm going to take more photos today, it was pretty dark in there last evening so the videos I shot weren't that great.

So I've been suffering from Allergies all "spring" and I don't have an inhaler like I should. A few years back I had a severe bout with pneumonia and pneumonia won, damaging my lungs. So I am so sorry for the heavy, wheezy breathing. I didn't know it was that bad until I watched the next video.




The Bad

So they get her set up, they use 57 bricks which I have to pay $2 each for. I had expected and budgeted for that. Here is where they angered me. I was told a delivery fee of about $18 would apply because I have to pay so much per mile over 50 miles, and I'm like okay I get that, it makes sense. And when the men arrived, Tim confirmed the delivery fee of what they told HIM was $60, I hadn't known about the $60, but the younger of the two said, yes that's right, plus $2 per brick used. Then Tim tipped them (I didn't budget for a tip, didn't even know you could) and that's when they told him there was a "mistake" with the delivery fee price. Because she was 14 ft wide they had to take her down specific roads and that caused them to have to use more mileage and actually my total price due was $250. Wait...what? You confirmed when you got here that it was $60, and I budgeted for $160 and now you want $250? $%#$$^%$. I had no choice but to pay it. Well, Reagan and Tim paid it and I have to pay it back because my check was only for one week and I work part-time. So now I owe them $90 which sucks.

It's okay though, just sets a few things back that I was going to do. That's all for the moment, but I will probably post another blog later this evening to update you and show you the things I've gotten, especially the free kitchen cabinet and sink I got as well as my Lowe's spoils. :D

Have a beautiful day!!

Links N' Things

Casey's Tiny House Project Facebook Page

Casey's Tiny House Wishlist

Tiny House Project Posts

Tiny House Project: Today is the Day! Delivery Day!

Today is DELIVERY DAY!! (Imagine that in Oprah's voice!) She should arrive between 2pm and 3pm (the guy said they may arrive sooner or later, I swear these delivery people do not have a concept of time). I am anxiously waiting therefore I am up very early when I wish I were asleep. I watered the plants and snapped a few photos of the wood flooring I got!

So yesterday we picked up all the items the nice man from Craigslist gave us, and get this...he is a Preacher. He talked about how God speaks to him and guides him to help and do the things that he does. He is pretty amazing and I would love to visit his church.

I was expecting around 400sq ft hardwood flooring but he gave me way more than that. I have small and large pieces of Oak, Cherry Wood, and Pine. All different colors and sizes. What I'm going to do is puzzle them all together and then stain them. This will look amazing because each piece will stain a different color because of the wood types they are. I plan to get started on this right away.

I also have a new sink base and sink, the counter is going to be replaced because of 1. He used a TON of adhesive and 2. I am going to buy an 8ft white countertop from Ikea so it will all look seamless. There is so much wood, more than enough to do what I want with it and get a few nice pieces of furniture made out of it as well. :) (Headboard, End Tables, etc.) I know the flooring looks odd in the photos but trust me, it will be amazing. The pieces that have the visible knots is going to be used as an accent wall either in my living room or my bedroom. I haven't decided yet, but it's beautiful.

My Lowe's Breaker Box will be delivered today and will be immediately taken to Lowe's for an exchange. lol. I found out yesterday that the smaller cheaper breaker box would actually work and I didn't need this giant behemoth of a breaker box. So It will be exchanged for the smaller one as well as a breaker that will fit into my sister's breaker box to give me electricity. So if I play my cards right I can get all the regular house wiring done and would just need to hold off on the 220 wires (Fridge, Stove, Washer/Dryer, Heat/Air).

I plan to live stream Sophie's arrival (Sophie is my Tiny House!) so be sure to watch for that, I'm going to try to do it from my little Tiny House page! Until later.

