Go Barefoot in April with Poetry

All through the month of April, we are celebrating the gift of Poetry at Barefoot Books, and I wanted to take a minute to share with you my and my kids' fave, called The Barefoot Book of Classic Poetry, a delightful feast for the ears, eyes, mind and heart:

The Owl and the Pussycat, by Edward Lear

You see!!  I knew there had to be some good reason I was born in April--P  O E T R Y!!

And don't forget to enter my birthday giveaways, going on now and all month long!!  I'll be taking a respite from blogging until Monday, when I'll announce the winner of the $20 Borders gift card!!  Have a very blessed Easter celebration today, this weekend, and every day thereafter, until He returns!!

Swaggin' for My 'bucks

I know I posted about this strange phenom happening all over the 'net, but I wanted to update you on how it's working for me.

I had hoped that by using the Swag Bucks home page for all of my Google and Ask web searching, I would earn enough Swag Bucks to trade for Amazon.com gift cards to get a yogurt maker for my birthday.  I really want a yogurt maker, but I am pretty cheap when it comes to spending money on myself, so, instead of begging it off my husb'd or family, I joined up with Swag Bucks to try my hand at getting it for free.

No such luck.

Because, the only way you earn the big Swag Bucks is either by making purchases from the many common stores affiliated with Swag Bucks or by referring mad amounts of peeps.  

I could've kicked myself a few weeks ago when I totally forgot that Alibris is affiliated with Swag Bucks, and I made a huge purchase of used and out-of-print books for this coming year's home school reading plan.  Doh!  

Now that my birthday is just around the river-bend, and I'm nowhere near getting that yogurt maker for free, I decided to switch gears and enjoy some Starbucks on Swag Bucks.  Yes, you heard me right: For simply using the home page of Swag Bucks to Google my email host, Twitter home page, or even this blog at Blogger, I've earned enough Swag Bucks to have four drinks at Starbucks--that's a $10, Starbucks gift card for doing absolutely nothing!!

Gotta love that.

Oh! and if you use my links to sign up for your own account to get Swaggin', I might just be eating fresh yogurt on my birthday and thinking sweetly cultured thoughts all about you, lovely and generous you.

So do you too think Swag Bucks is a ridic name and they could've done better?  And what's the deal with this Twitter phenom?  Is it a good thing to want people and companies to follow you around all day long, all up in your business?

Go Barefoot with Free Shipping!

Until March 31st, you can get FREE Shipping at Barefoot Books, a twaddle-free and grass-roots venture, offering the most beautiful of books and resources, all of which celebrate global diversity, spirited independence, and enthusiasm in learning.  
Here's a spread from one of our faves, called Alligator Alphabet:
The artwork is just plain brilliant, isn't it?!
Plus, beginning in April, I'll be publishing a series of posts, showing you how we use a number these books in our home school.  And, out of nowhere at all, I'll be giving away a few of my fave Barefoot books and a grand prize gift certificate to my very own store!!
So, check out the more than 300 titles, and stay closely tuned.
This is gonna be fun!

Free Membership: Limited Time Offer!

The Home School Legal Defense Association is offering, for a limited time, FREE trial memberships to new member families.  With the great concern for parental rights, and the very real public suspicion if not down-right animosity for homeschool in general, on our plates, HSLDA is responding by expanding their fight to secure our right to raise and educate our own children.

If you've considered membership, but never took the plunge, the time is right!

Apply now.

Especially on this issue of parental rights, don't dare be caught with your pants down, if you can at all help it.

Free Movie Wednesday

Red Box is the new Netflix.

If your family is as busy as ours, you oft forget to watch or even return movies to Netflix and, thereby, destroy your frugal idea of Family Movie Night.  In other words, you just don't get the bang for your buck.  

This is where Red Box steps in at $1/night.  Sure, you can only get newer releases--no old BBC adaptations of classic novels--but if this is your market, Red Box delivers.

And, with Free Movie Wednesdays, you cannot turn your nose up.  

Well, you can, but you might catch a fly and choke.

Todays' free movie code: 75EA16.

As for me and my house, we'll be watching Wall-E tonight.

Shutterfly Deal for You!

So, Shutterfly contacted me with this great offer, and I thought I'd share it with you:

Enjoy a FREE 8x8 photo book, containing 20-pictures!

With Easter just around the corner, it could be a lovely gift for a grandmother, or even for yourself!  Or, what a fabulous way to capture the arrival of your new baby, a child's accomplishments, or a day in the snow with your family.

I plan to make one from one of our nature hikes and gift it to myself!  :D

Just use code: PHOTOBOOKS.

Offer ends March 10, 2009.

Barefoot Books Giveaway!

One of my fave sites for all ideas creative, The Crafty Crow, is having a giveaway this week.  And of all imaginable things, it's one of my top ten wishes: a $25-gift certificate for Barefoot Books, a beautiful company which sells beautiful books, celebrating cultural diversity and, like Charlotte Mason, encouraging an independent spirit in children.
How would I spend the certificate?We All Went on Safari, plus the African Wildlife Finger Puppets(Superman's birthday is right around the corner)

Bloggy Makeover Giveaway!

 

So, my new bloggy BFF, Alicia from More than Words, is having a Blog Makeover Give-away, commemorating her 250th blog post!  Such an accomplishment, and there is nothing like having your very own blog pretties, instead of the limited albeit cute designs easily found on the net.Stop over to see Alicia, and follow her oh-so-easy instructions for entering her random bloggy raffle.  The prize is fantastic, but the prize-giver even more.
Ciao, Bellas!