Links N' Things

Casey's Tiny House Project Facebook Page

Casey's Tiny House Wishlist

Tiny House Project Posts

Tiny House Electrical

Good morning everyone! It's a sunny Thursday and today is going to be busy! I wanted to write just a blog about the electrical because in my research I found a few things out. Such as: If you plan on installing a breaker box in your Tiny House you better make sure it's the main breaker box!

NOTE: So the ORIGINAL Breaker Box I wanted to purchase was actually the one I should have gotten. What I failed to realize was that the breaker I need to put in my sister's breaker box to run electricity out to my house IS my main breaker so I didn't need the more expensive one. The good thing is that the one I purchased is to be delivered tomorrow and I can return it to the local Lowe's and switch it out for the cheaper breaker box and the 100amp breaker for my sister's breaker box. This will run electric out to my Tiny House. 

There are so many different ones on Lowes.com and I was nervous about purchasing one because they all have different amps and slot holes and all kinds of stuff. So basically what I did was watch a thousand youtube videos and I immediately saw what was wrong with the cheaper $35 breaker box I was going to purchase. It was not a main. I didn't have a switch that cut power off to the whole house. I think that's important right?

So I chose a $70 breaker box. It comes with some breakers, not many but that's okay. But let me tell you something amazing...

A beautiful friend of mine who I've known for many years decided to send me a housewarming gift pre-house. She sent me $100 Amazon gift card which I immediately used to purchase a $100 Lowe's gift card! I was super stoked and so very grateful, without that lovely gift I wouldn't have been able to purchase my breaker box for a few weeks.

I made a $99.26 purchase last night and was able to utilize a $20/$100 purchase coupon code I had to purchase my Breaker Box AND a 250ft spool of house wire. I need one more bundle of house wire for 220 stuff like the Stove and Fridge but the two Items I bought are necessities and help me push my tiny house forward even faster. Thank you so much, Claire, you are amazing and I love you!

My local Lowe's didn't have a breaker box in stock under $100 so I had to order it and have it delivered and thankfully the delivery was free. The wire is already ready to be picked up along with all my little receptacle boxes. So the next purchase I make will be a 250ft spool of the 220 wire (it's Yellow) and all the wiring tacks and the little nodes you need to come OUT of the box without starting a fire.I will also be purchasing some 20amp breakers and some 15 amp breakers.  I added all those little things to the wishlist.

Honestly, I love this wishlist, not so much as hoping people will give me stuff, but it allows me to add things I will need to a running list and check them off when they've been bought. This way I'm not forgetting stuff and if I find I need some little piece I didn't know existed I just add it there.

So for wiring, I've watched a few videos and the one I like the most is from a channel called Tiny Nest. Here is the video I will be trying to follow.

This looks complicated...

Stay tuned for all the mayhem that will happen when that breaker box arrives!



Links N' Things

Casey's Tiny House Project Facebook Page

Casey's Tiny House Wishlist

Tiny House Project Posts

Tiny House Project: Friday is Delivery Day!

OMG, I am so excited and anxious! My Tiny House will be delivered on Friday between 2 and 3pm! I'm excited that she will be here and I will probably live stream the event on my Tiny House Facebook Page.  We got the confirmation phone call today to lock in the time.

I had originally wanted to build a small alcove bedroom for the kids when they need or want to stay
the night but I've decided against it. I found a beautiful layout that puts the bathroom and kitchen in the middle of the Tiny House both giving way to doorways to enter the bedroom. I'm going to do this one more than likely. My sister is concerned with the number of doorways but I like it.

This is a Tiny House layout from Ideabox. This Tiny House cost $125k!

I get my first paycheck from my new job this week as well and I do have to pay some delivery and set up fees and if I have enough left over I plan on buying the breaker box so we can get that installed in the wall. Everything seems to be moving fast but it will slow down once she gets here because I have to buy things as we go. Before I can do anything I have to install the electrical. I need the wiring, the breaker box, the plugins and switches, all in all, that's going to be around $250 total. I get paid biweekly so I'm hoping to get all of this by the end of the month so we can light her up.

I did have about $4 from a Lowe's gift card I had gotten through a survey and a $13 Wells Fargo Settlement check that posted through so I went ahead and purchased all the electrical receptacles and one small ugly light fixture that I will put in the closet. So as you can see, I purchased 20 of the light switch/Plugin boxes, 2 of the double switch boxes and 5 of the light boxes. I know I won't need 20 and if I don't I'll just return the ones I don't use.

Something else I received in the mail today was a tube of  GE Bathroom/Kitchen Silicone! I got this to try and review and it's super nice to have received this for free. I will be able to utilize this everywhere. lol. So one less thing to purchase! About a month ago Lowe's had sent me an email giving me $5 to purchase anything I wanted and I chose to get a huge tube of Liquid Nails so this will go with that. These things are definitely needed and will be used so getting them for free is amazing.




Tomorrow we will be getting the rest of what the Craigslist gentlemen gave us. I'm excited to see the Kitchen base with sink and faucet and the wooden flooring he has given to me. That will be amazing to have. Luckily the flooring is something we can put down without having the electrical installed so that will be fun to put together.

So that is it for all of my Tiny House updates! Looking forward to sharing with you what I receive tomorrow as well as the installation of the Tiny House on Friday!


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Tiny House Project: Flooring, Roof and the kitchen!

Good afternoon everyone!! It is BEAUTIFUL outside today! I did some planting yesterday (I started some seeds and got my one tomato plant in a container) and today I am suffering for it. I have apparently contracted seasonal allergies. I have no idea why, I have never suffered like this before, I would occasionally get a migraine once seasons changed but this is ridiculous!

But yes, yesterday I started my seeds. I planted a ton of veggies. I hit up the .20 seed rack at Walmart and spent about $3 total on seeds and I picked up a $1.50 tomato plant. I'm hoping I get some veggies out of this. I really want to start canning. I have my eye on this canner for $70 at Walmart so I'm hoping I can get that in the next month or 2, and I also want a giant stock pot to do some canning in that as well. It's a bit pricey to start up but just imagine what you can do once you get everything you need. We have wild blackberries all over the place up here and I plan on canning those as soon as they are ripe. Blackberry jam, pie filling, and blackberry juice. :D How amazing would that be?

Yesterday was awesome. A few days ago I posted on Craigslist (you can read my ad here) and asked that if anyone had any items they didn't want or
had for sale a cheap price then to consider contacting me and I was only contacted but one man. One very awesome man who owns his own sawmill and has given me over 2k feet of live edge lumber he made, 400 sq ft of hardwood flooring and a kitchen sink base that includes the countertop, the sink, and a faucet. I'm getting everything tomorrow so I'm so super excited! Not only that but he decided to bring us a load yesterday. So he brought a whole load of this live edge wood and I'm hoping I can square some of it up and put it across the roof from where the sheetrock ends to the other side, that would be such a beautiful ceiling. I was definitely blessed with this amazing person.

I am so excited for the shed to arrive and I just know it's going to be amazing!

I created a page just for my tiny house so I can post photos and things quickly so everyone can see, you can like my page here.

A friend also recommended that I create a wish list for my Tiny House and I have done that, everything from electrical outlets to a set of french doors is on there, I tried to stick the basics keeping my price in mind. If you want to browse my wish list you can do that here!

Casey's Tiny House Project Facebook Page

Casey's Tiny House Wishlist

Did you know you can EAT Dandelions? I had no clue! They have some amazing properties that help with Kidney function and you can also make salves and balms out of them for skin irritations and pain relief. I'm going to try to make a few things as we have a TON of Dandelions already.

I hope everyone has a beautiful day! I'm going to leave you with a beautiful purple flower that grows wild in our yard, it's called Lunaria or the Money Plant. It's such a very pretty shade of purple! We have roses in the yard as well as a hibiscus plant, Hydrangeas and some Forsythia. Those have not bloomed yet, but I'll snap some photos when they do.

FREE Money from Apps Just for Referring.

Hey all! We all need money nowadays...trust me I know. So here is a list of some apps and a few websites that you can easily make money at just for referring friends. You refer your friends...they refer their friends it's a win/win for everyone!

1. The Dosh App. You get a referral link and whoever has a smartphone (Android or iPhone) can download the app, ad a debit card (I used a card that mostly remains empty) and they get $5. Until the end of the month, YOU get a $10 referral payment. That can add up once you get some people to refer. I've only had one referral so my total is about $20 (My $5 for signing up and my 1 referral). But I have seen some people cash out about $1500 so that can be some awesome money!!

You can join using my link here.


2. Pocketflip App. This app is a little bit confusing at first but it's pretty simple You download the app. You get "coins" when you sign up, then you can download other apps and follow the instruction (make it to level 2, open the app and take the tour) to earn more "coins". YOU then can refer your friends for 1000 coins and you can redeem with as little as 4440 coins. So if you like trying new apps this is definitely the app for you. I did redeem for one $5 gift card but you can redeem for as much as $50 and they have different gift cards you can choose from including Amazon, iTunes, Xbox and more.

You can join using my link here.

3. Ebates: This is a website that gives you money back just for buying stuff you normally would online. No gimmicks here, I've gotten a few checks from them already not for a whole lot but definitely money back on stuff I was buying anyway. If you install the little plugin on your browser it even alerts you to coupon codes you may not have known about. If you refer your friends you will get $15 per referral once that person spends $25...which you will do...because you are shopping online and most stores have $25 to spend before free shipping anyway. lol. Super easy to do..this is the easiest app I'm listing honestly.

You can join using my link here.

4. Google Express: I've mentioned this in a blog post about a week back. But Google Express has an awesome deal right now where you get a free $10 just for signing up! If you buy something under $3.50 in the Walmart section on Google Express you are able to use the credit towards shipping. I've gotten cleaners, a shower head...just tons of stuff to choose from. :) And if you refer your friends not only do they get the $10 but YOU get another $10 to spend. Sadly, they do not stack but I love stocking up on household items that are always needed.

You can join using my link here.

5. Hollar. This is one of my very favorite websites because there is so much to choose from and it's awesome products. Back during the holidays, you saw me throwing my referral link there around a lot but they had upped the ante on us. They were giving referrals $5 and free shipping to join and the referee (me) was receiving $5 as well. Minimum purchase is $10 so it didn't take much to get some awesome purchases for nearly nothing...or nothing at all! You can also use coupon codes as well so everything stacked together makes some really great deals.

You can join Hollar here.

There are tons and tons of referral programs out there from free money to free makeup. You also have the survey companies that reward you for referrals as well. I hope you find a few things here that sound interesting to you and that enjoy the apps and websites. I plan to do another post just for surveys and keep a look out for a post that is going to get you FREE makeup! 

Free Walmart Items Through Google Express

I was able to score a FREE bottle of Clorox Bathroom Cleaner for FREE from Walmart through Google Express and it was shipped to me (also free!). How awesome is that? I saw this deal on Instagram through @letsgetdeal whom I follow. She posts a lot of great deals.

Here are the steps to score YOUR free item!

1. Click on this link and enroll. You will be given a $10 credit and shown a list of stores you can redeem it at.
2. Select Walmart as that is the only retailer that allows you to use your credit on the shipping charge.
3. Choose something under $3.50. I chose cleaning supplies but they had all kinds of grocery and household items.
4. Add item to cart and start to check out. You will be prompted to enter your shipping address. Once you have completed that you will also be prompted to enter in payment information but don't sweat it you aren't being charged. After that is completed you will see a little link that says PROMOTIONAL CREDIT AVAILABLE. Click that and you will see your balance zero out meaning this shipment is free! 

You will still get a free $10 credit but you will not be able to get a free item. I'll repost if that deal comes back! The $10 can be used towards anything, they even have items from Sephora!

My order has already shipped!!

The Best Campaign Websites to Join

I love joining survey sites and Word of Mouth campaign sites. Here are my favorite sites!

I recommend that you sign up for the 4 biggest social media sights if you haven't already! Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest. I also recommend that you go ahead and write out a few reviews on websites such as Amazon for products you already have and use. Be honest! Don't lie about what happened with that product. Start a blog! They are completely free with Blogger.com or Wink.com. (I use Blogger.) Above all have fun, try new products, get some gift cards. I know some can be time-consuming but...well what else are you gonna do when you have nothing to do? lol.

1. Crowdtap. I ADORE Crowdtap. Crowdtap is an influencer marketing site like many others however what I love is that for every 1000 points I get I receive a $5 Amazon gift card. It's pretty easy to get too. Crowdtap asks short simple 1 to 2 question surveys that pay 2 points each, some small "campaigns" where you share things to your Twitter or Facebook account for 20 points and there are also Samples to be had, mostly full sized! Revlon and Unilever are frequent sample campaigns. You receive a cute box or package with your sample in it, try it out then share your review to your social media. Crowdtap has more than helped me buy Christmas this year. I've bought CDs, cards, Christmas gifts. The $5 gift cards do add up!

2. Globaltestmarket. This is a great LEGITIMATE survey site. You get between 25 and 300 points for each survey which can last up to 30 minutes but once you reach around 1100 points you can choose between a plethora of gift cards. Recently I've been gathering the Amazon gift cards for my Christmas shopping. Some of the surveys can be repetitive but those gift cards are more than worth it. I get several surveys invites a day but keep in mind you can be screened out of some. Definitely, give Globaltestmarket a try!

3. Smiley360. This another influencer marketing site! Here there are no points to be traded in but I've been able to try and review some great products. They've tested everything from vitamins to makeup! It's great fun and you'll enjoy it!  Join Smiley360 and tell me how you like it!

4. Bzzagent. Bzz was my first influencer marketing site and they are near and dear to my heart. I've been able to test makeup, hair care products, skin care products, food items even a cell phone!! I love them and always make sure I check out the newest products and answer all the surveys. They aren't very long, it's just to gauge your compatibility with the product. (You don't want to receive dog food if you don't have a dog!) Bzzagent always has something going so give them a try.

5. Influenster. This company is very similar to the way Bzzagent works. You receive products to review on your social media using certain hashtags. It's very cool and I recently receive a VoxBox (this is what Influester calls their campaigns) for Garnier Fructis. I'm sure you saw my review on my new Instagram account!) I love the boxes I receive as they are full-size products and not just sample sizes. It really is a great program and I highly recommend it. 

6. Swagbucks. Swagbucks is very different than the rest of the programs on this list. It's everything you can imagine to get points. Surveys, shopping, searches, polls. You get points and can redeem them fairly quickly. You get varying types of points for each task that you do and can redeem them for gift cards for as little as 300 points. Let's just say they have contributed a lot to my Amazon Christmas fund. :D 

So that's it for the day. I hope you give each of these products a change. I know you will find that they are very fun and you can start getting some awesome things in the mail!!

Ulta's Ultimate Rewards Program - PRETTY AWESOME!

Hi all! If you love Ulta (and trust me, who DOESN'T LOVE Ulta??) then you will want to join their rewards program! Not only do you get rewards points for your purchases made, but you also get a completely FREE gift on your birthday! I've seen people get anywhere from free lipsticks to free facial cream and all you have to do is sign up! No purchases necessary.

But if you do want to make purchases (and trust me you do!) then you can take advantage of some of their awesome sales! Right NOW they have a lovely deal where you get a 12 piece sample make up bag FREE with a purchase of $19.50 on Ulta Beauty Care collection make-up, skin care, beauty tools, and brush purchases!

Plus sign up under my link here, and you will score a $10 credit. So how AWESOME is that?!

Let me know what you purchased to score that make-up bag below!

Keeping Kids Occupied This Summer

During the summer you seem to see a lot of bored kids around. I found a few things online that was pretty awesome so I wanted to share what I found to help ease off that boredom and the whining that quickly follows.

Kids can bowl for free! That's right FREE. The only thing you pay for is shoe rental and that would vary by whatever location you sign up for. In our area it was $5 a kid, so it would be more cost effective for me to buy them a pair of bowling shoes off of ebay than pay $5 per kid each time we take them bowling FOR FREE. You get 2 free games per day and they come in the form of a coupon through email. I signed up for 3 of the 4 kids. We haven't been yet but we got the coupons tacked to our Summer Board.

As a bonus you can also add a "Family Pack" that allows for up to 4 adults (and older children) to bowl those two games for free as well. It was only $30 which pays for itself!

Kids can skate for free! That's right FREE! (See a trend here?) These also come in the form of a printable coupon and it looks like you two free skate coupons per week. Also these are printed out already and on our Summer Board. 

Kids can take Microsoft Summer Day Camps for FREE! This is an awesome offer. You can sign your kid up to take free Microsoft classes, some can last up to 4 days (a few hours each day). And there are a few that are only 1 day. I find the class topics fascinating as they are teaching kids how code games like Mindcraft. These are completely free of course, however it appears in our area it's a very popular setup and we were waitlisted. Hopefully, you can get your child signed up!

Kids can take a Apple Camp class for FREE! This is another awesome offer from a great company. Here is the blurb from their website:

Apple Camp is designed to help spark the imagination of kids ages 8 to 12. They’ll learn to make movies by storyboarding ideas, shooting video, and creating an original soundtrack. Or campers can create interactive books complete with their own illustrations and sound effects. At Apple Camp, kids and their creativity are the focus.

It sounds like a blast and it's completely free! This is great for keeping kids engaged and using their imaginations as they get older. It appears they haven't released signup for this yet but we are hoping to get an email soon so we can sign up Eli. 

Kids can send a letter to Mickey or the Disney Princesses and receive a signed post card back from

the characters. This more for the younger kids. I was hoping you could do different characters but it looks like for all the responses I've seen posted online it's either Mickey and Gang or Cinderella and gang. We have two letters going out this week so I will post a photo with what does come back. 

You would want to mail the letter to:

Walt Disney World Communications
PO Box 10040
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830 – 0040

Next up we have printables! I've found so many printable activity sheets and coloring sheets online it's ridiculous. At the bottom of this post I will link a few.

And last but not least...we are introducing emailing to Eli (he's 10). We have emailed his favorite sports teams to see if they can send a fan pack. He's sent out a total of 40 emails so far a few responses on the same day from some teams saying weather they will or will not send out anything. He's so excited to start checking the mail. With Alexis only being 6 I've yet to find something for her in this vein that would be interesting so if you have any ideas let me know!

So far the teams that responded back (we've been doing this for three days) positively are: Los Angels Dodgers, the Los Angeles Clippers, Minnesota Timberwolves,  and the Milwaukee Brewers. We created a spreadsheet so he can keep track of what teams he's emailed as well as their responses. This will help him with his spreadsheet skills so it's a learning activity as well. 

We did get a really cool response back from the New York Jets asking him to write a letter through snail mail (Yay another learning experience!) to his favorite player to receive an autograph. 

Here is the address we were given:

Player Name

1 Jets Dr.

Florham Park NJ 07932

So we are going to be doing that and I will post the response.

So do you know of something for the kids this summer that should be added? Let me know!

Here are some great printable sites:

Scholastic Printables

Education Worksheets You only have a few pages you can print out per month unless you sign up and pay the yearly fee.

Crayola Coloring Sheets They also have some awesome printables for different topics such as Science and Social Studies.

Disney Coloring Pages

Barbie Coloring Pages

Hasbro Printables  Hasbro has My Little Pony, Baby Alive, and more!